LOL! Don't worry, I'm not bothered. :-) I was just happened to be watching more episodes today and reading some meta from other fans on my FL and it reminded me of your post, so I came back to see if there was any more discussion on it.
I completely disagree with you about Matt, Alaric and Jeremy, and I think I'll mostly leave it at that, except to say that IMO they are complicated characters who do things for a variety of reasons, sometimes selfless and sometimes selfish, and that's okay with me.
I do agree with you regarding the show's treatment of rape, and I wish they would take Damon's "compulsion" in particular more seriously. But Damon is, again, a vampire. And he doesn't even particularly want to be good, but finds himself on the side of good more often than not because he keeps developing these annoying feelings for various people. So while I certainly don't like everything Damon does... I still love the character.
I have lots more to say about the show (and especially it's numerous, awesome female characters!), but I will save that for my own journal as I'm sure you're not interested. ;-) Mostly, I just find this show completely entertaining and I hope you find something to watch that you like as much.
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Date: 2011-10-10 06:04 am (UTC)I completely disagree with you about Matt, Alaric and Jeremy, and I think I'll mostly leave it at that, except to say that IMO they are complicated characters who do things for a variety of reasons, sometimes selfless and sometimes selfish, and that's okay with me.
I do agree with you regarding the show's treatment of rape, and I wish they would take Damon's "compulsion" in particular more seriously. But Damon is, again, a vampire. And he doesn't even particularly want to be good, but finds himself on the side of good more often than not because he keeps developing these annoying feelings for various people. So while I certainly don't like everything Damon does... I still love the character.
I have lots more to say about the show (and especially it's numerous, awesome female characters!), but I will save that for my own journal as I'm sure you're not interested. ;-) Mostly, I just find this show completely entertaining and I hope you find something to watch that you like as much.