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[ in some ways it's comparable to what liz has experienced being a member of the founder's council of mystic falls. there were always disbelievers, people who thought the founding family members were crazy about all that vampire and supernatural crap. the town had been relatively normal for so long that when things started happening, the council panicked. then had come the time that several of them had threatened carol lockwood and liz herself over the knowledge of what their children, tyler and caroline, had become. if liz and carol had still been a part of that, they would have died with the other twelve council members in the fire on the young family property.
challenge and adversity are things liz can understand fully and in a situation like this, even the smallest bit of support can mean the difference. considering what their common enemy here is, liz doesn't see why they should waste time fighting amongst themselves. to her, the defense force feels like what the council should have been, what it once was, and that's why she's a part of it. ]
If not, you could always ask if a raptor mitt would win against the lobster and shark.