He was always treated like the bad guy so I guess he just woke up one morning and said "screw this, I may aswell be what everybody wants me to be"

I love Damon Salvatore with all my heart. I really don't understand how someone can hate his character.

This video should be called: "1 million reason to love Damon Salvatore". For me it is.

"The son who enlisted in civil war to please his father" - i cried like a baby when stefan said this in the last episode.

Damon is and will always be a man who gives so much, loves more then anyone, cares way too much it consumes him. He is a great person, he is someone who can be loved, he is not a monster. The only reason why he made everyone think he was so no one expected anything good. Damon was afraid if he showed just a bit of sensitivity, people would want him to show more and if it was all out there he knew he would get hurt again. Damon Salvatore is possibly the most amazing, attractive, caring, loving, selfless, person to ever live.

Say whatever about Ian but he crafted this character a lot and gave so much depth to him. He did such an OUTSTANDING job throughout the 8 years, i will always be grateful for that and i couldn't imagine anyone else playing damon as good as he did. Credit where is due. And speaking of...ALL THE AWARDS TO YOU FOR THIS ABSOLUTE PERFECT MASTERPIECE! My heart is still racing so fast, the perfect tribute for the perfectly imperfect character that is Damon. I will always love him, he stole a piece of my heart a long time ago and never gave it back. I don't think i will ever love another character as much as I love him. Simply stunning!

Imagine being told you aren’t loved by the girl you’ve been waiting 145 years for, then being told the same thing again 5 minutes later by a girl with the exact same face. That’s pain -

'He didn't mind being the bad guy because somebody had to fill that role and get things done. If you wanna be bad, be bad with purpose. Otherwise, you're just not worth forgiving.' Thank you so much for this beautiful tribute! I absolutely agree with everything you wrote. It breaks my heart that so many people hate Damon now. He was the only one who had the guts to do whatever it takes. He was our hero in villain's clothing.

I AM CRYING, IM GLAD HE GOT HIS HAPPY ENDING

When Damon says “these days you’re gonna realize you don’t know me half as well as you think” to stefan made me realize how it’s true, stefan knows nothing about Damon. He only knows the outside of Damon. Damon in the inside is the kindest, most selfless ever. When Damon said that line the one thing I thought about was the time he was getting tortured where he met Enzo. Stefan didn’t know until season 8.

Damon Salvatore is one of the most amazing fictional characters. He has depth and emotion to everything he does. He was just a man that had his love taken advantage of. His father treated him like he was worthless, his mother left him when he was just a boy, and his brother was always the first choice. Before he turned he loved someone so fully yet he was taken advantage of. Because of this he hid his feelings and closed off because he didn’t want to be vulnerable at get hurt again. Damon acted like the bad guy because of the fear of people expecting more from him if he did show a little bit of emotion. All he ever wanted in life was to be loved. He constantly thought he was the problem so he would take himself out of the equation. Damon did good things without anyone knowing. He didn’t take credit for any of the good things he’s done. he would always hide his good acts, then close off and act like one of the bad guys. When Damon Salvatore loves, he loves fully and completely. He’s been damaged in the past but he tries to become a better person. He’s always there for those who need him. Even though he has trouble expressing his emotions in the right way, he still loves so completely that it consumes people. He is one of the most selfless characters on the show. He disappoints people in the beginning so they won’t expect more from him. He always was the second choice and believed he didn’t deserve to be loved. People treated him like a monster so he decided to act like he was one. He closed off his heart in fear it would get broken again. Damon tried so hard to become a better person for the ones he loved and wanted to change but his past trauma always got in the way. In the end he ended up becoming a better man; a selfless caring man. Elena opened his heart up again and showed him it was ok to feel. Once he opened his heart back up he never closed it again and loved everyone so consumingly. “If you’re bad, be bad with a purpose. Otherwise you’re just not worth forgiving.” Damon was fine being seen as the bad guy if it meant the ones he loved would be protected. He knew that people may get hurt along the process but them being alive was better than them being dead. He always labeled himself as the bad brother and Stefan as the “good brother.” Damon is so selfless in this act because he believes that he isn’t worth saving or worth the time of day. So he lets Stefan receive all of the love while he is in pain. Damon is a hero in the villains clothing. He acts bad but is actually one of the kindest most selfless Human beings. When he finally receive some love by Elena. He devoted himself to protecting her and he tried to not be selfish with her. If that meant that he would get hurt because she loved his brother and he was the second choice he didn’t matter as long as she was happy. All he ever wants is Elena to be happy, even if it’s not with him. He reassures people and helps them through their tough times. He lets them know that they are worth it and he speaks so highly about all of his friends. He had the best character development in history. His love is so pure and he has the right intentions even if he doesn’t understand how to express it in the right way. “Just because he doesn’t love you the way you want him to, doesn’t mean he doesn’t love you with all he has.” Damon tried so hard to become a better man but he always thought he couldn’t. He was broken for many years yet he allowed himself to love again. Many focus on all the bad things that Damon as done and they don’t focus on all the good he has accomplished also. His father chose Stefan, his mother chose Stefan, Katherine chose Stefan, and at one point Elena did choose Stefan too. He had to live with that pain of being the second choice. However finally someone had chose him in the end and that was Elena. Elena showed him the light once again and brought him out of the darkness. He hurts because he knows he can’t live up to anyone’s expectations “I can’t be what other people want me to be.” “She wants me to be the better man, which means I can’t be who I am.” He just needed love in his life to being him back to who he was before. His smile lights up a room and his love fills others hearts. He sacrifices his happiness for the happiness of others. That is Damon Salvatore, my comfort character.

