she tries her best not to flinch under the weight of those shadowed memories. the smug confidence caroline is displaying now mirrored her own back then, except elena went to extremes to prove it, going so far as to yank open the curtains and letting the sun filter through. they wouldn't let her burn. so long as that was true, she knew that she didn't have to give in to them. to any of them. it was the only thing that could reach her at the time: fear. fear of dying. )
Caroline, the longer you put this off, the stronger it'll crash down on you. ( she has to know that. she's seen them all self-destruct in the process. )
And what would 'living your life' entail?
( elena must be crazy for even considering caroline's negotiation rules, but ... caroline is a control freak. her not having her humanity doesn't suddenly make her any less good at being a vampire. she does understand klaus' concern, despite their disagreement on execution. after what happened with freya's mirror, they might as well be under a microscope. one wrong move and they'll have to answer to wonderland, their secrets be damned. )
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she tries her best not to flinch under the weight of those shadowed memories. the smug confidence caroline is displaying now mirrored her own back then, except elena went to extremes to prove it, going so far as to yank open the curtains and letting the sun filter through. they wouldn't let her burn. so long as that was true, she knew that she didn't have to give in to them. to any of them. it was the only thing that could reach her at the time: fear. fear of dying. )
Caroline, the longer you put this off, the stronger it'll crash down on you. ( she has to know that. she's seen them all self-destruct in the process. )
And what would 'living your life' entail?
( elena must be crazy for even considering caroline's negotiation rules, but ... caroline is a control freak. her not having her humanity doesn't suddenly make her any less good at being a vampire. she does understand klaus' concern, despite their disagreement on execution. after what happened with freya's mirror, they might as well be under a microscope. one wrong move and they'll have to answer to wonderland, their secrets be damned. )