Even though I’m not black-skinned (hi! latina girl here *waves*), I identify a LOT with black girls. I’m black by heart. I’m a slave decendant, I am – proudly – an African decendant.
When I first watched The Vampire Diaries I was like “WOW, Bonnie’s a black girl! They took a major book character and switched her into a beautiful african-american, this is so great!”. But then I saw it. They did switch her race, and also her importance. You people can say that this sow is “not racist” all you want, but then explain to me why, in the bleeding hell, did they turn Bonnie into a black character and then gave her NONE of her book love interests? Why did they turn her into a minor character, when in the books she was the second girl after Elena?
I said that I identify with black girls; from the beginning I saw myself in Bonnie. And they (The CW) made it clear, through all 4 seasons, that Bonnie deserves nothing: no loving parents, no romantic love, no concerned friends. Bonnie, black girl Bonnie, gets no nice things, no happiness. Black girl Bonnie has to sacrifice her grams, her mother, her powers, and ultimately her own life for white girl Elena have her happiness.
So, basically, they’re saying that I AM WORTH NOTHING. That I don’t deserve to be happy. That I don’t deserve to have nice things. And that hurts.
They’re saying that my happiness (that ours, colored girls’ happiness), doesn’t matter in comparison with white girls’. They’re more important than us and, therefore, we should let go of anything WE want, in order for them to have what they want.
That is what they’re saying to me and, unfortunately, to girls that are younger, more naive, and more likely to be affected than I am.
And that’s why, dear CW executives (i know you’re tracking Tumblr, and I know you’re gonna see this), I’m not watching NOR talking about TVD anymore. I’m not generating any more buzz for you. I’m not writing fanfiction about it anymore. From me, you’ll get no money. And I assure you: I’ll try my best to not buy anything from ANY of TVD’s sponsors. I wish it gets canceled. If I’m worthy nothing to you, you’ll get nothing from me.
Sorry about it guys, my followers, my friends, I’ll still love you all, but I think I’m done with all of this. Not going to support the racist media.
When I leave the house my dog takes one of my shoes and lays with it (she never chews them) – well, this weekend my wife and kids were out of town and I went to Home Depot for 30 minutes and came home to this. I think she panicked and thought we all left. Broke my heart. via /r/aww https://ift.tt/2JCo6NB
I watched it religiously in middle school (early 2000s) when it was in syndication on FX. I would watch the new episodes every Tuesday, and then watch on FX when they would show 2 episodes after school everyday. And if I missed the afternoon showing, I could always catch them the next morning before school. That’s 11x a week…that’s how much I loved it.
That’s not to say that that is the reason why I started to watch TVD ( I reluctantly started even though Twilight left a bad taste in my mouth), but the small similarities in the story line made me stay.
And for the most part, the similarities are only on the surface. You can compare Angel/Stefan, Spike/Damon, and the only real direct link, Xander/Matt. You could even argue the similarities of Dawn/Jeremy. But my ultimate gripe with the comparison of the two shows is: Who the heck would the Buffy of TVD be? If your first thought was Elena, then you have some explaining to do, because I don’t see it. It can’t be Caroline. She doesn’t add anything to supernatural folklore, and she’s mainly used as a love interest or bait.
The only one I could think of is Bonnie. The girl who feels that she’s the only one who can ultimately protect and save the town from evil, knowing deep down that she could die in the process. But even then, it’s only a surface comparison.
POC of TVD 