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'Vampire Diaries' Boss on Season 6 'Reset': 'Everybody Gets to Start Over' (Q&A)

Following the season-five finale, executive producer Julie Plec talks to THR about the return of a fan favorite, Elena's devastation and the mysterious fates of Damon and Bonnie.

The Vampire Diaries is heading for a "reset."

With Mystic Falls still cloaked under the "no-magic" spell and Damon and Bonnie dead, The CW drama won't look the same when the new season kicks up again in the fall. A substantial amount of time will have passed, and the gang may not be in one place -- at least not initially.

"The way we look at it, season six is a beautiful and organic reset. The theme of the season is everybody gets to start over. That's what we're going to do," executive producer Julie Plec tells The Hollywood Reporter.

The new season will put the focus back on the characters and their often complicated internal and psychological conflicts. Among those joining the fray will be the welcomed return of Matt Davis (Alaric) and Michael Malarkey (Enzo), both back as series regulars.

"We're trying to take the show away from the massive genre extravaganza where each season we try to top each other with the bigger, bad, more exciting mythologies and boil it back down to the beginning, which is tension, suspense, romance, psychological horror, simple horror, vampires living in secret, people discovering their secret and coming after them," Plec promises.

"Our heroes who have splintered off need to find their way back to each other emotionally and geographically as they fight to restore order to their home so they can actually return and not be scattered for good."

Plec talks to THR about the mystery surrounding Damon and Bonnie, Elena's devastation and why she thinks season six is a new beginning.

Between the heart-wrenching finales of The Originals and The Vampire Diaries, it's been such a brutal week for viewers of both. Serious question: Do you have stock in Kleenex?

Someone tweeted me "Do you get off on causing people pain?" (Laughs.) It's like, um, no! As a fan of television, I love when I cry when I watch TV. As a storyteller, I want to take people on the deepest of emotional journeys. That's just my thing. Somebody said, "I feed on the tears on fangirls. That's how I survive." (Laughs.)

Last year, you said that the season-five finale was going to be a "mindf---," and you weren't kidding. Was this always the ending that you wanted the season to build up to, or were there hesitations about killing two core characters?

No. This was, for sure, the ending. When we decided that, once and for all, the Other Side was going to go away, we decided to put Bonnie and Damon into that predicament. This was a year ago. We all sort of said, "Oh my god, are we going to pull this off?" And we spent the year figuring our way there. Now we're left with the mystery of, with the Other Side gone, where the hell are they?

That was one of the biggest questions viewers seemed to have following the finale: Where did they go?

Did they find peace? Are we going to be left with Damon and [Bonnie] flashbacks and hallucinations and memories for the entirety of season six? Did they find their way somewhere else, and if so, where? I can you tell that the Other Side no longer exists, so they're not there. There's no more coming back from that. It's going to be a big mystery about what happens and what our heroes can do about it, if anything.

But the finale wasn't the last we've seen of Ian Somerhalder and Kat Graham, correct?

They're both contracted for next year. It's really more about the mystery of what happened to them and how we'll see them again -- and in what context will we see them again.

This introduces the possibility of seeing a new dimension for the show to explore. Have you set guidelines and a rulebook for this new "purgatory"?

We have so much that we've discussed for the next season that is thrilling. We had a writers' boot camp that lasted about a month, and we teed up our first five episodes pretty cleanly. We're going to come back in a whole new environment. A good amount of time would have passed. Our characters fundamentally will have had to come to terms with the fact that Damon and Bonnie are gone forever. There are those who refuse to give up. There are those who have given up. There are those who are living in denial. All of them have found ways to move forward and get on with their lives in really unique and distinct ways. Exploring that new reality -- the magic bubble, so to speak, that sits over Mystic Falls still exists, so they literally cannot go home again. That's a big theme of the early part of the season: How can we bring our heroes and our friends back together, and how can they find their way back home, literally and figuratively. That includes the Damon and Bonnie mystery as well.

A core part of the show's DNA is the trio of Damon, Elena and Stefan, so it's hard to imagine Damon permanently among the living. What are the odds he and Bonnie could return to the living?

I think all the questions you're asking are good questions because that's part of the mystery that will unfold in season six. Will Stefan and Elena have turned to each other for comfort? Or are they completely estranged? Will Damon ever be able to be in the same corporeal room as his brother or the woman he loves, or is he forever doomed to be apart from them? There are all of these questions that really give us the shape of the whole season.

Elena's plea at the end for Damon to return to her was devastating. How is she going to handle his death? With the time jump, she would have had time to grieve and mourn.

Elena Gilbert has lost so much and has dealt with grief in so many different ways and dealt with loss. This particular way will be surprising because it's a little bit of a new side of her that we haven't seen before. As she's trying to move on with her life, what coping mechanisms is she using to deal with the fact that it seems she may never see these two people who were so important to her ever again?

Stefan also had a wonderful line in the cemetery, when he said, "Damon finally had everything he wanted. He was happy. He should be here." If he could do it all over again, would he have sacrificed his spot if it meant Damon could return?

I think in that moment Stefan profoundly believed that his accidental slip as he was helping Bonnie, he holds himself to blame for that moment. I think that he would have thrown himself into the path of oblivion to make sure his brother got out alive. He didn't get that chance because of a mistake, and I think that'll eat at him and haunt him for quite some time.

Will he deal with his brother's death in a different way than Elena?

Yeah. Again, the surprise of how each of these characters is dealing with it and where they are and how they're living their lives is how we're going to get the season started.

Is Tyler the only one who came back as a human?

Just Tyler, because of the way he died within the boundaries of Mystic Falls.

What's his arc going to look like now that he's found himself in a new form?

It's a do-over. A big theme of season six is second chances, and Tyler has this do-over but along with it, comes all this hostility and rage and aggression that gets so bottled up in you when you have a latent werewolf gene. Now that he knows what he knows and just how wrong it can go, he's going to work really hard to keep himself walking a straight line and to keep his temper in check and to be a good guy in spite of all that anger and ugliness that simmers inside him. It's going to be a struggle, but it's going to be a good struggle. I'm excited about Tyler's storyline this year. It's time for him to find somebody new to love, because one thing that can help us with the darkest parts inside ourselves is the light of love, so I'm looking forward to exploring that with him.

On a slightly happier note, Alaric is back. (Matt Davis will be a series regular in season six.) What kind of role will he have in the new season?

Alaric is back! Yeah. (Laughs.) I'm so excited about Alaric's role in the new season. There's so much going on with him. One, he's now back in the situation where he can be a mentor, a brother or a father figure to Elena and Jeremy, which is his sweet spot. He's struggling with the fact that he's this vampire hunter. Back when he got turned, it all happened so quickly. He went out of his mind; he never really had the human experience of living the life of a vampire. Now they can't be in Mystic Falls, so they're in a place outside of Mystic Falls where they have to keep it secret and be very discreet. Elena has to teach Alaric a tip or two about discretion. I think as we watched Alaric struggle with living the hidden life of a vampire, wouldn't it be nice if a woman entered his life who he had interest in, that he had to hide that from? You get a little fun Stefan-and-Elena stuff in season one with Alaric, who is trying to get his life together.

Where have they set up shop temporarily since Mystic Falls is a no-fly zone at the moment?

Where are they living? What are they doing? How are they acting? And how are they going to find a solution to this circumstance that the Travelers created for them. It seems fairly permanent. With the time jump, they've had to come to terms that it is permanent. Who's going to fix that problem and how?

Could there be one last loophole or spell that they haven't yet discovered that could bring Damon and Bonnie back?

Never say never. That's again the big mystery of season six. Where are Damon and Bonnie? What happened to them? And is it possible to get them back? In the midst of all that, if anybody else dies, there's no more Other Side, so they're pretty screwed. (Laughs.)

Is that the last we saw of Grams, Lexi and Silas?

That is definitely the last we've seen of those characters either get ripped into oblivion or, in Lexi's case, she seemed to find peace. It's a true goodbye. Lexi is great in our flashbacks and part of Stefan's life, all the way from 1864 on, so we might see Arielle [Kebbel] again as Lexi in the past. As for the present, she sacrificed herself for her friend. And I cried and I cried.

You mentioned a time jump. Can you say how much time will have passed?

It's more than a couple of months.

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Boss 'Vampire Diaries Saison 6 de sur' Reset ':' tout le monde profite de Start Over "(Q & A)
14:24 PDT 16/05/2014 par Philiana Ng

Après la saison-cinq finale, producteur exécutif Julie Plec parle THR sur le retour d'un favori de la foule, la dévastation de Elena et les sorts mystérieux de Damon et Bonnie.
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The Vampire Diaries se dirige vers un "reset".

Avec Mystic Falls encore empreinte de la «non-magique" épeler et Damon et Bonnie mort , Le drame CW ne sera pas le même aspect que la nouvelle saison débute de nouveau à l'automne. Une quantité importante de temps aura passé, et le gang peut-être pas en un seul endroit - au moins pas au début.

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"La façon dont nous regardons, la saison six est une belle et organique réinitialisation. Le thème de la saison est tout le monde puisse recommencer. C'est ce que nous allons faire», producteur exécutif Julie Plec dit The Hollywood Reporter.

La nouvelle saison va mettre le focus sur les personnages et leurs conflits internes et psychologiques souvent complexes.

«Nous essayons de prendre le spectacle loin de l'extravagance de genre massif où chaque saison nous essayons de haut l'autre avec les plus grandes mythologies, mauvais, de plus excitant et faire bouillir vers le bas au début, qui est la tension, du suspense, de la romance, horreur psychologique, horreur simple, les vampires vivent en secret, les gens de découvrir leur secret et venant après eux, "Plec promet.

"Nos héros qui ont éclatées hors nécessité de trouver leur chemin de retour à l'autre émotionnellement et géographiquement comme ils se battent pour rétablir l'ordre dans leur maison pour qu'ils puissent vraiment revenir et ne pas être dispersés pour de bon."
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Plec parle THR sur le mystère entourant Damon et Bonnie, la dévastation de Elena et pourquoi elle pense que la saison six est un nouveau commencement.

Entre les finales déchirantes de The Originals et The Vampire Diaries , ça a été une telle semaine brutal pour les téléspectateurs des deux. Grave question: Avez-vous des actions dans Kleenex?

