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This is War

Seriously, this video is amazing. If you are even a somewhat fan of The Vampire Diaries, you must watch it. Scratch that-no matter if you’re a fan or not, watch it. Because this is the most legendary fanvid I have ever seen.

I am SUPER excited for season 3 of TVD. (Don’t you love how that rhymes?) They showed a new clip at Comic-Con for the new season, but since I wasn’t there, I haven’t seen it, and nobody has uploaded it yet.

I know I have about a bajillion posts about this particular show, but they deserve it. This show has been just getting better and better *touch wood* *was just kidding about touch wood* *knocks on wood* *because I learned to knock on wood, not touch it* *thinking touch wood is a little weird* *no offense to people who touch wood* *everybody’s got different superstitions*

I am a little worried about season 3. I probably shouldn’t be. The Vampire Diaries has never failed me. (Except-I don’t like Bonnie. At all. I liked her in the beginning, but now…Not to say that in this aspect TVD has failed me, I’m just saying. Everybody has characters they don’t like.) It’s just…It’s probably just me. When I don’t know how people are going to work things out, I doubt them. I doubted Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2. I knew it was going to be fantastic, but I was concerned about the epilogue. Goes to show-Never doubt Harry Potter. But here’s what I’m thinking- I’m hoping they don’t jump into the whole Damon and Elena thing too quick. I’m so glad we got to see Elena reciprocate some feelings toward Damon finally, because now it’s actually a love triangle. Before it was sort of…A love line.

Damon—->Elena<—->Stefan

But now that we see that Elena likes Damon now, just the way he is. (I’m sorry, I had to:D) It looks more like this-

Damon<—->Elena<—->Stefan

Or a triangle, if you prefer. I sort of like the idea of a line better, though, to be honest. Anyway, we’re finally getting to the basis of the story. I know that there were fights between Stefan and Damon because of Elena, and that has the love triangle feeling to it, but I never truly thought it was a love triangle until now.

I am way excited for Jeremy’s new storyline. First of all, I love Jeremy. I think he’s awesome and he deserves happiness. That’s why, despite my dislike for Bonnie, I was glad when they got together. Because both of Jeremy’s girlfriends died. AND, Jeremy himself has died twice already. In the season 2 opening, when Damon killed him, but he came back to life because of his super cool supernatural ring. And also in the season finale, when Sheriff Forbes tried to shoot at Damon, but Damon quickly dodged it with his vamp powers, and hit Jeremy, who was unfortunately right behind him. I couldn’t believe it when it happened. I’m like, “No! They can’t kill off Jeremy! He’s the only family Elena’s got left!” + he’s just a cool character. So Bonnie, with her witchy-woo-woo, saved him with the help of the 100 dead witches, but since she had been leaning on them a lot lately, they said there would be consequences. What are those consequences? Well, now that you’ve asked, Jeremy can now see dead people! Or, um, he’s…being haunted? Ghosts or something…? The point is-he gets one of the most awesome storylines! Plus, I loved Anna, so I’m glad she’s back. I didn’t really like Vicki all that much, what with her being a major stoner and not a good influence of Jeremy, who just did drugs because his parents died.

And I’m going to mention another thing. This isn’t a storyline in the show. So-Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev are dating, albeit not “officially”. I don’t like to know this kind of stuff. If I’m ever on a TV show, I am not going to date anyone before the series is officially over. I know this is a pretty unpopular opinion that I don’t like them together. It’s not that I don’t want either of them to be happy, it’s just that sometimes outside, real-life, things the actors do skew what I think about the TV show. And I always worry it affects their work, or something. I just don’t like to think about their real relationships with people. I mean, if they break up, wouldn’t it be weird for them to be doing a ton of scenes together? And what if the writers notice and are being compassionate towards them and decide to not go with Delena? But I guess I just have to trust that these are professional actors and writers, and that it won’t affect their work.

Anyway, I’ve just been thinking a lot about TVD lately. Especially since they were just at Comic-Con (I am SO going next year.)

Side notes-

I’ve just been thinking a lot about TVD lately. Especially since they were just at Comic-Con (I am SO going next year.)

My current favorite song is This Is War by Thirty Seconds to Mars

Paul Wesley is hilarious.

And let me leave you with this-

“If you love two people at the same time, choose the second one, because if you really loved the first one you wouldn’t have fallen for the second” – Johnny Depp

I remember everything

A lot of the time, when I start to watch a new show, whether it be old or new, it’s because I’ve seen a Youtube Multi-fanvideo about it. (i.e. a video by a fabulous Youtuber United State of Multi-Fandom). Like, I’ll watch it because I like the song, or I like the Youtuber, and I’ll see a show I’m not familiar with, ask what that show is, and then basically start watching it. (You know, if I have the time. Because my schedule is VERY full;) ) (Um, I couldn’t tell if anyone could tell that I was being sarcastic about that last part.) But before I start watching it, I usually have heard at least a little bit about it around the web, and I saw a little bit of it in the video, so this picture of what the show is going to be like starts to form in my head. And usually, that picture looks nothing like that actual picture looks like.

