Ian Somerhalder : Damon RAPED Caroline
To the those who keep denying it:
https://mobile.twitter.com/ProtectStelena/status/748234717762326528
Here's what the man himself had said.
Here are my 2 questions (for anyone reading this):
1) It's been awhile since I watched season 1. What exactly did he compel her to do? If he compelled her to like him, then of course that would constitute rape. I don't remember that though and I thought he only compelled her not to tell people he was a vampire.
2) Seeing as he's murdered hundreds, maybe even thousands, of people, why is everyone acting like him raping one girl is the deciding factor in whether he's a good guy or not? This isn't directed at you specifically, but I find it ridiculous that many people are like "oh, he was a serial killer for a hundred years, no big deal" but then act like him raping someone is the end of the world.
1) She was screaming and running away from him after waking up from her first night with him. he catches and throws her in the bed, snarling (blood on his teeth and everything). the next time we see Caroline, she's kissing him goodbye as he drops her off at cheerleading practice, smiling happily like if he's just her new boyfriend. This is just one scene though.
Seeing as he's murdered hundreds, maybe even thousands, of people, why is everyone acting like him raping one girl is the deciding factor in whether he's a good guy or not?
That has never been the point of this discussion.
No one is arguing that Damon is a good guy or not based on his ability to rape people. People are upset that despite overwhelming evidence, there are still a very large group of people that deny that Damon is a rapist. And guess what? A lot of people carry this argument into real life rape cases. So yes, it strikes a nerve. Because you rarely ever see people defending mass murderers and killers, but when it comes to rape, people will twist themselves into pretzels to excuse/ pardon/ rationalise Generic White Male, and it's worse if he's more than average-looking.
That's why it's a big deal. Especially when even the actor of the show says, "yep, I played a rapist" and you still have people trying to rape-splain this away.
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I wouldn't say they excuse him because he's white, in this case of this show and argument, they excuse him because they have an obsession with him, I believe if it was a black actor who's playing same character and had millions of stans for his character, they'd defend him. That's just what these brainless fangirls do.
shareIf it was a black actor I think some people would have more of a problem with it and it would be the black fans that do. I'm a black woman saying this because I've seen it before. People would say stuff like why did they make the black character a rapist or something like that. Hence towards the end of this season of The Originals wikia board there were lots of people complaining about why all the black characters on the show were bad and even acting like it was some kind of conspiracy to make blacks look bad or some nonsense like that.
"I'd rather lose for what I am than win for what I ain't"
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Well yeah some people would, I have a problem with Damon raping as do other fans, but there would be that Section of fangirls that STILL defend the character, like had Marcel done something similar, he wouldn't have loads of defenders like Damon (who's probably the popular character) but he'd still have those delusional some.
shareThey don't excuse him because he's white per se but... ONLY white male characters inspire this kind of large scale devotion in audiences, sadly. You won't see a Black equivalent of Damon Salvatore. At least not on US media, viewed by US audiences. Black good guys get demonized while White bad boy get woobified.
shareAh, yes, I could agree with this argument, I think a black actor/character COULD have this probability. But as it hasn't happened I think, I agree. It wouldn't be the same if Ian Somerhalder wasn't playing Damon Salvatore, looks play hugely into the characters delusional pardoning.
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Do you think maybe Marcell does? He has the typical vampire diaries hypocrisy of being evil but preachy and the charm that makes people forget the wickedness.
He did wrong the wolves and witches but I don't know how justified he was since maybe it was a kill or be killed kind of situation. Goodness knows all supernatural folk are crazy.
But using human tourists as blood bags is wrong, obviously. Actually, he's been one of the more benevolent vampires unless my memory is failing me, lol.
But he has "wronged" the originals, so he would be a bad guy to the audience. Like when Klaus did to the family supposedly with the aunt.