Manic Monday: Dear Vampire Diaries, you know you aren’t Buffy right?

I’m going to start this rant off by saying The Vampire Diaries is a CW show. You know going in that the acting and writing aren’t going to be masterpieces like Breaking Bad was or even as engaging as Grey’s Anatomy. But at this point, I am ready to drop kick The Vampire Diaries off my “Must Watch Forever” list.

This season of the Vampire Diaries is way, way, way too similar to season 4 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer; a show that, in my opinion, is on the previously mentioned Must Watch Forever list and is a masterpiece like Breaking Bad. So if you haven’t been keeping up with Vampire Diaries or have never watched Buffy please stop reading because:

Spoilers are running wild

Here is the magical “Let’s rip off Buffy” recipe:

Step One: Let’s go to college but never go to class unless we are investigating.! Anything else necessary to say? 

Step Two: Mysterious deaths and occurrences surrounding a Sexy TA and a well loved Professor.

This step may need more explaining. In Buffy we had Riley, and Maggie Walsh. In Vampire Diaries we have Jesse (Caroline’s crush), and Wes (the biology professor). Riley, unlike Jesse has been perfectly aware of the strange occurrences. Jesse isn’t aware of Wes’s experiments until he is the test subject. 

Step Three: Evil organization experimenting on monsters

In Buffy we aren’t fully aware of the Initiative being evil until a little while on, but in Vampire Diaries we are already aware of the cruelty of Augustine. Both of these organizations experiment on monsters and both aim at the creation of a monster that will kill monsters. (At least, this seemed to be the goal of Augustine in the episode were Jesse dies. Now I’m thinking there is possibly more going on.) The Initiative is military funded, and Augustine is a secret research society but hey, the similarities are endless.

Step Four: Someone is captured by the evil organization.

As if the comparisons between Spike and Damon weren’t already there. Now we learn that Damon was experimented on in the past, and now he’s been captured again! What will they do to him? Put a chip in his brain making him unable to bite humans? Wait… that sounds familiar…

Step Five: ???

I’m not sure what’s next for this recipe. But I won’t be surprised if Caroline becomes a lesbian now that her werewolf boyfriend has left her. No joke, her WEREWOLF boyfriend has left. If Caroline falls in love with a woman (especially a witch) I will not watch this show anymore. There should be more LGBT relationships on this show, but that stealing from the Tara/Willow romance on Buffy will be more than I can handle.

One last thing to rant about is how didn’t I notice that Stefan is Angel and Spike is Damon sooner? I think I’ve joked about it due to the love triangle. But now that Stefan has been locked in a safe and left to drown for a few months (Season 3, Episode Tomorrow), I can’t stop thinking about how much like Angel is he. Angel is a good man, atoning for his mistakes and he does everything he can to help those he cares about. But he has a dark side that can be triggered. Stefan is also a good man, atoning for his mistakes and does everything he can to help those he cares about. And he has a dark side that can be triggered! Ugh. 

Please Vampire Diaries, I don’t expect you to win an Emmy but let’s stop this blatant stealing.