TV Fanatic Staff Selection, Take 7: Stelena for Best Teen Couple!
Welcome to the latest opportunity for a TV Fanatic staff member to defend one of our Best Teen Couple nominees. If you missed previous editions, so far...
- Carissa Pavlica has shown love for Delena.
- Matt Richenthal has explained his affection for Soby.
- Eric Hochberger has dared to love Dair.
- Dan Forcella has taken a step Forwood.
- Leigh Raines has pulled up a Chair.
- Renate Sellitti has clamored for Klaine.
Now, Kate Moon is here to shine a light on Stelena. Do they have your vote? She'll try to convince you below...
Forget comparisons between The Vampire Diaries and Twilight and True Blood. Elena is no Sookie or Bella, thank goodness.
In a world as supernatural as Mystic Falls, this young woman manages to remain grounded, portraying believable teenage angst at every turn. Sure, who wouldn't want to be caught between two sexy brothers like Stefan and Damon? But instead of being whiny like Bella or greedy like Sookie, Elena has so far managed to stay true to Stefan, despite his best American Psycho impressions this season.
I'm not saying Elena isn't tempted by Damon's incredibly sexy body (let's just put that on the record, and then stare at it for awhile) or his dangerous bad boy ways. Carissa made some good points in this defense of Delena.
She's confessed that she's attracted to Damon and that she loves him, but ultimately it's always been. Stefan. It's highly plausible that The Vampire Diaries will tease Delena shippers as much as it can with their thinly veiled banters and sexual chemistry, but will Elena actually give in? And if she does, will it be the pure love that she and Stefan have enjoyed?
I should be honest and admit that I, much like Elena, occasionally fall for Delena. It's tempting, it's fun, and Damon is amazing. I adore Damon. But fleeting temptation and attraction doesn't make a real relationship. And that's the whole dynamic of Stelena. Through thick and thin, Elena has always relied on Stefan to be her lover, best friend and her confidante. And Stefan has proved that nothing, short of Klaus's compulsion, can "fix" Stefan of that love.
And there is a reason why the Stefan-Elena-Damon dynamic works so well. Stefan and Damon are brothers. Damon, despite his love for Elena and all that it represents, knows that Stefan is the one that deserves someone as good and unselfish as Elena. Ultimately, all three involved in the love triangle are aware that Stefan and Elena are right for each other, and when Stefan is dragged back from the edge of the earth, all will be well.
So, come on! Agree with me now and choose Stelena from the following teen couple options!
This poll is now closed! Here were the results:
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March 13th, 2012 10:53 PM
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November 30th, 2011 2:17 PM
@Kavfan
DE & SE has done their share of lying. So no, SE isn't just based on lies. No one's saying Stefan's a saint. Fans are just pointing out all the good that Stefan's done. Stefan may have fed on her ancestors, Damon has also fed on her best friend and her mother and countless others.
By the way, I hear alot about how SE isn't realistic. If that's the case, DE isn't either. Realistically, I find it hard to believe for someone to fall in love with someone who has done all that Damon's done. But I'm referring that opinion to reality, not on the TV show. So please don't say SE isn't realistic because if that relationship isn't, DE isn't either.
I ship SE but I like DE too. Just because DE has been fun and epic doesn't make SE any less epic either. And sorry, this article did a bad job at supporting and explaining SE. Terrible.
November 26th, 2011 6:39 PM
The best points have been in the comment section and by early delena commentors. Kinda sad that this is the stelena section. I don't ship but its becoming clear that stelena isn't supported, at the very least because Elena and Stefan are better characters apart romantically.
Rank: Guest Star
November 26th, 2011 4:56 PM
Delena won!! Awesome! :D
November 20th, 2011 1:48 AM
Im really upset tht i havent checked tv fanatic and i missed this voting thing :( i have read almost all the comments and for the ones who are blind and cannot see most of the comments are stelena fans with long useful points!! Delena fans are not bias here...your supposed to look clearly for the reasons why damon or stefan should be with elena...im not a person who would hate Damon just because i love stefan...i absolutely adore damon, why? because no matter how much u sit there and stare at one of his pictures u will never get tired! he is gorgeous and smoking hot and no one not even stelena fans can deny this..i loved damon from the very first episode - his mean/funny character - thts what makes him damon..he's been so boring in season 3...i think he just had 2 or 3 funny quotes in all these recent episodes and thts it...so just imagine how he's going to turn out to be when he's in a relationship with elena-and again im not denying the fact tht they wont be in a serious relationship
November 18th, 2011 1:50 PM
@shai no i guess you have got it wrong..like seriously????he loves elena and damon both..just because he loves damon does not mean he loves elena less...ahaha and his love for elena is definetly greater than his craving for blood..he walked away in season 3 episode 3 from elena..remember the break up part??????and hello????my second point states he treats elena as equal..where does damon come in between that...now if you disagree with my points then i request you to go back and watch the series again and then comment something sensible..
p.s: i dnt want to be rude but seriously that was just lame
November 18th, 2011 1:37 PM
how truely epic can stelena really be if her heart had room in there for her 2 fall 4 damon 2 which we all know she did. there's a difference between love at 1st sight and blind love. facts r they said i love u and slept 2gether by episode 10. that 2 me doesn't scream epic. thats called teenage hormones. if u really believe the writers r spending over 3 seasons 2 develope delena as just a tease or friendship than ur having trouble reading between the lines and it's always been damon there 4 her 2 confide in and help her such as their road trip after finding out about katherine after sleeping 2gether with stefan. slipped ur mind stefan. must have been a reason why u failed 2 mention this little detail. could it be elena thinking she might have been a replacement? bottom line is how epic or 4ever could stelena have been if she also fell in love with damon? and if she says i love u 2 damon and makes love 2 him which we know she will do u really want her 2 risk her relationship with stefan
November 18th, 2011 11:16 AM
Wow, you spent more time talking about Delena than Stelena.
For me, it's always going to be Stelena. Whenever they're on screen I go asdfghjkl. Yes, at first they were the perfect couple. But people need to stop saying Stefan never showed Elena his bad side. To some extent he did, but why is that so necessary? He fights that side every day (well, aside from right now, but you get the point) and does not want to embrace it. Elena knows he has a dark side and helps him fight it. She's his light. And Stefan would give up everything he has for her. It breaks my heart that Stefan gets so under-appreciated. He has risked his own life time and time again to save almost every one of the characters on the show, and now after he has given himself up to save his brother, everyone just says "oh, he's gone and can't be saved" and go on with their life. Even with his emotions turned off, he still cares enough to save Damon's ass again.
This season has just made me that much more of a Stelena
November 17th, 2011 4:23 PM
@kelly:i completely agree wit u,delena wouldn't exist if not for stefan,he's the reason why they are both still alive,end of story!And i just can't stand stelena hate that's why i'm still commenting,to me their relationship is much more realistic,strong,pure and passionate than delena,and i'll say this over and over again and i'm nt taking it back,damon doesn't respect elena's decisions,he won't even allow her to make it talk more of respecting them.Stelena all the way!
November 17th, 2011 3:05 PM
Don't you just love it when all the comments here are DE and in the DE post, there were also SE ones? *sarcasm*
IMO, both ships are pretty messed up and Elena's too boring to have TWO sexy Vampires worship at her altar.
Forwoood xP