Quelqu'un a tweeté moi "Est-ce que vous descendez sur causant de la douleur des gens?" ( Rires ). C'est comme, euh, non! En tant que fan de la télévision, j'aime quand je pleure quand je regarde la télé. Comme un conteur, je veux prendre les gens sur le plus profond de voyages émotionnels. C'est juste mon truc. Quelqu'un a dit, "Je me nourris de larmes sur fangirls. C'est ainsi que je survis." ( Rires ).

L'année dernière, vous avez dit que la saison cinq finale allait être un "mindf ---," et vous n'avez pas été plaisante. Etait-ce toujours la fin que vous vouliez la saison de construire jusqu'à, ou y avait-il des hésitations à tuer deux personnages principaux?

Non, c'était, à coup sûr, la fin. Lorsque nous avons décidé que, une fois pour toutes, l'Autre Côté allait s'en aller, nous avons décidé de mettre Bonnie et Damon dans cette situation. C'était il ya un an. Nous avons tous sorte de dit, "Oh mon dieu, allons-nous retirer ceci?" Et nous avons passé l'année figurant notre chemin. Maintenant, nous sommes partis avec le mystère de la, avec l'autre côté allée, où diable sont-ils?
C'est l'une des plus grandes questions de téléspectateurs semblaient avoir la suite de la finale: Où sont-ils allés?

Ont-ils trouver la paix? Allons-nous être laissé avec Damon et Bonnie [] flashbacks et des hallucinations et des souvenirs pour la totalité de la saison six? Ont-ils trouvé leur chemin ailleurs, et si oui, où? Je peux vous dire que l'Autre Côté n'existe plus, donc ils ne sont pas là. Il n'y a plus de retour de cela. Ça va être un grand mystère à propos de ce qui se passe et ce que nos héros peut faire à ce sujet, si quoi que ce soit.

Mais la finale n'était pas la dernière que nous avons vu de Ian Somerhalder et Kat Graham, correct?

Ils sont tous les deux sous contrat pour l'année prochaine. C'est vraiment plus sur le mystère de ce qui s'est passé pour eux et comment nous allons les revoir - et dans quel contexte nous les revoir.

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Cela introduit la possibilité de voir une nouvelle dimension pour le spectacle à explorer. Avez-vous établi des lignes directrices et un livret de règles pour cette nouvelle "purgatoire"?

Nous avons tellement que nous avons discuté pour la prochaine saison qui est passionnant. Nous avons eu le camp d'entraînement d'écrivains qui a duré environ un mois, et nous piqué nos cinq premiers épisodes assez proprement. Nous allons revenir dans un tout nouvel environnement. Une bonne quantité de temps aurait passé. Nos personnages fondamentalement ont dû se réconcilier avec le fait que Damon et Bonnie ont disparu à jamais. Il ya ceux qui refusent d'abandonner. Il ya ceux qui ont abandonné.

Il ya ceux qui vivent dans le déni. Tous ont trouvé des moyens d'aller de l'avant et se concentrer sur leur vie d'une manière vraiment uniques et distinctes. Explorer cette nouvelle réalité - la bulle magique, pour ainsi dire, qui se trouve sur Mystic Falls existe toujours, de sorte qu'ils peuvent littéralement pas rentrer à la maison. C'est un grand thème de la première partie de la saison: Comment pouvons-nous apporter à nos héros et nos amis de retour ensemble, et comment peuvent-ils trouver leur chemin de retour à la maison, propre et au figuré. Cela inclut le mystère Damon et Bonnie ainsi.

Une partie essentielle de l'ADN de l'émission est le trio de Damon, Elena et Stefan, il est donc difficile d'imaginer Damon en permanence parmi les vivants. Quelles sont les chances que lui et Bonnie pourrait revenir à la vie?

Je pense que toutes les questions que vous posez sont de bonnes questions, parce que c'est une partie du mystère qui se déroulera dans la sixième saison. Seront Stefan et Elena se sont tournés vers l'autre pour le confort? Ou sont-ils complètement séparé?

Damon sera jamais en mesure d'être dans la même pièce corporel comme son frère ou la femme qu'il aime, ou est-il toujours condamné à être en dehors d'eux? Il ya toutes ces questions qui nous donnent vraiment la forme de l'ensemble de la saison.

Le plaidoyer de Elena à la fin de Damon pour revenir à son a été dévastateur. Comment est-ce qu'elle va gérer sa mort? Avec le temps saut, elle aurait eu le temps de pleurer et pleurer.

Elena Gilbert a perdu tellement et a traité la douleur de tant de façons différentes et traite de la perte. Cette manière particulière sera surprenant parce que c'est un peu d'une nouvelle facette de son que nous n'avons pas vu avant. Comme elle essaie de passer avec sa vie, ce que les mécanismes d'adaptation est-elle l'aide à composer avec le fait qu'il semble qu'elle ne peut jamais voir ces deux personnes qui étaient si important pour elle jamais.

Stefan a également eu une merveilleuse ligne dans le cimetière quand il a dit, "Damon a finalement eu tout ce qu'il voulait. Il était heureux. Il devrait être ici." S'il pouvait le faire une fois de plus, aurait-il sacrifié sa place si cela signifiait Damon pourrait revenir?

Je pense en ce moment Stefan croyait profondément que son lapsus alors qu'il aidait Bonnie, il se tient à blâmer pour ce moment. Je pense qu'il se serait jeté dans la voie de l'oubli pour s'assurer que son frère est sorti vivant. Et il n'a pas eu cette chance à cause d'une erreur et je pense que vous mangerez à lui et lui hantent depuis un certain temps.
T-il face à la mort de son frère d'une manière différente que Elena?

Ouais. Encore une fois, la surprise de la façon dont chacun de ces personnages sont aux prises avec elle et où ils sont et comment ils vivent leur vie est de savoir comment nous allons obtenir la saison a commencé.

Tyler est le seul qui est revenu comme un être humain?

Juste Tyler, en raison de la façon dont il est mort dans les limites de Mystic Falls.
Quel est son arc va ressembler maintenant qu'il se trouvait dans une nouvelle forme?

C'est un do-over. Un grand thème de la saison six est une seconde chance, et Tyler a ce do-dessus, mais avec elle, vient toute cette hostilité et la colère et l'agressivité qui se fait de manière bouteille en vous quand vous avez un gène de loup-garou latente.

Maintenant qu'il sait ce qu'il sait, et à quel mal il peut aller, il va travailler très fort pour se maintenir marcher en ligne droite et à garder son sang-froid dans le contrôle et d'être un bon gars, en dépit de tout ce que la colère et la laideur que mijote l'intérieur de lui. Ça va être un combat, mais ça va être un bon combat. Je suis excité au sujet de l'intrigue de Tyler cette année. Il est temps pour lui de trouver quelqu'un de nouveau à l'amour, car une chose qui peut nous aider avec les parties les plus sombres à l'intérieur de nous-mêmes est la lumière de l'amour, donc je suis impatient d'explorer avec lui.

Sur une note un peu plus heureux, Alaric est de retour. ( Matt Davis sera une série régulière dans la saison six.) Quel genre de rôle-t-il avoir dans la nouvelle saison?

Alaric est de retour! Yay. ( Rires ). Je suis tellement excitée au sujet du rôle d'Alaric dans la nouvelle saison. Il ya tellement de choses avec lui. Un, il est maintenant de retour dans la situation où il peut être un mentor, un frère ou une figure paternelle pour Elena et Jeremy, qui est son sweet spot. Il a du mal avec le fait qu'il est ce chasseur de vampires.

Retour quand il s'est tourné, tout s'est passé si vite. Il sortit de son esprit; il n'a jamais vraiment eu l'expérience humaine de vivre la vie d'un vampire. Maintenant, ils peuvent ne pas être à Mystic Falls, ils sont donc dans un endroit en dehors de Mystic Falls où ils doivent garder le secret et très discret. Elena doit enseigner Alaric une pointe ou deux au sujet de discrétion. Je pense que nous regardions lutte Alaric à vivre la vie cachée d'un vampire, ça ne serait pas bien si une femme est entrée dans sa vie qui il avait l'intérêt, qu'il devait cacher ça? Vous obtenez un peu d'amusement Stefan et Elena-trucs dans la première saison avec Alaric, qui tente de reprendre sa vie ensemble.

Où sont-ils s'installer temporairement depuis Mystic Falls est une zone d'exclusion aérienne en ce moment?

Où vivent-ils? Que font-ils? Comment agissent-ils? Et comment vont-ils trouver une solution à cette circonstance que les voyageurs créé pour eux. Il semble assez stable.

Avec le temps saut, ils ont dû venir à bout qu'il est permanent. Qui va régler ce problème et comment?

Y aurait-il une dernière échappatoire ou préciser qu'ils n'ont pas encore découvert qui pourrait apporter Damon et Bonnie dos?

Ne jamais dire jamais. C'est à nouveau le grand mystère de la saison six. Où sont Damon et Bonnie? Qu'est-ce qui leur est arrivé? Et est-il possible de les récupérer? Au milieu de tout cela, si quelqu'un meurt, il n'y a pas autre côté plus ils sont donc assez vissés. (Rires.)

Est-ce que la dernière, nous avons vu de grammes, Lexi et Silas?

C'est certainement la dernière, nous avons vu de ces caractères soit obtenir déchiré dans l'oubli ou dans le cas de Lexi, elle semblait trouver la paix. C'est un vrai au revoir. Lexi est grande dans nos flashbacks et une partie de la vie de Stefan tout le chemin à partir de 1864 sur afin que nous puissions voir Arielle [Kebbel] nouveau Lexi dans le passé. En ce qui concerne le présent, elle s'est sacrifiée pour son ami. Et j'ai pleuré et j'ai pleuré.


Y ous mentionné un saut de temps. Pouvez-vous dire combien de temps aura passé?


