Vampire Hype this week is all about The Vampire Diaries episode 4×08 “We’ll Always Have Bourbon Street.” Selina, Kristen and Tariq are back to discuss Damon and Elena’s sire bond, Bonnie’s new expression! magic, and the power of 12.

Shownotes:

– Selina learns how to pronounce “New Orleans”
– It’s flashback time!
– Damon just keeps accidentally siring people
– Was Charlotte’s sire bond stronger than Elena’s?
– That’s a lot of bricks, Damon
– Moral grey area: killing 12 people to save Elena isn’t cool
– Is The Vampire Diaries gonna go all Teen Wolf on us?
– How does an alpha differ from a sire?
– “Submit or dieeee!”
– 12 sacrifices! 12 council members! 12 hybrids! 12 days of Christmas! Are they summoning Santa?
– Express yourself, Bonnie!
– Mmm, spirit tea
– Is Caroline reverting back to her pre-vampire state?
– Could Bonnie be turning evil without realising it?
– “Being a vampire is so weird, omg I love this bathtub!” And we love YOU, funny Elena
– So we get Delena without nullifying Stelena – yay?
– The sire bond is lowering Elena’s inhibitions, allowing her to put her feelings for Stefan aside
– But is she truly able to make her own decisions when all her actions are driven by wanting to make Damon happy?
– Would Elena have been sired with Stefan’s blood too?
– And why weren’t either of the Salvatores sired to Katherine… or were they?!
– Damon is totally sired to Katherine! And will need to turn human to break the bond
– If Elena knows that Damon doesn’t really want her gone, would he still be able to send her away?
– “The dreaded ‘c’ word”… even if he did send her away, it still wouldn’t be her choice!
– We keep coming back to Rose’s breakdown of Delena vs Stelena
– Team Damon settings have been activated. Welcome to the Power Rangers, Elena (see, you can’t just read the shownotes, you gotta listen to the podcast!)
– Kristen’s ode to funny Stefan
– But what’s with the Twilight music?
– Tariq the Hybrid Shipper
– Listener feedback: is Shane a Hunter? Does The Vampire Diaries have problems defining vampire morality? And what is the definition of unconditional love?

…And stay behind for the random Kinder Bueno-themed outtake at the end.

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