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Their expressions! *-* :3

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True! In spite of the downhill it went through, I've been it this show for 7 years. It's still a lot of memories, a lot of feelings, and, even though it sucked in end, it is still the end. Thanks for letting me know all this characters and brilliant actors. They'll forever be in my heart, until the end of my life. First show I ever started watching from the start and gave a damn about. Bottom line, thank you, The Vampire Diaries. And goodbye. :')

after nearly eight years we are about to be let down by the vampire diaries for the final time. this is weirdly emotional

Early Jim Kirk: Why So Serious?

To the people who said that Paul Wesley’s Captain Kirk was “too serious” or that it “wasn’t our Jim Kirk”:

Let’s have a kiki, shall we? :)

A lot of folks seem to forget who Jim used to be before meeting him in TOS.

In an interview, Paul Wesley discussed how different Jim’s early character and life was from TOS Kirk. Wesley’s study of Jim and his early characterisation was in fact based on TOS descriptions and relevant lore surrounding it. I was not at all phased by the Jim we saw, as early Jim is described as quite a departure from our flirty, confident TOS Jim. Wesley did his homework.

From the chat that Kirk has with Gary Mitchell in TOS (Where No Man Has Gone Before 01x03) and Bones in Shore Leave (01x15) re: Finnegan, we learned in Jim’s younger years, Kirk didn’t always have that swagger. In fact, Jim used to be a rather serious nerd.

Kirk in the academy was described as “a stack of books with legs”, “positively grim”, and “watch out for Lieutenant Kirk. In his class, you either think or sink”.

He also adhered to Starfleet rules far more in his early years a la Boimler. For example, he reported an error that older officer and very good friend of his Benjamin Finney made on the USS Republic, leading to Finney’s demotion and later the events of Court Martial (01x20). He reported one of his own besties to HQ and got him demoted. Quite a departure from how often Kirk violates Starfleet orders and directives for Spock on TOS. Again, he is not the same Jim. Character growth.

I think folks get so wrapped up in Spock being the thinking guy and Kirk being the action guy that they forget: You kind of have to be a brilliant genius and thinker to even get a starship command, let alone the flagship. Jim is not dumb and never was; he is exceptionally smart. Spock is just a freaking GIGA GENIUS and anyone standing next to that might look less bright in contrast. But make no mistake, Jim is also brilliant as a military man and diplomat.

Jim is often stereotyped as a swaggering meathead when he is actually an intelligent and capable diplomat even from his earliest years with Starfleet. As a cadet, he was decorated by Starfleet with the Palm Leaf for his peace mission work on Axanar (Court Martial 01x20). As a Captain, Jim helped to complete just as many successful federation member recruitments as he did take names and kick ass.

Jim loves chess. He loves his dad’s old books and classic literature. He memorizes quotes from those texts and references them constantly in TOS. How many jocks do you know out here memorizing classic literature to reference even now in our time? One of Jim’s most precious, prized possessions is an old text copy of “A Tale of Two Cities” he got as a gift for his birthday from Spock.

There are still those glimpses of old Jim planted throughout TOS and the movies.

As you examine him and his past, every description of him as a young man in the original series was that he was a nerd. Kirk, as a character, shows how much we change as people from high school/uni to adulthood.

The early Jim Kirk is not the Kirk we knew and loved, and he often comes as a surprise to folks accustomed to the Jim he later becomes. He grows into his own over time and finds himself, like many of us. But Wesley’s portrayal seemed surprisingly apt to me, considering early descriptions of James T. Kirk’s character.

TLDR: Jim Kirk was described in his early years as “serious”, “positively grim”, “a stack of books with legs”, top of his class, and would report you to HQ for a crumb. This is not the Captain Kirk you knew who took command of the Enterprise in 2265. Jim Kirk used to be a serious, passionate Starfleet nerd.

All in all, I thought Paul Wesley’s character study with all this considered was

Anyway, thanks for coming to my Ted X Talk about baby James Tiberius Kirk.

I’d love to hear from you folks, feel free to chip in, add to this or correct any errors. :) LLAP.🖖

EDIT: See Part 2 of this Jim Kirk SNW AU Analysis where I respond to an ask from @letteredlettered​; we get into the importance of the Triumvirate for Kirk Prime, as well as the relevance of why Jim Kirk being assigned the Farragut would be a poor choice of command commission for him. It further solidifies that this is not “our Kirk”, but an AU where we see what would come of our Kirk if he did not get the flagship commission or meet his boays to form the Trek Trinity. 

PAUL WESLEY as James T. Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2.03

Jim Kirk in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds 2.03

Kirk & Chess (Strange New Worlds & The Original Series) | ID in ALT

the way she looks at them

BEST SCENE OF THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, DEFAN ALWAYS IN MY HEART 

this guys are so cute together, they are the best, i love them <3

OUR TVD SHOW IS T.V. DONE!!

I've been a TVD devoted fan since Day 1 and I was super excited that this show (and at the time my favorite book series) was becoming a TV Series. As the years passed on and the episodes and seasons kept piling on, I grew more and more impressed with the writing and everything this show had to offer. Season 4 was passable and very angst proven, but still brought in the number of viewers to continue a new season. Season 5 was....interesting to way, in my opinion and incredibly great to watch. Really piled on the Travelers trying to rid the world of Spirit magic, Bonnie and Damon going to an alternative universe never to be heard from again. Season 6 was okay to say the least, but that was the season things started to go downhill.

Kai was a perfect villain and reminded me of the Joker from Batman: completely insane and had a thirst for destruction and chaos. Caroline losing her mother was the pivotal point in her life now that she's beginning her immortal life and it terrifies the hell out of her. Turning off her humanity was a game changer and I got a glimpse of the REAL Caroline Forbes: fearless, powerful, completely blunt, a badass bitch and a total, "well-behaved" (for the most part) controlled vampire. The season was exciting and mind blowing towards the finale!!! Especially towards what happened with Elena and the total epic fail of Bonnie’s anger and revenge of leaving Kai in the prison world: Lily and the Heretics

And now with the new season premiering tonight on The CW is a little bit worrisome for a fan. We all knew that because of the ratings, it’s not going to last very long...and now with these new rumors floating around: let me just say this....IF they actually come true....it’s NOT going to end well for ANY fan to say “tvd is awesome.” I really hope I’m proven wrong about these new developments, but scared over what the answer is.

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the vampire diaries rewatch — season one, episode one: pilot.

Dear Diary, I made it through the day. I must have said “I’m fine, thanks” at least 37 times. And I didn’t mean it once. But no one noticed. When someone asks “How are you?”, they really don’t want an answer.

Salvatore Brothers…looking good.

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I’m sensing Seattle, and he plays the guitar.