SheKnows: A lot of people want Elena (Nina Dobrev) to turn her humanity back on, but what do you think of the new, meaner Elena?
Julie Plec: As a writer and as someone who loves doing new things and finding a fresh voice, we love it. We love mean Elena because it's different. It's a fun sparkle. She's nasty, she's uncompromising and unforgiving, and it gets worse before it gets better for sure. Every time I see a cut of the show I feel it's so new and fresh. Now I also know you run the risk of alienating people who are traditionalists and purists who like their heroine to be clean and pure. It's not something that we would leave her there forever. I think it's all part of the journey. When we decided to turn Elena into a vampire we didn't want it to be easy. We didn't want it to be a cakewalk. We needed her to run the whole roller coaster of emotions and of that experience of stuff so she wouldn't just be, "Oh I'm a vampire, now let's party and I'm happy." We knew we wanted to take her as dark as we could take her so that's where she is now, but we do the roller coaster. We end up down one hill and up another.
SK: It's obvious Elena is going to go down a darker path. What's in store for her?
JP: What's in store for her right now is, honestly, you've got these two boys who more than anything want her fixed. In the next episode they recruit some of her friends, as well over the next couple of episodes, in an attempt to get to her any way they can emotionally, whether it's through nostalgia, memories, through sneaky tricks of confronting her with things she has had feelings for in the past. Really building up to a hardcore intervention where they're just grasping to do anything to break through to her.
SK: So far we've seen vampires, werewolves, hybrids, witches and warlocks. Can we expect to see any other supernatural creatures in the future?
JP: You know, we keep trying to think of those and weirdly enough, we find ourselves stumped more often than not. There's our favorite story of Season 1: we tried to make Matt Donovan's mother a succubus and we shot it and we wrote three scripts about it. When we saw it for the first time we realized this isn't right. This doesn't feel like part of our show. It doesn't feel like we're in the right scientific world. I'm not saying we'll not ever see other creatures, but definitely thus far, we are staying grounded in that one zone.
SK: Are any characters who have previously died going to return to the show in a more supernatural way — specifically Jeremy?
JP: Given that the season is about Silas's desire to break down the vamps of the other side and unleash all the supernatural beings back onto Earth, I think I feel pretty safe in saying his plan will not be completely foiled. With luck, our heroes will be able to triumph and not bring on the supernatural apocalypse. I definitely think we'll see a few familiar faces before the season's out. I think that it's possible, as we try to win Elena's humanity back [by] facing some of her past stuff that represents humanity could be glimpsed again.
SK: Elena isn't the only person struggling with a dark side; it appears Bonnie may be going down a dangerous path too. What's in store for her character?
JP: Bonnie is in the middle of a very dangerous path because in her search for a mentor, and someone who could help her understand her magic and how to use her magic properly, she unwillingly got manipulated and controlled by an adjunct of our big bad. What she wanted to do and what she was hoping to do was to be able to overcome that control. When we pick her up on Episode 19 when we come back from our hiatus, we'll see the extent of the control that Silas may still have over her and what that does to her. Ultimately, Bonnie is always going to walk a straight line and do the right thing, and when she's not in control of her own magic and behaviors it really puts her in a place that she's gonna fight really hard to get out of.
Source: Full Interview @ SheKnows
Julie Plec: As a writer and as someone who loves doing new things and finding a fresh voice, we love it. We love mean Elena because it's different. It's a fun sparkle. She's nasty, she's uncompromising and unforgiving, and it gets worse before it gets better for sure. Every time I see a cut of the show I feel it's so new and fresh. Now I also know you run the risk of alienating people who are traditionalists and purists who like their heroine to be clean and pure. It's not something that we would leave her there forever. I think it's all part of the journey. When we decided to turn Elena into a vampire we didn't want it to be easy. We didn't want it to be a cakewalk. We needed her to run the whole roller coaster of emotions and of that experience of stuff so she wouldn't just be, "Oh I'm a vampire, now let's party and I'm happy." We knew we wanted to take her as dark as we could take her so that's where she is now, but we do the roller coaster. We end up down one hill and up another.
SK: It's obvious Elena is going to go down a darker path. What's in store for her?
JP: What's in store for her right now is, honestly, you've got these two boys who more than anything want her fixed. In the next episode they recruit some of her friends, as well over the next couple of episodes, in an attempt to get to her any way they can emotionally, whether it's through nostalgia, memories, through sneaky tricks of confronting her with things she has had feelings for in the past. Really building up to a hardcore intervention where they're just grasping to do anything to break through to her.
SK: So far we've seen vampires, werewolves, hybrids, witches and warlocks. Can we expect to see any other supernatural creatures in the future?
JP: You know, we keep trying to think of those and weirdly enough, we find ourselves stumped more often than not. There's our favorite story of Season 1: we tried to make Matt Donovan's mother a succubus and we shot it and we wrote three scripts about it. When we saw it for the first time we realized this isn't right. This doesn't feel like part of our show. It doesn't feel like we're in the right scientific world. I'm not saying we'll not ever see other creatures, but definitely thus far, we are staying grounded in that one zone.
SK: Are any characters who have previously died going to return to the show in a more supernatural way — specifically Jeremy?