C'est plus que quelques mois.
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News Briefs: The Vampire Diaries Ups Michael Malarkey to a Series Regular

By Kaitlin Thomas staff

... Break out the whiskey and celebrate! Not only is Matt Davis returning to The Vampire Diaries as a series regular in Season 6, but Michael Malarkey, the good-looking man behind Enzo, will also enjoy series regular status when the show returns in the fall. Of course, that's all well and good, but what will Damon's two BFFs do without him now that he and Bonnie were enveloped in that white light in the Season 5 finale? Showrunner Julie Plec has already suggested an Alaric and Enzo spin-off, which might break the internet but would also be totally worth it. [EW]


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'Vampire Diaries' season finale: EP Julie Plec answers burning questions

Spoiler alert! After a traumatic season 5 finale of The Vampire Diaries, fans were left wondering if they’d seen the last of Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Bonnie (Kat Graham) — and who may have returned from The Other Side as a human. Exec producer Julie Plec provides EW with some answers, and teases where we go from here.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: It seemed as if Damon and Bonnie found peace as The Other Side was destroyed. Let’s start with the big question on fans’ minds: Is Ian Somerhalder a series regular in season 6?
JULIE PLEC: I think the ending of the episode is meant to be left up deliberately for speculation of what exactly did happen to them. I can say for certain The Other Side is gone for good, and I can say for certain that when The Other Side disappeared for good that they had already been dealt with — whether it’s through finding peace or other means. Outside of that [laughs], I think I’ll let the speculation blow around a little while longer.

But can you say whether we’ll see Ian and Kat again?
We will definitely see Ian Somerhalder and Kat Graham on the show. I mean, there’s a million different ways that you can do that. But as far as in what context — how, why, and where? — that’s part of the mystery.

You tweeted about a year ago that you had thought of the ending of season 5, and it was a “mind f–k.” Was this the ending you’d thought of?
[Laughs] Yes, it was. When you think of the ending at the beginning of the year, you always have to leave yourself open to shift[s]. Because when all is said and done, trying to force your way somewhere that sounded cool in the moment and then you’re struggling to find your way back there — you can actually compromise the story a little bit. But we just believed in this ending so, so much, and everything kind of gracefully led us there. So we didn’t have to make too many changes.

I loved the way Ian played Damon’s goodbye to Elena. You felt Damon was at peace. Was that sense of calm scripted?
You know, I think by the time we got to this episode this season, Ian was so profoundly dialed in to Damon’s character and to Damon’s relationship with Elena that he just found it for himself. Ian was on fire this year. To be able to come to terms with this character that is so fearless and is facing true oblivion and death, probably for the first time in his vampire life — I thought it was so beautiful the way he was able to embrace it and face it and say his goodbyes in that way. So hat’s off to Ian Somerhalder for that.

Tyler came back from the Other Side no longer a hybrid. Is he now just a human with a werewolf gene?
You hit the nail on the head: What got stripped away from him when he got thrown over the border were the elements that made him both vampire and triggered-werewolf. So he is back to being a boy with a werewolf gene. And so it puts him in a really interesting predicament next year because it’s almost like a do-over in a good way, but also a scary way. Now with that comes that testosterone, needing to work out his aggressions and find a way to not lose his s–t, so to speak, so that he doesn’t re-trigger the curse [laughs]. I think after having gone through everything he went through, re-triggering the werewolf curse would be possibly a fate worse than death at this point.

That leads us into the question of whether Stefan and Elena and the others who came back from The Other Side are human.
No. Tyler died within the boundaries of Mystic Falls, and he actually physically got stripped all the way down to his base state — which was a supernatural being, [human] boy with werewolf gene. Therefore he could be on the Other Side. But Stefan and the rest of them died still being supernatural beings, so they came back the way they were left. They are not human. Everybody’s circumstance is the same, except for Tyler, who specifically got everything stripped away from him down to the guts.

So that means Alaric (Matt Davis, who’ll be a series regular) is still sort of a super Original vampire.
He’s still a super Original, and I think if anybody doesn’t want to be that, it’s Alaric. We never really got to see him deal with having become a vampire, because Esther had gotten in his head and screwed with his brain so badly that he just kinda became the villain with no conscience. So now this is our favorite sexy teacher back in our lives and having to hide the fact that [laughs] A.) he’s this weird, weird breed of vampire and B.) he’s not particularly sure if he likes it. So it’ll be a good story for him.

With Stefan and Elena — will you pick up right away with them trying to figure out if Damon and Bonnie are really gone for good?
I think the most important thing I can say about season 6 is our characters fundamentally have to come to terms with the fact that Damon and Bonnie are gone forever, and have been doing so for quite some time when we return. Some are in denial, some are still searching for answers. “They’ve got to be somewhere. Where are they? We’ve got to rescue them.” Some have given up completely. Each individual character’s reaction to the loss of these two people will be what informs the beginning of the sixth season.

Does this set the stage for a Stefan-Elena-Caroline love triangle?
Well, you know, I think people will actually be surprised by how each of those three have individually handled the tragedy that they’ve had to face. In the beginning of the season, it’s really about trying for all these friends to find their way back to each other, as opposed to having set the stage for any romantic entanglements. If anything, they’ve disentangled briefly from each other. Part of the journey of the first part of the season is, if we can’t stay close and have each other and be here for each other, then what’s the point? We don’t have anything. And in addition, of course, it’s if we can’t get our home back and live in our home and get back what was ours, then all of this was for naught.

What about Enzo (Michael Malarkey)? It seemed like he was walking off when he returned from The Other Side.
[Laughs] We have not seen the last of the delicious Michael Malarkey. He’s a wonderful addition to the team, and he will be officially a series regular next year. I think you’re the first person that knows that.

I love his chest hair. When we saw his chest hair the other week –
Ohmygod.

I screengrabbed it and tweeted that seeing chest hair on a CW actor was like seeing a unicorn.
[Laughs] I sorta feel like in season 9, if it’s Enzo and Alaric, we just spin them off into their own show. I think life would be pretty good.

Do you anticipate them having scenes together next season? They would have fun chemistry.
I think so. I anticipate them not liking each other very much.

When I talked to you for our Women Who Run TV package, you said you and Kevin Williamson had thought of the ending to the entire series as you were writing on deadline in an Atlanta mall early in season 2. Are you still on track for that same ending?
Well, it’s a modified version of the same track [laughs] in that it did involve a ghost. In the absence of The Other Side, we might have to make some modifications. But I think emotionally, we knew where we wanted the series to end. I think it will depend, obviously, [on] when the series ends and who’s still a part of the show contractually. And if they’re not, who’s willing to come back and play. We definitely have a sense of where we want each character to land when it’s all over.

Are you plotting for season 6 to be the final season, or is that not on your radar yet?
No. It’s not on our radar yet. You could ask 10 different people that question and you’d get 10 different answers, in terms of how long the life of the show is. Warner Bros. would say, “17 seasons!” And I think I would say, “Seven!” [Laughs] Presumably we’ll land somewhere closer to my wishes or theirs, depending on the circumstances.

Source : http://tvline.com/2014/05/16/vampire-diaries-season-6-spoilers-damon-bonnie-dead-alive/

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Post Mortem: Vampire Diaries Boss on the Bonnie/Damon 'Mystery,' Alaric's Struggle, Stefan's Journey and More Season 6 Scoop

Thursday’s Vampire Diaries season finale left two of our favorites on the Other Side, and left viewers with endless burning questions. TVLine reached out to showrunner Julie Plec from the other side (of the country) for answers, including which characters are truly gone forever.

Below, Plec explains what happened to Bonnie and Damon – Ian Somerhalder and Kat Graham will be seen in some form, she confirms – and previews how those left behind will react to their absence in Season 6. (I’m especially worried about Stefan going “dark.”)

TVLINE | What’s the difference between those who found peace, versus those who were sucked into oblivion? Did they end up in different places?
That whole idea of finding peace, versus getting sucked into oblivion, was deliberately structured this year to be left open to interpretation. We don’t like to say things like “heaven” and “hell” on our show, but anybody can define what they saw the way they want to define it. I can say that Lexi, in my heart, found peace, and I believe the same is true for Grams. I definitely know that Silas and Markos and everybody else is definitely gone for good. As for Damon and Bonnie, the question is: What happened to them? What did they find?

TVLINE | Now, for some questions about the people who came back: Is Tyler fully human, or just back to being a werewolf?
He’s back to being a human with the werewolf gene, which means he’s going to have to relive that whole experience all over again, this time knowing about it much earlier. He won’t be that messed-up kid with all the aggression he can’t understand; now he knows where it’s coming from. But he’s still going to have to work hard to keep his temperaments reigned in, and to find an outlet for that physical frustration that comes along with having the werewolf gene. If he hurts someone again, he’ll have to go through that whole journey. And as we saw, it was not fun for him.

TVLINE | So, no more dungeons and chains for him?
Well, you never know. Hopefully, he succeeds at holding his rage in.

TVLINE | And is Alaric still a vampire, or did he go back to being a human?
Alaric is still a vampire, who is struggling in a weird way. We never got to see him respond to being one, because he was quote-unquote evil at the hands of Esther back in Season 3. So this is a much more human experience for him. He’ll struggle with what he’s become and how he’s supposed to live with that.

TVLINE | Enzo also made it back. Is he still pissed at Stefan, or is he over all that?
Oh, Enzo’s not making any friends. The beauty of Enzo is that we find him delightful, but he doesn’t need any friends. He definitely is a thorn in a couple people’s side, and will continue to be so in that delicious, devilish way that he has.

TVLINE | And will Michael Malarkey become a series regular?
Yes, he is. We’ve got our two new bros [Alaric and Enzo], the potential points of the Damon love triangle. [Laughs]

TVLINE | What can you say about Stefan’s state of mind in Season 6?
I think it’ll be surprising. I don’t want to say too much about it, but he lost something very profound, and there are a million ways he could go. He could go light, he could go dark, he could go pure, he could lose his mind and get on a motorcycle and drive to Miami. So what he ultimately ends up doing will be an interesting reflection on his state of mind at the moment — and very fun for Paul [Wesley] to play.

TVLINE | Given Caroline’s feelings for Stefan, and now the return of her ex, might there be a triangular shape forming there?
Honestly, we can officially say that Caroline and Tyler have reached a point where they genuinely and legitimately care about each other and have found their way back to being friends, but are no longer a couple. I think Caroline and Tyler’s individual responses to losing Damon and Bonnie will set each of them on a new path in their life. Caroline is holding very strongly onto the idea that “We need to stick together in order to find our way back home and be allowed back into our town.” And Tyler’s thinking, “Hey, maybe it’s time for me to go live my life.” So everyone’s response to the events of the finale will be different and profound.

