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    The Vampire Diaries Character Profile Four: Katherine Pierce Lucky girl Nina Dobrev getting to play not one, but two characters in the same show! Talk about stretching the acting muscles. And she does so well, I might add. While Elena seems a little meek and mild and in the background somehow, Katherine is anything but and again, is as opposite to Elena as Damon is to Stefan. Katherine is an exciting character and again, adds fuel to the slow-burning fire surrounding the mysterious and supernatural history of Mystic Falls. She’s mean, but not in an obviously crass way. We learn that she’s a vampire, and the reason for both Stefan and Damon turning into vampires and both falling in love with her. She’s an articulate manipulator of the highest calibre, masterful at playing the game to win, no matter what the odds. As long as she is in control of the situation, all is well. For Katherine, it’s always about control. And she’s a survivor. In some ways, I do see this one similarity in Elena as well. Strong and willful, it’s just that Katherine shows it openly and doesn’t care about hurting people. I guess when you’ve been a vampire for hundreds of years, caring about humans and feelings doesn’t really come into the equation any more. Good stuff! Another juicy character to get our hands dirty with. You’ll love to hate Katherine and Nina Dobrev does an excellent job of portraying her. And if you thought the love triangle in Twilight was complicated, you ain’t seen nothing yet boys and girls!

    The Vampire Diaries

    Character Profile Four: Katherine Pierce

    Lucky girl Nina Dobrev getting to play not one, but two characters in the same show! Talk about stretching the acting muscles. And she does so well, I might add. While Elena seems a little meek and mild and in the background somehow, Katherine is anything but and again, is as opposite to Elena as Damon is to Stefan.

    Katherine is an exciting character and again, adds fuel to the slow-burning fire surrounding the mysterious and supernatural history of Mystic Falls. She’s mean, but not in an obviously crass way. We learn that she’s a vampire, and the reason for both Stefan and Damon turning into vampires and both falling in love with her.

    She’s an articulate manipulator of the highest calibre, masterful at playing the game to win, no matter what the odds. As long as she is in control of the situation, all is well. For Katherine, it’s always about control. And she’s a survivor. In some ways, I do see this one similarity in Elena as well. Strong and willful, it’s just that Katherine shows it openly and doesn’t care about hurting people. I guess when you’ve been a vampire for hundreds of years, caring about humans and feelings doesn’t really come into the equation any more. Good stuff! Another juicy character to get our hands dirty with.

    You’ll love to hate Katherine and Nina Dobrev does an excellent job of portraying her. And if you thought the love triangle in Twilight was complicated, you ain’t seen nothing yet boys and girls!

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    The Vampire Diaries Character Profile Three: Damon Salvatore So with Elena and Stefan developing their relationship, it would seem a little like bad timing for the evil and morally-challenged brother Damon to appear on the scene for Stefan, but it couldn’t be more perfect for us viewers. Say goodbye to the boring and hello to things getting more interesting in Mystic Falls. Damon Salvatore’s arrival brings a welcome reprieve. The budding romance between Elena and Stefan is all well and good in doses but seriously, I think most of us have had enough of the lovey-dovey Twilight-like crap for now, we want something bad, nasty and juicy to happen with these characters. Damon is the polar opposite in many ways to goody-good Stefan and this is obvious from the beginning. The more we learn about the brothers and their mysterious past (and how this will ultimately affect and impact Elena’s future), the more we begin to see that not all is as it seems. This is, of course, a good thing for us because it means a lot of ups and downs in terms of where the story is going. Straight lines are always boring and we don’t want that. We want intrigue, excitement and blood and we want it in copious amounts. Damon promises all of this and more, his mischievous grin (sprinkled with just a touch of malice) tells us so! Hooray for Damon, and more of him I say!

    The Vampire Diaries

    Character Profile Three: Damon Salvatore

    So with Elena and Stefan developing their relationship, it would seem a little like bad timing for the evil and morally-challenged brother Damon to appear on the scene for Stefan, but it couldn’t be more perfect for us viewers.

    Say goodbye to the boring and hello to things getting more interesting in Mystic Falls. Damon Salvatore’s arrival brings a welcome reprieve. The budding romance between Elena and Stefan is all well and good in doses but seriously, I think most of us have had enough of the lovey-dovey Twilight-like crap for now, we want something bad, nasty and juicy to happen with these characters.

    Damon is the polar opposite in many ways to goody-good Stefan and this is obvious from the beginning. The more we learn about the brothers and their mysterious past (and how this will ultimately affect and impact Elena’s future), the more we begin to see that not all is as it seems.

    This is, of course, a good thing for us because it means a lot of ups and downs in terms of where the story is going. Straight lines are always boring and we don’t want that. We want intrigue, excitement and blood and we want it in copious amounts.

    Damon promises all of this and more, his mischievous grin (sprinkled with just a touch of malice) tells us so!

    Hooray for Damon, and more of him I say!

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    #Damon Salvatore#Ian Somerhalder#The Vampire Diaries#TV Shows#Pop Culture

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    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!

    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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    #Stefan Salvatore#Paul Wesley#The Vampire Diaries#TV Shows#Television Shows#Television#Pop Culture

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    The Vampire Diaries Character Profile One: Elena Gilbert At first, I really liked Elena. But as time passed, I started to think she was a tad annoying, she was also kinda dull and really pretty boring. Apart from being gorgeous to look at (as are most of the cast), there was nothing really going on with her. The diary entries eventually became a little lacklustre. I felt that she was definitely suffering the loss of her parents a little too much which thankfully, kinda ended after she met Stefan Salvatore. As far as characters go (in the bigger picture), Elena is about as dull as you can get. While I understand that she is kind of the “gel” that keeps the group of “friends” together through all the hard times that befall them living in Mystic Falls, that’s really nothing to write home about. Elena, I’m sorry, but your doppleganger Katherine is way more interesting. And we’ll leave it at that. Really, really nice hair though…

    The Vampire Diaries

    Character Profile One: Elena Gilbert

    At first, I really liked Elena. But as time passed, I started to think she was a tad annoying, she was also kinda dull and really pretty boring. Apart from being gorgeous to look at (as are most of the cast), there was nothing really going on with her.

    The diary entries eventually became a little lacklustre. I felt that she was definitely suffering the loss of her parents a little too much which thankfully, kinda ended after she met Stefan Salvatore.

    As far as characters go (in the bigger picture), Elena is about as dull as you can get. While I understand that she is kind of the “gel” that keeps the group of “friends” together through all the hard times that befall them living in Mystic Falls, that’s really nothing to write home about.

    Elena, I’m sorry, but your doppleganger Katherine is way more interesting. And we’ll leave it at that.

    Really, really nice hair though…

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    #Elena Gilbert#The Vampire Diaries#Nina Dobrev#TV Shows

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    The Vampire Diaries Television Show IMDB Link 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)

    The Vampire Diaries

    Television Show

    IMDB Link

    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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    #The Vampire Diaries#TV Shows#Television Shows#Vampires#Pop Culture

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