The Vampire Diaries
Even as new lamia shows likeVampire Academyenter the much - bonk supernatural genre , The Vampire Diariesremains a legendary mainstay in it . Countless fans worldwide still watch the passion trigon between Elena , Stefan and Damon , but even the dear senior Salvatore has cringey office that spectator ca n’t ignore .
His snarky humor and Old Nick - may - care smirk made him the stark forged boy , but fans call back that he could be overbearing , overdramatic , and even downright creepy sometimes . Redditors gather to talk over the most bunglesome things that Damon ever did inThe Vampire Diaries .
His Obsession With Elena
The Vampire Diariesfandommay not nem con agree , but Damon ’s obsession " with his little pal ’s girl " was really unsettling , agree to_repairmanmanman . It staunch from her resemblance to Katherine , which was fine to start out with , but he was captivate by Elena to a disturbing degree .
The Redditor said , " He ’s just her boyfriends creepy old pal , " which made his investment in Elena ’s living even more awkward . Damon should have treat Elena like a human being rather than an object of enthrallment .
The Countless “Hello, Brother"s
A cringey quote that Reddit ca n’t get overis Damon ’s repeated use of " Hello , brother , " which was precious the first couple of times , after which it became insistent and design . In fact , Damon seemed to show some ego awareness about this when he greet Lily with " Hello , mother , " which made the great unwashed roll their eyes .
0leafrom Reddit said " … it ’s like they were just trying to garner points by pushing their iconic idiom everywhere . It was so tasteless . " The idiom became stock after the overexploitation of it , especially in time of year 8 .
Damon Threatening Kol
Kol managed to get his retaliation on Damon by capturing him and compelling him to stab himself , and then to kill Jeremy . In this situation , BobbaSettthought , " Damon trying to threaten people , " was extremely cringeworthy , specially since he tell Kol " I ’m gon na rip out your spleen . "
Damon ’s false bluster got old and weird very quickly , specially in places where he was really in a sticky office . These were time for him to negociate and act it coolheaded but instead attempted to outsmart his foeman , which almost always was tragic to see .
Elena’s Goodbye Dance
The best decision Elena madein season 6 was to keep sleep and let Bonnie last her animation , but she did get a hazard to say auf wiedersehen to Damon . What began as a sweet dull saltation turn " into over - the - top choreography with lifts . nonsensical , " saidjessie_monster .
It became less of a tribute to the couple and more about complex saltation move , which demand fans flop out of the work up - up to a very worked up consequence and made them wonder how the conniption became so strange .
Inserting Himself Into Stefan And Elena’s Relationship
One big panorama of Damon Salvatore that rooter found intolerable was how he stick in himself into Stefan and Elena ’s human relationship , insisting that he had a say in what was right or wrong for Elena when his opinion just did not matter at all .
The worst conclusion Damon madefor Elena , like forcing her to tope his pedigree , were not his to make at all . It only made him finger suspicious and creepy . Ursulazsenyastated , ' The bozo does n’t understand the concept of boundary but the show masks this under " buT hE luRVes HEr sO MuCH . " '
His Friendship With Liz
Damon was a dark character who had done terrible deed , and abusing Caroline when she was a human was some of the worst of it . Then , he break down and forge a close relationship with Liz , which fans liketierachaunfound bizarre since there was " no direction in hell she would have been booster with him if she ’d cognise what he did to Caroline . "
It was obvious that Damon omitted to evidence Liz about his demeanour with her daughter , even though he had go steady Caroline as a child twelvemonth ago . The whole friendship seemed like a farce once this aspect came into play .
The Toxic Relationship Talk
RedditorNo_Cheesecake488thought that the " most cringe " was when Damon and Elena had a charged conversation about how their relationship was toxic . The writers were perhaps trying to make a self - cognisant statement about the nature of Delena ’s relationship , but it just sounded forced and absurd to most .
Redditors lamented , " LIKE I detest IT SO MUCH PLS MAKE IT STOP . " There was no alchemy between the two , and the interaction seemed performative to quell fans .
Damon Being The Better Man
The show ’s termination ensure Stefan and Damon name each other the upright sidekick , but Stefan definitively crowned Damon with the title , which did n’t sit well with Redditors likeDeliciouslaugh7597 . They tell , " let ’s not blank out the " Damon is the better brother " part - so f**king forced . "
Damon was by no mean a good humans , and Stefan was objectively a tolerant lamia than him . He made an movement to dispense with human living and minimize wretchedness , while Damon terrorized people from day one . It was cringey because it simply was n’t dead on target .
Making Out With Matt’s Mother
crossbreeding lines was something Damon did often , but his seduction of Matt ’s female parent , who then take the air in on them canoodle , was by far one of the worstTVDscenes . Bexiboooproclaimed that the cringiest bit was " Kelly and Damon . "
What made it worse was that Damon show no compunction when Matt , Stefan , Elena , and Caroline spotted them make out . He brazenly did unsavory matter which made others uncomfortable .
Damon And Elena’s Rainy Promises
Acceptable - Aioli-528had determine many weird things onTVD , but " the whole " promise me this is constantly " scene makes me cringe every time . " The prospect was a random flashback to Elena and Damon together , and the proclamations of love in the rainfall seemed too fabricated and unreal .
Their romance had always been a cheap one , but they never had a bit of normality like a teenage couple . Everything had to be deep or meaningful , but it often edge on cringe like this .
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