TVLINE | We’ve been told that the finale would make death irreversible from now on. What does that mean for Bonnie and Damon?
I think it means there’s a mystery attached to how the show ended. Did they die? Did they find peace? Are they still on the Other Side? Does the Other Side still exist? If not, where the hell are they? And will they ever come back? Certainly, we will see Ian [Somerhalder] and Kat [Graham] again, but where and in what context? That’s part of the mystery of Season 6.

TVLINE | I assume we won’t meet their doppelgangers.
[Laughs] No! No doppelgangers. That was some Season 5 fun we got to have, but with Katherine and Silas gone, I think we’re done with that.

TVLINE | I’m sure this mostly has to do with scheduling, but in terms of which characters got to come back, how did you decide who made the cut? There were definitely others, like Aunt Jenna, who would have been a welcome sight.
Aunt Jenna, we had always said, has found peace. So she wasn’t on the Other Side and wasn’t part of the disintegration of it. She’s always been off in that beautiful netherworld, whatever it may be. I think there are characters we’d already given goodbyes to, and there are characters that — even though we say goodbye to them a million times — we get excited anytime they show up on the screen. So in trying to show the consequence of the demise of the Other Side, we really did have to say goodbye to some fan-favorites. And it was our only opportunity to bring back any fan-favorites, so there were a lot of conversations about who we might like to bring back, and Alaric was the first name on everybody’s lips. If you couldn’t live with losing one of these characters, who would it be? So we asked Matt Davis if he’d be interested in coming back, and he said, “Yes.”

TVLINE | OK, now for the big one: Where is Matt going to work now that the Mystic Grill is gone?
Weirdly enough, in spite of the grief attached to the circumstance of what happened, Matt Donovan came out the other side in the strongest way. He’s in a town with no supernatural entities, he’s out of high school, he’s grown into a young man, and he begins to find his way as he steps out on a new career path that might lead him to being someone you’d like to have protecting you in the town of Mystic Falls. [Editor's note: Anyone else picturing Matt Donovan in uniform? You have the right to remain excited.] He’s living a pretty decent life, so it’s sad that his friends can’t be there with him, but at least it’s peaceful.

TVLINE | Rumor has it he also might be getting a love interest next season?
It’s possible. We’re definitely introducing a new female character next year, and she will be able to live in Mystic Falls. So that leaves Matt, Jeremy and Tyler — on a good day — for dating opportunities in that age range. One of them might get lucky.

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Quelle est la différence entre ceux qui ont trouvé la paix et ceux qui ont été aspiré dans l’oubli ? Ont-ils atterri dans deux lieux différents ?
Toute cette idée de paix et le fait d’être aspiré dans ce gouffre a été mise en place de façon à ce que le spectateur ait sa propre interprétation de la chose. Nous n’aimons pas employer des mots tels que « paradis » et « enfer » dans la série, mais tout le monde peut interpréter ce qu’ils voient de la manière qu’ils le souhaitent. Je peux vous dire que Lexi, pour moi, a trouvé la paix, et de même pour Grams. Et que Silas et Markos sont très clairement partis pour de bon. Pour ce qui est de Damon et Bonnie, la question est : Qu’est-ce qui leur est arrivé ? Et qu’ont-ils trouvé ?

Tyler est-il désormais totalement humain où est-il redevenu un loup-garou ?
Il est redevenu humain mais avec le gêne de loup-garou, ce qui signifie qu’il devra revivre toute cette expérience de transformation encore une fois, mais cette fois, il saura à quoi s’attendre bien avant. Il ne sera plus ce garçon désorienté avec toute agressivité qu’il ne peut pas comprendre, maintenant, il sait d’où cela vient. Mais il devra encore faire des efforts afin de contrôler sa colère et trouver un moyen de canaliser cette frustration physique qui est le résultat de ce gêne de loup-garou. S’il blesse quelqu’un à nouveau, il devra revivre ce qu’il a vécu auparavant, et comme nous l’avons vu, ce n’était pas très amusant pour lui.

Donc plus de cachot et de chaînes pour lui ?
On ne sait jamais. En espérant qu’il parvienne à canaliser sa rage en lui.

Et Alaric est-il toujours un vampire, ou est-il revenu en tant qu’humain ?
Alaric est encore un vampire, qui lutte d’ailleurs toujours à sa manière. Nous n’avons jamais vu comment il gérait cette situation, car il était sous le contrôle d’Esther lors de la saison 3. Ce sera donc une expérience bien plus humaine pour lui. Il va lutter contre ce qu’il est devenu et voir comment il est supposé vivre avec cela.

Enzo a également fait son retour. Est-il toujours en colère contre Stefan ou a-t-il tourné la page ?
Oh, Enzo ne se fera aucun ami. Ce qu’il y a de beau chez Enzo c’est que nous le trouvons charmant, mais il n’a besoin d’aucun ami. C’est très clairement un élément perturbateur pour certaines personnes, et il va continuer de l’être, toujours avec son côté diabolique.

Et Michael Malarkey (Enzo) deviendra-t-il un personnage régulier lors de la saison 6 ?
Oui, tout comme Matt Davis (Alatric) d’ailleurs.

Dans quel état d’esprit Stefan sera-t-il lors de la saison 6 ?
Je pense que ce sera surprenant. Je ne veux pas trop en dire sur le sujet, mais il a perdu quelqu’un qui lui est très cher, et il pourrait réagir de milles et une façon. Il pourrait parvenir à contrôler tout ça, ou tout le contraire, ou il pourrait très bien perdre la tête, prendre sa moto et conduire jusqu’à Miami. Sa réaction nous permettra donc de réfléchir sur son état d’esprit à ce moment là, et ce sera très intéressant à jouer pour Paul Wesley.

Étant donné les sentiments de Caroline pour Stefan, et maintenant que Tyler est de retour, se pourrait-il que nous ayons droit à un triangle amoureux ?
En toute honnêteté, je peux officiellement vous dire que Caroline et Tyler ont atteint un stade où ils tiennent l’un à l’autre, ils sont redevenus amis et ils ne sont donc plus un couple. Je pense que la façon dont réagiront Tyler et Caroline face à ce qu’il s’est passé avec Damon et Bonnie les mènera chacun vers un nouveau chemin dans leur vie. Caroline est plutôt « Nous devons rester soudés afin de retrouver notre chez nous et récupérer notre ville » alors que Tyler pense « Hey, il est peut-être temps pour moi d’aller vivre ma vie ». La façon dont réagira chaque personnage sera donc très différente et profonde.

Apparemment, l’un des objectifs du season finale était de rendre les morts définitives. Qu’est-ce que cela signifie pour Bonnie et Damon ?
Cela signifie qu’il y a un mystère lié à la fin du season finale. Sont-ils morts ? Ont-ils trouvé la paix ? Sont-ils toujours de l’Autre Côté ? L’Autre Côté existe-t-il encore ? Si non, où sont-ils ? Et reviendront-ils un jour ? Nous reverrons Ian Somerhalder et Kat Graham, mais dans quel contexte ? C’est une partie du mystère de la saison 6.

Dans ce cas, nous ne reverrons plus de doubles.
Non ! (rires). Pas de double. Cela faisait partie de la saison 5, mais avec Katherine et Silas morts pour de bon, nous en avons fini avec tout ça.

Peut-être que cela avait à voir avec le planning des acteurs, mais comment avez-vous pris la décision de faire revenir Alaric et pas un autre personnage ? Il y en avait d’autres comme Tante Jenna etc
Nous avons toujours dit que Tante Jenna a trouvé la paix. Elle n’était donc pas de l’Autre Côté et elle ne faisait pas partie de la désintégration de l’Autre Côté. Elle a toujours été dans cet autre monde, peu importe où il est. Je pense qu’il y a des personnages à qui nous avons fait nos adieux, et il y a des personnages (même si nous leur avons dis au revoir des millions de fois) que nous sommes excités de voir à chaque fois qu’ils apparaissent dans la série. En montrant les conséquences de la désintégration de l’Autre Côté, nous avons donc fait nos adieux à des personnages aimés par nombre d’entre nous. Et c’était donc une opportunité pour nous de faire revenir des personnages. Il y a eu donc beaucoup de discussions sur le sujet, et le personnage d’Alaric était celui qui revenait à chaque fois. Nous avons donc demandé à Matt Davis s’il serait intéressé de revenir dans la série, et il a accepté.

Où Matt va-t-il travailler maintenant que le Mystic Grill est détruit ?
Contre toute attente, et malgré toute la douleur liée aux événements du season finale, Matt en ressortira encore plus fort. Il n’y a plus de menace surnaturelle, il n’est plus à l’école, il est désormais un adulte, il va donc commencer à trouver son chemin en tentant une nouvelle carrière, ce qui fera de lui quelqu’un que vous avez envie d’avoir à vos côtés afin qu’il vous protège.

Est-il vrai que Matt aura une possible relation amoureuse lors de la saison 6 ?
C’est possible. Nous allons très clairement introduire un nouveau personnage féminin la saison prochaine, et elle pourrait bien vivre à Mystic Falls. Matt, Jeremy ou Tyler pourrait donc se laisser tenter. L’un d’eux pourrait être chanceux.

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Poor Stefan was so distraught at the end of The Vampire Diaries finale. Will he ever ​recover? — Cathy
At least he's got Caroline, right? Unfortunately, that relationship won't necessarily fill the void left by the disappearance of ​his brother Damon. "It's really a character-defining journey for [Stefan], and it'll change him quite a lot," executive producer Julie Plec says. "At what point does he decide to give up or keep searching for answers?" Well,​ that doesn't sound very promising for Damon now,​ does it?

Source : http://tvline.com/2014/05/21/bones-season-10-spoilers-time-jump-booth-prison/

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Question: I would love to get scoop on The Vampire Diaries‘ Stefan and Caroline! Will they start dating soon? –Amy
Ausiello: Paul Wesley thinks they should bypass the dating stage altogether. “They need to have sex, just get right to it,” he says with a laugh. “We’d have sex in the Salvatore crypt. That’s the way to go, man.” Nina Dobrev, meanwhile, has a hunch Elena will “figure out a way to be OK” with Caroline’s feelings for Stefan, adding, “It’s going to be a little awkward, but let’s be real, who is Elena to judge? She dated a brother, then dated his brother, then went back and forth. She can’t say anything. She has no right.”

