Marc Kane points out Elena hasn’t turned off all emotions---just “good ones”! Violence and anger still work with her vampire nature---just no conscience. What do you think? Storywise she was less interesting, she says, for only being defined by her men and those who died. Elena the victim’s becoming the villain, and the villain always moves the story. Do you think what is left is a pissed-off drive for revenge? (It’s a bit like Satanism: still a response to another system, even while attempting to assert independence.) After all, why, do you think, is she motivated to prove anything to Damon and Stefan? She doesn’t have to take the cure, really---it would not remove what she’s been through, like losing her last family member. So what does killing the waitress---or anyone---prove? The thrill of the story continues---but what sort of life is Elena motivated to have now? Also, she is more like Damon was, when he first appeared---how do you think he has been changed by her lo