it's time. why damon salvatore is the best brother and the best person? a thread

1. to begin with. the woman he loved was in love with his brother, turned them both into vampires and then she "died". all damon wanted was to die and stefan forced him to drink human blood and complete the transition. look how scared he was, i can't

2. damon never wanted to be a ripper, though stefan wanted to drag him into his partner. he tried to help his brother feed moderately and not kill innocent people.

3. when damon noticed that stefan wanted to drag him into a ripper like him, he left to make his life away from him.

4. although stefan says damon chases him, it's stefan who chased damon for years. damon always wanted to stay away

5. damon always took care of elena. although at first he proved otherwise and showed himself as the bad brother, he always protected her, always saved his life and defended her.

6. although everyone thought damon was a bad person, he offered to take away jeremy's memories so he wouldn't remember that stefan killed vicki and absolutely nothing about vampires

7. damon never had to force anything with elena. their friendship was genuine and formed based on the trust they had at each other

8. how to forget when damon got an arrow on the back to save elena's life

9. damon always saved his brother's life despite their differences

10. he always showed elena her trust

11. damon saved elena's life when a man crashed her in the middle of the road and tried to kill her

12. damon took elena on a little trip where they had fun and she could forget all her dramas. him earning his trust again

13. he's always constantly worrying about elena's well-being

14. damon told elena that stefan had returned to drinking human blood, as he was hiding it from her. of course, she deserved to know

15. damon danced with elena on the founder's day gala, so that she would not be left alone

16. damon always does selfless things even if stefan wants to convince him otherwise, he always was so. damon blamed himself on everything so his father wouldn't do anything to his little brother.

17. again, damon being selfless. did the dirty work and turned bonnie's mom into a vampire so that stefan wouldn't have to bear the guilt and hatred of others

18. damon is bitten by a werewolf and tells stefan not to tell elena anything bc she had already lost too many important people. he just

19. damon always tries to save elena's life, whatever a way. even if that means she's going to hate him all her life, he'll never let her die. he'll always be there for her

20. on elena's birthday damon gave her the necklace that stefan gave her, knowing that it was the last thing that represented hope between her and stefan. another selfless thing on the damon list

21. damon saved elena from the hospital after stefan drank from her and klaus drained his blood.

22. he just walked away for a short time and elena needed it constantly because damon is the only person who could keep her safe.

23. always taking care of his girl

24. damon went to look for elena in the middle of the night to the wickery bridge where stefan had left her abandoned after trying to turn her into a vampire and kill her, right where her parents died

25. exactly

26. damon confessed to elena that he loved her, but he automatically erased her memories "i don't deserve you, but my brother did" he prioritized his brother's happiness and elena's happiness, even if it destroyed him inside.

27. when elena chose stefan, damon didn't tell her anything about him meeting her first, he thought she was dying and still decided to let elena and stefan be happy.

28. i die inside every time i watch this episode. rose was dying from the wolf venom in her system and damon got into her memories so that she could die in peace and quiet. so selfless

29. i don't like alaric, but damon's attitude! was the only one who stood by him while he died. this showed all the humanity in him

30. damon helped elena throughout the process of being a vampire, taught her how to feed and how to control herself, without denying what she naturally is, but without killing anyone. that's why she trusted him so much

31. damon always saved elena's life, even if that meant she would hate him forever, he only cared about keeping her safe, she was always her priority.

32. he saved elena's life when she had hallucinations by the hunter's curse and she tried to kill himself by taking off his ring in the sun.

33. when damon found out that elena had been sired for him, the first thing he did was tell her. and though she was sure that her love for him was real, and it was, he decided to walk away

34. damon was always there for jeremy and took care of him as if he were his own brother. when he found out that bonnie died he knew all the pain jeremy had gone through and so he hugged him, when katherine crashed the car she was riding in with him, damon saved his life.

35. stefan was going crazy when he was elena's boyfriend and she was close to damon. damon never felt jealous or threatened by the presence of his brother in elena's life. for this kind of thing is that delena was really an adult and mature relationship.

36. i forgot this one: when stefan turned off his humanity and left with klaus, damon never gave up on him and looked for his brother everywhere, even knowing that if he came back he would be with elena. and in turn he took care of her and never abandoned her. so selfless

37. damon was liz's friend from the beginning, he gave her all his confidence, was always by her side, helping her, until her last breath he stayed close to her.

38. to hell with katherine, damon only cared about jeremy's welfare

39. damon's favorite pastime is to protect elena and put her as his priority

40. he's always there for elena, anytime

41. exactly

42. damon giving his soul away to the devil, killing himself and going to hell to save elena.

43. they're countless times damon has risked his life for elena, he's always willing to sacrifice and lose everything in order to keep her safe.

44. he's the best man

45. damon defended bonnie when kai tried to take her by the arm "we might be having a bit of a disagreement but don't ever lay a hand of her"

46. everyone says damon won't let elena make her own decisions but that's not true, it's only in cases of life or death that's when he gets in. in this scene she decided to stay away from him and he didn't press her, he accepted her decision even if he was tearing him apart.

47. another selfless thing. after elena erased every good damon memory he decided to let her be happy and not pressure her to remember, even though she wanted to remember.

48. elena and damon weren't even together yet and he still took such care of her. another proof of why he's the best man

49. damon was dissected for 3 years, locked in the coffin next to elena just because he believed it was a problem for his friends and brother and wanted them to stop worrying and sacrifice for him. he just wanted to take care of his loved ones

50. damon dad salvatore taking care of jeremy

51. he didn't even mind having to die to save his best friend. as you can call this man selfish when he's so selfless and it's not the first scene where hes put his own life at risk so others don't get hurt

52. in elena's whole process being a vampire, damon was the only one who taught her how to control herself, never made her feel ashamed, he just supported her and helped her, and thanks to that elena could accept and love herself as a vampire

53. when elena became a vampire everyone, including stefan, wanted her to feel miserable and like a monster. damon was the only one who taught her how to behave, to be proud of what she was, thanks to damon she felt alive even when she was dead.