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In the sixth instalment of the Gilbert Journals, your hosts pull out the town charter, because it's time to talk about the Founding Families. Important names in The Vampire Diaries, these are the families that founded Mystic Falls, were privy to the supernatural that lurked within it - and, for better or worse, have historically been charged with protecting the town from it.
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of colonialism, enslavement, racism, and sexism.
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In the third instalment of Killer Bites, Sandile and Fadzai protect and swerve with brief vampire hunter, Thomas Vincent Fell III - AKA Tripp Cooke. Introduced at the beginning of The Vampire Diaries' sixth season, Tripp has started up a community protection squad after a string of attacks and murders just outside Mystic Falls, though it appears he has more secret - and more sadistic - motivations for his actions.
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of grief, loss of bodily autonomy, mass murder, mental coercion, and torture.
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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In the second instalment of Killer Bites, Fadzai and Sandile pull some schemes with the surprising Nadia Petrova. Introduced as a player amidst the Traveler plotline, she is revealed to be the long-lost daughter of Katherine Pierce/Katerina Petrova, which - for better or worse - ties her inextricably to her mother's latest antics.
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of child abandonment, child loss, loss of bodily autonomy, maternal loss, sexual assault, and suicide.
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Daggerwatch, baby! In the fifth instalment of the Gilbert Journals, your hosts track the daggers (those dipped in white oak ash to take down an Original vampire) and the consistency of their movements across time - or the lack thereof. Sandile and Fadzai cannot help but get into the weeds on a typical day, and certainly discussing the existence of this artifact is no different.
Content Warning: A lot of stabbing - this is about daggers, after all.
Spoiler Warning: Discussion of events from The Originals, 00:21:50 - 00:29:05.
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A lasting legacy! Fadzai and Sandile close out on now mournful widow, expecting father, Alaric Saltzman.
Joining The Vampire Diaries halfway through its first season, Alaric comes to Mystic Falls in search of a vampire that killed his wife, but finds more than he bargained for in the supernatural goings-on of the town. He very quickly becomes a mainstay amongst the protagonists and, through his relationship with Jenna Sommers, eventually becomes a paternal presence for Elena and Jeremy Gilbert.
Ric leaves the show after three seasons - and a harrowing period consumed by a psychic manifestation of his darkest self, who then became enhanced Original vampire. He is brought back for the last three seasons, though, where he reclaims his life in starts and stops, but continues to be an integral part of the Mystic Falls crew.
(This episode focuses on Alaric in seasons 7 and 8.)
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of alcoholism, child endangerment, depression, familial abandonment, feticide (intent to cause death or great bodily harm to a pregnant woman or her unborn child), grief and loss, mental coercion and manipulation, mental illness (and related stigma), serial killing, sexism and misogyny, and suicide.
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Sins of the past! Fadzai and Sandile reckon with the life, death, and return of Alaric Saltzman.
Joining The Vampire Diaries halfway through its first season, Alaric comes to Mystic Falls in search of a vampire that killed his wife, but finds more than he bargained for in the supernatural goings-on of the town. He very quickly becomes a mainstay amongst the protagonists and, through his relationship with Jenna Sommers, eventually becomes a paternal presence for Elena and Jeremy Gilbert.
Ric leaves the show after three seasons - and a harrowing period consumed by a psychic manifestation of his darkest self, who then became enhanced Original vampire. He is brought back for the last three seasons, though, where he reclaims his life in starts and stops, but continues to be an integral part of the Mystic Falls crew.
(This episode focuses on Alaric in seasons 3B and 6, including his guest appearances in-between.)
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of alcoholism, assault and battery, child endangerment, depression, domestic abuse, familial abandonment, feticide (intent to cause death or great bodily harm to a pregnant woman or her unborn child), grief and loss, mass murder, mental coercion and manipulation, mental illness (and related stigma), serial killing, sexism and misogyny, sexual assault, sexual harrassment, sororicide, and suicide.
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In the fourteenth episode of the podcast, Fadzai and Sandile explore history and hunt down vampires with Alaric Saltzman.
Joining The Vampire Diaries halfway through its first season, Alaric comes to Mystic Falls in search of a vampire that killed his wife, but finds more than he bargained for in the supernatural goings-on of the town. He very quickly becomes a mainstay amongst the protagonists and, through his relationship with Jenna Sommers, eventually becomes a paternal presence for Elena and Jeremy Gilbert.
