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Look, I’ll say this. Katherine may have said that she loved Damon because it would rattle Elena. But, what seems to confuse people is her behavior in 2x21-2x22 — in comination with these words. Hence, it’s very much a statement like, “I don’t get it! First, Katherine loves Stefan forever (and ever, amen!) and then she loves Damon. Katherine’s confusing!” that tends to circulate around the fandom.
But, I’ll agree there.
She’s an enigma, and I don’t deny that.
That said, I think that what you’re pointing out is actually pretty simple, and just wasn’t told to you throughout the season…which brings me to my first point: people do not always mean what they say, or say what they mean. It’s a fact of life that television tends to neglect.
Katherine admitted, in the finale, that she didn’t let love get in the way. We can assume from that that Katherine knows what love is, and has to dodge away from caring about people. But why? My personal opinion is that years of running from Klaus and having her family killed forced her to have a stiff upper lip when it comes to people, and it’s spread to...
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