The Vampire Diaries 2x5 “Kill or Be Killed” FULL REACTION

But you can see that Damon is protecting himself and his family

Not sure what to say at this point... This is definitely on Damon. Though of course, Stefan lets Damon do what He wants and this Series portrays Damon as "innocent", despite what He does: I guess Mason isn't allowed to protect Himself and His Family. Really, Mason is using Self-Defense at this point, Damon made clear what He wants.

Darius.

Thanks...Grace Harris

Other Boy Reactions

I picked up on Damon’s character trait of protecting the ones he cares about however it’s something that everyone to some degree has, even serial killers. They may kill people, but many of them still have loved ones and family that they care about. That doesn’t cancel the evil that they’ve done. As opposed to Stefan who cares about not only his loved ones, but complete strangers. He is more human than Damon at this point and that’s why I like him better. Elena would never have to ask Stefan not to kill an innocent person whereas everyone is always hoping Damon won’t kill someone. There is nothing admirable about Damon to me at this point. Mason only attacked Caroline and Stefan out of instinct while in wolf form. It wasn’t his plan. He had planned on chaining himself and isolating himself until Tyler and Amy showed up. He would’ve never bothered anyone otherwise, especially since Katherine told him to leave the brothers alone and just get the moonstone. This tells me that he is being as responsible as he can in order to not hurt anyone. Katherine and Damon are the only threats to me.

Other Boy Reactions

Maybe Damon shouldn't have attacked Mason, but Mason has a brain and should realize it isn't a good idea to take on 3 vampires. However, Mason attacked Caroline and Stefan, from his perspective, Damon was protecting them all. While Mason is alive, he is a threat to all of them, vampires and humans, and Damon has no tolerance for anyone threatening him or his friends and family. Except one person, Damon would never intentionally hurt Liz, despite her being a threat. Damon genuinely cares about Liz, she's like a favourite aunt to him. If Liz had been anyone else who was a threat to him and Stefan, he would have killed her. But he didn't because he cares about Liz. It wasn't to impress Elena. Liz was cold when she was shooting Damon and Stefan, but Damon acted the opposite. Damon showed he cared about a human for no personal gain, and he will protect humans that he cares about even if they are a threat to him. It is one of his character traits, which I'm not sure you've picked up on, his protectiveness to the ones he loves. God help his kids if he'd have had them when he was human, he'd have wrapped them in cotton wool and threatened anyone who went near them. There is a reason behind it, which you will find out about and it is part of the reason why he suffers from PTSD. The relationship between Damon and Liz is so underrated, it is my favourite friendship in the show. Damon persuaded Elena to forgive Stefan, he could've taken advantage of the fight but didn't. Damon and Caroline both know Stefan needs to learn how to control his blood addiction instead of running from it, but Elena still wants her Edward Cullen fantasy even if it isn't feasible. Katherine had planned what she was going to do a year ago, so all of this supernatural stuff would've come to Mystic Falls regardless of whether Stefan and Damon had been there. They are now slowly turning into the town protectors from the outside bad guys (aka Katherine and whatever she is up to). Right now, everything that has gone bad or people who have been killed can be traced back to Katherine and her faking her death. Katherine would've found a way to kill Richard Lockwood so Mason could go back and get the moonstone. His death is on her hands, as well as the guy Mason killed. Vampires have heightened emotions, so when they truly love someone, they love them more than any human can. How much Katherine loved Stefan and Damon says more about Katherine than it does about vampire emotions. Great reaction, looking forward to the next one.

Mandzipop

*snows in July* Other boy- DAMONS FAULT