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The Vampire Diaries saison 6 : Elena en colère dès le premier épisode

Si le récent final de The Vampire Diaries a pu en choquer et énerver plus d'un avec le sort réservé à l'un des personnages principaux, les fans pourront se consoler en se disant que cela n'aura pas servi à rien. Comme le confie Nina Dobrev à TVGuide, non seulement les sentiments d'Elena sont désormais clairs mais, surtout, la brune va se rebeller dans la saison 6. Attention spoilers.

Tandis que les téléspectateurs se demandent si Damon est réellement parti de The Vampire Diaries, Elena va avoir des difficultés à faire son deuil. La raison ? Après une nouvelle année compliquée, qui l'a une nouvelle fois vue douter de ses sentiments et de sa relation avec le Salvatore, la jolie brune est désormais certaine d'une chose : Damon est bien l'amour de sa vie.

Elena en manque de Damon...
Interrogée par TVGuide, l'actrice a ainsi confessé : "Quand vous êtes au milieu de situations très importantes et dangereuses, où tout peut arriver... cela vous fait forcément penser à votre vie, à ce qui est le plus important pour vous et qui sont les personnes les plus importantes." Mieux vaut tard que jamais pour se rendre compte de ses sentiments, même si Damon aurait probablement préféré qu'elle soit un peu plus rapide à la détente.

... et en colère
Heureusement, elle pourra compter sur le soutien de Stefan. Et rassurez-vous, si les deux vont une nouvelle fois se rapprocher, cela ne sera que pour de l'amitié. Comme le confirme l'actrice : "Depuis la saison 1, tout a été très mouvementé dans la série et c'est bien pour elle et Stefan de pouvoir se poser." Et la bonne nouvelle, c'est que cette relation pourrait offrir un résultat passionnant à l'écran : "Mais on est sur la CW. Donc on ne va pas rester [sage et à se morfondre] trop longtemps. Elle ne va pas être heureuse plus de 15 minutes dans le premier épisode de la saison 6".

Reste désormais à savoir pourquoi Elena passera en mode colère et ce qu'elle va faire pour récupérer Damon.


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Caroline Dries Teases TVD season 6

Posted by Theo on May 29, 2014 at 4:49 PM
The gang at the end of the Vampire Diaries Season 5 finale
Photo Credit: The Vampire Diaries/The CW

It’s safe to say that The Vampire Diaries Season 5 finale not only left viewers emotionally wrecked, but also bursting with questions about what the future holds for the show’s beautiful-yet-tragic characters. How will they deal with their massive heartache? Will they ever be able to move past these soul-crushing events? Are Damon and Bonnie dead dead? What does Alaric’s return mean for the Gilbert family? Does Stefan plan on taking Miss Caroline on a date, just as Lexi suggested in “Home”? Ahh! The list clearly goes on and on, and the suspense is enough to drive any obsessed fang fan madder than a vampire who killed a ‘Five’ hunter. Well, being the eager television enthusiasts that we are, we couldn’t possibly wait until October 2014 for the sixth season to premiere to get some answers — we’re far too impatient for that. (Yes, we know it’s a vice and we’re working on it.) Thus, we turned to the talented and always-pleasant Caroline Dries (aka executive producer and writer extraordinaire) to get the lowdown on what to expect in The Vampire Diaries Season 6. Check out the exclusive interview below to get your latest spoiler fill and to learn more about all the upcoming poignant storylines and interactions!

Alloy Entertainment: The anti-magic boundary spell is still intact so, ironically, the vampires of Mystic Falls have sort of become Travelers in the sense that they have no home to return to. That said, where will Season 6 find everyone — a united front trying to reclaim their territory or dispersed on personal journeys?
Caroline Dries: The anti-magic boundary will continue to play a role moving forward as we begin to explore this notion of what it means to go home again. As the story unfolds we’ll see the effects exile has had on everyone and see that everyone is handling it (and the loss of their loved ones) differently and personal journeys will form. Some will be fighting for a way to save their home, others have given up or moved on or found peace with it… We wanted the fallout to be personal for everyone.

Alloy Entertainment: Stefan lost his best friend and brother, and Elena and Jeremy each lost their significant others. How will they each specifically cope with their grief?
Caroline Dries: I can’t go in too much detail without giving things away but the events of the finale were beyond devastating and ripple effects will be felt and change the dynamic of the show.

Alloy Entertainment: Alaric is back in action and so is Enzo. What can you say about their upcoming dynamic? Do you have any Alarenzo scenarios on your wish-list? (Example:
Alaric is teaching history at Whitmore College when Enzo, ever the wise guy, pops up to correct him in the middle of his lecture.)
Caroline Dries: We are very excited about Alaric’s return and plan to incorporate him in Elena’s life hoping to give a type of parental touchstone to her (something she lost when she lost him). Enzo, as we left him, is still a bit of a loose canon wild thing and I can’t wait until the two butt
heads– and I’m sure they will. Let’s see, wish list — feels like there could be a bar brawl in their future. Or maybe they’ll just karaoke compete against each other.

Alloy Entertainment: The Other Side is gone. How does this affect the mythology of the show — does the Gilbert ring still work and do ghosts exist in this Other Side-less world?
Caroline Dries: Without the Other Side, Jeremy can no longer contact ghosts, which is how they know it’s gone-gone. This also means, as you guessed, the Gilbert Ring won’t work.

Alloy Entertainment: Caroline has always been this ray of sunshine on the show. However, her snapping Luke’s neck was drastic and unexpected. Was this a crime of passion — mostly to foreshadow Caroline and Stefan’s growing feelings for each other — or should fans expect to see a much darker version to Care Bear in Season 6?
Caroline Dries: Caroline, as we know, doesn’t like not being in control of things and with Stefan’s death and Bonnie’s prediction about her own fate, Caroline was feeling helpless and out of control. So that vicious move was pure emotional desperation. Her feelings for Stefan are (at the conscious level right now) friend feelings. I personally feel like she’s not quite sure what she’s feeling. It’s all types of confusing. Lots of grey area:
Stefan is her friend. Elena loved Stefan. Elena’s her best friend. Kind of a no-fly zone, which is why I think that if she has had any more-than-friend feelings she’s pushed them away or convinced herself otherwise. The feelings behind the feelings are something we get to explore in season 6 as we watch how her relationship with Stefan plays out in the wake of the finale. Any time we turn a character dark it’s fun because it’s a change of pace for the writers, actors and viewers. It’d be interesting to see a darker Caroline but we would only go down that road if it felt 100% earned.

Alloy Entertainment: What can you tease about Bonnie and Damon and in what sort of capacity we’ll might be seeing them in?
Caroline Dries: All I can tease is that you will be seeing them.

Alloy Entertainment: Tyler and Matt Donovan came out of the finale pretty much victors.
Tyler is no longer a hybrid with vampire weaknesses and a sire bond complex. Matt can now live in a place where he isn’t a Happy Meal on legs. What does the future hold for the Lockwood Manor bros?
Caroline Dries: We get to start them in season 6 in a very fresh place that will hopefully feel new and cool. Tyler was in such a devastated place for most of season 5 so we wanted to shake that up a little bit. Likewise, Matt has been victimized so much in the show as a result of being human in a vampire-run world, so we’re excited to give him his version of a “human”
world, especially now that he’s grown up so much, developed opinions and beliefs and has really come into his own.


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Source : http://tvline.com/2014/07/08/castle-season-7-premiere-spoilers-two-parter/

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Question: Anything about The Vampire Diaries Season 6? —Valentina
Ausiello: Devastated over the (apparent) loss of his brother, look for Stefan to turn to a surprising source for comfort.

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When The Vampire Diaries returns for its sixth season this fall, it’ll be met by a most unwelcome visitor.

Relative newcomer Gabrielle Walsh has been cast in the role of Sarah, who comes to Mystic Falls in the season premiere with “spunk, street smarts and a shady agenda,” our sister site Deadline reports.

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The Vampire Diaries Season 6 premiere will bring fans back to a Magic-less Mystic Falls, Thursday - October 2nd, and a significant time jump. The marketing poster above features our trio with a spoilery caption that reads,

Season six will be the story of their battle between good and evil within themselves, and their journey back to each other to reclaim their home.

In addition, Executive Producer Julie Plec has some fresh scoop to share about Bonnie and Damon's fate, Alaric & Enzo's new role, the growing romantic tension between Stefan & Caroline, plus much more.

The biggest question on everyone's minds: What is the fate of Bonnie and Damon?

Their fate is a mystery. The best way to sum it up is that all of our characters have had to come to terms with the fact that they are gone and have taken steps to move forward in their lives, for better or for worse, in grief or denial, and the question of when we see them and where are they and what happened is a part of the mystery in Season 6.

Where does Season 6 pick up?

There's a substantial time jump which we're excited about. It gives us the opportunity to find these people again with enough time having passed that the grief has settled into a reality that is making them either actively move forward with their lives, spiral to a different place or make really bold and rash decisions in how they're going to live their lives without these people in them.

In reaching 100 episodes, were you looking for a way to completely change the series going forward?

We really wanted to tee up the circumstance where we could really blow out the mythology of the series in the way it's represented and begin fresh. With a time jump, we could start telling very simple stories about our characters in a town with no magic, with vampires who have to hide that they're vampires and live their lives under wraps and create very new, powerful, but simple mysteries that take us back to that Season 1 feeling. We're excited about digging into our characters' emotional lives and playing that mystery and suspense and tension and psychological horrors rather than big extravaganza horror. The fun of tuning into the first episode will be to see where all these characters have landed, who they're friends with, who they're using as emotional support, who's not even in Mystic Falls adjacent or Whitmore and has each character has dealt with this.

What did Grams ~ Jasmine Guy mean when she told Bonnie she made sure she'd have peace?

It's the biggest clue one can take in the finale as far as the mystery of what's going to happen next year. That was not an arbitrary comment and Grams clearly did something and the question is what.

Why did you decide to bring back Matt Davis for Season 6?

All season long when we were talking about destroying the Other Side for good we knew that there were people over there we like to visit again and again. So it was our one final opportunity to either say goodbye to certain people or say hello again to certain people. We just did a random poll: "If there was anybody you wanted to see for sure that would devastate you to never be able to see again?" The two answers were Lexi ~ Arielle Kebbel and Alaric so we decided to make one devastating and one hopeful. The thing about Lexi is that she did a beautiful sacrifice for her friend which is really what that character was born to be — that rock for Stefan. Alaric was created to be a guardian to Elena and Jeremy and if there's anybody who needs that emotional support right now it's Elena.

