Davina Claire was SACRIFICED by her family and everyone she loved and trusted. She was TRICKED into having her throat literally slit for some ancient ritual that no one was sure would work.
She fought back. When she realized what was happening she didn’t fold, she fought. She thrashed and scratched and fought in every way she knew how. She watched her best friend bleed out, she watched her mother turn away from her pleas, but she continued to fight.
When Marcel helped her, she put all of her trust in him. That wasn’t naive or stupid. It was what most people in that situation, at 16 years old, would do. He protected her from the people trying to kill her and in turn she trusted him. At first she trusted him blindly. But in time she began to ask questions and explore for herself. When she realized how dangerous the game Marcel was played was, she stopped trusting him blindly. She started making her own decisions.
She watched Klaus kill her only remaining friend. And she knew that it happened because of her involvement in the supernatural war. This girl was 16 years old and already dealing with life and death. Everyone around her was out for themselves. She did the best she could to figure out who she could trust and who had good intentions. She got knocked down over and over again but she never stopped fighting, she never gave in.
Say what you will about Davina. Call her annoying, call her whiny, call her a brat. All of those terms are extremely sexist and transparent but whatever. You can say what you want about her, but she is a fighter. She is raw and real and she never backs down from what she believes, even when the opponent is bigger and stronger and feared. If that isn’t something to be valued in a character on a supernatural drama, then I don’t know what is.
i only want to ask one simple question in regards to this post, because it is your opinion and you have a right to it.
why is it when anyone says something vaguely negative about a female character it's automatically sexist? please explain this to me.
the truth is, davina is a child given too much power and no guidance on how to use that power in a healthy way. that’s a fact. i’m sure you can agree with that.
but at the same time, if you're using davina's age as an excuse for her actions and reasons to value her strength, what about rebekah -- who was but 17 when her parents turned her into a vampire? and elena gilbert? katherine pierce? caroline forbes? all young women turned in their teenage years and faced horrors that could eclipse davinas.
so why should we excuse davina's behavior? and why are her struggles more valid than the others? and this is a VALID question, so please refrain from falling into name calling. i'm genuinely curious.
