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Oryginalna seria

Trylogia, Pamiętniki Wampirów: Powrót

 

Ogólne streszczenie

Reklama oryginalnego wydania serii w magazynie. Z podziękowaniami dla Elektra Pendragon. (Kliknij, by powiększyć.)

W pierwszej części oryginalnej trylogii, Przebudzenie, Elena Gilbert jest uczennicą klasy maturalnej - popularna, piękna, ale niestety samotna po zerwaniu z Mattem Honeycuttem. Kiedy atrakcyjny Włoch zjawia sie w jej szkole i ignoruje jej próby zwrócenia na siebie jego uwagi, dochodzi do wniosku, że musi go zdobyć. Z pomocą przychodzą jej najlepsze przyjaciółki - Meredith Sulez i Bonnie McCullough, która odkrywa u siebie zdolności medium. Tymczasem Stefano Salvatore jest wampirem próbującym rozpocząć nowe życie, a Elenę odrzuca, ponieważ wygląda niemal identycznie jak jego utracona ukochana, Katherine von Swartzschild. Katherine przemieniła Stefano i jego starszego brata, Damona Salvatore w wampiry 500 lat temu, a następnie popełniła samobójstwo więc bracia obwiniając się wzajemnie o jej śmierć, zabili jeden drugiego. Nawet, gdy Stefano przyznaje, ze kocha Elenę i zaczynają chodzić ze sobą, ukrywa przed dziewczyną swoją prawdziwą naturę. Odkrywa ona prawdę po tym, jak jeden z nauczycieli liceum zostaje zamordowany w Haloween i całe miasto obwinia o tę zbrodnie jej ukochanego. Elena wierzy jednak, że mordercą nie jest Stefano, a jego potężny brat Damon, który od pewnego czasu próbuje ją uwieść. Stefano staje twarzą w twarz z bratem i każe trzymać się z dala od swojej dziewczyny, lecz Damon chce ją mieć tylko dla siebie. Między nimi dochodzi do starcia, później okazuje się, że Stefano zaginął.

W drugiej książce, Walka, między Stefano i Eleną a Damonem narasta konflikt. Damon próbuje przekonać Elenę, by zostawiła Stefano dla niego oraz ponawia swoje groźby w stronę Stefano. Elena próbuje chronić ukochanego i nie mówi mu o tym, jak jego brat podstępem zmusił ją do wymiany krwi. W międzyczasie pamiętnik dziewczyny zostaje skradziony przez Caroline Forbes i Tylera Smallwooda, którzy chcą go wykorzystać do publicznego obarczenia Stefano winą za śmierć nauczyciela. Kiedy Elena ostatecznie dochodzi do wniosku, że już nic nie może zrobić, by temu zapobiec, wyznaje pradwdę ukochanemu, a on obiecuje pomóc jej i zostać przy n iej bez względu na wszystko. Oświadcza się jej, a Elena przyjmuje pierścionek. Jednakże dzięki Damonowi, który odzyskał pamiętnik, ludzie nie wypędzają Stefano z miasta. Atak nadnaturalnych sił sprawia, że Elena niespodziewanie topi się, a Stefano, który wierzy, ze to sprawka Damona, w akcie zemsty próbuje go zabić.

W trzeciej części, Szał, Elena budzi się jako wampirzyca i staje między walczącymi braćmi. We trójkę jednoczą siły, by pokonać Inną Moc, która przyczyniła się do śmierci Eleny i teraz terroryzuje Fell's Church. Dodatkowo w miasteczku zjawia się nowy nauczyciel historii, a tak naprawdę tropiciel wampirów, Alaric Saltzman. Okazuje się, że to Katherine, która tylko udawała swoją śmierć, a później oszalała. Elenie udaje się zabić wampirycę, ale sama też ginie. Tuż przed śmiercią zmusza Stefano i Damona, by przysięgli jej, ze będą się sobą nawzajem opiekować.

W czwartek książce, Mrok przyjaciółki Eleny dostają wiadomość od jej ducha na kilka chwil przed tym, jak jedna z nich, Sue Carson zostaje zabita przez jakąś nadludzką siłę. Bonnie, Meredith i Matt wzywają Stefano, by pomógł im uporać się z nowym wrogiem. Razem z nim w Fell's Church zjawia się Damon. Ginie kolejna dziewczyna, Vickie Bennett, a Tyler okazuje się być wilkołakiem. Zabójcą jest potężny wampir Klaus, który kiedyś przemienił Katherine i do którego się zwróciła po udawanej śmierci. Dochodzi do starcia między siłami dobra i zła, a duch Eleny powraca na czele armii duchów poległych podczas wojny secesyjnej, dzięki czemu udaje się pokona Klausa. Elena leczy rany przyjaciół i sama powraca do świata żywych jako ludzka istota. Tak kończy się oryginalna seria.

