Just a short thread to give me musings on the development of characters in Season 2
Matt: Not a great deal until the last couple of episodes where the penny finally struck and he worked some stuff out (with the aid of the Sheriff).
Tyler: Like Matt, he didnt do a lot first season. In Season 2 , he got a bigger role with the whole Mason /Werewolf angle. I expect to see more of him, but the show is the VAMPIRE diaries after all
Caroline: Episode 1 changed her character right off the bat. New Caroline is a lot like old character but finally has some .. gusto/impetus behind the character. She actually didnt do a lot this season, it just seemed like she had a lot on the go at times. Her story sometimes seems a little like the B story because Matt and Tyler rarely have much to do with the rest of the 'group'. However any time Vampire Barbie and Damon interacted in Season 2 it was always good to see that sass aimed right back at Mr Salvatore compared to the Caroline we got in Season 1.
Stefan: Generally he seems to play second fiddle in scenes with Elena or with Damon. Im not sure I expected much of a change this season. With the arrival of the originals , Stefan had to deal with Elena making her deal and Damon's changes and threats to that plan. I think most of the time he was still behind the 8 ball.
Elena: Ill be honest. Ive always preferred the Snark of Katherine over Elena.. even when Elena does take charge. The show is of course centered around Elena and at times she did take charge (again around Elijah)
Katherine: A revelation this year. After masquerading as Elena, she moved on to trying to get the moonstone, killing some random girls, being locked in the Tomb, a sexual dream with Stefan, telling Damon he had been punk'd by her and then in later episodes sided with the 'heroes'. Katherine did a lot this season and I never really expected her to last. Last she did, and she will likely last well into Season 3. (After all with Stefan leaving town.. Damon has access to the ELena/KAtherine combo)
Damon: I wont lie. Damon is my favorite character. Ive always like characters who are sarcastic, witty and quick with their mind. Damon simply has the added abilities of being a vampire. Sadly however this season, I think Damon has been somewhat sacrificed to keep the plot moving along. Hes certainly not the same as he was last year. His move towards some bizarre form of 'hero' has been interesting, as has been his encounters with both ELijah, Rose and Katherine. Ive also noticed he gets a lot more screentime in season 2 over 1. Perhaps the reverse of season 1 where Stefan had more.
Alaric: A character who I thought wouldnt survive but has. Hes become the defacto 'adult' on the show. Early on the writers caught that having Alaric and Damon in some weird odd couple mix would work. It has for the most part. Matt Davis shook things up about when playing as Klaus.
Bonnie: With great power comes...more character development. I was never sure what to make of Bonnie in the first season. Sure she had power then but it was a little unfocused. Drawing in the tomb story opening, her grandmother dying and then in season 2 having the power to basically kill/torture her foe Damon was there. She got .. spunk in other words. Ive never really bought the relationship between Jeremy and Bonnie.. they actors dont really have any chemistry together unlike what you get between her and Somerhalder when they did finally interact. Note: I tend to find Katerina Grahams delivery of lines a little stilted. THere is a scene with Jeremy holding her after she gets a major influx of power and she talks about how the dying Martin told her how to kill Klaus. The dialogue did not come out very well and it was almost like she was waiting on responses from Jeremy to keep delivering her lines.
Jeremy: He survived. I was tempted to put money early on that he was gonna die. Jeremy made it through the whole season.. I think because he was let in on the supernatural fun. Ive said what Im going to say about Bonnie and Jeremy. I found it inexplicable that Jeremy would follow Damon around after Damon had snapped his neck. Bizarre. So Jeremy developed.
Jenna: As the other 'adult' .. although I believe the actress is really not that much older than Nina Dobrev, Jenna did adult stuff with what screen time she had. She was constantly inviting the bad types in and getting away with it until the final Klaus reveal. In a sense Im not sure that her character was truly needed in the end.. cept to keep some actual humans in Mystic Falls. Will I be sorry to see her go? Actually yes, from the story viewpoint you do need these human characters in the show. Their interactions with the main characters provide a lot of the interaction and drive for some storylines.. but more importantly the audience needs a common point of reference. With Elena turning out to be supernatural , and now Jeremy being Sixth Sense kid humans are in short supply.
Elijah: I was tempted not to put anything in for Elijah because he was and is a guest character. From the moment Elijah turned up, I think he got people watching. 'Who the hell is that?'. For me it was the moment where he awoke imaled on a big assed spear stuck to the wall then pulled himself off it. It was then I knew Elijah would stir the freakin show up. Dressed nearly always in a suit, with a different hairstyle and a hard to place accent. Elijah took over most scenes he was in. As Damon tended to do in Season 1 and 2, Elijah was saying this and we as the audience were always looking for the extra meaning. He was a character I thoroughly enjoyed and even with his ... incident in the finale .. I do hope he is back at some point.