The kid who plays Damon as a child is just as handsome as adult Damon they picked a good actor

*Touching, emotional, i adore this video so much*

I love and miss Damon so damn much! 😭🙏

“When people see good, they expect good. And i don’t want to have to live up to anyone’s expectations” definitely my favorite line of Damon Salvatore!

i will truly never love a character more than i love damon salvatore (so excited about your character tributes!! especially for my girl elena

"Hallo Brother" made me fall in love with him and I never stopped.

this is just so beautiful. you've captured damon perfectly.

Damon was the better man. I knew that from the beginning. I hated Stefan in the first few seasons and only came to kinda respect him in the last one. He was a good guy too but Damon stole my heart.

Anyone remembers in season 4 episode 2 everyone was lighting g the candles for the memorial... He refused to do that to show that he doesn't care but then he went to alaric's grave and talked to him

damon is the better man. he acted like a monster bc he didn’t want to get a HURT. he is not a monster. he was scared of caring bc he didn’t want to hurt like katherine hurt him. stefan was just the lucky one. his father liked him, katherine loved him, elena loved him. both elena and katherine said “it’s always gonna be stefan.” my heart truly broke for him. he even had to compel elena so that she wouldn’t remember his love for her. i’m so happy damon got a happy ending.

he’s a hero in villains clothing, he’s just a broken soul you can tell, i actually think he’s not selfish at all, instead he’s selfless, never had a childhood trying to protect his brother from his father, i feel bad for him, everything he loved faded from him, life made him cruel, he was always the target, so he pretended he was an emotionless piece of shit to avoid everyone, he didn’t wanna let them down, i love damon and he always will be my favorite

One of Damon's most obvious traits is selflessness and how caring he is for the people he loves. He's been let down over and over again by everyone he cares about but still he tries his hardest to do the right thing and what ever it takes everyday and every second. I love him so much❤️

damon is the real hero and if someone can't see that he is stupid because he were there anytime elena needs him and he gaves her the neclake that means stefan's and elena's love that was so selfless he always put all the others that he loves so much his brother and he died to protect stefan and elena , that isn't a selfish man is so hurted from his father , from his mother , from kathrine ... he has good inside him

Damon by far had the biggest character development in the entire verse of TVD. He went from a “villain” who was broken inside to being a person he can actually be proud of

Some people hated damon in season 1 but I loved him from the beginning till the end.