In the fifth book (first of the Return trilogy), Powrót o zmierzchu i Uwięzieni, the newly returned Elena appears more like an angel than a human being. She has White Powers and four sets of magic wings that can, respectively, allow her to fly, cause people to remember, redeem people from their sins, and destroy supernatural contaminating influences. Two malicious kitsune twins attack the town, causing hostile trees to walk and monstrous tentacled creatures called malak to possess humans. Damon is possessed by one of the tentacled creatures, and under its influence he helps one of the kitsune kidnap Stefan. Damon then pursues Elena, who flees and fights him until she is badly wounded. Damon heals Elena, who uses her magic wings to free him of the tentacled creature possessing him. Damon, Elena, and her friends fight the two kitsune, who are eventually defeated. To rescue Stefan, though, Damon and Elena will have to find the two halves of the kitsunes’ magic key. They set out to do so at the end of the book.

Nieścisłości w oryginalnej serii

  • Meredith's Grandfather: In The Fury Meredith says that her grandfather was attacked by a vampire before she was born.[1] Yet in Dark Reunion she states he was attacked on her birthday, and that he then went on to attack her grandmother and herself.[2]
  • Klaus' Death: In The Fury Katherine says that she killed Klaus a century or two after she turned Stefan and Damon into vampires.[3] In Dark Reunion Klaus is very much present and active.
  • Vickie's Ability to See in the Dark: In Dark Reunion Vickie describes Klaus' attack vividly: "He's tall. . . . He's reaching for me, laughing. But Sue screams, 'No, no' and tries to pull me away. So he takes her instead. The window's broken, and the balcony is right there. . . . And then I watch him--I watch him throw her . . . ." She is also able to see well enough to describe Klaus' clothing and the color of his hair and eyes.[4] However, Bonnie describes the house as being pitch black because the electricity is out. The electricity does not come on until after Klaus throws Sue out the window.[5] In addition, the two versions of the scene are slightly different as to whether Klaus breaks the window when he enters, or when he throws Sue to her death.
  • Dr. Feinberg: In The Struggle, Bonnie gives details about Mr. Tanner's autopsy. According to Bonnie, she learned the details from her sister Mary, who heard them from Dr. Feinberg, who heard them from the medical examiner.[6] In The Fury, Dr. Feinberg is the one who finds the body to have been exsanguinated and lacerations made in the throat.[7]
  • Matt Watching Mrs. Flowers: In Dark Reunion Matt says, "When I think of the days we spent watching her potter around that basement--do you think she knew we were watching?"[8] In The Fury Matt was in denial about Elena being alive and vampires existing while the rest of them kept an eye out for the Other Power. He only came onboard after they gave up spying on people and decided to patrol the dance; he never spied on Mrs. Flowers himself.

Differences Between the Original Series and the Return Trilogy

There are several differences and inconsistencies between the original books published in 1991 and the Return trilogy published in 2009 onwards.

