Season 4 Episode 7

After a rough break up, we like to watch Shakespeare in Love while drinking some wine and doing some damage to a classified amount of cookie dough ice cream. It’s called “coping.” Stefan (Paul Wesley) used Caroline’s (Candice Accola) technique of sublimation to get even more buff (do vampires even have to work out?) and try to find a cure.

That entailed kidnapping an...

As the reigning Miss Mystic Falls, Caroline (Candice Accola) didn’t exactly get to participate in this year’s pageant so much as host it. But that didn’t stop her from stealing the show in Vampire Diaries Season 4, Episode 7, “My Brother’s Keeper!” Much like Klaus (Joseph Morgan), we couldn’t keep our eyes off her and her sexy yet sophisticated...

Even when she was getting kind of bloody battling her brother, Elena (Nina Dobrev) still looked gorgeous in Vampire Diaries Season 4, Episode 7, “My Brother’s Keeper.” Much like Damon (Ian Somerhalder), we couldn’t keep our eyes off her or her lace dress at the Miss Mystic Falls pageant.

Oh, the magic of GIFs. Is there anything they can’t do? Sure, we can pause and rewind our DVRs, but nothing quite captures Elena (Nina Dobrev) ripping off a Salvatore’s shirt like a GIF. Enjoy our five favorite GIFs from Vampire Diaries Season 4, Episode 7, “My Brother’s Keeper.” Thank you, Tumblr!