I've read all the parts of your essay so far and I can only say: brilliant!
I've actually never noticed Stefan's manipulation except for a few times, so this was an eye-opener to me. Although I have to say, I'm still not convinced that all those examples were Stefan conciously manipulating people - I just feel that some of them might just be coincidences? And as you said, unconcious manipulation. Man, Stefan's a mess. He has SERIOUS issues, and I would like to see his character more explored on the show, because right now I feel like they've sort of just thrown the whole ripper thing out of the picture and it happened WAY to quick imo. It's a pity, because he's such an interesting character.
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I've actually never noticed Stefan's manipulation except for a few times, so this was an eye-opener to me. Although I have to say, I'm still not convinced that all those examples were Stefan conciously manipulating people - I just feel that some of them might just be coincidences? And as you said, unconcious manipulation. Man, Stefan's a mess. He has SERIOUS issues, and I would like to see his character more explored on the show, because right now I feel like they've sort of just thrown the whole ripper thing out of the picture and it happened WAY to quick imo. It's a pity, because he's such an interesting character.
Looking forward to the next part!