So will Elena really lean on Alaric in Damon's absence?

Him [returning] is a really beautiful circle back to that dynamic where he's going to be there for her as a friend and as emotional support. But also now he has to come to terms with what it's like to live life as a secret vampire. So she has something to teach him too. The Elena and Alaric friendship is something we're really looking forward to next year and I'm super excited to have Matt back. He's not only a fan favorite, but a cast favorite.

And Michael Malarkey is back as well.

Malarkey is one of the nicest, most enjoyable people you'll ever meet and Enzo is wicked and fun and we're excited to bring him aboard next year. He'll be Enzo — stir up the pot, an enemy to some, friend to others, looking out for No. 1 mostly.

Lexi brought up the obvious "thing" between Stefan and Caroline. Will this be addressed?

The one thing we know pretty clearly is that Caroline, in her heart of hearts, is starting to accept she has feelings for Stefan. In fact, we cut a scene in the finale where that was even more clear. I think she's finally admitting it to herself, losing him woke that up in her, the question is will Stefan reciprocate those feelings? That's what we'll have to explore in Season 6 and see where we go.

Any final things you're looking forward to next year?

I'm frankly just really excited to tell good powerful character stories with these people we love so much and see them dramatically change in so many ways, and yet reset and find themselves in other ways. [We want] to really play this mystery of how they are going to live a life when none of them can come together at the Mystic Grill in their hometown without burning to death or whatever might happen to them. I'm excited to see the friends find their way back to each other.

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Lors de la convention dans le New Jersey, Michael Malarkey (Enzo) a fait quelques petites révélations :

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- Enzo va se sentir coupable de la mort de Damon.

Comme pour tout le cast, il a aussi reçu 3 scripts de la saison 6.

Michael, en outre d'être un très bon acteur, est aussi un chanteur, et il a demandé à l'ingénieur du son, Chris Mollere s'il pouvait intégrer sa musique dans la BO de TVD.

Michael: "Ian est celui qui se trompe tout le temps avec les phrases du script, mais une fois qu'il les a, il est à fond"

Michael est toujours très excité lorsqu'il reçoit les scripts, il arrête ce qu'il est entrain de faire pour les lire et connaître la suite de l'histoire.

Michael est reconnaissant de jouer dans TVD, ça lui a manqué d'embêter ses partenaires de tournage.

Michael avoue qu'avec Ian, ils aiment beaucoup se charrier.

Source : http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/07/the-vampire-diaries-season-6-colin.html

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The Vampire Diaries is introducing a new face.

The CW's vampire drama has booked former Eureka star Colin Ferguson in a significant role on the upcoming sixth season.

First appearing in the season premiere, Ferguson will play Tripp, described as handsome, strong and disciplined. He is the head of a community militia and surrogate father to his young trainees who will do anything to protect his town.

He is also someone who will give Sheriff Forbes (Marguerite MacIntyre) a run for her money, hinted executive producer Julie Plec on Twitter.

Source : http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/07/the-vampire-diaries-season-6-emily-c.html

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The Vampire Diaries is adding a new character who may not be who she seems.

On the heels of Eureka star Colin Ferguson joining the sixth season, The CW drama will be introducing the recurring character of Ivy, described as sweet and sincere. Actress Emily C. Chang, whose credits include Days of Our Lives and Total Recall, has booked the role.

Not much is known about Ivy, only that she's "the quintessential girl next door with an unexpected wild side" — but knowing Vampire Diaries, the tide will turn sooner rather than later. She will first appear in the sixth-season premiere.

Source : http://www.spoilertv.com/2014/07/the-vampire-diaries-season-6-three-more.html

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TheWrap has learned that Marco James has been cast in a recurring role as Liam, an attractive and smart upperclassman at Whitmore College.

Described as cocky yet good-natured, he's a med student who comes from a family of doctors. James will make his first appearance on the Season 6 season premiere airing Thursday, Oct. 2 at 8/7c.

Also, if you're a fan of Jayson Warner Smith, who played the psychopath death row inmate Wendall Jelks from Sundance's “Rectify,” TheWrap has also learned that he just booked a really minor role on “TVD” for at least two episodes as a guy who runs a high-end hot rod shop.

Source : http://www.thewrap.com/the-client-lists-marco-james-to-heat-up-vampire-diaries-in-recurring-role-exclusive/



EW has learned exclusively that Hit the Floor‘s Jodi Lyn O’Keefe has been cast as new character Jo, “a tough and accomplished doctor at the university hospital. She demands excellence from her students and has learned the hard way that there’s no room for error in her profession.”

Source : http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/07/17/jodi-lyn-okeefe-the-vampire-diaries/

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Chris Wood is trading in one diary for another.

The Carrie Diaries star has landed a recurring role on the upcoming season of The Vampire Diaries, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.

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Wood, whose credits also include Girls and Major Crimes, will play Kai, a charmingly unstable newcomer with the unsettling ability to seem normal as the situation demands. He can be both playful and obsessive with a mix of adolescent angst. Sounds like he'll fit right in!

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The Vampire Diaries' Julie Plec: Elena Has Lost the Man She Thought She'd Spend Eternity With
Robyn RossJul 18, 2014 10:40 AM ET
by Robyn Ross

The Vampire Diaries

Vampire Diaries fans have seen Elena Gilbert grieve, but when Season 6 premieres, she'll have seemingly moved on from losing the love of her life, Damon.

"One of the big questions you'll be asking when we get back is how did she pick up the pieces?" executive producer Julie Plec told TVGuide.com. "Or did she pick up the pieces at all? When we come back, several months have passed and Elena has returned to her life at school and seems to be doing well, but the mystery is really how well is she doing? And she's got some odd and awkward coping mechanisms that inform a lot about where she is and how she's handling this particular grief."

But Elena (Nina Dobrev) isn't the only one reeling from Season 5's finale that left Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Bonnie (Kat Graham) trapped on the Other Side as it was about to disintegrate. Stefan (Paul Wesley) lost his brother; Caroline (Candice Accola), a best friend; Tyler (Michael Trevino) lost his hybrid status; Alaric (Matt Davis) returned from the dead; and perhaps worst of all, Mystic Falls was stripped of magic. Where does the group go from here? As the show resumes filming in Atlanta, Plec spills some scoop.

How long will it be before we find out where Damon and Bonnie have been and presumably when they'll be back?

Julie Plec: The answer of what happened is part of the season-long mythology, but the mystery of where they are is going to be asked very quickly and answered soon enough to not be frustrating.

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Can Elena really move on?

Plec: What happened to her is that in spite of losing her parents and her brother, her aunt, her friends again and again, she lost the person she singularly believed to be the man she was going to spend all of eternity with. I think there's a special form of grief that comes attached to that, which will be difficult to get past, but also the choices she makes at how to move on will be very interesting to watch.

Will she and Stefan lean on each other over their shared loss?

Plec: Well, speaking of coping mechanisms, each of them have a very specific method of how they're dealing with it and they find a strange appreciation of each other's methods even though they're not necessarily healthy. They connect over the fact that sometimes it takes extreme choices to move past something that has hurt you so deeply. So we will see their friendship able to be strong and healthy in spite of the way each of them individually are dealing with their loss.

Vampire Diaries' Nina Dobrev on Elena and Damon's goodbye, Caroline's feelings for Stefan
Last season began with the start of college. Will Elena and Caroline try to resume normalcy in being a couple of college kids?

Plec: That's the goal. The problem is they didn't just lose their friends, they lost their town. They can't go home again, so college in its own way should be this haven for them where the friends can be together but not everyone wants it to be that easy and not everyone is that willing and ready  to settle in and say, "OK, let's move on." So we'll be wanting to see our friends find a way back to each other and move past the trouble they brought upon themselves and get back to their home. And in the meantime, it's going to be what each of them is doing to make that happen.

The Vampire Diaries casts Eureka star as militia leader

How does Caroline handle everything?

Plec: Caroline is probably someone who will surprise you. She's taken this loss --  in a weird way almost the hardest -- so she's going to have to bounce back in her Caroline way. Who she bounces back with and how she does it and how she's living her life is revealed in the first episode. Her journey is where are all her friends and if only she could figure out a way to bring them all back together, get the magic back to Mystic Falls, find a way to bring Damon and Bonnie home than life would be perfect. But it's harder than she thought.

With Alaric back, how does he fit in or is it hard for him to find his place?

Plec: Alaric is struggling a little bit. He was turned into a breed of original vampire and then set on a killing mission and then he died, so after being a weird vampire and a ghost for all this time he's assimilating into his life as this creature he never wanted to be. But he's still trying to be the human that he was and it's not easy for him. There might be some help and assistance that comes in the form of a woman he'll meet, and he and Elena are closer than ever, which is great because she has somebody in her life she can really rely on and they can share their grief together.  

This week, you cast a bunch of new characters. Who are you most excited about?

Plec: I'm particularly fond of the Kai character, played by Chris Wood, and Jo, played by Jodi Lyn O'Keefe. I've been a fan of Jody Lyn sinceH20 back in the day. Chris Wood is this exciting new guy, not new to everyone, but new to me, and he bowled me over. The characters are so powerful, each of them, and I'm really excited to see what we can do with them.

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Je poste l'interview en entier (car l'admin du site TVD France n'a mis que la partie citée sur SpoilerTV) et en anglais car le site a fait quelques erreurs de traduction, notamment avec le "Elena et Caroline vont-elle essayer de reprendre une normalité en étant en couple avec de jeunes étudiants ?" puisque en VO "Will Elena and Caroline try to resume normalcy in being a couple of college kids?" donnerait plutôt en VF "Est-ce qu'Elena et Caroline essaieront de reprendre une vie normale en tant que jeunes étudiantes."

Il y a aussi le "she lost the person she singularly believed to be the man she was going to spend all of eternity with." traduit par "elle a perdu la personne qu’elle croyait singulièrement être l’homme de sa vie." Cette traduction sous-entendrait presque qu'Elena croyait fermement que Damon était l'homme de sa vie mais qu'elle avait tord.

Le sens global de la phrase est légèrement différent. Cela dit qu'Elena a perdu l'unique personne avec qui elle se voyait passer l'éternité. Elle croyait en cet avenir avec lui, elle croyait pouvoir vivre éternellement avec lui, mais à présent il n'est plus là.


