The Vampire Diaries

The year 2009 brought the huge obsession with vampires. The movie Twilight caused people to go crazy and have everyone want more of the fictional nightmare figure. Movies, books, and television shows began appearing more and more. While some people screamed enough is enough others were head over heels over anything vampire. These shows and movies and books seemed to create their own genre. It seems like you just can't escape the vampires. Warning that there are spoilers in this blog.




The Vampire Diaries is a show on the CW that stars Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder. The only real connection to twilight that this show has is that the main character, Elena Gilbert, is attending high school. Other than that the show is an original. It's based on the book series The Vampire diaries written by L.J Smith. I have not personally read the books but from looking at peoples comments on different websites it is clear that this series is nothing like the book. Apparently I've heard that Elena was a blond in the book and people are fussing about that. Get over it. Hollywood does that ALL THE TIME! Nothing is ever the same as the book. Maybe a little bit the same but not exactly the same. So move on.


As the series progresses the action in the show gets more and more intense. It seems like the two vampire brothers Damon and Stefan are killing someone or hurting someone every episode. The gore appears in this show a lot which makes it a good vampire show.



The love that Damon and Elena share is full of passion and isn't cheesy. You feel the intensity without them showing them being that overly PDA couple. Elena was involved with a guy named Matt before Stefan showed up.

They were together for years and then she broke it off. She was still a bit of a wreck after her parents death in a car crash which she was a part of because she was in the backseat. Her and her brother Jeremy were now orphans and were taken in by their aunt.

Then Stefan came along and shook up her world. Such a typical cliche when it comes to "love." Matt became jealous because he wasn't over Elena at all.

Damon is the hot bad boy. He is Stefan's brother. These two have a huge sibling rivalry because or an old flame from hundreds of years ago. Kathrine was a vampire girl that seduced the boys when they were young teenagers before they were turned.

She played both boys hearts like they were instruments and was basically "seeing" both boys at the same time. The boys claimed that they were madly in love with her. Nothing was ever the same between them after that. Not even in the after life.

When Stefan came back to his old town he came across a girl that looked EXACTLY like Kathrine. Elena. He couldn't stay away and the soon became madly in love. Then we found out the secret of why they look so similar. Elena was adopted and was an ancestor of Kathrine. She had no idea and resented her aunt and parents for not telling her.

Like Edward from twilight Stefan is a "vegetarian" and doesn't drink humans blood. Unlike is rebellious "never follow the rules" brother Damon. These vampires have the ability to control you with just one look in your eyes.

Although Stefan can't really use it because he isn't strong enough because he drinks animal blood. While Damon uses it on anyone he sees fit to get anything he wants. The only thing that can stop these or any vampires is vervain. Kind of like Superman's kryptonite.