Vampire Diaries: Isobel

My thoughts on this week’s episode, Isobel

The exchange between Isobel and Elena was so sad. Isobel shows up after Elena’s been searching for her this whole time. Elena’s adoptive parents have been killed, this is Elena’s last connection (other than her Aunt Jenna and Uncle John). Ispbel proves herself to be worse than Damon, showing no compassion for her daughter, acting as if she’s only meeting her because it’s advantageous to her. Elena’s hopes of a sudden reconnection are crushed. When she needs comforting, her best friend won’t even help and so all she has left is Stefan (and Damon ;p)

Something to note: Isobel’s remark about Damon loving Elena may make her seem allknowing but it’s actually Damon’s fault. If Damon hadn’t pinned Isobel to the ground in defence of Elena, Isobel would have never known. Now, Elena realizes that the spark she felt during the Miss Mystic Falls dance event wasn’t just imagined and that he may have felt it too. And while Damon was surprised she said that, I can now see how he’s going to exploit it by teasing Stefan, especially after watching one of the final scenes.

I must say, the final meeting of Isobel and Elena was awesome, though. They show up, Isobel reveals her backup and Elena quipps “You think I didn’t bring backup?” Like mother like daughter was all I thought at that point.

Now, although I said Aunt Jenna and Uncle John were Elena’s last hopes for a family (and Jeremy), I realized she has Alaric. He is basically her stepdad since him and Isobel never divorced, she just disappeared. So, I’m thinking Alaric and Elena should turn together as step-dad and step-daughter so they can join Isobel to make a family and live happily ever after. I strongly dislike Uncle John (even though according to Damon he may be Elena’s father =o) and we saw in this episode that Elena and Alaric bring out Isobel’s only redeeming qualities (despite what she likes to think), so I figure they could live ‘happily ever after.’… It could work (although Stefan would end up tagging along and Damon would follow- unless he found Catherine- so Elena is doomed either way (at least according to Isobel))