I am not reading the whole post. I just read the title and I am giving you my answer.
YES. Elena does truly love Damon.
She had been hiding from it and running from it. She hasn't explicitly stated that she is in love with him, but it's so very obvious. All her actions SPELL out that she truly loves Damon. She had been in denial for so long, but yesterday, she finally came to accept it.
All the looks she gave him in 3x06...what were they? Couldn't you see the love? Many DE fans complained that SE went back to S1/S2 mode as if the entire S3 didn't happen. But what they didn't realize is that the incidents of S3 had a major impact on SE in season 4. Even though they were dating, he wasn't the one she ran to for help, she didn't trust him, he no longer got through to her. On the other hand, we also see the relationship DE established in S3. The trust, the unbreakable bond it's all still there. Nothing has really changed between them that way. He's still the first person she calls when she needs something, he's her rock, her support.
SE's habit of pushing everything under the rock blew up on their face. Tbh, the writers haven't become illogical to make DE work, like some SE fans say. They have just shown the natural effect of how Stefan's shit in S3 has effectively ruined SE for good.
Elena does love Damon, she always has. He has gotten under her skin and she couldn't get him out. THAT is love. After turning into a vampire her feelings for him magnified, not her feelings for Stefan. When one turns, their most natural instincts are amplified, hence telling us that loving Damon was more natural for Elena.
I don't think Damon will make her chase him for stupid reasons. He will do that because of the blood bond cosmic angst think. He will believe that her feelings for him are due to some bond, but Elena will prove over the course of the season that she loves him for real. SHE WILL CHOOSE HIM IN 4x23.
And yes, she also admitted that she had feelings for him before she changed. So.
AND STELENA HAD A MUTUAL BREAK UP. FOR GODS SAKE SHE ADMITTED THAT SHE CANNOT TRUST HIM.
Edited by themockingjay - 13 years ago