This....this just hits different... I will always love Damon Salvatore he was always the better man just some people didnt realize it

I was looking forward to this kind of video of Damon, a real character study. Thank youVery much. I love it, fantastic as always!

Damon is character in vampire dairies that everyone can relate to. He has a horrible past, and people leave him for someone else is heartbreaking. Damon deserves all the love he can get. 😭

Ian somerhalder looks so hot without his mustache, a world beauty

Omg i love him i dont understand how people can hate him. He cares so much about his brother and elena.

3 years later and I still come back to this video. He’s such a complex character. He’s the self-centred, selfish villain until you realise he does what he does because he loves everyone else and not himself.

I don't deserve u But my brother does..that line oh my gosh falling me for this character again and again

When he said, "When people see good they expect good." It made me cry. Damon Salvatore is the brother who did everything. He was good but let others believe he was the bad one. He let all of them hate him. He did the things none of them wanted to because then they'll be labelled bad but he did. If that isn't selflessness than I don't know what it is. I've heard many people say that Elena was the most selfless person or Bonnie was the most selfless one but why don't they see that Damon was the most selfless. I am proud to say that Damon made me realize that I don't have to live upto everyone's expectations. I can be the good one without showing it. I'll be good as long I know it and do it. And that's exactly what Damon did. I love you. You made me love my bad side too and I'm thankful for that.

I like him because he has the perfect disguise. His walls of indifference and selfishness are high and thick to hide his bleeding heart. I love those characters. Characters who don't show who they really are because they're scared or they feel they can't.

Im crying , no one has made a quality Damon vid in ages it just made me so emo ty .

I begin to cry every time he asks:"is my love not good enough?". It breaks my heart

I don't understand how someone could possibly hate someone like Damon. He's just hurt. He hurts and he cares and feels. He loves and he is amazing. He's the good guy and people think so low of him. He's honestly the most amazing person. I know for sure that if I ever got the chance to meet him. I would wanna be his friend right away. He's amazing

The best thing with Damon was he was real he never pretended to be someone who he wasn.t and no wonder he is the Right man.

People who are saying that damon was selfish and rude.. that guy was never loved in his entire life. his parents thought he was disappoinment, he went to war to please his father. his first love chose his brother. so come on, he's stronger than anyone.

When you realise that Katherine Pierce contradicts herself. Nobody: Katherine: It’s okay to love them both, I did... Also Katherine: It’s always been Stefan... 😂😂😂

Ian is an amazing actor and he puts his whole heart into every one of his characters. When Damon cries it makes you want to cry, and he just makes you feel everything he is feeling.

The most genuine guy of the entire series ❤

The opposite of twilight “It will always be Stefan” “It will always be Edward”

I have so many shows I love. So many characters I love. But he’s my all time favourite. You know why? Not because of his womaniser charm ( it’s a good one though) or because of his cunning humour and intelligence. I love him because of his compassion that’s hidden deep within his heart. Over the years, Ian gave so much to this character. He brought out his compassion slowly for all the people this character cared about. I don’t get how people could hate this character. He went through so much, and he suffered for all the people he cared about. Lets not forget that in season 1’s finale, he saved an entire town, and put himself in danger. He saved the whole town from the originals the best he could. In season 5, he saved everyone before he could save himself. He saved Elena numerous times, and was always there for his best friends , Alaric and Bonnie. He was the perfect brother. He took care of Stefan since he was young, even if their father was so fucked up. He was always pushed around, rejected by the gurls he loved because they always chose stefan, (i have no idea why they would choose stefan) and was abused by his father. He always pretended to be the bad guy when he really was the guy who saved others. he was always scared about what people might expect from him if he showed too much kindness. But this character was the best older brother, best friend, husband, and probably a father, which he would be great at as well. His selfishness, is what saved others. This character truly deserved peace with the love of his life in the end. A reunion with his brother. He’s been through so much, he came to mystic falls, to destroy it and everyone in it, but that one girl, changed his heart, and his brother was always there for him. He left mystic falls, protecting everything and everyone in it. He’s always going to be my favourite. This beautiful character who fights through everything, to keep his loved ones and other people safe and happy. He’s truly the best character on television there ever is. And it’s all credits to Ian and the TVD cast who helped bring this beautiful character out. I will always love him.❤️ for his selfishness, his badass self, his compassionate self, his pure love, and his womaniizing skills.🤪❤️😂 “He IS the better Man.” Honestly, people who don’t get this mysteriously attractive, compassionate and smart character are basically just messed up teens who can’t analyse deep within this character and all the reasons for what he did.

