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So to paraphrase: she’s you and in this scenario, you’re me.

( yup, he’s getting a kick out of this. )

Still missing the part about why I should care.

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because she knows, that's why

[ and if she knows about caroline, it won't take long before she knows about damon. ]

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Psychopath 101: don’t openly threaten your arch nemesis on a public forum.

( if he missed it the first time, he definitely went to do some digging after her rant. )

Is she going to blab? ( believe it or not, damon sort of likes clarke. )

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i don't have an arch nemesis, oh my god

[ it's not a cartoon!!! ]

and i don't know! maybe! if she thinks it'll help her "i'm better than everybody else" kick

[ the betrayal is Real ]

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Everyone knows you stab them in a dark alley where there aren’t any onlookers.

( everyone else’s life is a cartoon to him. )

Clarke brought me whiskey. ( she didn’t seem condescending when she did that. ) But if I need to handle it, I will. The last thing we need is a bunch of stake-wielding weirdos running around. One was plenty. Thanks for that, by the way.

1/2

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yeah, well, she tried to kill me. the whiskey would have been nicer.

[ fuck clarke's superpower, by the way. it sucks. ]

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wait
did you get staked?

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( and maybe damon would care if she hadn't told jason about him. as it is, he's not about to put in any extra work to solve her problems. his first impulse is to kill, sure, but he has to consider a couple things here: jason threatened to come after him if he hurt caroline or any of the displaced ( big freaking deal ) and that his feeding pool is extremely limited. the latter's what's on his mind. )

No, but I'm pretty sure it was his version of the 'you hurt her again and I'll break your kneecaps' speech.

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[ it takes her a minute. ]

well, he could probably do it.

[ she's Annoyed that he didn't listen to her, but... well. damon's also a grade-a jerk, so. one weird intimate moment that they're decidedly not talking about doesn't change that. ]

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Not if I rip his throat out.

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i like him. don't do that.

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He started it.

And if he comes after me, I'm not holding back.

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technically speaking, i'm pretty sure you started it.

[ you know, when you did the whole compelling her to be your dungeon girl thing. ]

if you kill him, i'm not going to cover for you.

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Ditto.

( .....nobody says that. )

In fact, I'd light the first match for throwing me under the bus.

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oh, whatever. you deserve way worse than me telling somebody to steer clear of your bad moods.

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Except he didn't steer clear of my bad mood. He tried to trigger it, which means he's either really dumb or just stupid enough to think he's invincible.

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wow, that sounds so familiar???

[ pot meet kettle ]

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You deal with your carbon copy. I'll deal with mine.

( and don't come crying to him when you get kidnapped for the fifteenth time. )

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[ oh god is that why she has a thing for him... because he's like damon... kill her ]

she is not my carbon copy!

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Blonde, know-it-all, cares about the many over the one, holier-than-thou — did I miss anything?

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i care about individual people! i cared about you, didn't i? i didn't let you starve, even though i totally could have.

and you never even said thank you!

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And then you turned around and told the first person you could that I was dangerous.

( that's a vicious circle because it will make him act dangerously. betrayal for damon will never default to hurt, it'll skip straight to anger and then revenge. )

So if you're waiting on some gratitude, you're never going to get it.

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you ARE dangerous, you idiot.

[ and so is she. ]

you get all riled up for no reason and now you're talking about ripping people's throats out like that's going to make it any better!!!

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No reason?

( the i trusted you is right there and he smothers it because she's not worth it. he doesn't — didn't — trust her but he could have, maybe, and therein lies the rub. )

Says the girl losing her cool over committees.

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okay, then what's the reason? why are you so mad that i asked a guy i like to stay away from you?

are you mad that i didn't want to share? or that i told him you were a jerk? or is it that i told him i was a vampire and didn't get your permission?

what's the problem, damon? if you have one, spit it out, because i thought we were on the same team here.

[ the "let's not get staked" team ]