Reblog if you haven’t given up on Delena.  

motel-kiss:

i find it sort of funny how stefan goes away for half a season and nothing happens, but when damon leaves for half a day, elena dies.

I’m Elena.
I’m Damon.

findmysoulasigohome:

I just realized this parallel:

I love you, Elena, and it’s because I love you that I can’t be selfish with you

Damon to Elena, 2x08

I care about you, Damon, which is why I have to let you go

Elena to Damon, 3x22

Now you might think that I’m hinting at the quote “If you love someone set them free. If they come back they’re yours; if they don’t they never were” but what caught my attention is that Damon let Elena go in 2x08 and compelled her to forget that but he couldn’t get Elena out of his heart how much ever he tried because Elena got into his bloodstream. The same way, in Elena’s words, Damon got under Elena’s skin and no matter what she does, she can’t shake him. So even though Elena said she had to let Damon go, there is no way she can actually do it. Julie Plec said that the knowledge of two compulsions by Damon is going to make Damon get under her skin even further and embed himself there. I know it was kind of obvious to begin with but it is kind of beautiful to see these parallels and seeing how Damon and Elena’s journeys are similar even in their differences.