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The Vampire Diaries' Julie Plec: Elena Has Lost the Man She Thought She'd Spend Eternity With

by Robyn Ross

Vampire Diaries fans have seen Elena Gilbert grieve, but when Season 6 premieres, she'll have seemingly moved on from losing the love of her life, Damon.

"One of the big questions you'll be asking when we get back is how did she pick up the pieces?" executive producer Julie Plec told TVGuide.com. "Or did she pick up the pieces at all? When we come back, several months have passed and Elena has returned to her life at school and seems to be doing well, but the mystery is really how well is she doing? And she's got some odd and awkward coping mechanisms that inform a lot about where she is and how she's handling this particular grief."

But Elena (Nina Dobrev) isn't the only one reeling from Season 5's finale that left Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Bonnie (Kat Graham) trapped on the Other Side as it was about to disintegrate. Stefan (Paul Wesley) lost his brother; Caroline (Candice Accola), a best friend; Tyler (Michael Trevino) lost his hybrid status; Alaric (Matt Davis) returned from the dead; and perhaps worst of all, Mystic Falls was stripped of magic. Where does the group go from here? As the show resumes filming in Atlanta, Plec spills some scoop.

How long will it be before we find out where Damon and Bonnie have been and presumably when they'll be back?
Julie Plec: The answer of what happened is part of the season-long mythology, but the mystery of where they are is going to be asked very quickly and answered soon enough to not be frustrating.

Can Elena really move on?
Plec: What happened to her is that in spite of losing her parents and her brother, her aunt, her friends again and again, she lost the person she singularly believed to be the man she was going to spend all of eternity with. I think there's a special form of grief that comes attached to that, which will be difficult to get past, but also the choices she makes at how to move on will be very interesting to watch.


Will she and Stefan lean on each other over their shared loss?
Plec: Well, speaking of coping mechanisms, each of them have a very specific method of how they're dealing with it and they find a strange appreciation of each other's methods even though they're not necessarily healthy. They connect over the fact that sometimes it takes extreme choices to move past something that has hurt you so deeply. So we will see their friendship able to be strong and healthy in spite of the way each of them individually are dealing with their loss.

Last season began with the start of college. Will Elena and Caroline try to resume normalcy in being a couple of college kids?
Plec: That's the goal. The problem is they didn't just lose their friends, they lost their town. They can't go home again, so college in its own way should be this haven for them where the friends can be together but not everyone wants it to be that easy and not everyone is that willing and ready  to settle in and say, "OK, let's move on." So we'll be wanting to see our friends find a way back to each other and move past the trouble they brought upon themselves and get back to their home. And in the meantime, it's going to be what each of them is doing to make that happen.

How does Caroline handle everything?
Plec: Caroline is probably someone who will surprise you. She's taken this loss --  in a weird way almost the hardest -- so she's going to have to bounce back in her Caroline way. Who she bounces back with and how she does it and how she's living her life is revealed in the first episode. Her journey is where are all her friends and if only she could figure out a way to bring them all back together, get the magic back to Mystic Falls, find a way to bring Damon and Bonnie home than life would be perfect. But it's harder than she thought.

With Alaric back, how does he fit in or is it hard for him to find his place?
Plec: Alaric is struggling a little bit. He was turned into a breed of original vampire and then set on a killing mission and then he died, so after being a weird vampire and a ghost for all this time he's assimilating into his life as this creature he never wanted to be. But he's still trying to be the human that he was and it's not easy for him. There might be some help and assistance that comes in the form of a woman he'll meet, and he and Elena are closer than ever, which is great because she has somebody in her life she can really rely on and they can share their grief together.  

This week, you cast a bunch of new characters. Who are you most excited about?
Plec: I'm particularly fond of the Kai character, played by Chris Wood, and Jo, played by Jodi Lyn O'Keefe. I've been a fan of Jody Lyn sinceH20 back in the day. Chris Wood is this exciting new guy, not new to everyone, but new to me, and he bowled me over. The characters are so powerful, each of them, and I'm really excited to see what we can do with them.

Source : http://tvline.com/2014/07/18/vampire-diaries-damon-elena-reunion-season-6-spoilers/

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Vampire Diaries Season 6: Elena's Grief, Stefan's 'Big Choices' and More Scoop

By Andy Swift

With just under 11 weeks to go until the return of The Vampire Diaries, TVLine caught up with executive producer Julie Plec to see how Elena and the Salvatores are coping with that massive season finale twist.

According to Plec, Season 6 — beginning with the Oct. 2 premiere, which we’re told is titled “I’ll Remember” — will be a trying time for all of our favorite characters, particularly those left behind to mourn the apparent losses of Damon and Bonnie. (Spoiler alert: Don’t expect any otherworldly reunions in Episode 1.)

Let’s begin…

TVLINE | I have to ask: Is there a chance Damon and Bonnie will like where they are? Is it almost heaven-like?
Ooh, well… I can tell you this: Where they are is part of the mystery of the beginning of the season. It’s not torturous, but it’s by no means a roller coaster ride of fun. If nothing else, it’s a bit of an existential experience. [Laughs]

TVLINE | How aware of their new surroundings will they be?
They’ll be aware that they’re no longer where they thought they were — but they’re also not dead, per se. They’ll be asking a lot of questions, along with the audience, including: What’s going on? Where the hell are we? And how do we get home?

TVLINE | There’s a crazy internet rumor out there that suggests Elena will want to reunite with Damon so badly, she’ll consider dying to join him. Is there any truth to that?
I’ll just say that I think it’d be super sad for a young woman in her vibrant, early years to take her life and die on the sword for the love of a man. As much as I am a romantic and believe in true love, I also believe in therapy and trying to pull yourself together and getting on with your life.

TVLINE | Is she pulling herself together? What can you say about Elena’s mental state in Season 6?
She’s trying, and I won’t necessarily say she’s succeeding. She’s got some complicated coping mechanisms that are making her be things and do things and act in ways that we wouldn’t normally expect from her.

TVLINE | And how is Stefan coping with the apparent loss of his brother?
Stefan has made some very big choices about how he wants to live his life in the wake of his brother’s death. That’s part of the first round of reveals of where our characters are. Is he off on the top of a mountain talking to a shaman? Is he trying to get answers from a witch about how to fix everything? Is he back to being a ripper? Is he drowning his sorrows at the bottom of a bottle? We’ll see…

Vampire Diaries fans, we’ll have more Season 6 scoop in the coming days, but for now, give us your thoughts on Plec’s latest teases. How do you hope Elena and Stefan will fare this fall?

Source : http://tvline.com/2014/07/18/arrow-season-3-laurel-felicity-storylines/

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What coping mechanisms will Elena from The Vampire Diaries be using to deal with the fact she lost Damon (seemingly) forever? –Ana
It sounds like she’ll be burying her nose in the books, of the medical stripe. As indicated by a flurry of recent castings – and likely a pure coincidence now that TVD has Grey’s Anatomy as a time slot rival — “When we come back, we’ll see that Elena is actively pursuing a degree in pre-med,” show boss Julie Plec told us. “She’s a smart girl, and Elena’s father was a doctor, so she’s trying to figure out how to help people and save people, just as her family did.” And merely as an added bonus, “We’ll meet some hot young pre-med guys and sexy doctors” as she does so.

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'The Vampire Diaries' Season 6: Julie Plec reveals Matt's upcoming 'internal conflict'

In light of all the new casting additions for "The Vampire Diaries" Season 6, Zap2it went straight to the "TVD" mastermind herself, executive producer Julie Plec, to get all the details on one very important new character: Tripp, played by 'Eureka' star Colin Ferguson. Spoiler alert: His presence means big things are coming for Matt Donovan (Zach Roerig).

So what did Plec have to say about this new character?

"Matt Donovan's never really had a real father figure on the show and we've had this basic idea of really wanting a man in Mystic Falls that Matt can look up to," Plec tells Zap2it. "Now that all the supernatural creatures are stuck outside of Mystic Falls, who are these people that are still living there? This man is running the community protection services, and he's just trying to teach these young, 18-, 19-, 20-year old guys how they can make something of themselves. It's nice to see Matt having somebody he can bond with and connect to as he's kind of the last man standing in a weird way in Mystic Falls."

For fans who have already started speculating on whether or not Tripp is a new villain, Plec warns that it's too early to judge him as a character.

"Tripp's status as a villain or not a villain is not conclusive at this time," Plec teases. "Tripp's history is a bit of a mystery but whether he's a villain or not is not something that is clear. For Matt, I think it's more about, 'How important is this town to me? How important is this idea of the town being a safe haven for humans to me? And what happens if or when the magic comes back and the supernaturals are allowed back in? Even though they're my friends, what will they bring with them?' Down the road, he'll have a little bit of a conflict internally in how to deal with that."

If that sounds like Matt might find himself going up against his supernatural friends in order to protect the town, don't worry: You're not alone. But Plec assures us that Matt's internal conflict won't drive a wedge between Matt and his friends.

"I don't think it's a wedge, because I think it's honestly a fair point of view for Matt," Plec says. "I don't know if he would tackle the guy trying to burst the bubble, the magic bubble, or if he would just be really bummed if it happened. I don't know yet exactly where Matt draws the line in the sand there, because he's early in his journey and he's just finally coming in to his own and finding his role as the community protector. The question will be, how much of a protector will he ultimately have to be?"

And what about Jeremy, another human left standing in magic-free Mystic Falls? Plec reveals that the younger Gilbert won't be dealing with his girlfriend Bonnie's death very well.

"The Jeremy that we're going to see is going to be a little reminiscent of Jeremy in Season 1 that we first met," Plec says. "He has just been hit with a brick wall of grief, in a way that he will eventually admit is really not cool. Being told by your girlfriend over the phone that she's not going to make it through the night when she's been lying to you all along, that's hardcore emotional stuff to deal with. He's not going to take it very well. We're going to have to try to figure out how to get Jeremy back to his senses a bit, even though he's kind of legitimate in his anger."

"The Vampire Diaries" Season 6 premieres Thursday, Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.

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The Vampire Diaries' Season 6: Julie Plec discusses if the show can survive without its stars

It's been months since "The Vampire Diaries" Season 5 finale aired, but we still can't help but tear up thinking of that final moment with Damon and Bonnie holding hands as the Other Side crumbled, and they vanished along with it.

