TVD Recap: “Disturbing Behavior” Let’s Talk About Michael & Original Symbolism.

Quick warning: This post is all about speculation and symbolism so if you prefer to stay completely unspoiled, don’t continue.

As I think you all know, there are some fabulous people out there who do full recaps of the show. The lovely Crissy at Vampire-diaries.net, Sarah at OffcolorTV.com, Tiffany at TVPortraits.com, and Lucia at HeroineTV.com. There are others but these are the people I suggest you read for full recaps. Then there are the reaction posts. Gale at Iphignia939.dreamwidth.org does an amazing recap and its usually up before the West Coast airing starts for those of you who want to talk about the episode right away. I myself get to participate in the reaction post at the Salvatore Boarding House with a group of awesome ladies and I highly recommend reading our thoughts. I say this to point out why I choose to still write a recap. There are still points I want to make that don’t necessarily come out in a recap or reaction. Sometimes its because my thoughts are influenced by more than one episode, such as my Defense of Elena or based on fandom commentary like my S1 thought on the Damon/Elena/Stefan debate. (Note that last one was during a time I apparently liked Damon as a character, something I’m sure was a lie). So my recaps aren’t really recaps. For that I suggest you visit one of the above sites. However, if you’ve been in the mood to talk about something I bring up, awesome. Feel free to join in. You can also talk to me about it on twitter (@onlymystory) anytime.

To break down the Michael and the Originals thing, I think we have to establish a few things. Whether symbolism matters in The Vampire Diaries, what symbolism we currently know, what we know about Michael and how Michael in mythology fits with the current mythology referenced in The Vampire Diaries. I also said a few things about this on the IHeartTVD radio show, I encourage you to check it out.