Ric leaves the show after three seasons - and a harrowing period consumed by a psychic manifestation of his darkest self, who then became enhanced Original vampire. He is brought back for the last three seasons, though, where he reclaims his life in starts and stops, but continues to be an integral part of the Mystic Falls crew.
(This episode focuses on Alaric in seasons 1, 2 and 3A.)
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of alcoholism, child endangerment, depression, familial abandonment, grief and loss, mental coercion and manipulation, sexual assault, and sexual harrassment.
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The old college try! Sandile and Fadzai close out with Elena Gilbert's last two years onscreen.
The main character of The Vampire Diaries, Elena enters her junior year a few months after losing her parents, trying to reclaim her life. She meets and falls in love with Stefan Salvatore, the charming and mysterious new student, who turns out to be a vampire returned to Mystic Falls. When Stefan's brother, Damon, appears, and people start dying in strange ways in her town, Elena finds herself falling into a dangerous web of the supernatural.
Over the course of the series, she grapples with each new discovery - vampires, witches, werewolves - and how constant threat from ancient creatures changes her as she tries to keep herself and her loved ones safe. She also finds herself torn between her undying love for Stefan, and her undeniable attraction to Damon, all turned on its head when she unexpectedly dies and becomes a vampire herself. But she gets by with her friends, her wits, and her capacity for empathy and cunning in equal measure.
(This episode focuses on Elena in seasons 5 and 6.)
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of depression, infertility, medicalised torture, mental coercion and manipulation, racism, sexual assault, sexual harrassment, suicidal ideation, suicide, and vivisection.
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Waking nightmare! Sandile and Fadzai chronicle Elena Gilbert's transition into a newly-turned vampire.
The main character of The Vampire Diaries, Elena enters her junior year a few months after losing her parents, trying to reclaim her life. She meets and falls in love with Stefan Salvatore, the charming and mysterious new student, who turns out to be a vampire returned to Mystic Falls. When Stefan's brother, Damon, appears, and people start dying in strange ways in her town, Elena finds herself falling into a dangerous web of the supernatural.
Over the course of the series, she grapples with each new discovery - vampires, witches, werewolves - and how constant threat from ancient creatures changes her as she tries to keep herself and her loved ones safe. She also finds herself torn between her undying love for Stefan, and her undeniable attraction to Damon, all turned on its head when she unexpectedly dies and becomes a vampire herself. But she gets by with her friends, her wits, and her capacity for empathy and cunning in equal measure.
(This episode focuses on Elena in seasons 3B and 4.)
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of depression, mental coercion and manipulation, sexual assault, sexual harrassment, suicidal ideation, and suicide.
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The mastermind returns! Sandile and Fadzai enter an era of wheeling, dealing, and cunning actions with Elena Gilbert.
The main character of The Vampire Diaries, Elena enters her junior year a few months after losing her parents, trying to reclaim her life. She meets and falls in love with Stefan Salvatore, the charming and mysterious new student, who turns out to be a vampire returned to Mystic Falls. When Stefan's brother, Damon, appears, and people start dying in strange ways in her town, Elena finds herself falling into a dangerous web of the supernatural.
Over the course of the series, she grapples with each new discovery - vampires, witches, werewolves - and how constant threat from ancient creatures changes her as she tries to keep herself and her loved ones safe. She also finds herself torn between her undying love for Stefan, and her undeniable attraction to Damon, all turned on its head when she unexpectedly dies and becomes a vampire herself. But she gets by with her friends, her wits, and her capacity for empathy and cunning in equal measure.
(This episode focuses on Elena in seasons 2B and 3A.)
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of depression, mental coercion and manipulation, sexual assault, sexual harrassment, suicidal ideation, and suicide.
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In the thirteenth episode of the podcast, Sandile and Fadzai brave a new, supernatural world with Elena Gilbert.
The main character of The Vampire Diaries, Elena enters her junior year a few months after losing her parents, trying to reclaim her life. She meets and falls in love with Stefan Salvatore, the charming and mysterious new student, who turns out to be a vampire returned to Mystic Falls. When Stefan's brother, Damon, appears, and people start dying in strange ways in her town, Elena finds herself falling into a dangerous web of the supernatural.
