Oh okay I see what you mean now. Yeah I guess there is a similarity. I although find Stefan a bit more attractive in a way but then it changes.I don't just mean the character itself. The look is very similar, the eyebrows, the hair, the stare, the brooding, the acting itself. It just felt too much Angely. The things that aren't written, but seemed to the eye and the way it's coming across.
You know at first I thought people would compare him to Edward. I see what you mean about the brooding. Sometimes he is a little more light and now he seems to be getting an edge so I guess that is why I don't see to much Angel in him.
If I am being honest I keep seeing Spike in Damon. Not in a bad way. They are so different yet the same. I think it is because I usually like the characters like that a little wit and not evil but not yet an angel no pun intended 😛