That is on him, you're right. [ she wants to say it that, yeah, maybe it would have been a mistake with spike, but he wouldn't have been taking advantage of her, at least, not the way kyp was. she refrains because elena seems to want to change the subject and this is elena's venting, vi will go where elena goes. ]
And the rest of it is on him too. Elena, I saw him as Myri every single day and I didn't notice. She is my best friend, in... the entire world. You and Myri, you're my sisters. And I didn't know. None of us did. And it sucks and it's easy to blame ourselves for not knowing, for not being suspicious of the people we love, but we didn't do anything wrong. [ her voice is rising a little from the previous gentle quiet. she's heated. ] Do you know why being evil is so easy? Because they don't feel guilt. We're crippled by it, because we have compassion. All of us, like dumbasses, feel guilty. For not knowing, for spilling our guts, for letting Myri go, for taking our eyes of either of them for more than a second. That's what makes us people. Compassion, guilt, regret, we feel things.
He is wrong -- you're not like him at all. You are a beautiful, incredibly loving, kind girl. You found a family and you've stuck with them through everything, even when we're killing each other. You, Elena Gilbert, are a hero. An amazing, doppelgänger hero person. [ a beat. ] You will never, ever be a monster like that because that's not who you are.
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And the rest of it is on him too. Elena, I saw him as Myri every single day and I didn't notice. She is my best friend, in... the entire world. You and Myri, you're my sisters. And I didn't know. None of us did. And it sucks and it's easy to blame ourselves for not knowing, for not being suspicious of the people we love, but we didn't do anything wrong. [ her voice is rising a little from the previous gentle quiet. she's heated. ] Do you know why being evil is so easy? Because they don't feel guilt. We're crippled by it, because we have compassion. All of us, like dumbasses, feel guilty. For not knowing, for spilling our guts, for letting Myri go, for taking our eyes of either of them for more than a second. That's what makes us people. Compassion, guilt, regret, we feel things.
He is wrong -- you're not like him at all. You are a beautiful, incredibly loving, kind girl. You found a family and you've stuck with them through everything, even when we're killing each other. You, Elena Gilbert, are a hero. An amazing, doppelgänger hero person. [ a beat. ] You will never, ever be a monster like that because that's not who you are.