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  1. The Vampire Diaries

    Character Profile Two: Stefan Salvatore

    Ah Stefan. Are you more than just a pretty face? Well, for the most part, not really. In fact, you kind of match your pretty little girlfriend Elena in that respect because you’re both matches made in heaven for who can be the most boring teenager in Mystic Falls.

    Ya’ know for a place that has vampires running around and a really creepy history about it, Mystic Falls is really just kinda full of fail. You’d expect it to be a whole lot more interesting than it is.

    So vamp meets girl who looks exactly like girl from his past, falls obsessively in love with her, but then plans are thwarted (THANK GOD) by mean and nasty-hot vamp brother who arrives on the scene (FINALLY - some GOOD shit is about to happen!)

    Yay for Damon (who we shall be paying a visit to shortly), but poor Stefan. He seems like such a nice little vamp. If only nice little vamps would show their bad sides every now and then… like they’re supposed to.

    Afterall, vampires ARE technically demons, right? Well, I suppose that depends on who you’re talking to and what vampire lore you believe but yeah…

    Now onto Damon Salvatore!

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  2. The Vampire Diaries

    Television Show

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    Three Seasons (to date in the U.S.A)

    Instead of giving a blow-by-blow account of everything that I’ve been able to see (living in NZ) of The Vampire Diaries, I thought I’d look at some of the characters that make up the show so far and discuss them instead. This might also include tidbits about why they make the show interesting, entertaining and/or fun to watch.

    But to start, I think it’s a good idea to briefly intro the show, how I got interested in it, what kind of show it is and then get into the character profiles.

    To be clear, again, like Twilight, I was initially uninterested in TVD until a friend of mine put me onto the show (a male friend who insisted it was better than Twilight). I decided to give the show a go and must admit, it did take a while to grow on me. I didn’t think much of it after having read the first book from the author L.J Smith (which is VERY different in almost every way to the television show).

    They’ve done good things with TVD and it’s become a “tween” success. But I have to say, the storyline in places is a bit dull and it’s the characters that are interesting so I’ll focus on the major characters rather than the story for now.

    In order:

    Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev)

    Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley)

    Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder)

    Katherine Pierce (Nina Dobrev)

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  3. Homeland. Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Morena Baccarin - great cast. Although this hasn’t come to New Zealand shores yet, it’s been getting great reviews in the States and it looks exactly like the type of show I’d really enjoy.

    For those of you who don’t know what Homeland is about, Damian Lewis plays the role of Nicholas Brody who was captured in Iraq, tortured almost to death for eight years and who finally returns home to a changed world. He returns to his family who are happy to have him home and to a country who he thinks (for the most part) worship him as a hero but little does he know, not everyone is convinced of his story.

    Claire Danes plays the part of CIA agent Carrie Anderson who becomes somewhat obsessed with finding out the truth about Brody, no matter what the cost.

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