Season 6 was the first season where I didn't mind Damon so I'm not pleased that he's going back to his season 1 self. I wish they would've let him continue to develop and mature instead of having him backslide into his old, horrible patterns.
Yeah Ian especially is really pushing for getting the season 1 Damon back and those old dynamics, but I feel like you can't really capture them again in the seventh season, too much time has passed? I was admittedly a fan of Damon in season 1 when he was really awful, but then by the time of season 5 it was just putting me off that he continued being awful and killing off the Whitmore family, even after he had settled down with Elena and had supposedly somewhat changed for the better. Those bad boy characters have their novelty, but I'm not super into the idea of going back to those old patterns either, I didn't care for when he went off the rails with Enzo in season 5 for that reason. I do like Damon's friendship with Alaric though!
And I see what you're saying, but the cast is pretty smallish these days, so I don't see that they can just focus on Damon/Stefan/Lily and neglect everyone else. Even if those three are getting a lot of focus, season 7 should still be a pretty decent year for Caroline, Bonnie, and Matt IMO as Jeremy, Tyler, and Elena have all left now and Lily is the only new addition to the regulars
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Date: 2015-09-12 01:13 pm (UTC)Yeah Ian especially is really pushing for getting the season 1 Damon back and those old dynamics, but I feel like you can't really capture them again in the seventh season, too much time has passed? I was admittedly a fan of Damon in season 1 when he was really awful, but then by the time of season 5 it was just putting me off that he continued being awful and killing off the Whitmore family, even after he had settled down with Elena and had supposedly somewhat changed for the better. Those bad boy characters have their novelty, but I'm not super into the idea of going back to those old patterns either, I didn't care for when he went off the rails with Enzo in season 5 for that reason. I do like Damon's friendship with Alaric though!
And I see what you're saying, but the cast is pretty smallish these days, so I don't see that they can just focus on Damon/Stefan/Lily and neglect everyone else. Even if those three are getting a lot of focus, season 7 should still be a pretty decent year for Caroline, Bonnie, and Matt IMO as Jeremy, Tyler, and Elena have all left now and Lily is the only new addition to the regulars