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posted by [personal profile] rivers_bend at 04:51pm on 18/09/2009 under ,
Is Vampire Diaries the cheesiest TV show ever made? I have to admit that I subsist mostly on a diet of cop/lawyer shows with the occasional foray into SciFi, so I don't have a whole lot in this genre to compare it to. It's not Buffy, that's for sure.

And yet? I am enjoying it even as I am rolling my eyes so far back into my skull I'm afraid I'm risking permanent damage. The blatantly sexual tension between the brothers helps a lot. And weirdly the fact that everyone is almost painfully pretty helps me suspend my disbelief.
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posted by [identity profile] sinnerforhire.livejournal.com at 12:11am on 19/09/2009
I want more Damon. Ian Somerhalder's scenery chewing is hilarious.

Paul Wesley needs to have an eyebrow-off with Zachary Quinto judged by Peter Gallagher.
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 12:25am on 19/09/2009
Ian is definitely making the most of what he's being given. I love him.

And hahaha, so much. We need to arrange that.
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posted by [identity profile] glockgal.livejournal.com at 12:13am on 19/09/2009
LOL, oh VD. How I love to make fun of you.

But but but what (inevitable) pairing name will fandom give Stefan/Damon? Salvacest? Cestatore? Somehow, it just doesn't flow off the tongue like Wincest or Weasleycest ;D
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 12:24am on 19/09/2009
Cestatore made me cackle slightly frighteningly. I think we should start a rallying cry for that one. LOLOLOL

Wincest is really pretty much a gift from Kripke to the gods of 'cest fandoms, and has ruined me for all other names, though at least Weasleycest does roll off the tongue (so to speak) *g* So long as we don't have to put up with Stamon or Defan...
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posted by [identity profile] glockgal.livejournal.com at 12:32am on 19/09/2009
If I can say 'Cestatore' in a terribly stereotypical Italian accent, it might sound palatable! Like "Ehhhhh it's - how you say - ma, it's Cestatore! Molto bene." *eats donut*

STAMON. OMG. IT'S AS LAUGHABLY AWFUL AS IAN SOMERHALDER'S PHONED-IN ACTING, LAWWLLLl
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 01:36am on 19/09/2009
*cries laughing*

*cries laughing moar*

At least Ian is calling in from the crack den :D :D
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posted by [identity profile] victorian-tweed.livejournal.com at 12:33am on 19/09/2009
There has been a couple of reviews which mentioned this show should probably appeal to SPN fans. *fossicks about the net in case you are interested*

http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/09/11/the-vampire-diaries-pilot-series-premiere/

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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 01:37am on 19/09/2009
well, it's certainly caught the attention of THIS spn fan :D :D

Oh, dear, bad review is bad. Not wrong, but...

♥
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posted by [identity profile] nyoka.livejournal.com at 01:10am on 19/09/2009
I like it! It hits my favorite vampy and teen cliches. I don't even know!!!! *hangs head in shame*

The sexual tension between the brothers is also quite amazing. :D
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 01:39am on 19/09/2009
Hey, no fingerwagging here, I am totally enjoying it. But, man, it is CHEESY :D

I seriously thought they were going to start making out a couple times in last night's episode.

*goes a little faint at your icon*
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posted by [identity profile] laceandgrace.livejournal.com at 01:11am on 19/09/2009
I can't lie. I think the show is utterly lame, and yet...I can't stop watching it. >_> I'm hoping that I think it's less lame, the further that they get into the series. It might not help that I read the books, so I know a majority of what happens in canon. But I'm reserving my opinions at least until the fourth or fifth episode. Hopefully.

Inappropriate vampire-related icon is inappropriate. Because Jacob isn't a vampire and because...well...It's not Vampire Diaries related. xD
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 01:41am on 19/09/2009
Sometimes I need something utterly pretty and brainless, and this is perfect :D

I know nothing about the books, though I am thinking that's not a bad thing.

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posted by [identity profile] eternaltime.livejournal.com at 01:34am on 19/09/2009
i can say i have the same thing going lol. it is such a twilight likeness i cringe, but yet i watch...helps supernatural is next up of course. and the bro-tension was THERE! and does the older one look like a young Brian kinney from QAF? seriously!
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 01:43am on 19/09/2009
I can't even watch it before SPN, because it will have trailers for SPN in it, and I cannot watch them, so I must record it and watch it later :D

The bro-tension ROCKS. \o/
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posted by [personal profile] zillah975 at 02:39am on 19/09/2009
IAN! Best reason to watch, right there. YAY IAN!
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 04:43pm on 19/09/2009
He's the whole reason I started on it. I love him, and I don't even have a concrete reason as to why. Just always have.
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posted by [personal profile] chemm80 at 04:40am on 19/09/2009
It's a very weird dynamic in my house, watching this show. My excuse is that it's something to watch while I'm waiting for SPN to come on. My 11-year-old son is a Twilight fan, which means making fun of its similarities to Twilight and the utter ridiculousness of both, is highly entertaining to his 13-year-old brother and I.

But then there's the OMG slashy brothers. I mean, that's not even subtext with those two; it's like...text...or something.

This is how bad it is: at the Fall Fandom Free-for-all today, I requested that someone write me some Damon/Stefan. *hangs head in shame* The thing is, someone has already offered to write it. :D
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posted by [identity profile] rivers-bend.livejournal.com at 04:47pm on 19/09/2009
Have you read A Poisonous Garden (http://linaerys.livejournal.com/696782.html) by [livejournal.com profile] linaerys? She was on that after only one episode. Awesomeness. Yeah. Subtext is out the window. They are all up in it.

I can't watch it while I'm waiting for SPN because there will be trailers. I'm looking forward to Flash Forward starting so I have something to watch on another episode, otherwise I'm dependent on DVDs or having saved something from my DVR to watch. I am far too het up to do homework or reading, and I have to stay away from LJ because everyone else gets to see it first.
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posted by [personal profile] chemm80 at 10:33pm on 19/09/2009
Thanks for the rec. The story was quite good. The show is not, but I'll probably keep watching it as long as it stays this slashy.
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