While executive producer Julie Plec already assured us back in May that "we will definitely see Ian Somerhalder and Kat Graham on the show," she wasn't spilling on exactly how. "I mean, there's a million different ways that you can do that," Plec said then. "But as far as in what context -- how, why, and where? -- that's part of the mystery."

So when Zap2it spoke with Plec about the upcoming Season 6, we had to ask about that final moment, whether she sees a future on the show without its main stars (Somerhalder, Graham, Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, etc.), and much more.

Zap2it: First of all, we need to talk about that final moment of Season 5, with Bonnie and Damon holding hands as they face the end. Did you always envision the season ending like that?
Julie Plec: When we first came up with the idea, we thought, "Here's these two totally unlikely people that are going to get stuck in this situation together," so we always just thought that that in and of itself was just the moment. Then the closer and closer we got to it, with filming it with the wind and the lights and everything, we thought it would be so beautiful to have this moment where they both basically believe and know that they're going to die and not go to the Other Side but disappear into oblivion, and to find comfort in each other, proving that you can overcome any obstacle with another human being -- and Damon and Bonnie have had, if nothing else, a lot of obstacles. So we were really proud of that moment. I'm glad you liked it.

I'm tearing up just thinking about it, honestly. But I have to wonder, even though you've already assured fans that we'll see Damon and Bonnie next season, do you ever envision a future on the show -- way down the line, of course -- where you can pass the torch to a new, younger class of characters like other shows have done before?
I'm sure that people who do the accounting books might envision that kind of future, but I know that, for me, "The Vampire Diaries" is this beautiful ensemble of people that are very committed to the show and seem to remain committed, so as long as they're willing to stick around and we're willing to stick around, I can't see us passing the torch to anybody else. When that day does come, if it does come, we'll make those decisions then.

Going back to Damon and Bonnie, how is Elena going to handle losing her best friend and her boyfriend?
We're going to meet up with her again and we're going to see how she's handling herself. She went through a tremendous loss on top of the many losses she's experienced in her life. But this time her coping mechanism is a little different than usual. It'll be a part of her journey to see how she's handling it, what she's doing to deal with it and how she can move on and if she can move on.

What are you most excited for fans to see in Season 6?
For me and all the writers, we're so excited because we're telling stories that are driven by character, that are rooted in mystery and suspense more so than big, massive mythology. We've got a great mystery for the year, we've got a great mythology that is just simple enough so that you feel like all the characters are going to be directly impacted by it. It's going to unfold piece by piece over the course of the season. And instead of getting bigger, we're getting smaller in all the right ways.

Over the past five seasons, is there something you've learned that you're going to implement in Season 6?
[Laughs] Every year we start by saying, "This is the year that we're not going to let the mythology come in like a tsunami in the last four episodes." And every year, the tsunami comes upon us in the last four episodes. [laughs] So we'll see. Maybe this will finally be the year that we finally figure it out.

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Loved all the Damon-Elena scoop, but what about my boys Matt and Tyler on The Vampire Diaries?
Our favorite quarterback is doing just fine. "He misses his friends, but he's dealing with his grief in his own way [and] he's channeling it into something very positive by getting involved in the community and really trying to make something of himself," executive producer Julie Plec says. "So he's thriving, ironically, in the absence of the supernatural elements in Mystic Falls." As for Tyler, Plec adds, "Tyler is back to being a guy with a werewolf curse. He's been down this road, and it's really difficult [and] he's got testosterone and machismo, so how does he keep himself together? He'll find help in some fun sources."

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NEWS/ The Vampire Diaries: Julie Plec Previews Life Without Damon and Bonnie in Season 6
par Tierney Bricker | Traduit par Tierney Bricker le 24/7/2014 - à 8h38

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Sniffle.

What's that sound? Oh, just us, sitting over here still getting all weepy over the tragic events of The Vampire Diaries' season finale, which found Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Bonnie (Kat Graham) trapped on The Other Side, just as it was deteriorating. Tears were shed. Tissues were crumbled. Ice cream was consumed.

Of course, this is TVD, which means "death" is usually just the beginning. So how will Stefan (Paul Wesley), Elena (Nina Dobrev), Caroline (Candice Accola) and the rest of the gang be coping with their loss when season six kicks off with a four-month time jump? And Ian and Kat will be back on the CW hit, but when?! Executive producer Julie Plec answered some of our burning season six questions at the CW's Summer TCA Party, where she told us this season is all about "the ensemble trying to find their way back to each other, trying to get back their grief, start over, move on and get their home back ultimately."

We'll still be seeing Ian and Kat right? Right?! Pointing and laughing at you forever if you thought TVD was really going to let Smolderhotter Somerhalder go! "You'll see enough of them to make you happy and more as it goes along. They are by no means going to be off the air for six episodes," Plec assured. "The mystery is where are they, what happened, are they dead, not dead, and what the hell are they going to do together, those two of all people?"

So how exactly are Stefan and Elena dealing with their grief? "It's surprising, only in that it's not instantly what you'd expect," Plec teased. "They're both grieving, but they're both coping with their grief in very specific and not necessarily conventional ways." And Plec noted that Stefan "particularly is surprising."

But what about Stefan and Caroline? It seems like whatever was brewing between the longtime just-friends has been put on the back burner…for now. "They are going to have a lot to do to work on their friendship in the beginning of the year," Plec said. "We'll see if that goes anywhere."

How is the recently resurrected Alaric adjusting to being alive again? Saying "it's so great" to have Matt Davis back, Plec previewed that Alaric is "still a vampire, he's not evil anymore, so what the hell is he going to do with his life?" A one-word tease for what TV's hottest former history teacher is up to? "Fun." (The mind reels!)

And just what is Enzo, played by new series regular Michael Malarkey up to? Trouble and we love it. "He's going to bring a little bit of the fun and a little bit of the naughty," Plec previewed. "He reminds me a lot of season one Damon in that any given moment you can't tell if he's going to make a joke or kill somebody."

The Vampire Diaries returns Thursday, Oct. 2 on the CW.

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The Vampire Diaries' at Comic-Con 2014: Julie Plec and cast tease Season 6


"The Vampire Diaries" Comic-Con panel on Saturday (July 26) kicked off with a little something special: A continuation of the final scene of the Season 5 finale, showing Bonnie and Damon trying to figure out what. Just. Happened?

Oh no, wait, it was actually series stars Kat Graham and Ian Somerhalder trying to figure out if they were written off the show! What followed was quite a cute parody video of all the stars "coping" with losing Graham and Somerhalder -- and by coping, we mean celebrating their bigger dressing rooms and more money. It was hilarious.

Then, the cast -- Graham, Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley -- and executive producer Julie Plec walked onstage to a room full of screams, and were joined by surprise panelist (and new series regular) Matt Davis. Here's everything they revealed about the upcoming Season 6:

-- How will the events of the Season 5 finale affect Season 6? "With the Other Side being obliterated, other people that have died before can't come back to visit us," Plec says. "That's heartbreaking but we were able to bring a couple of them back, a couple of the favorites." Ahem, hello, Alaric Saltzman!

-- Bamon -- Bonnie and Damon -- are now stuck together in some mysterious place, so they will be sharing quite a lot of scenes together. "I would definitely say you'll see more interaction between them," Graham says.

-- Now that Alaric's back, expect to see him get a job that feels very familiar. "Alaric will be living outside of Mystic Falls having compelled himself into a new teaching position at the local university," Davis says.

-- Will Alaric get any new love interests? "I think that people do get naughty in our universe and if anyone deserves a little naughtiness, it's Professor Saltzman," Plec says.

-- With Damon (seemingly) dead, will Elena find comfort in the arms of another guy? Doesn't sound like it (you're welcome, Delena fans). "If she did that, that would mean her experience and her love for Damon wasn't real," Dobrev says. "When we pick up in Season 6, she's definitely not in a happy place but she has a very interesting, confusing, strange way with dealing with her grief."

-- When a fan wondered if there was any hope for Stefan and Elena to reunite somewhere down the line, Plec says it won't happen anytime soon but never rule it out. "I hate to say there's never any hope for anything," Plec says. "Right now the love between Damon and Elena is so strong and the friendship between Stefan and Elena is so strong. Elena just had her second soul mate ripped from her arms so that's going to take up quite a lot of the show for a while."

-- Plec (once again) discussed how there are always discussions about crossovers, but there's no news about anyone crossing over at the moment.

-- How will Rick feel about Damon's other drinking buddy Enzo? "Very territorial and very jealous, I'm sure." Davis says. Plec says that Rick will probably see right through Enzo's charm and won't put up with it, so probably no drinking sessions between these two vamps anytime soon.

"The Vampire Diaries" Season 6 premieres Thursday, Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on The CW.

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Vampire Diaries @ Comic-Con: Will Elena Thwart 'Steroline'? Plus: Alaric (Finally) Gets Some!

The early part of The Vampire Diaries‘ sixth season will be Rated G… for Grief.

Having lost her boyfriend – and her close friend Bonnie – Elena (as well as her pals) will still be feeling the sting of loss when the CW drama undergoes a four-month time jump following its devastating Season 5 finale.

“If she did that, that’d mean that her experience and her love for Damon wasn’t real,” Dobrev said.

HOT FOR TEACHER | Recently returned vampire Alaric will be “be living outside of Mystic Falls, having compelled his way into a teaching job at the local university,” Matt Davis revealed. And he must be getting some! “If anyone deserves a little naughtiness, it’s Prof. Saltzman,” Plec added.

STEFAN’S NEW LOVE | When the topic of “Steroline” came up, Paul Wesley was quick to note, “Stefan’s been pretty good. He deserves some action.” But will Elena pull the sisterhood card on a possible romance between her ex and her BFF? “That’d be so hypocritical,” Dobrev said. “She dated both of the brothers. She keep it in the family.”

LITTLE GILBERT | Helping Jeremy through the loss of Bonnie won’t be easy for Elena and Alaric. “Having to deal with him when neither of them can actually enter Mystic Falls is complicated,” Plec shared.

‘STELENA’ REDUX | Is there a chance that Stefan and Elena will get back together? “Right now, the love between Damon and Elena is so strong, and the friendship between Stefan and Elena has grown so strong,” Plec replied.