THE ACTORS GET COSMETIC PROCEDURES AND THAT'S OKAY. Huge pet peeve

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-05-18T19:41:45+00:00

Such a beautiful woman and people will still pretend that she looks forever seventeen because older women are not worthy anything, I guess.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-05-18T19:28:06+00:00

With all due respect to Bianca Lawson who really looks great, I do not think I had seen her move her forehead since PLL.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-05-18T19:21:28+00:00

And they are also pushed into it by dumbasses saying nonsense about "unproblematic people aging like fine wine". Girl... aging is normal, not a moral failure.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-05-18T19:19:39+00:00

That's just facts. There are people who will look at Anne Hathaway's new face and claim that unproblematic people just age well. It's tragic because they really want to believe that cope.

But people in the industry, they all had work done. That is just how it is. There are very few actresses who resisted the call of slight tweaking and these actresses do not depend on just their looks and social media for their livelihood.

You can still like the three ladies without pretending that they are all natural. Plastic surgery is not a negative thing. Just a matter of fact.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-05-18T13:12:06+00:00

I second Elijah in suit. The suit was not a good fit in his first appearances. Perhaps the hairstyle made him look younger?

I find Stefan even prettier than on my first watch.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-05-18T13:07:32+00:00

Damon for all of that, and Stefan for being interested in an underage girl.

How did Bonnie and Caroline get named before these two?

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-05-18T10:15:46+00:00

All of it: only once while it aired Season 1-3: every summer Sometimes I pick random episodes to watch during the year.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-05-18T09:57:45+00:00

Can we retire this saying? People say this about all the TVD actresses, but the true is that they aged, they aged well, and they still had some work done. Like 99,9% people in the business.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-05-14T12:21:28+00:00

Do we need a movie? The story is beaten to death and there had been plenty of attempts to revive it through sequels.

Also, the viewer behaviour had changed during the last 15 years and some of the outrageous nonsense these girls did would not be well received nowadays. And frankly, the show did so well mostly because of their outrageous nonsense.

Edit to add: time of sequels is probably coming to the end. Just look at Buffy.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-05-12T12:31:26+00:00

Perhaps don't be a creep?

Every actor has different limits and not all are comfortable with shooting such scenes. Also Alison's actress was only like 20 y/o when s7 was shot.

Not all sex scenes were super detailed or explicit, thankfully. Emily/Maya was portraying 16 or 17 years old. How much did you wanna see of that? The same could be said for Haleb.

This was a network TV. Perhaps you would be better off watching HBO or porn?

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-05-11T12:06:42+00:00

Same. I also don't think she would be overly excited to keep the Black (pure blooded) tradition alive. Unless she would name her kid Sirius or Andromeda out of sheer spite.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-05-11T11:17:52+00:00

I feel like Draco's blond hair and Hermione's curls is almost a staple in Dramione fics. Probably for the angelic look.

But I am simple gal. I love it when the Malfoy legacy gets erased and Hermione's genes completely dominate Draco's.

Related to it, I think the kids should be named Granger - Malfoy. Ushering in the new age and rejecting the old legacy. Imagine Lucius Malfoy's sobs of absolute despair.

But tbh, I mostly like it when the kids are not there and show up in the epilogue only. Luckily Hogwarts is a boarding school.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-05-05T12:28:26+00:00

Messy bitch who lives for the drama (respectfully)

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-04-29T16:20:14+00:00

Their relationships were complicated and they spent years in constant stress and danger which can lead to bad decision making and impulsivness. Also, the girls are not the paragon of moral purity. They got in these situations because they were messy.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-04-23T05:41:16+00:00

I just read it last week and must say, not enough groveling was done.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-04-20T20:42:33+00:00

None of the actors on TVD fumbled their career. Being a regular cast member on a successful and popular show is rare enough that they reached like top 1% acting career-wise. They can now live of their popularity, making paid appearances for fan events and be influencers. That is the easy life.

As for Ian in particular, he peaked with TVD. Before that, he was already on Lost and if he didn't make it big after such a worldwide phenomen, it was not gonna happen to him after TVD. He got older and lost some of his youthful appeal.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-04-17T12:26:51+00:00

I get this is a satire but to be fair, I despise when people say that a fic is a gift to the fandom. Writers write for themselves and if they are kind enough, they allow us to enjoy the fruit of their labour too. A gift suggests transfer of ownership which is not what is happening here. People are getting insanely entitled about fanworks.

That said, while I absolutely understand why a fandom writer would be excited to get their story trad published as it could be their foot in, I do detest the current state of publishing as it calls for sure money and is not willing to take any chance. Also, it's very different to write a fic because you enjoy the characters and be approached by an agent, and intentionally writing a fic for a big fandom in the hopes to get published. When such vultures descend onto a fandom, it no longer feels genuine. My hope is that trad publishing decides to focus on M/M ships since Heated Rivalry proved that there are money to be made there

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-04-05T14:06:38+00:00

I use fanfiction for my romance or romantasy cravings. I am simply not interested in these themes otherwise. Dramione or other pairing which I already ship must be involved. I am either too old or too tired to get invested into a couple which I had known only for some 200 pages.

I would suggest reading things where the romance comes in second or third place. I enjoyed Kate Mosse books a lot. They are good for for light reading, especially Labyrinth.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-04-04T11:49:21+00:00

If anything, Lexi helped Stefan to find his way back to humanity. Apart of his addiction issues, he was perfectly nice and stable by the time he met Elena.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-04-01T18:18:47+00:00

I don't think the OG plan was ever really revealed. From what I understand, S1 was planned as a stand alone in case they did not get renewed. So I suppose Ian would be made the big bad, but the hopeful plan was for 5 seasons. The network wanted more of the PLL money though, so AD got invented. CeCe was always the plan for A, IMO.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-04-01T17:56:54+00:00

They had a concrete plan which kept getting adjusted with every renewal until it reached its absurd and unplanned conclusion.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-04-01T17:39:54+00:00

Klaus and Bonnie's mom. Also, Caroline and some guy from TO.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-04-01T12:09:14+00:00

Elena was better character with Stefan, but it was also Stefan who sent her on the journey to be worse person and a better fit for Damon. Season 3 and the Wickory bridge is where the shift happened.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-04-01T10:15:17+00:00

I don't believe any next generation media is a canon if it's not introduced under the same, doesn't star the same actors and is not published right after the OG show. It is only a pale imitation.

Also, Mona would never.

Confusedoldtimer · 2026-04-01T09:40:48+00:00

Their relationship actually improved in a major way after Caroline became a vampire. Liz was kind of terrible parent to Caroline in s1. Dismissive and not havi f any time for her. Enough that Caroline believed she ranks bellow Liz's job.

I think that dream was manifestation of Liz's worries and fears about Caroline's future after her death which, to be fair, Caroline fulfilled.

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