I love that Elena fell in luv wid Damon and chose him over Stefan!!❤❤.....Damon deserves some happiness in his life!!

I fall in love with these fictional characters because their imperfections only make them more perfect, and this is proof of that

Idk how I used to live without TVD; it's a fantastic show. I love Damon and Delena. I love everything about the show; even if it can be annoying at times, it will always be in my heart until I take my last breath. It will be my favorite show, and that will never change. It helped me through so much, and for that, I will always love it. No matter what, it gave me hope. It saved my life.

"GIVE ME A CHANCE TO LET YOU LOVE ME"....... That line broke me😭😭😭

Why don't you let people see the good in you? Because when people see good they expect good. And I do not want to live upto anyone's expectations. Hands down, one of the best quotes ever heard.

No one actually felt and represented Damon Salvatore better than you.... He was better dan anyone knew..

damn im crying this is so beautiful

he’s such a well written character with ACTUAL development. the pain he’s gone through makes my heart break. deep down he has the biggest heart. i love him so much.

this edit makes me cry everytime :(

Still the best Damon Salvatore compilation ever!

Finally a video about Damon's character, not just about his hotness (I mean, it's not like I don't appreciate those) but his character is so interesting and developed so well over the time, he's much more than just a pretty face

I hate how everyone treats Damon as the bad guy he is just broken everyone judges him way to quickly but he and Bonnie are probably the best characters in tvd, I love Damon smm

Every time he didn't say anything and just walked away silently broke my heart

THIS IS WHY I LOVE DAMON SO MUCH , idk how someone can hate him

I just wanna give a hug to Damon, because he definetly deserves it.

This made me cry I love Damon I always saw the good in him since day one Damon will be my favorite character ever always and forever

Thank you for this absolutely amazing video. Always.

"He is the BETTER man. He is the RIGHT man." ❤❤❤

Damon Salvatore will always be my favourite character. Ian did this role so well that I just can’t imagine anyone else doing this role. He played this character so well and did justice with it. Forever and always Damon Salvatore♥️💯🙌

I’m crying I love Damon so much 😭😭

Elena should have watched this when she forgot all the good things about Damon

*OMG* This is one of the best tributes I've ever seen. Damon at his purest side. I've always liked him since episode 1 because I usually fall for bad guys but it wasn't impossible to not fall deeply and completely in love season after season. I just think he have been through so much since he was a little kid and seeing all of it in this made me so damn emotional. I feel this is the first of many times I'll watch this video and actually any of your videos. I'm looking for all the other tributes and I hope they make me feel everything this one made me. I must thank you, from a TVD forever and ever fan, for this damn MASTERPIECE.

There’s honestly guys like Damon out there that do amazing things for those they love and make decisions that benefit others, they do whatever they can to make the ones they love happy, they always put others first, and so much of the great things they do go completely unnoticed, I’ve had friends who were great to the girls they loved but the girls just took them for granted and don’t notice the good they do and it’s sad because it should be noticed, guys get a bad name because people mainly notice the assholes, the genuine good guys go unnoticed, I’ve loved the same girl for 6 years I’ve supported her through relationships I’ve helped her through heartbreaks I’ve done so much for her in order for her to be happy because that’s all I want even if it meant breaking my own heart to ensure hers was fixed. There is guys that are good like Damon, but they don’t all have a girl like Elena that’s observant enough to notice the good within them...

