Why Everyone Should Watch The Vampire Diaries

Lost My Hogwarts Letter is mad as all get out about Twilight's vampire supremacy, and she's not going to take it anymore! –Sparkitors

Fellow Sparklers, I'm here to address a huge hole in SparkNotes coverage. Never have I ever read a single post honoring the awesomeness that is The Vampire Diaries on this site! Now we must all take a moment of silence, drop our heads in shame, and wonder why Dan Bergstein continues to blog that cursed, cursed vampire series—dare I mention its name? No, I daren't—when there isn't a single mention of The Vampire Diaries anywhere. Now, maybe you're wondering, "Why in the name of jetpacks is this random person raving about yet another Twi(censored)/True Blood ripoff?"

Back up. The Vampire Diaries is ORIGINAL. It was published way long ago, back when the word "twilight" referred to the sun going down. Here's why you're missing out in a big way if you haven't already run away from your computer and toward another computer, one that's playing every episode of The Vampire Diaries that ever aired.

1. Reason one? Easy.  *preparing self* IAN SOMERHOLDER. *tons of screaming fan girls have just fainted* Ian, who plays bad boy Damon Salvatore, nails that rare combination of hot AND gorgeous. He has to be, without a doubt, the most handsome vampire ever to enter the (fictional) world, and he’s beaten that Cullen stalker/ripoff a million times in polls. A MILLION TIMES, PEOPLE.

2. Katerina Petrova, one of the scariest, most amazing, stunning, and just brilliant female vampires that I have ever seen. She isn’t one of your typical psychotic killer vamps, but a manipulative planner. She makes Dakota Fanning look like a toddler.

3. Huge ups for originality! IT. CAME. FIRST.

4. The love triangle between Stefan, Damon, and Elena. Sometimes you just can’t help but go "Awwww!" at Stefan's sweetness, until you see Damon cry a single tear when he looks at Elena. Then you just want to scream "STOP TORTURING THEM, ELENA! JUST CHOOSE DAMON!" And maybe you feel just a tiny bit jealous of her, as she gets to make out with both of them. It isn't one of those corny love triangles that bores you to death, or one of those extremely graphic ones that burns your eyes. It’s just beautiful.

5. WEREWOLVES. WITCHES. CURSES. And other awesomeness! Yet the show avoids going all silly and medieval, with hags in cloaks muttering cheesy curses and whatnot.

6. Pretty much everything else, from the random jokes to the overall epicness.

7. Must this list go on? Get thee to a Vampire Diaries viewing party!

And shun the Nightlight series, or whatever the heck it's calling itself. SHUN.

Are you convinced? Are you watching The Vampire Diaries RIGHT NOW?

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