Nina Dobrev - Miss on a Mission {Elena Gilbert} #1: Because she kicks ass!

fire for a heart · 07-31-2010, 09:41 PM

WELCOME

to the 1st
ELENA GILBERT
Appreciation Thread!

Unlike certain heroines today, despite her kind hearted and sympathetic nature, Elena is one tough chick with a backbone and isn’t afraid to fight back – all the more reason why girls want to be friends with her and guys want to date her. So it’s nice to see that Nina shares our admiration for her alter ego too!

““She’s very strong and courageous, and she takes on every challenge to the best of her ability, so no matter what happens in the future and what gets thrown her at her, she will gracefully try to deal with as much as she can,” Nina said to TV Guide Canada. Source:25 Reasons Why We Love Nina Dobrev! - Portrait Magazine, August 2010 Issue

Insightful Teenager

Caring Older Sister

A True Lady

Supporters:
1. Schumiac
2. standingintherain
3. sil_boreanaz
4. Adie010
5. Guinevere
6. TLA=Leyton
7. TruLove
8. ~*blackXS*~
9. Alexa
10. Dean&Jo4ever
11. Creamsodaqueen
12. bellagrey13
13. intoxicated dreamer
14. Jules!

Schumiac · 07-31-2010, 09:53 PM

Oooppss... When I checked the boards there was no thread for Elena but lost some time working on the OP...

standingintherain · 07-31-2010, 09:53 PM

Gorgeous OP, I love the animations! Please add me!

JenniferH · 07-31-2010, 10:05 PM

I did a post on my lj about my 5 favorite TVD characters, and this is what I wrote up on Elena --

Elena Gilbert -- I knew I loved Elena in episode four, "Family Ties." I didn't dislike her by any means prior to that episode, but when Stefan told her that she had to trust him, in the space of her response, I mentally rolled my eyes, knowing she would fall into his arms and assure him that, of course, she trusted him. She did not. She told him that trust had to be earned. I literally sat up straighter, eyes wide and shouted, "You go, Elena!" And that was the moment when Elena and The Vampire Diaries completely transcended the CW teenage-swill it so very easily could have become. That also was not the only time I "You go'd!" Elena. Because Elena pulled off many such moments that had me cheering.

I love her warmth and empathy, her snark and the bitterness that comes out now and then. I love how she (mostly) uses her brains and tries to get out of situations, and doesn't just wait for the guy to come and get her. She fights back. I love how she says that she's not going to be the girl who makes her whole life about the guy, and stays true to her word. While she does spend a lot of time dealing with her boyfriend's issues, it's definitely not the typical stuff, and literally is about life and death. Yet she still manages to try and find time for her friends and family. And through all of the murder and mayhem, vampires and violence, BFFs and boyfriends -- past (Matt), present (Stefan) and future (Damon, hehehe!), Nina Dobrev beautifully grounds Elena so that I buy everything she says and does. I do not understand the number of comments I've read here and there that call her a weak actress, or in any way denigrate her talent. This girl has the goods, and she delivers them damn well.

Elena is real, and one of the most interesting "good girls" that the small screen has ever introduced. And, to be fair, she's definitely high up on the list (as is Damon) because of how fantastically written the slow-burning relationship between Damon and Elena is. With Damon, we see so many sides to Elena and, again, Dobrev does a sensational job selling each and every one of them.

naturellebella · 07-31-2010, 10:06 PM

So are we going w/ this one then? Add me please!

Schumiac · 07-31-2010, 10:11 PM

Well I think jules left, and I was about to PM Gay about it...

I'll pm her anyway and add you guys too.

Guess instead of checking a zillion times that there really was no Elena thread and spending time on the OP I should have started the thread and then worked on the OP.