I love that he is her ally. He respects her ability to make decisions for herself. He understands that it is her life and her choice. He respects her intelligence and her bravery - he's spent over half a millennium watching people run from his brother and this girl is willing to go to him and die. He respects her love for her family and friends. She recognizes that about him and so she trusts him; in this situation, I don't know if she trusts anyone more. When Alaric delivered Klaus' message, she looked to Elijah first.

This is a couple that locks it down. Lay it out, talk it through, negotiate, learn about the other, learn to trust. He got what Damon didn't, and he's only known her for less than two weeks: Elena doesn't want to become a vampire. Elena would become a risk to everyone, even if only for the first little while. She could murder people, like poor sweet Caroline did in the beginning. Elena does not want to murder people, and if she did she would have to live with that forever. Elijah - and Klaus - knew that elixir would work. He offered her more than mere survival, he offered her life. Because he knows: this girl isn't Katherine. She's willing to see this thing through to the end and make the best choice she can. - Black_Betty


Elijah and Elena. I don't even know how I went from finding them interesting to shipping them as AU to hardcore shipping them to considering them my OTP so quickly, but they stole my heart and it doesn't seem likely they'll give it back anytime soon. There's something so special about Elijah and Elena, a unique bond that comes from basically sharing one soul. They don't need to talk to understand each other, they can read each other without even trying. Their relationship started out as an alliance, but it gradually grew into respect and was on the way to becoming friendship when Elijah took off with Klaus (which nothing will convince me was a "betrayal". He walked into this plan fully intending to kill Klaus- until he was given the chance to see his family again. Who says no to that chance?)
Elijah is clearly attracted to Elena- the way he looked at her when he said "a mistake I won't make again" screamed of a man who's trying to convince himself. When he smiled the moment she came back to the Lockwood's I could practically hear his defenses crumble, only to be ruthlessly put up again when she went straight into business mode.

Elena can feel at ease with him - even more so than when she's with Stefan or Damon. Elijah doesn't coddle her, he treats her like an equal, but he doesn't surrender to her either. He challenges her, just like she challenges him. They seek each other out with their eyes when something happens- no matter who else is in the same room with them. They inevitably look at each other first.

Elijah and Elena will probably never stand a chance on the show, I know that- but nothing will take away from the fact that it's such an incredible waste. - dreamywriter19


It's inevitable. It's undeniable. To the writers of TVD; open your eyes to what you are creating! This is all you! We as fans are drawing out what you provide us with! In the sense of EE becoming a true "item", it doesn't have to happen right now. Though I am bored stiff, I am willing to let the triangle run its course. It poses no threat. Elena will eventually tire of being pulled in 2 directions. No one should have to endure that. But if she settles with one, it won't be stable because this is the Salvatores. They're so damaged from their past they've lost it. I don't understand how this love is supposed to be real to them; it's just something to fill an empty void, which began simply on the fact that Elena looks like Katherine; but that is where it all ends. It's not love, it's obsession. A sick and disturbing obsession. How anyone can find beauty in this eludes me, but perhaps the only reason I say that is because in a sense, I've seen the light. I have a whole new perspective of this fandom, as well as a deeper understanding.

It's better to have EE's relationship build and strengthen over time; instead of rush it just for the fact they have undeniable chemistry. It just comes so naturally. Never forced. It's so spiritually deep and so eloquent. I could go on and on about the amazing beauty of this truly flawless pairing. I have never in my life, being the hopeless romantic that I am, been so passionate about 2 fictional characters. I mean, they're not even real! Yet I am so captivated and enveloped by them because they're so enchanting and exhilarating. Like nothing I have ever seen before. Daniel Gillies' perspectives on their affiliation just make it all even more clearly defined. He's the true heart and soul of this idea. If this is what he feels, than it must hold true. But like I said, you have to surrender to it all. Otherwise, everything just gets distorted and mixed. It becomes one big mess of complicated strands between this ship and that ship. Essentially no one can make you ship a pairing, you have to decide for yourself. And we are all human so everyone sees things different. People will call you out as to being "wrong" because you don't share their views and opinions, like you're supposed to be put to shame. But it's not all so black and white. I feel rather relieved to have stepped away from that mess. TVD is one of the "hype" fandoms and I generally hate hype. But there's some reason I gravitate to it. Those reasons have changed drastically, but it's for the best.

However, in the risk of stereotyping, most people in this fandom don't seem to want to take that because they're loyalty lies with other pairings. I've never really met anyone who truly and honestly loves both Stefan/Elena and Damon/Elena without having one overpower the other. I could be wrong on that account, but that is just from my personal experience in this fandom. We are divided. Individual views are quite one sided, while as a whole there's the choice between one or the other; in the sense of SE or DE. Not really any area between that; unless you believe in crack ships, which I'm not a fan of, really. But all that was until Elijah came along, and offered a brighter outlook, at least for me. And now, Elijah is the only one I fully ship Elena with. These two are truly soulmates. The EE fanbase is so...clean, for the lack of a better word. We're not scarred with a dark and complicated history that came before. There's less baggage, if you will. We have a beautiful harmony amongst ourselves. But that doesn't make it simple. EE is the most appealingly complex relationship in the fandom just because they're more than what's on the surface. You have to get underneath it all and really look at it. And that is the main reason why I ship them. Never have I analyzed a pairing so deeply. I find it so fascinating and intriguing, more so than any other pairing, not just in the VD fandom, but EVER! And believe me, a week before 02x19, I was actually defending Damon/DE. But now, no. No turning back.

It's EE now and forever. - xXSTARwarsROXx