The scene at 0:37; when I first watched this show, I knew at that moment, that Damon would be my favorite character. Everyone is lovable in their own way, but Damon owned up to himself; by saying exactly what, and how he was. Nobody ever does that. And despite all the bad things he did, especially in the beginning, I couldn't help but see good in him. That scene really showed the good in Damon; it was the turning point in how I primarily saw him.

“Because when people see good they expect good, and I don’t wanna have to live up to anyone’s expectations”

I love you damon... More than any other character.. doesn't matter- It's always gonna be damon 😭❤️

Damon Salvatore is, and will always be, my absolute favorite character of all time.

It's sad how he was forced into this role, he cares so much yet everyone takes advantage of it and uses it against him, so he puts a heartless and emotionless front to cover it so he doesnt get hurt again. Everyone misunderstands him and treats him differently for trying to do something right.

This gave me actual chills. This video was so well done because it clearly shows who Damon is and the story behind who he is. It’s so clear that Damon is the better man and I wish that every tvd fan saw that because he doesn’t deserve to be a hated character just because of things he did wrong. He wasn’t the only character to make wrong decisions but he easily gets pointed out as the bad guy. Damon Salvatore is one of the most selfless characters on this show, even through the amount of hurt and pain he had to endure his entire life. He even cared at times when he didn’t have to. He always was at war with himself because he didn’t know if he should be who he is or change for the girl that he loved. He has always been my favorite character on the show and he deserves the recognition for being one of the best characters. Damon is the better man. He 100% deserved his happy ending and it’s makes me happy that he got it.

If I had the opportunity to marry this guy, man I would take it. I’ve watched the vampire diaries more than I could count just to see him.

Never liked a video this much before. You really did justice to his character. You should be proud that it was you who finally decided to do something whereas all he gets is hate. People don't understand his character and you over here have done an amazing job for them people. I love this and hope everyone else do too.

Thank you for this. I kept "screaming" at the other characters to remember all the good Damon has done, and to quit smearing his faults in his face, as if he was worse than anyone else on this show! He proved repeatedly that he IS a hero. Even Damon was far too hard on himself. I love this character.

Never seen a better compilation of his true character 😍

Omg I'm crying😭 I still can't believe that we will never get another scene with him😭 I miss him more and more evey single day😭 I love it sm❤

I want to thank each person who contributed to the making of this epic show which really taught me what is selfless love in every relationship... between brother, friends and lovers. And great thanks to Julie plec , Paul Wesley , Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder and the whole cast of tvd for making this show. It will remain forever in our hearts.

THIS WAS SO GOOD WTF

I miss damon so much even he was shown as villain in few episodes bt never hated him...he has always done things out of love n despite of others judgement which made me luv him even more... ...probably the best character in tv series and ian has amazingly portrayed it...Ty so much for this video by far the best...keep going...

Damon is one of the MOST SELFLESS characters I've ever seen. It's unreal. (Also this is the thousandth comment, whew)

