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   Blood is the binding, the key, and the girl. by LizzieBowen18

   Fandoms: The Vampire Diaries (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M, Gen
   • Complete Work

   28 May 2021

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Elena Gilbert & Jeremy Gilbert
   • Elena Gilbert/Klaus Mikaelson
   • Caroline Forbes/Jeremy Gilbert
   • Elena Gilbert
   • Jeremy Gilbert
   • Klaus Mikaelson
   • Damon Salvatore
   • Stefan Salvatore
   • Caroline Forbes
   • Bonnie Bennett
   • Miranda Sommers Gilbert
   • Grayson Gilbert
   • John Gilbert
   • Isobel Flemming
   • Doppelganger lore
   • Minor Elena Gilbert/Stefan Salvatore
   • Elena Gilbert-centric
   • BAMF Elena Gilbert
   • Minor Bonnie Bennett/Jeremy Gilbert
   • Hunter Jeremy Gilbert
   • Magic Elena Gilbert
   • Gilbert siblings
   • References to Ancient Greek Religion & Lore
   • Minor Elena Gilbert & Katherine Pierce
   • Helen of Troy Was A Doppelganger
   • Doppelganger
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Implied/Referenced Character Death
   • Self-Hatred
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Soulmates
   • Not a Fix-It
   • Additional Warnings in Author's Note

   Summary

   She doesn’t let herself be the doppelganger, because it is more than a fancy title. It is blood, and power, and history, and she is sick of others misreading what she is.

   Elena: becoming.

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