Can The Vampire Diaries make vampires and werewolves fresh again?

“If this wolfman thing is true, I’ve seen enough movies to know it’s not good. It means Mason Lockwood is a real life Lon Cheney and that little Tyler punk may just very well be Lon Cheney Jr. Which means Bela Lugosi — meaning me — is totally screwed.” – Damon

Well Damon, it looks like it’s true. While I’m all for Tyler joining the supernatural story lines, I’m not convinced the werewolf-vampire thing needs to be done again. But then again … I have faith in Julie Plec, Kevin Williamson and their crack team of writers to make the age-old animosity between vampires and werewolves fresh again. They can do it, right?

I haven’t been disappointed yet. So far, they’ve managed to weave an intricate back story for the characters, one that keeps unfolding new layers and dark secrets.We might even find out that sweet little Elena has a dark side; she did use Damon tonight to find out what he knew about Katherine.

I mean, they could have screwed up Caroline as a vampire, and so far, I’m loving it. Stefan and Caroline delivered the fun moments in tonight’s episode. Upon finding out that human characteristics are amplified when one becomes a vampire, Caroline quips, “I might as well have stayed dead. My entire personality is killing me.” She’s flustered that Stefan wants her to eat bunnies, and she digs into Stefan, making fun of his “serious vampire look (which is pretty much the same as all of his looks),” and she refers to her vampire self as an “insecure neurotic control freak on crack.” Yep, Caroline as a vampire definitely works.

So I guess the moral of this post is that even though the werewolf-vampire pairing has been done to death, we’ve gotta have faith that The Vampire Diaries will give it a new twist.

This and that:

• Why is heavy eye makeup a prerequisite to being a vampire chick?
• There it is … I knew Caroline would get a daywalking ring. And this was just enough Bonnie for me.
• Yay, Alaric’s back … with really bad hair. I do believe that Mystic Falls has a monstrously good barber shop.
• Regarding why elena hates damon:
  “You did kill her brother.” – Alaric
  “There is a huge asterisk next to that statement. He did come back to life.” – Damon
• Caroline is following in Stefan’s footsteps — now there’s a competition for world’s most selfless vampire. It was sad to see Caroline and Matt break up, though.
• Is the werewolf bite being fatal to vampires original Vampire Diaries lore? I haven’t heard that one before, and alas, all a Google search turned up was the answer to the question, “What if a vampire and a werewolf bit you at the same time?” And I’m glad I know, because I can totally see The Vampire Diaries pulling that one on us.
• Watching Stefan is akin to watching the morons in the horror movies who don’t move out of the house even when the toilet spews blood. Stefan, don’t go looking for werewolves — they can kill you. Just find Caroline and get the hell out of there.
• Hi Dexter alum, Courtney Ford (Christine Hill, otherwise known as Trinity’s daughter) — I would have hit on Alaric too, even with his bad hair.

Clacked by Debbie McDuffee
on Sep 23, 2010 @ 21:55 EST5EDT