I figure I talk too much about the stupid decision making on the show, so I was going to let *that* commentary slide.

But after him getting all badass (much more convincing than Elena's Buffy schtick), I was hoping to see him stick around in a non-whiny mode. He misses one episode, and that's more than enough to make me wrinkle my nose. I only really like him and Alaric.

There's much less "OMG, queasy? Is she pregnant?" suspicion than I have in real life. I mean, I know it's for us, but why does it take so much longer onscreen? Even when they're wrong, it never seems to come up.

Unless it's a "classic" mistaken pregnancy storyline.

Well, Casey guessed right away.

Grimm: do we know that the Captain is? (Have I asked that before?)

Eddie McClintock sells art. His art, I mean. Web site.

Are the rings (eta: uh, on The Vampire Diaries) supposed to work so that they prevent you from being killed by anything a supernatural creature does directly? As in, if they drive the car that hits you, or they shoot you, that's as "supernatural" as them biting you?

One of the attacks previous to this one convinced me of that, but there are so many attempts at fatality that I don't remember which one.

Basically, is Ric having further injuries likely to be a retcon, or what?

It's definitely new.

The further injuries is new? Or that they're supposed to be protection from *whatever* a supernatural being does to you is new?

Further injuries.

I don't recall the details on what the ring protects you from. It does seem ridiculous that it should protect you from anything a supernatural being does to you. (But VD does not shy away from ridiculous.)

The VD wiki says this:

The Gilbert Rings protect people from being killed by supernatural beings or causes, as long as the rings are worn.

I also found this:

Oh, and trust me, I was THRILLED when I saw that Alaric was wearing his ring and was thus not really dead, but whatever happened to “there’s nothing supernatural about a bullet”? I thought that established that the ring only protected people from physical acts committed by supernatural entities, but not mechanical weapons. Yes, I know that the Sheriff (a human) was the one who shot Jeremy, but it seems a little silly that the person pulling the trigger makes a difference between somebody living and dying. Now, being protected because a vampire was sucking your blood or breaking your neck or physically throwing you off a building? Yeah, I can buy that. But I don’t see how the ring would protect you from being crushed by an SUV, just because a hybrid so happened to have been driving (what luck!) Again, it’s great news because Alaric is one of my favorite characters….it just didn’t seem in line with how I understood the way things work. But maybe I’m wrong.

And this mention of it working in what seems like a more remote effect:

Isobel tossed John down the stairs as a distraction to kidnap Elena, but he was wearing the ring and came back.

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