what if i did a true blood vs. the vampire diaries choose your fighter thread? okay fine i'll do it!!!! let's start easy... token human that also becomes a cop out of insecurity: jason stackhouse vs. matt donavon

(these pics aren't biased they're 100% accurate representations)

let's make it a little harder... the special almost-human-on-first-glance-but-whoops-is-also-supernatural-upon-further-examination orphan protagonist who has an unjustifiable number of people in love with her for how bad her personality is: sookie stackhouse vs. elena gilbert

this one is nearly impossible but let's give it a shot... the best friend that puts up with way too much shit and deserves so much more than the ending she got and tbh the entire show should have been about her: tara thornton vs. bonnie bennett

alright while we're feeling sad let's do lovable non-parent parental figure that dies in a chaotic and needless way early (ish) on but will live on in our hearts forever: gran vs. aunt jenna

hot slut that dies almost immediately after sleeping with the main character's brother, in an almost cautionary tale "don't be a whore, then!" kind of way: dawn green vs. vicki donavon

the supposedly softer, more "moral," civil war-era vampire in the central, sexy vampire love triangle who has a secret, twisted dark side and is low key annoying as heck but still hot so we love him: bill compton vs. stefan salvatore

the objectively correct choice in said central, sexy vampire love triangle, whom both the protagonist and the viewer inexplicably forgive over and over again for being a ruthless monster simply because he's criminally hot and sometimes good: eric northman vs. damon salvatore

chaotic, loyal to a fault, absolute cunt by whom we would all do anything to be stepped on (and very gay, one canonically and the other just obviously): pam de beaufort vs. rebekah mikaelson

ok this one hurts!! not the main character & at first seems like they're gonna be less pivotal than they end up being but ultimately we would all take a fucking bullet for them: lafayette reynolds vs. caroline forbes

yes we're doing caroline twice, because she's a multi-category queen. the not-to-be-under-estimated teen girl recently turned vampire: jessica hamby vs. caroline forbes

the in-over-their-head townie cop whose familial ties to the supernatural become an absolute conflict of interest: andy bellefleur vs. liz forbes

the kind of random friend slash authority figure with no boundaries that the writers seem to never know what to do with: sam merlotte vs. alaric saltzman

this one is so easy it is almost not worth even doing, but... the werewolf: alcide herveaux vs. tyler lockwood

smoking hot villain that is a little over confident and kind of a hot mess: queen sophie-ann vs. katherine pierce

icon legend obsessed with giving villainous monologues and could honestly just sit on screen reciting on the alphabet and we would watch: russell edgington vs. klaus mikaelson

just thinking about them makes you projectile cry: terry bellefleur vs. enzo st john

too good for everyone else on the show and was done so fucking dirty it should be illegal: jesus valesquez vs. lexi branson

cringe fest supreme with terrible luck in love: hoyt fortenberry vs. jeremy gilbert

noble hottie with simply too many troubles on his beautiful mind: godric vs. elijah mikaelson

played by janina gavankar: luna garza vs. qetsiyah

I was gonna do a "long lost dead-beat mom" category but I realized there are like 10 to choose from on the vampire diaries and i think only sam's mom in true blood ...... who in the TVD writers room had it out for their mom???

mind control baddie: maryann forrester vs. sybil

bummed about how vampires turned out and feels responsible for fixing it: nan flanagan vs. esther mikaelson

the people want...my answers?! fuck in order: jason, sookie, bonnie, gran, vicki, stefan, eric and damon i refuse to choose, pam, lafayette, caroline, liz, sam, alcide, soph, klaus, enzo, jesus, hoyt, elijah, luna, maryann, esther

Alright JULIE PLEC retweeted this so I am changing all my answers to TVD characters. Alan Ball's silence is deafening. https://twitter.com/julieplec/status/1358895007952867329?s=20

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