Matt: Not a great deal until the last couple of episodes where the penny finally struck and he worked some stuff out (with the aid of the Sheriff).
Tyler: Like Matt, he didnt do a lot first season. In Season 2 , he got a bigger role with the whole Mason /Werewolf angle. I expect to see more of him, but the show is the VAMPIRE diaries after all
Caroline: Episode 1 changed her character right off the bat. New Caroline is a lot like old character but finally has some .. gusto/impetus behind the character. She actually didnt do a lot this season, it just seemed like she had a lot on the go at times. Her story sometimes seems a little like the B story because Matt and Tyler rarely have much to do with the rest of the 'group'. However any time Vampire Barbie and Damon interacted in Season 2 it was always good to see that sass aimed right back at Mr Salvatore compared to the Caroline we got in Season 1.
Stefan: Generally he seems to play second fiddle in scenes with Elena or with Damon. Im not sure I expected much of a change this season. With the arrival of the originals , Stefan had to deal with Elena making her deal and Damon's changes and threats to that plan. I think most of the time he was still behind the 8 ball.
Elena: Ill be honest. Ive always preferred the Snark of Katherine over Elena.. even when Elena does take charge. The show is of course centered around Elena and at times she did take charge (again around Elijah)
Katherine: A revelation this year. After masquerading as Elena, she moved on to trying to get the moonstone, killing some random girls, being locked in the Tomb, a sexual dream with Stefan, telling Damon he had been punk'd by her and then in later episodes sided with the 'heroes'. Katherine did a lot this season and I never really expected her to last. Last she did, and she will likely last well into Season 3. (After all with Stefan leaving town.. Damon has access to the ELena/KAtherine combo)
Damon: I wont lie. Damon is my favorite character. Ive always like characters who are sarcastic, witty and quick with their mind. Damon simply has the added abilities of being a vampire. Sadly however this season, I think Damon has been somewhat sacrificed to keep the plot moving along. Hes certainly not the same as he was last year. His move towards some bizarre form of 'hero' has been interesting, as has been his encounters with both ELijah, Rose and Katherine. Ive also noticed he gets a lot more screentime in season 2 over 1. Perhaps the reverse of season 1 where Stefan had more.
Alaric: A character who I thought wouldnt survive but has. Hes become the defacto 'adult' on the show. Early on the writers caught that having Alaric and Damon in some weird odd couple mix would work. It has for the most part. Matt Davis shook things up about when playing as Klaus.
Bonnie: With great power comes...more character development. I was never sure what to make of Bonnie in the first season. Sure she had power then but it was a little unfocused. Drawing in the tomb story opening, her grandmother dying and then in season 2 having the power to basically kill/torture her foe Damon was there. She got .. spunk in other words. Ive never really bought the relationship between Jeremy and Bonnie.. they actors dont really have any chemistry together unlike what you get between her and Somerhalder when they did finally interact. Note: I tend to find Katerina Grahams delivery of lines a little stilted. THere is a scene with Jeremy holding her after she gets a major influx of power and she talks about how the dying Martin told her how to kill Klaus. The dialogue did not come out very well and it was almost like she was waiting on responses from Jeremy to keep delivering her lines.
Jeremy: He survived. I was tempted to put money early on that he was gonna die. Jeremy made it through the whole season.. I think because he was let in on the supernatural fun. Ive said what Im going to say about Bonnie and Jeremy. I found it inexplicable that Jeremy would follow Damon around after Damon had snapped his neck. Bizarre. So Jeremy developed.
Jenna: As the other 'adult' .. although I believe the actress is really not that much older than Nina Dobrev, Jenna did adult stuff with what screen time she had. She was constantly inviting the bad types in and getting away with it until the final Klaus reveal. In a sense Im not sure that her character was truly needed in the end.. cept to keep some actual humans in Mystic Falls. Will I be sorry to see her go? Actually yes, from the story viewpoint you do need these human characters in the show. Their interactions with the main characters provide a lot of the interaction and drive for some storylines.. but more importantly the audience needs a common point of reference. With Elena turning out to be supernatural , and now Jeremy being Sixth Sense kid humans are in short supply.
Elijah: I was tempted not to put anything in for Elijah because he was and is a guest character. From the moment Elijah turned up, I think he got people watching. 'Who the hell is that?'. For me it was the moment where he awoke imaled on a big assed spear stuck to the wall then pulled himself off it. It was then I knew Elijah would stir the freakin show up. Dressed nearly always in a suit, with a different hairstyle and a hard to place accent. Elijah took over most scenes he was in. As Damon tended to do in Season 1 and 2, Elijah was saying this and we as the audience were always looking for the extra meaning. He was a character I thoroughly enjoyed and even with his ... incident in the finale .. I do hope he is back at some point.
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