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Look, generally in vampire mythology it is like that. Also, that is Dracula myth. In TVD I don’t think it is like that, I read the books, and I don’t remember I found anything about that they can’t enter the church, holy water, etc. Also, in Twilight it is nothing a like, they even got married. So it is something in general, but mythology about vampires varies from book to book, from movie to movie, from TV show to TV show. Hope it’s clearer now. :)

Oh please!  Damon did not use Elena.  He was trying to help her and to be fair, he did tell Elena it was a personal act.   Elena told Damon she did not want to hurt anyone by feeding on a human.  She threw up all the animal blood from her first feed, which meant there was absolutely nothing to celebrate. Stefan should have known that when he brought out the champagne, but the guy is in denial.  Elena tried to tell him there was a problem, but it fell on deaf ears. Elena was refusing to feed from a human.  Damon offered her his blood in hopes that would help her hunger and give her some much needed nutrition, plus it is not as though she could hurt him if she did loose control.  

In the books Elena was already blood swapping with both brothers before she was turned into a vampire.  Blood swapping is very sensual and sexual, which is basically vampire foreplay.  However, that is when both parties are consensual.  That was not the case.  Caroline drank directly from Klaus when he healed her from Tyler’s bite.   Does anyone think that was vampire foreplay too?  Of course not. Klaus did not drink from Caroline and they certainly did not go back and forth with it. 

Elena was just starving and had no idea what it meant and at that point, she would not have cared ….. she was HUNGRY.  Yes, Damon did know,  and yes he was enjoying it, but his main focus was giving Elena her much needed nourishment.  I guess you would have to be a Damon fan or a Delena fan to really see how HOT that was because there was a sexual undertone, which occasionally gets thrown out there for the fans.  However, Damon certainly did not try to drink from Elena or take it any further than feeding her.  As we saw, the blood bag didn’t work either.  Elena was in serious trouble because she needed blood.  Blood to a vampire is like water is to a human.  If a human has no water they become dehydrated and their system starts shutting down.  That is what was going to happen to Elena because she could not keep down any blood. Damon told Stefan that Elena needed to feed from a human vein and he was right.  Matty Blue Eyes saved the day when he invited Elena to feed on his vein at the church.  Both Damon and Matt were trying to give Elena what she needed….BLOOD!  

Shocking was Stefan not taking Elena’s concerns seriously.  Shocking was Stefan allowing his jealousy to get in the way of Elena’s survival needs.  Shocking was Stefan’s anger towards Damon when he realized Damon was the one actually helping Elena and wanted to accuse Damon of having it his way….meaning Elena on human blood, which in reality is what she needed.   Shocking was the damn sucker punch Stefan gave Damon when Damon was lying on the ground with bullet holes in his abdomen.  However, the most shocking thing ever to be shown on TVD was when Stefan did not choose to save Elena first, which resulted in her death. Now that was definitely what I call shocking.

  Please know and I hope you are not intimidated by the same   5 or 6 Delenas  that continually comment on other comments and think damon is always right.  There are Delenas that see Damon for when he is right and when he is wrong  just like  there are Stelenas that see Stefan when he is right and when he is wrong.

You nailed it, GP.  And to those that are hating on Damon for not offering the blood bag first, I’d like to point out that he has been a staunch advocate of feeding from the VEIN at first.  She needs to learn control.  She needs to learn when to stop before she ends up killing the person.  And the perfect person to try this on is another vampire, who can’t be hurt by her going overboard.  Add that on top of his concern for getting some nutrition in her STAT, I don’t think he did anything wrong.  He warned her it was personal.  She could have opted out.  She didn’t.

I don’t see how Damon “used” Elena, either GP- I mean, she went to him for help. She refused his first suggestion of human blood, even though she was obviously starving. He gave it. Yes, it obviously meant something to him, but stating he was “using” her is well, strange. I mean, I didn’t see Damon taking his clothes off, didn’t see Damon taking Elena’s clothes off. What I saw was him trying to give her what she needed. She’s not human anymore and has to have blood to survive. Frankly, I don’t see how either of them did anything wrong. Elena went to someone who she knew would help her. Like it or not, Damon & Elena have bonded. Her body was telling her she needed something other than the animal blood she threw up. She went to him for help and he gave it. She would have gone to Stefan if he wasn’t being his usual delusional self;)

Elena told him that she can’t keep down the animal blood but Stefan told that he had problems too with the first period. So why they have to give up after one trying? For me it was a mistake from the writers. If Stefan didn’t say it maybe I could accept it first.
I think Elena deserve this way a little. She has judge Stefan and Damon too when Damon tried to teach Stefan selfcontrol on human blood. And now she give up after one trying…interesting…(and it will be interesting how can she handle the fact she can feed just from human.)
I don’t know exactly what Elena wanted from Damon. I mean what kind of help. Because this is just theory. I don’t think that she really wanted vamp blood.
But it’s true that this kind of hard turns are necessary to keep the triangle alive.

 Stefan’s first feed was on human blood not animal blood. In 1864 he was feeding on humans.  Elena is a new vampire and had not had her first feed.  She was HUNGRY! The writers did not make a mistake at all.  She needed human blood, but did not want to disappoint Stefan, which is why she rejected Damon’s suggestion to pick a human.  He would have made sure that Elena did not kill, but she refused.  The next option was letting her feed from him.  After all, Damon drinks human blood and Stefan apparently does not.  I think what people may be missing is that Elena’s love for Stefan almost killed her because she wanted her feeding habits to be approved by Stefan.   Stefan is the one that needs to learn control and after 146 years as a vampire, he should have by now.  Feeding on animals is just leaving it open for him to go on and off the rails to become a Ripper again.  It is bizarre!  Unless Stefan wants Elena to be like him, he needs to put his ego aside and help her be a normal functioning vampire.  If he cannot rise to the occasion to do that, then he needs to step back and let someone else help her.  My vote would be Caroline, which would take Damon and Stefan out of the equation.  The love triangle is a series long evolving story. 

Amazing episode! I love seeing Stefan a little more “territorial” about Elena and not just a “do want you think is best” attitude. Looks like he’s going to fight for her this time, and not let anyone get in the way. I’m looking forward to this season. Thanks!!!