Meanwhile, you have this evil brother who, you know, claims he has no humanity left. But then there's Elena who keeps pointing to it.
~ Kevin Williamson
... You just love every scene she's [Elena] in with Damon.
~ Kevin Williamson
Damon has that bad-boy quality, and every girl likes a bad boy, at the end of the day
~ Nina Dobrev
You know, when Damon's in the presence of Elena, that is when you definitely see a change in him.
There is something so profoundly attractive to Damon about this girl, not only just because Nina Dobrev is
strikingly beautiful and extraordinarily talented, but because there's a lot of Nina in Elena and Elena is very sweet and [she's] going to be a complex character.
Something about her reminds Damon of something that was very important in his life, and that's why you see a bit of difference with him when he's around her.
~ Ian Somerhalder
One of the things I really like about LJ Smith's books is that it took a very long time for Elena and
Damon to reach any kind of détente, any kind of true connection, with each other.
I want to make sure that we take our own sweet time with that, as well, because you have to believe it.
~ Julie Plec
That's the fun of it. It's waiting and waiting and dissecting every little time he does something
nice thing for her, and how it makes her feel - that anticipation, that build-up.
~ Julie Plec
Wish list:
1. Damon to save Elena.
2. Elena to allow Damon some of her blood
(maybe to help him recover from something, and for it to be a really HOT scene.
Maybe Damon could struggle to stop...but he would.)
3. Damon to need to compel Elena, but not be able to do it.
4. Damon opening up to Elena.
5. A Damon/Elena hug.
6. An apparent and steady build-up to a romance to come.
7. Damon and Elena bonding.
8. Damon telling Elena his version of the Salvatore history.
9. Damon earning Elena's trust.
10. Elena trusting Damon.
11. Elena choosing one of Damon's plans instead of Stefan's.
12. Damon protecting Elena.
13. Elena standing up for Damon.
14. Damon choosing Elena over Katherine.
15. A D/E Road Trip.
16. A D/E shut-up kiss.
17. Elena taking care of Damon.
18.
A Damon/Elena rain scene
19. Damon/Elena dancing