JP: Given that the season is about Silas's desire to break down the vamps of the other side and unleash all the supernatural beings back onto Earth, I think I feel pretty safe in saying his plan will not be completely foiled. With luck, our heroes will be able to triumph and not bring on the supernatural apocalypse. I definitely think we'll see a few familiar faces before the season's out. I think that it's possible, as we try to win Elena's humanity back [by] facing some of her past stuff that represents humanity could be glimpsed again.
SK: Elena isn't the only person struggling with a dark side; it appears Bonnie may be going down a dangerous path too. What's in store for her character?
JP: Bonnie is in the middle of a very dangerous path because in her search for a mentor, and someone who could help her understand her magic and how to use her magic properly, she unwillingly got manipulated and controlled by an adjunct of our big bad. What she wanted to do and what she was hoping to do was to be able to overcome that control. When we pick her up on Episode 19 when we come back from our hiatus, we'll see the extent of the control that Silas may still have over her and what that does to her. Ultimately, Bonnie is always going to walk a straight line and do the right thing, and when she's not in control of her own magic and behaviors it really puts her in a place that she's gonna fight really hard to get out of.
Source: Full Interview @ SheKnows
Same paint-by-numbers answers from Plec except for a few interesting lines about the dead coming back. My conspiracy theory about this entire season still stands:
ReplyDeletePlec and the writers concocted the Silas character and the wall between the realm of the supernatural dead and the living because they regret killing Lexi and they want to bring her back as a regular next season.
If they're bringing back Jeremy or Lexi they better bring Kol back too.
ReplyDeleteAm I the only one who doesn't like Lexi anymore? I am, aren't I? I liked her in the beginning and was super mad that Damon killed her. But then they started the flashbacks and she was nice to ripper Stefan but mean to Damon who was feeding logically, it just made no sense, and I really started to despise her capriciousness. And by the end of the army flashback, I wasn't sorry at all that Damon had killed her. She made an enemy of him for no reason when they should have been on the same side, and drove a wedge between two brothers, when frankly if they can make it past Stefan killing their dad and getting them both turned into vampires, they should be together. I don't know, I don't think the show needs another character to be mean to Damon. He needs a friend.
ReplyDeleteIt sure sounds like they are bringing some people back. Since they keep showing Jeremy dying at the beginning of EVERY episode, I'm hoping the death won't stick. Otherwise, I'm getting super tired of them rubbing it in my face.
ReplyDeleteI think Kol would be good for hedonistic fun in NOLA, so bring him back. He never really got a part, but he was cute and not too annoying and he didn't do exactly what Klaus wanted.
"and when she's not in control of her own magic and behaviors it really
ReplyDeleteputs her in a place that she's gonna fight really hard to get out of."
YES! That's Bonnie <333333 bring it on ^_^
I think you're really making this something bigger than it was. In a nutshell, Lexi's adverse reaction to Damon derived from the simple fact that Damon was an uptight dick to her. It's a fairly common reaction.
ReplyDelete"I don't know, I don't think the show needs another character to be mean to Damon. He needs a friend."
After the last flashback episode, that's the direction I'd eventually expect those two to go if she were to return to the show.
But Stefan was a total dick and ripping off people's heads and she decided he was what 'lovable'?
ReplyDeleteMaybe the show has just not succeeded with me personally in convincing me that Stefan is a great person and obviously very good and wonderful. So when people like Bonnie or Lexi totally love Stefan but never adjust their knee jerk reactions to Damon to take into account logic, history, and motivation, I get frustrated. I did like Lexi when she was just interacting with Stefan. And I shouldn't take it out on her that snooty and rude is the default setting for characters interacting with Damon. But I will say, Damon doesn't need an "I think you're crap" confrontational friend. :)
She didn't decide he was lovable. She decided the guy needed serious help. Damon may have been an ass but he was getting along okay. That wasn't the case with Stefan.
ReplyDelete"So when people like Bonnie or Lexi totally love Stefan but never adjust their knee jerk reactions to Damon to take into account logic, history, and motivation, I get frustrated."
It's all about attitude and personal experience with the person in question. Yes, Stefan has done some truly horrible things but he's also shown the people you mentioned a lot of kindness as well. Damon, on the other hand, may not have Sefan's serial killer track record but he's also consistently treated those people you mentioned like crap. That being the case, those people are way more likely to be more forgiving with Stefan than with Damon.
If that was actually true they could've done it sooner. They had the exact storyline last year.
ReplyDeleteThey aren't "knee jerk" reactions though. Damon seems to go out of his way to piss people off while Stefan - when his humanity is on is the complete opposite. Just look at how he got back at Lexi when she did try to help him, as she helped Stefan many times in the past when he went off the rails. Hell, even Ian himself in a S4 interview has said that Damon is not a nice a guy and probably never will be. If he acts like a Dick (as Alaric called him many times before, lol) then he's going to be treated like a dick, end of story.
ReplyDelete'He needs a friend'. Damon would have friends if he could actually keep them instead of betraying them and killing them most of the time. Obviously he doesn't want them.
ReplyDeleteWhat "friends" has Damon ever killed? Or betrayed for that matter?
ReplyDeleteWhen Julie says that Stefan & Damon will try to fix Elena by bringing up and making her feel nostalgic about things she felt for in the past, I definitely think they are talking about Stefan. I think Stefan is gonna be the one to bring her back.
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