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There wasn't a lot of time left in the press session, but luckily we got a few minutes with Nina Dobrev (Elena).  She was so pleasant and looked wonderful, especially the peach top and the matching peach color high heels.  When I complimented her on the shoes at the end of the session, she replied "I love them and I hate them."  Yes, we girl folk are very familiar with that pain. 
 

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This is the third year in a row where I've gotten to talk to Ian Somerhandler (Damon) at Comic Con and I must say, he's always memorable.  Rarely do we bloggers get in a lot of questions with him.  He gives long answers that often border on the philosophical side and he's not a fast talker.  However, the answers are actually enjoyable and he's always very personable.  He also looked great this go around with his buttoned white shirt and hat.  Here's the transcript of our near ten minute chat with him.  As you can tell, Ian did most of the chatting.  We didn't mind one bit.  

Before sitting down at our table, "Vampire Diaries" Executive Producer Kevin Williamson had to rush over to another table to consult with his cohort Julie Plec.  It seems that he wanted to make sure they were on the same page about what they were allowed to talk about.  Considering Kevin has been spending a lot of his time lately getting "The Secret Circle" going (I got to talk to him in two different press rooms that day), it was understandable that he was out of the loop on some things.  He certainly hasn't been out of the loop in breaking story though and had plenty to share with us.  
 
When he did sit down to talk with us, he apologized for his voice.  It was a bit grainy and he told about how he was at a party last night screaming over music.  It was still good enough that we had an excellent conversation with him about the upcoming third season. 
 

Hee hee, you get a bonus here.  You see, this is really two interviews combined into one for your viewing pleasure.  The first part was the press table I was at, the second part a colleague.  Either way, Julie gave us some great teasers (as she always does) about the upcoming third season.  No huge spoilers, but if you don't even want a hint of what's coming, I don't advise you read this.  As a big fan of the show though, I'm rather tickled with all we learned here.

Death is the most unalterable of laws. All things come to an end, or so we believe. The season two finale of The Vampire Diaries brought its audience close to death’s dance but pulled back. Yes, many of the characters have met their end, sadly for some, welcomed for others, but up until this point, we had felt assured that any contact with the dead was a dangerous and perhaps fatal encounter. Now we know that death is always in the air, waiting to rush in over the skin and take hold of the soul. It’s important to note that the season ended not on Stefan’s transformation or Damon’s survival, but rather on the picture of Jeremy standing between the dead Anna and Vicki. Jeremy’s position, in effect, becomes the perfect metaphor to unravel the show’s tale of transformation. He is in between – the place between life and death and there both by choice and by the force of another’s will. He is the consequence of a decision, and that is the most deliberate theme that the show has underscored: a choice made is the space between the night falling and the morning dawning. 

History and pain make beautiful monsters. After watching the last several episodes of The Vampire Diaries, I’d like to take a moment to finish my three part essay arc about the television series with the complex hero/villain: Damon Salvatore. Of all the characters on the TVD landscape, Damon is probably the most fascinating and the most complicated. His demonic tendencies, full of bloodlust and just plain lust, juxtaposes with a bone-deep sorrow that is saturated in his own history as son, brother, and vampire.