Nightfall

  • Technology: The original series states that it was set in 1991/92, with very little use of technology. No character has a mobile phone, Caroline has a Polaroid camera, and there is only one reference to email.[9] In the Return trilogy, set only a week later, the characters make use of video-capable mobile phones, digital cameras, computers and the internet.
  • Animal Forms: Damon's forms in the original series are a crow and a wolf. In the Return trilogy, his bird form is also referred to as a raven. Stefan's bird form is a falcon,[10] yet in Nightfall his bird form is that of a hawk.[11]
  • Matt's Dad: In The Fury Matt states that his dad died.[12] In the Return trilogy, his parents are referred to, implying his dad is alive.
  • Damon Entering Caroline's house: In The Struggle Damon tells Elena how he retrieved her diary from Caroline's house: "I got invited in for coffee this morning after scraping up an acquaintance last week."[13] In the Return trilogy, Damon is unable to enter the house and must ask Caroline for an invitation.[14]
  • Principal's Gender: In The Fury the principal of Robert E. Lee High School is identified as "Mr. Newcastle" and "Brian."[15] In Nightfall Meredith tells Sheriff Mossberg that the principal can vouch for Matt "if she's not on vacation."[16]
  • Town Doctor: In the original series, Dr. Feinberg is a minor recurring character and the only doctor referenced by name. In Nightfall, Dr. Feinberg is never mentioned and we are told that Dr. Alpert is a town institution.[17]
  • Car Color: In Dark Reunion Damon drives a black Ferrari.[18] In Nightfall his Ferrari has become yellow.[19]
  • Stefan and the Police: In the first three books of the original series, Stefan Salvatore is suspected of the murder of Mr. Tanner and assaults on Vickie Bennett and the homeless man. The police informally question him.[20] In Dark Reunion Stefan carefully avoids being seen because he felt sure Fell's Church didn't want his help. He was a stranger again, an intruder here. They would hurt him if they caught him. One week later in Nightfall, Stefan openly shops for a car and fills out the paperwork in his own name. Matt tells the sheriff that his friend, Stefan Salvatore, owns the car parked in front of Matt's house. Other than saying he'd like to speak to Stefan, the sheriff completely fails to react to the name of someone suspected of murder and multiple assault a mere six months before.[21]
  • Talking about the Supernatural: In Nightfall Stefan reminds Bonnie and the others that no one can know that Elena has come back from the dead. Bonnie is indignant: "We've stuck together through rogue vampires and the town's ghost, and werewolves, and Old Ones, and secret crypts, and serial killings, . . . and have we ever told people about them?"[22] Bonnie seems to have forgotten that she herself took both of Elena's diaries to the public library the previous December and put them on display so that people can pick them up and read them. Because the truth is in here. This is where the real story is. And I don't want anyone to forget it.[23] She also seems to have forgotten how upset she was after Sue's death when no one--not parents, not police, and not teenagers--was willing to admit that there might be a supernatural cause.[24]

 

Comparisons to Twilight

Elena vs. Bella Elena Gilbert is a popular, self-assured blonde who knows what she wants and goes after it. Bella Swan is a quiet, isolated brunette who has little self-confidence or experience with boys.

Stefan Salvatore vs. Edward Cullen Stefan was born several hundred years ago in Italy and died fighting his brother over a girl. Edward died a century ago in America of disease. He had never been in love or a relationship with a girl. Both do have old-fashioned views of male protectiveness but fall for very different girls.

Major Plot Points In The Vampire Diaries Elena Gilbert tries to solve the mystery of the new boy at school. She has a close group of friends that help her to win over Stefan's affection and to solve the mystery of his identity. In Twilight Bella is the new student at a school and Edward is the one drawn to her first, and unlike Stefan, Edward's "family" is supportive and not evil.

Types of VampiresThe Twilight vampires cannot go out in the sunlight because their flesh "sparkles." They are fast, strong, immortal, and seem to have skin that is marble-like in hardness and temperature. The vampires' eye color is dependent upon the type of blood they are ingesting and how recent they have fed. These vampires have what is known as venom in their bite, which causes extreme pain in the victim and causes the victim to change into a vampire. In The Vampire Diaries the vampires are only allowed in sunlight with the use of a talisman made of lapis lazuli, otherwise they burn. They are also strong, fast, and immortal, but maintain their mortal eye color and do not have venom in their bite. The bite is described as pleasurable and only causes a change in the victim with the introduction of the vampire's blood into the victim. They can not enter a house without being invited in, and their weakness is a plant called vervain.

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Odnośniki

  1. ↑ ch. 11, The Fury
  2. ↑ ch. 2, Dark Reunion
  3. ↑ ch. 14, The Fury
  4. ↑ ch. 6, Dark Reunion
  5. ↑ ch. 3, Dark Reunion
  6. ↑ ch. 6, The Struggle
  7. ↑ ch. 11, The Fury
  8. ↑ ch. 5, Dark Reunion
  9. ↑ ch. 3, Dark Reunion
  10. ↑ ch. 16, The Struggle
  11. ↑ ch. 16, Nightfall
  12. ↑ ch. 12, The Fury
  13. ↑ ch. 14, The Struggle
  14. ↑ ch. 1, Nightfall
  15. ↑ ch. 4, The Fury
  16. ↑ ch. 18, Nightfall
  17. ↑ ch. 20, Nightfall
  18. ↑ ch. 5, Dark Reunion
  19. ↑ ch. 21, Nightfall
  20. ↑ ch. 5, The Struggle
  21. ↑ ch. 18, Nightfall
  22. ↑ ch. 3, Nightfall
  23. ↑ ch. 16, The Fury
  24. ↑ ch. 3, Dark Reunion
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