I like Damon a lot, but I think it's that syndrome where you are attracted to whats exciting instead of what's good for you. Stefan is pretty much an ideal bf so Elena (and the viewers) can be distracted by Damon's looks and "fun" personality. But is he the kind of guy you can really be with? Sure, he likes you enough to start behaving more civilly, but lets not forget that every once in a while (usually when Elena isn't looking) he does something really terrible. I like the season finale. I read the books and didn't care for them, I thought the Elena character was zombiish and the author was always describing or telling what was going on so it seemed like the people in the books were not doing anything so much as they were puppets.