Another road  trip  for  Damon and Elena, been there.  Hope this episode is more exciting  then it sounds.

I read that for the party they go to you have to dress up like a famous murdered person or murderer. In some of the photos taken during production Elena looks kind of like a saloon girl or something, I wonder who she is supposed to be?

Love the flashback episodes!  This one will flashback to 12th century Italy… that sounds very interesting considering that is the origin of the Salvatore bloodline.
So when Stefan questions Klaus about this new “lethal” vampire hunter, Connor, he reveals a long ago encounter with a group of vampire hunters.  Rebekah, however, gives Stefan the information that stuns him.   Okay…. that definitely has me intrigued and wanting to know more.  This is just another reason to love the rich 1,000 year history of the Original family.

Rebekah must give Matty Blue Eyes something she definitely owes him = a new truck considering she is the reason he wrecked his.  Matty Blue Eyes just will not hit something standing in the middle of the road..even if it is an Original vampire.

Damon and Elena at a college frat party. Now we’re talking!  This is going to be fun!  Elena will loosen up and have some vampire fun.

I am so looking forward to this episode!

I wonder if somewhere down the line we’ll find out that the Salvatores are related to the originals loosely. I mean there are similariites between Damon and Stefan and Klaus and Elijah. They just seem tied to each other beyond the Petrova involvement.

No one better to show Elena how to have a good time than Damon. Maybe we’ll get to see him dance. :0)

LOL…..I just have to point out that the other side of the fanbase feels the exact same way when they are watching the Stefan/Elena relationship on repeat;)

 Please do not assume I am part of the shipping wars.  I am a fan of the vampire diaries as a whole and could care less about your divided fan bases.  What I meant in my comment was that every year Elena and Damon take a road trip and it’s been done.  I’d be saying the same thing if it was about the dance which would be Stefan taking her and Damon showing up.  I’m sure this episode will be exciting as all episode of the vampire diaries are.

Where did you see the spoiler online about Damon strips in front of Elena!!! Can you give a link please!?!?

I don’t know how I truly feel about this. On one hand, Elena needs to learn how to feed properly. She’s a vampire now, and learning what it means to be one is an important part of the process. But I also don’t want her hurting innocent people. I want her to maintain those wonderful aspects of her personality that drew me to her. Then at the same time, I don’t want her on a ‘bunny’ diet. I think it’s an unhealthy lifestyle which ultimately does more harm than good. Yes, there is the ‘blood bad’ option, which everyone eventually settles on, but even that has it’s downsides. You’re essentially stealing from a hospital which desperately needs the blood to keep people alive. There’s something really wrong about that. I know that something has to be done, but this whole situation really is a conundrum.

BTW, how ironic is it that Elena is gonna be using a ‘blood bag’ when she was actually used as ‘blood bag’ herself. Hilarious! You can’t make this stuff up. lol

I know what you mean, I’m really nervous after reading this synopsis. I like Elena’s character just the way she is. If she takes to murdering, or even just feeding on, innocent people then she’s no better than the other vamps on the show. And as the main character Elena needs to be different, she needs to be the one with the morals. Otherwise we could just have anyone as the main character, it just would’t work. 
Plus, you’re right, after all the times Elena’s been fed on, how could she do it to some other person? I want to say ‘I have faith in the writers’, but last season, whenever I said to myself ‘I hope the writers don’t…’ that’s been exactly what’s happened. But, please writers, don’t turn the main character into a serial killer…that only works on Dexter!

They won’t. I’m pretty sure they won’t make Elena the vampire that murders innocent people to feed. She needs to learn how to feed on humans (feed and erase method) so she won’t lose control in her very long life. They might take this angle: Elena is the vampire that has never killed a human in all her life. She may do blood bags and occasionally feed on humans, but she won’t kill any. Remember, in the world of vampires there are many gray areas of good and bad. That’s why i think she has to rely on both Damon and Stefan. They both bring a different perspective to the party, so she can pick and choose how she wants to live, but considering bunny blood is not efficient  and killing people is off limits in her morals, then she’ll probably choose the middle lane: feeding on humans but not killing them and drinking blood bags….UNLESS she becomes a Mikael and drink vamp blood instead…which is really not a bad idea! 

Nicely said! Even though I like Katherine, I don’t want Elena turning into her. I know she’ll have her ups and downs in this new life of hers, that’s to be expected, I just hope she’s able to maintain some sense of who she was, further serving as an example to everyone.

Considering how the individual promo photos have an “old school” look with the lace, embedded symbols, blood, Latin wording, goblets of blood, snakes, bleeding from the hands, etc… I am guessing this ancient story will go back to Rome between 900 – 1000 years ago and to a Brotherhood of what will be 5 highly trained and very lethal Vampire Hunters/Killers.  I’m not sure if this will go the route of reincarnation of the five, or just a vampire hunter by “birthright” that has trickled down through their male descendants.  I am now officially concerned for Jeremy Gilbert, especially since his individual promo photo shows him with a symbol of what could be “the Brotherhood” on his hand.   After watching “Arrow” tonight I am visualizing Connor having similar skills, agility, weapons and ammo.

BTW: I loved “Arrow”…just throwing that out there.  It is a shame Brady the werewolf was always wearing a jacket on TVD.

Also,  I have to wonder how the Salvatore family fits into all this, as well as who exactly were the Mystic Falls Founding Families because they certainly knew about vampires in 1864.  

TVD Season 4 is going to be so good!

I feel sorry for Elena. The very thought of what she’s going to be is going to horrify her. You’re right, in a sense, that it’s a bit of a conundrum. She has to have blood to survive and she doesn’t want to hurt anyone while getting it. The fact remains, though, that if she only stays on the animal blood diet, she’ll never learn to control her urges…..that spells major trouble down the road as we’ve seen with Stefan. I can’t imagine Elena would want to be known as the Ripper of Mystic Falls;) So, for me, animal blood is not an option unless there are no other blood sources around and she absolutely has to feed.

If she can get her nourishment from blood bags it would be the ideal solution. That being said though, vampires are essentially predators. What happens if some poor human guy/gal pisses her off and she loses her temper? Or if some poor human guy/gal threatens her life or her loved ones? I can think of at least a million scenarios that can happen where Elena bites someone….and it’s been explained to us how strong the call of human blood is to the newly turned….who’s to say that when she gets a taste she’ll stop? Somebody needs to prepare her for that inevitability so she knows how to control herself. 

I don’t necessarily want Elena to harm anyone either….but is she can learn the snatch/feed/erase/heal method, it’s a heck of a lot safer than if she doesn’t know what she’s doing and some poor dude ends up dead. Remember, an injury can be healed….death is final (or at least it’s supposed to be). Elena will feel a ton of guilt if she accidentally kills someone…..if she hurts them, she can heal them. There’s no taking killing someone back:(

You’re right about everything, but it’ll still be hard seeing her feed on someone. Out of everyone on the show, I hold her to a certain ideal. Maybe I’ll just have to get use to her being this way.