Over the course of the series, she grapples with each new discovery - vampires, witches, werewolves - and how constant threat from ancient creatures changes her as she tries to keep herself and her loved ones safe. She also finds herself torn between her undying love for Stefan, and her undeniable attraction to Damon, all turned on its head when she unexpectedly dies and becomes a vampire herself. But she gets by with her friends, her wits, and her capacity for empathy and cunning in equal measure.
(This episode focuses on Elena in seasons 1 and 2A.)
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of depression, mental coercion and manipulation, sexual assault, sexual harrassment, suicidal ideation, and suicide.
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In the fourth instalment of the Gilbert Journals, your hosts pull several archetypes from a grab bag of supernatural creatures in The Vampire Diaries: Hunters, Doppelgängers, and Mediums. The most mortal of archetypes, these appear often briefly or for singular purpose, but Sandile and Fadzai will still spend an exorbitant amount of time telling you what makes them tick.
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In the twelfth episode of the podcast, Fadzai and Sandile break the world with magical retcon, Daniella Labonair aka Alex Gilbert.
A late entry in the final season of The Vampire Diaries (and the fourth season of the Originals), Alex claims to be the long-lost twin sister of main character, Elena Gilbert, magically erased from the world and from the minds of the Mystic Falls Gang by a powerful witch. In the midst of the conflict with Cade and his psychic "hell", Alex tries to regain her life and her personhood - as well as her true love, Stefan Salvatore, whom she had to leave behind long before she was removed from existence.
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In the eleventh episode of the podcast, Sandile and Fadzai join the relentless pursuit with supernatural huntress, Rayna Cruz.
The primary antagonist for the seventh season of The Vampire Diaries, Rayna was from a small Louisiana village in the mid-1800s - the daughter and protégé of a Hunter from the Brotherhood of the Five. When the vampire Julian compelled her to kill her own father, she sought help from a group of shamans who magically imbued her with the strength and agility to match her skill in hunting vampires; in addition, they linked her to her shortsword and affixed it with the Phoenix Stone, a gem that would entrap the soul of every vampire she killed.
In present day, Bonnie Bennett and Nora Hildegard - one of the Heretics who traveled with Julian, before the huntress tracked him down and killed him with the Phoenix sword - seek out an aged Rayna in Ohio after apparently receiving a postcard with her mark. When it turns out to be a trick by Enzo St. John, who kills Rayna and spirits her body away, she immolates and resurrects as her younger self - determined, in need of her sword, and ready to pick up where she left off.
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of dismemberment, patricide and suicide.
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In the third instalment of the Gilbert Journals, your hosts chain themselves up under the full moon along with some familiar supernatural creatures from The Vampire Diaries world: Werewolves. Though supposedly close to extinction, the wolves are a force to be reckoned with, so let Fadzai and Sandile advise you on how to keep out of their way - and out of their teeth.
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of racism and genocide.
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Bad moon rising! Fadzai and Sandile chart the rise and fall of the now unsired hybrid, Tyler Lockwood.
A main character on The Vampire Diaries, Tyler starts off as the rich, arrogant jock in town, tied to the other characters by their history as part of the founding families, and his friendship with Matt Donovan. Most of his early time is characterised by his anger issues and his mistreatment of the people around him, though it turns out to be more than just his toxic upbringing - he's influenced by a curse in the Lockwood family that turns them into werewolves.
Tyler is set off on a metamorphic journey after the death of his father, and the triggering of his curse; forced to reckon with his behaviour and its consequences, he endeavours to become more in control of himself and his life, which brings him closer to his friends. But it's when Klaus comes to town and forcibly turns him into a vampire-werewolf hybrid - a curse and a blessing all at once - that he becomes tied to the central plot.
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of sexism, misogyny, attempted sexual coersion, sexual assault, physical and mental abuse.
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In the tenth episode of the podcast, Fadzai and Sandile howl at the moon with Mystic Falls Gang's resident werewolf, Tyler Lockwood.
A main character on The Vampire Diaries, Tyler starts off as the rich, arrogant jock in town, tied to the other characters by their history as part of the founding families, and his friendship with Matt Donovan. Most of his early time is characterised by his anger issues and his mistreatment of the people around him, though it turns out to be more than just his toxic upbringing - he's influenced by a curse in the Lockwood family that turns them into werewolves.