For example, I watched this Damon and Elena video before I started watching the show The Vampire Diaries, and I didn’t know that Nina Dobrev played two different characters. So when I saw the video, I thought that all the scenes were between Damon and Elena. Ergo, the picture I formed of what TVD was going to be like was way off. (I totally think that people, when making Damon and Elena videos should not put in Katherine. They just put her in because they look alike, but they are two different characters.)I mean, yes Damon and Elena do have this thing going on, but they’ve never gotten together. And I thought that they got together pretty soon (because there’s only been two seasons.) And don’t get me wrong. I freaking LOVE The Vampire Diaries. It is a truly amazing show. WAY better than I had expected. But there’s still a tiny part of me that wishes that the picture I formed was what the show was more like. But a bigger part of me is glad it’s not like that, because it’s brilliant just the way it is. (I italicize those words because in the season 2 finale Damon’s like, “You should’ve met me in 1864. You would’ve liked me.” And Elena’s like, “I like you now. Just the way you are.” And it’s also basically the name of the Bruno Mars song.)

The same thing happened for me with Dawson’s Creek. I didn’t really know what it was about, but I saw this Joey/Pacey video and it piqued my interest. (At first I didn’t want to watch it, or any teen dramas for that matter, because I always thought that they were like, say, the Jersey Shore [which I have never seen, so my image of that is probably wrong, too.] I just thought that all teen dramas were soap operas…but worse. I basically thought that anything playing on the CW was horrible.) And I also wanted to watch it because it was such a huge show, and I like watching shows that were/are majorly popular. Because, a lot of the time, the majorly popular ones are pretty good. And they impact other shows and the people who grew up watching them. And everyone compares love triangles or couples or just characters to the ones in the older popular ones. Anyway. But before I watched the show, a picture started forming in my head. And I’ll delve into more of the details about it later, but basically, I thought it would revolve more around Joey/Pacey than Joey/Dawson. And don’t get me wrong again, I do love most of how they did it. In some ways, it is better than I imagined. But there’s still that little part of me that wishes it was more like how I pictured it.

Anyway, this blog post is about Dawson’s Creek. In case you don’t watch it, and didn’t catch that the title of this blog post is a quote from it. Dawson’s Creek is a love-hate show for me. There are moments where I absolutely love it. And then there are moments when I hate it. Okay, maybe I don’t hate it as a whole, I just hate it right then. I would never say I hate Dawson’s Creek. Because I don’t. I think it is an excellent show. But there are some moments where I just get…upset at how they handled things.

Every voice inside my head is telling me to run like mad…-Run Like Mad by Jann Arden.

I know everybody loves the, “I Don’t Wanna Wait” theme song, but I like Run Like Mad better. For a while there, I didn’t even realize that they changed the theme songXD, I just thought that they used a different part of the song.

You wanna know what the truth is? I still love you and I probably will love you for a very long time. But I can’t just be your buddy, because as much as I enjoy the concept of being “just friends” in reality it’s a bizarre form of torture and I’m just not willing to participate in it. So right now what I wanna do is just move on and get over you and the only way for me to do that is to not be around you anymore. -Pacey Witter.

So. Let us delve in to the world that is Dawson’s Creek. Admittedly, I haven’t watched all the episodes. I got halfway into season 5 and I just…I got impatient. So I skipped to halfway into season 6. Season 5 makes me angry. First of all, I hated how Pacey and Joey broke up. And then, Joey goes and kisses Dawson, what? Two weeks later? And then, season 5 comes along and it’s like Pacey and Joey never even happened! Joey and Dawson kiss, and all of a sudden, we’re back to season 2 again, except now they’re in college. Except Pacey and Joey are better friends in season 5 than they were in season 2. And seriously? After every other freaking relationship on the show, even after three months of not seeing each other, there’s at least awkwardness. I mean, we had two seconds of awkwardness between Pacey and Joey and then it was as if they never went out and didn’t break up in the middle of prom. And Pacey said that quote up there to her at the end of season 4. And yes, they weren’t around each other for 3 months, but even he admitted that he hadn’t gotten over her in season 6. Maybe they were just in denial…I just-I don’t get it. Can someone explain it to me, please?

