Did you enjoy the series finale of Vampire Diaries last week? Recently, showrunne Julie Plec spoke with The Hollywood Reporter about the end of the CW series.
The supernatural drama revolves around the search for love and the battle between good and evil in the supernatural-charged town of Mystic Falls, Virginia. The cast includes Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candice King, Zach Roerig, Matt Davis, and Michael Malarkey.
SPOILER WARNING!
In the interview, Plec said the creative team originally planned for more characters to die in the series finale:
here have been so many different versions of that in our mind. Back then, the show ended with both brothers dying and watching Elena go out and live her life as a human and grow up and be happy and have kids and get married. And all the sacrifices that they had made so that she could be human and safe made it worth it, and they could’ve gone and passed on into oblivion.”
The showrunner mentioned that one ending had Damon (Somerhalder) dying instead of his brother:
Then of course we created the Other Side and then Elena became a vampire and then Nina left the show. Once Nina left the show, all the plans of how it would end one day had to shift because ultimately it became less about ensuring Elena’s safety and future and more about the relationships between the brothers themselves and their own path to redemption. There was a pitch on the table that was a very good pitch where Damon didn’t make it to the end, and then ultimately the pitch that made it to the end was, I think, the best one.”
Plec also revealed that they pitched several different endings for Bonnie (Graham):
Bonnie needed to survive and to grow up and to live a long life and to have everything she ever wanted. There was a pitch on the table at some point that maybe Bonnie and Matt Donovan would end up together and have children together. There was a pitch on the table that maybe Bonnie takes a series of great French lovers and never has another real relationship again because Enzo is her one true love and she’ll see him again in peace.”
What do you think? Are you a fan of The Vampire Diaries? Did you find the series finale satisfying?
I would really like to watch season 9, but vampire diaries is an epically awesome movie
Enzo and Stefan need to come back somehow . And with Elena just returning there is a lot that is untold. We need a season 9!!!!!
Agreed
They need to have vampire diaries back cuz didnt really showed what happened to the rest of the cast and i miss watching it
Season 9 should definately happen. Especially with the idea of elena and damon having a baby… so far the saddest thing for me is no more vampire diaries. Please guys I love that series..let the ride go on.
I agree 100% that season 9 should most definitely happen I love this show it has become my all time fav. For sure and the originals as well but they should both keep goin for as long as possible
I thought the finale was very sweet and satisfying. I always thought. Caroline and Alric should end up together and raise the twin girls. I really believe they truly cared about one another. The whole show was a pleasant tearjerker. Good stories all along!!
I have watched The Vampire Diaries since the beginning. I hated to see it end. I did like the series finale. Everyone got to see their love ones, alive or dead. Stefan, Damon and Elena will always be some of my favorite TV characters. The show ended like it should have. I hope to see Caroline on the Originals. Until then, “It was Epic”.
I hated seeing the Vampire Diaries end. been watching since the beginning. The characters really came out, Caroline so much she evolved. And Stephen dying made sense after someone mentioned, at the beginning of the show, he said, this is the story of my life. I had forgot this. It was a great finale…Now the Originals and after seeing Caroline get that letter from Klaus, we know she is going to be on the Originals, awesome!!