“Today was shit.
Yeah.”
#THIS PERFORMANCE IS ACTUALLY BETTER AND BIGGER THAN THIS SHOW #I AM HIT WITH SUDDEN AWE FOR NINA DOBREV’S FACE LIKE YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW #ACTUALLY DELIGHTED WITH THE LINES OF YOUR FACE AND HOW YOU USE IT #ELENA’S FACE IN THIS KILLS ME IN THE SECOND GIF BASICALLY #IT’S LIKE SHE’S LOOKING INTO A MIRROR AND SEEING HER OWN REFLECTION #DISTORTED AND WARPED BY CENTURIES UPON CENTURIES OF FEAR AND BLOOD; BY THE INEXPLICABLE LOSS OF EVERYTHING SHE HELD DEAR #SHE’S SEEING HERSELF BUT THE EDGES ARE SMUDGED BY SHADOW AND HER FACE IS THE SAME FACE BUT IT’S CRUELER AND HARDER AND MORE DURABLE #SOMETHING LESS HUMAN IN THE LINES AND INFLECTIONS #AND THERE’S A SENSE OF APPREHENSION IN HER FACE BUT IT’S ALSO A SENSE OF RECOGNITION #A SENSE OF THE INEVITABLE AND IT’S BEAUTIFUL #BECAUSE THE DOPPELGANGERS HAVE THE SAME STORY AND THAT STORY IS ABOUT THEM AND EVERYONE ELSE IS JUST AN OBSTACLE #KATHERINE’S FAR ALONG THE WAY IN THEIR COLLECTIVE NARRATIVE - BUT ELENA IS JUST BEGINNING #AND HERE’S THE THING: IF YOU STARE LONG ENOUGH INTO THE ABYSS - IT STARES BACK
(Source: vampire-diaries)
the hero’s little heart (katherine/elena, nc-17, ~1,000 words)
mirror!sex as suggested by vicky