I’m scared that I’m gonna end up alone. I’m scared that I’m always gonna be someone’s friend, or brother, or confidant but never quite…someone’s everything. Mostly I’m scared I’m never gonna meet a guy that I love as much as I love you. -Jack McPhee

I’m going to venture off the subject of Pacey/Joey/Dawson for a minute, and talk about the other characters. My favorite friendship on the entire show is the friendship between Jack and Jen. They were soulmates. And I loved them as individuals before they got together, (okay, maybe I didn’t love Jack, per say, because he seemed a little…I don’t know, on a high horse a little bit? He just…he kissed Joey while she was still with Dawson, and he said he would do it again. Now, I’m not a DJer, but that’s still not right in my book. And plus, I was anxiously awaiting the time when Pacey and Joey would finally get together.) But I did love Jen. I didn’t love her right away, but throughout the course of the first two seasons, she grew on me. And after she started hanging out with Jack, she became one of my favorite characters. She and Jack are perfect for each other, in that non-romantic sense. They were always there for each other, and…they were soulmates. And though Jen didn’t see that at first, Jack did.

So why am I doing this? I’m doing this because once upon a time, you and I were best friends and that means that whenever you need me, I’m here; anytime, anywhere, any place, forever. You understand that? -Pacey Witter

Pacey and Dawson were best friends since forever, until Pacey and Joey got together. And then they we finally get to see them be friends again, for real, not just the charade (eloquently pointed out by Audrey), in the series finale. And even though they weren’t friends for a very long time, they were always there for each other when the other needed it. Dawson knew where Pacey would be when Pacey and Jen were sailing and a storm hit. And Dawson saved them. And Pacey knew that Dawson would find them. And then Pacey was there for him when Dawson’s dad died. Dawson was blaming himself for his dad’s death, and Pacey proved to Dawson that it wasn’t his fault. Yeah, maybe they had grudges held against each other, and they were never quite they way they were before, but they were amazing friends nonetheless.

The truth is in time that’s all we’ll be to each other anyway, a population of memories. Some wonderful and endearing, some less so, but taken together, these memories help make us who we are and who we will be. -Joey Potter

Although there are moments that I strongly dislike Joey, overall, I really do like her character. I like her in the pilot, how she just takes things head on, and I love her bickering with almost anyone (in particular Pacey). She can be very wise at times, and at others, she is not so much. Despite the fact that many, many people have mimicked Katie Holmes and how she talks and acts, and I laugh at it, I really do like her in this. I think she fits perfectly into this role. And she is very good at it.

I’m mad at the world, Joey. I’m a teenager. -Dawson Leery

As is with Joey, although there are moments where I strongly dislike Dawson, overall, I really do like his character. I love his obsession with movies (Spielberg ones in particular.) And I love how he just embraces stereotypes about teenagers, whereas I, a teenager myself, hate stereotypes, and deny them profusely. (Well, most anyway.) I love his wide vocabulary, and I love that he’s there for his friends when they need him. All his little eccentrics are so endearing.

Pacey: Yeah, you know, avoid public nudity, stay off drugs, try not to murder anybody, the obvious stuff. And one last thing…don’t sleep with any of your teachers. Believe me, it never works out as well as you think. Will: (smiles) Witter words of wisdom. Priceless.

Pacey: I don’t regret anything because it’s life’s little twists and turns and bumps and bruises that make you who you are. Why would I regret that?

Pacey Witter gets two quotes, because he is my favorite character. He was my favorite character since I watched the pilot, and that fact hasn’t wavered once. The only time I really, just, really disliked him was at the Promicide. I hated how he broke up with Joey. But besides that, I love him:) He is hilariously funny, he is very sweet. He has many layers. He is the class clown, who acts all confident, but he is really very insecure. But his insecurity just makes him more endearing. (I know, I’ve already used that word with Dawson, but it’s just true.) And plus, Joshua Jackson is amazing.

Joey: So we’re friends, and then a couple. Then we’re friends again, and then we’re a couple. What are we now?
Dawson: We’re Dawson and Joey.

Dawson and Joey. Joey and Dawson. Soulmates. Now, I didn’t really like them that much ever, together as a couple. Granted, I went into this thing thinking that I would be a Pacey and Joey fan, but still. Yes, they had some sweet moments, and I admit, most of them were cute. (Well, the season 2 ones anyway. After that I was too much pro-PJ, that I hated Dawson getting in the way. But at the same time, I wanted Dawson and Joey to finally have closure, so I’m glad that came.) I especially like the one where they’re on the swings in season 2 where they have their second kiss. But, there were more things I didn’t like about them. I didn’t like how on and off they were. Like, I liked the whole Ross/Rachel on and off thing, but Dawson and Joey…they longest that any of their relationships lasted was four months. Every time they have a fight, they break up. (Mostly.) And I HATED how much emphasis there was on the fact that they were soulmates, and how everybody always figured that they would end up together. It was almost like they were pushing her towards him. But, in the end, they explained how they were soulmates in a best friends kind of way, and I liked that. And I hated season 5 of them, of course. And how could Dawson kiss Joey after maybe a month after her and Pacey broke up? Yes, Pacey did go after Dawson’s ex-girlfriend, but it was only after Dawson pushed him towards her (not in the romantic sense, but still.) And after months after him and Joey had broken up. And Dawson had had a girlfriend, and Joey had had a couple dates.