This is why Damon is my favorite character of the series. And aside from Caroline, has one of the best character developments too. I love the fact that from the first few episodes, we see that Damon isn’t at all what he makes himself out to be. Sure he can be a bad guy who does terrible things, but we see that that’s not all he is. At the end of the day, he’s just a man who had a rough and traumatic childhood with everyone he’s ever loved and cared for abandoning him over and over. He’s sacrificed so much, even at a young age, and did everything he could to please those he cared for. But they just kept letting him down. He always tried to protect Stefan from their fathers wrath, he loved his mother a lot, but she “died”, and later found out she just straight out abandoned them for another life and family. He tried to please his father and be a good son by joining the civil war, even though he grew up with the abuse from him and still having his father constantly tell him he was a disappointment and was a disgrace. He fell for Katherine who was his first love. Loved her so much and when Stefan found out about her secret, he begged Stefan not to tell anyone, especially their father. And of course, Stefan betrays Damon and spills the beans, leaving Damon so heartbroken about both scenarios. That he lost the love of his life and that his brother, whom he loved and always protected and trusted betrayed him and hurt him. Then later on, Found out after 145+ years that Katherine the one woman he really loved, could care less about him and never loved him, and always preferred Stefan. I mean all those abandonments and betrayals really messed him up. And it made him close himself off from people and it made him very protective of his heart. Hence the cruel, heartless, dead inside persona. He became broken, and as a result, he had to protect whatever “goodness” was left. Damon wasn’t always selfish and cruel by nature. He was always protective, sacrificing, loyal, kind, naive, and loving. He wasn’t a monster. He was just broken. And scared of getting hurt and abandoned again. Serious abandonment and betrayal issues can really screw a person up. And it wasn’t until Elena and the influence of the people in present day Mystic Falls that changed Damon and made him open up more. I love the line Damon says to Stefan in season 4, where they go to New Orleans to figure out how literal the sire bond is. He says “one of these days you’re gonna realize you don’t know me half as well as you think.” And it’s so true. Stefan really never knew his brother. He never knew just how much he sacrificed and just how much he could care about people when he wanted to. He just doesn’t show it as openly as Stefan does. Because every time he does show it, he always gets hurt. Just because Damon chooses not to show most of the time that he can be a good guy, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t know how to be one. Stefan has always had it easy, and has always had things handed to him. He never felt what it was like to have such a traumatic childhood because Damon was always there making sure Stefan would never have to know such a fate. And in turn, it screwed Damon up big time. But over the years, Damon learns how to heal and how to be a better man, how to open up and show just how kind, selfless, and loving he can be. That’s why Damon is my favorite character. He’s so much more than what he makes himself out to be. There’s so much more to him than meets the eye. Deep down, all Damon wanted was to be loved and for someone to stay. And in the end he found it. With the love of his life, and repaired the love he had for his brother.

I think Damon always cared too much, and that's why he had to shut his emotions off or freeze them out. Everyone assumed Damon just didn't care, but it was always his emotions that had him sacrificing himself for other people/making rash decisions. It was never callousness, it was always consuming emotion.

The moment when Damon choose himself when cade forced him to choose btw his love elena and his lil brother Stef..ohh yes, I fell for him!!!

Damon crying breaks me so hard

MY FAVOURITE VIDEO EVER.

This is art...just perfect. I love damon so much and i'm so happy that he got his happy ending with HIS girl. As a human. MASTERPIECE😭❤

The best TVD character. Change my mind

Ill forever be in love with Damon Salvatore He reminds me of me. Been abused abd betrayed so i shut off all my feelings except for the one i love

Great tribute to damon who is a great anti hero and love for elena is awesome

I got so many feels during this video. You captured his character perfectly. I mean like his tribulations.

I love Damon so freaking much. He is really my favorite character in all tv shows. Also, Ian Somerhalder is the best, so beautiful (I mean, those eyes and this jawline are just to die for!) and he has a big heart. I will always love him with all my heart, even if I don't know him il real life. Nobody could play Damon Salvatore better than Ian Somerhalder: this is his role.

A Million things I love about Damon loved Elena so much even some universe force couldn't come between Awesome

I ACTUALLY CRIED WATCHING THIS

I'll never love a character more than him Damon Salvatore❤❤ he's the beauty of tvd I will always love him 😥😥

Damon and Klaus are similar

man am not going to lie watching this bring back chills, I was in a relationship, a toxic relationship 9 years of my life and the only thing I had to hold on too was this show, this show help me gain control of self, control my emotions, and taught me that it was ok to be the bad guy, even if you really wasn't. I love this show the sound track, and because of this show I am a better man. thank you Vampire Diaries

Damon was a good person when he was younger and still was one when he was older. Everyone saw him as a bad guy and made him one. And he had the balls to accept it. He was never bad. He was broken by people who never believed in him. I loved Damon because I saw myself in him. He destroyed everything around him when he was down because that’s the way he got treated. He’s not bad at all. He just needed to be loved and accepted. I choose him. I choose Damon.