Tyler is set off on a metamorphic journey after the death of his father, and the triggering of his curse; forced to reckon with his behaviour and its consequences, he endeavours to become more in control of himself and his life, which brings him closer to his friends. But it's when Klaus comes to town and forcibly turns him into a vampire-werewolf hybrid - a curse and a blessing all at once - that he becomes tied to the central plot.
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of sexism, misogyny, attempted sexual coersion, sexual assault, physical and mental abuse.
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The scales of justice tilt! Sandile and Fadzai prepare their closing statements in this, the third and final part of the trial of Damon Salvatore.
One of the lead characters of The Vampire Diaries, Damon starts off as a villainous vampire in the show's first season; his propensity for murder and violence, his animosity for his brother, Stefan Salvatore, and his desire to free his old love (Katherine Pierce, a notorious 500-year-old vampire) from a magically-sealed tomb, makes him an opponent of the main characters that are aware of the supernatural - and a danger to those that aren't. However, due to greater threats making themselves known, and his growing attraction to Elena Gilbert, he progressively allies himself with the Mystic Falls Gang, eventually becoming a protagonist by association.
Over the course of the series, Damon seems to tend towards begrudging antihero, though the character never seems to land in this respect, given his constant return to periods of callousness and wanton violence - sometimes to an excess that doesn't make much sense in the context of the story. Despite this, Stefan and Elena's commitment to finding the humanity in him keeps him in the group for better or worse, and he remains a fan-favourite character long after the show's conclusion.
(This episode focuses on Damon in seasons 6B, 7, and 8.)
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of sexism, sexual assault, physical and mental abuse, murder, graphic violence, and torture.
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Court is back in session! Sandile and Fadzai narrowly avoid contempt in this, the second part of the trial of Damon Salvatore.
One of the lead characters of The Vampire Diaries, Damon starts off as a villainous vampire in the show's first season; his propensity for murder and violence, his animosity for his brother, Stefan Salvatore, and his desire to free his old love (Katherine Pierce, a notorious 500-year-old vampire) from a magically-sealed tomb, makes him an opponent of the main characters that are aware of the supernatural - and a danger to those that aren't. However, due to greater threats making themselves known, and his growing attraction to Elena Gilbert, he progressively allies himself with the Mystic Falls Gang, eventually becoming a protagonist by association.
Over the course of the series, Damon seems to tend towards begrudging antihero, though the character never seems to land in this respect, given his constant return to periods of callousness and wanton violence - sometimes to an excess that doesn't make much sense in the context of the story. Despite this, Stefan and Elena's commitment to finding the humanity in him keeps him in the group for better or worse, and he remains a fan-favourite character long after the show's conclusion.
(This episode focuses on Damon in seasons 3B, 4, 5, and 6A.)
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of sexism, homophobia, sexual assault, physical and mental abuse, murder, graphic violence, and torture.
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In the ninth episode of the podcast, Sandile and Fadzai swear in the jury and bang the gavel, for the trial of Damon Salvatore.
One of the lead characters of The Vampire Diaries, Damon starts off as a villainous vampire in the show's first season; his propensity for murder and violence, his animosity for his brother, Stefan Salvatore, and his desire to free his old love (Katherine Pierce, a notorious 500-year-old vampire) from a magically-sealed tomb, makes him an opponent of the main characters that are aware of the supernatural - and a danger to those that aren't. However, due to greater threats making themselves known, and his growing attraction to Elena Gilbert, he progressively allies himself with the Mystic Falls Gang, eventually becoming a protagonist by association.
Over the course of the series, Damon seems to tend towards begrudging antihero, though the character never seems to land in this respect, given his constant return to periods of callousness and wanton violence - sometimes to an excess that doesn't make much sense in the context of the story. Despite this, Stefan and Elena's commitment to finding the humanity in him keeps him in the group for better or worse, and he remains a fan-favourite character long after the show's conclusion.
(This episode focuses on Damon in seasons 1, 2, and 3A.)
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of sexism, homophobia, sexual assault, physical and mental abuse, murder, graphic violence, and torture.
Audio Note: There is an echo quality to the early section of Sandile's audio; this issue resolves at around 00:40:00.
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