You’re off the hook. I’ve never really put much faith in all that “If you love someone, set them free” crap, as evidenced by everything I’ve done in my life up to this very moment, but I am determined to be happy, Joey. Happy in this life. And I love you. I mean, I always– I have always, always loved you. But our timing has just never been right. And the way I figure it, time is no man’s friend. So I have to get right with that and be happy, now. Because this is it.I mean, this is all that we get. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from losing Jen, that’s what I’ve learned. I also want for you to be happy. It’s really important for me that you be happy. So I want you to be with someone, whether it be Dawson or New York guy or some man that you haven’t even met yet. But I want you to be with someone who can be a part of the life that you want for yourself. I want you to be with someone who makes you feel like I feel when I’m with you. So, I guess the point to this long run-on sentence that’s been the last 10 years of our lives is just that the simple act of being in love with you is enough for me. So you’re off the hook. -Pacey Witter.

Pacey and Joey were unbelievably great together. Yes, I went into the show shipping them, but I never expected them to be as great as they were. PJ had amazing chemistry, whether they were together or not. Dawson and Joey may have been soulmates, but Pacey and Joey were True Love.They have thee most incredible moments together, whether it be bickering, or Joey reassuring Pacey, or Pacey telling Joey how he feels (because he always told her first). And, yes, Promicide makes me upset, and season 5 makes me upset. But in two different ways. Promicide makes me upset because they seemed to be working well as a couple until Pacey went off on that fishing trip. You know, I think that something may have happened on that fishing trip. I mean, his family is always putting him down, maybe they instilled some thoughts in his head that he wasn’t good enough for Joey, and he then started to think about it, and started to believe it. I don’t know. And I’ll probably never know. But season 5 makes me upset in a different way. They have some great scenes together (I was never denying that). But it was like they had amnesia. Anyway, this video showcases a lot of Pacey and Joey moments and I really like it. (It’s a bit long, though.)

What’s a Soulmate?

Pacey: (placing his hand to her ear) Where did you get those? They’re not you. Joey: Why? Because I’m just a poor tom-boy, or because Dawson gave them to me? Pacey: Neither. (taking her wrist which has a bracelet on it) You see this? This is you. It’s not showy, or gaudy… it’s simple. Elegant. Beautiful. Joey: It’s my mom’s bracelet. Pacey: I know. Joey:(surprised) How do you know? Pacey: Well, because you told me. Six months ago. You were wearing that, uh, blue sweater, with the snowflakes that you have. You were walking down the hallways at school, I was annoying you as per usual. You said, “Look, Pacey, I just found my mother’s bracelet this morning, so why don’t you cut me some slack?” Joey:You remember that?  Pacey: I remember everything.

“I remember everything” scene

This. This is scene is not only my favorite PJ moment, but this is also the scene that settles it for me. People are always debating which one is better; Pacey and Joey or Dawson and Joey? Now, I never doubted which one I liked more, but this scene invalidates any argument against Pacey and Joey saying that Dawson knows Joey better. Yes, Dawson may know Joey’s history, but Pacey knows who she is better. Dawson got her those earrings, probably to impress her or because they’re pearls and the sentiment is nice. But Pacey wouldn’t have gotten her those. Because he knows that Joey isn’t the type of girl to wear earrings like that. Pacey knows that, Dawson doesn’t.

And now I leave you. If you have read this far, you are amazing. This is probably the longest post I’ve ever written. And to any of those DJers who read this far…PACEY AND JOEY ENDED UP TOGETHER!

JUST KIDDING…kinda;) …But seriously, I cannot believe you’ve read this far. I mean, I know I’m a pretty incredible writer, but I do not go and read articles that are so obviously pro Dawson/Joey…If you are a DJer and you’ve read this far, you are freaking incredible:)

Oh, and whether or not you’re a PJer or DJer, if you have any insight into what the heck happened in season 5, it would be greatly appreciated:)

(Oh, and I don’t know who’s gif that is up there. If it happens to be yours, you can send me a message or tweet or something saying that it is and I’ll give you credit.)