Posted by Vee | February 16, 2012, 11:27 (EST) | 14 Comments
Category: TV Series

CliqueClack: Julie Plec Talks Originals, Romance, Returning Characters & The Rest of Season 3CliqueClack caught up with Vampire Diaries executive producer Julie Plec yesterday to discuss the current Originals predicament, the tension within the Elena/Salvatore love triangle, Stefan’s ongoing struggle with his own humanity, when beloved characters will return to Mystic Falls, and what we can expect as we head towards the Season 3 finale. (After tonight, only seven episodes left!)

The rest of the season is centered around some very specific stories. One of which is that we started telling the audience that there is potentially a serial killer in Mystic Falls. The episode where we come back after the next little mini-hiatus really dives right into that mystery and tells us, starts to give us a sense of what’s actually going on and who’s behind this strange trail of bodies that have been stacking up. That villain and that mystery will be driving us towards the end of the season very hard.

READ THE ENTIRE INTERVIEW AT CLIQUECLACK.

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  • Nmcleod76

    will Damian and Elina get together by the end of this season. I also heard that Ian and nina are dating and he’s going to propose to her is this also true? 

  • Charlotte

    Looking forward to more of Klaus and Caroline, they are having an epic love story and it’s great.  Elena and Stefan’s epic love story is going through so many ups and downs and I love it.  Hope they get back together with a great make up scene.  Miss Jer, hope he comes back soon.

  • VD_Lover

    I want an old Stefan back! He’s so rude to Elena! She told him that she hasn’t stopped love him and he was like ‘nevermind’!

  • Wadisara

    ughhhh not looking forward to the rest of the season …thanks JP for the worst season of TVD apart from DE kiss

  • kryton

    More like the best season of TVD despite the DE kiss.

  • kryton

    What’s he supposed to do, pretend nothing happened and that any kind of rekindled relationship with him would be remotely healthy? He’s pushing her away for a reason: he loves her. 

  • KatAttack

     This has been a GREAT season, including the DE kiss!

  • Msjayburnside

    im thinking the serial killer is sage

  • Msjayburnside

    im thinking the serial killer is sage

  • cute7

    I had just forgotten how Stefan Salvatore is hot until I saw that  picture above 
    (* .*)

  • TVD FAN

    Wait.. I am confused. Is there going to be ANOTHER HIATUS!!? When?

  • Jenna

    I’m with you, this season has been all-over-the-place!!! It’s had it’s great moments, but there have been so many things that just don’t add up, or make a whole lot of sense!!!

  • Zara

    Yep, even with Stelena not together, it is an interesting dynamic and that couples, any couple on this show don’t have to be together officially to still love each other. Especially Stelena, both of them had chances to be with other people but they love each other too much to do so and I believe that they will become stronger in the long run, 3×14 showed their new dynamic and I loved it, who would have thought that Stefan would be the one to bring out her ‘dark’ side? I always thought that would be Damon and that Stefan loves Elena no matter what and Elena too. Endgame please. It was sad for Delena but it was inevitable that Damon was going to go back to his ‘old ways’ to some extent because not all of that ‘act’ in S1 was fake; he actually enjoyed it and the Damon he is with Elena is so dull, it didn’t fit in with his character as Damon has always been ‘edgier’ and darker than Stefan ever was. Ripper Stefan is tragic, not BA and it’s full of ‘pain’ and he clearly doesn’t enjoy it so I would love to see him find a balance and deal with his HB issues etc. because the ‘ripper’ will always be a part of him because that’s who he is biologically, just like how Tyler will always be a hybrid sired to Klaus (until he dies, and I think breaking the ‘sire bond’ will be very difficult to fully break, just like a vampire’s need for human blood) So, I would like it if Stefan can be in control over his need of HB, therefore the ‘ripper’ inside of him won’t control who he is and make his life a misery and then once he conquers that I think Stefan will try to atone his sins and try to work his way onto redemption/forgiveness with Elena etc. and hopefully become friends and possibly, hopefully rekindle their relationship. Yes, it would be different than S1 and S2 and they were cute but they will become stronger and more ‘epic’ in the long run and I love Stelena either way. Yes, I know Delena is there and stuff will happen between them since it’s a love triangle and inevitable etc. I don’t really care and yes, I feel bad for Damon but it just shows how strong Elena’s love for Stefan is, unlike Damon who knew that Stefan still loved Elena as he told him in 3×13 but couldn’t help but put himself into the position of Elena’s trusted bodyguard, especially when she said that she didn’t want that from him, so it is kind of his fault for his own feelings getting hurt and wasn’t obvious to him that Elena still loves Stefan? Elena is the one that will make the moves if she wants Damon and she clearly hasn’t done much in that regard and even though she liked the kiss, Elena was clearly annoyed at herself for it and didn’t want it to happen again because she’s loyal and not looking for a rebound but Damon doesn’t seem to care, only except his ‘love’ for Elena. Damon’s love for Elena is pretty selfish but Stefan is selfless with Elena as he is letting her go because he loves her, not expecting anything from her e.g. her love etc. so I hope Elena can see that and she still clearly favours Stefan over Damon as do most of the girls on this show and you can see why; Damon’s love is too strong and obsessive and whilst that may be nice at face value, it stops people living their lives and controlling your partner is never a good thing and only pushes them further away from you as we have seen with Katherine and now Elena. And the way he lashes out is not good i.e. killing/fighting people, sleeping around etc. I know being rejected is hurtful but that is not the way to go, especially not with a girl like Elena who is based on trust and loyalty. Elena certainly never did any of the sort, neither did Stefan, despite their break-ups and Delena hasn’t even begun and look at how they hurt each other and react (Damon, mostly in the reaction section as Elena didn’t do anything stupid or disrespectful as such, it’s always Damon that does that i.e. JNSI etc.) I know that Damon doesn’t owe Elena anything but if he really loved her, he wouldn’t sleep with Rebekah who wants to kill the girl he supposedly loves. Stefan had more reason to hook up with her but even with them broken up and over in his eyes, he never made a move and they had a history together. This shows that Damon is not worthy of Elena’s love and you could argue that Stefan isn’t either but at least he agrees that Elena is “better than both of us”, although I think Stefan is more worthy of Elena. Besides, imo Delena’s relationship seems contrived and not as effortless and natural as Stelena since Delena has/needs a lot of time to grow to the extent of Stelena, meaning that their love is due to their connection/association to Stefan and circumstances as well as other reasons such as: attraction and understanding etc. but the feelings they have for each other, especially on Elena’s side is not strong enough, even after three seasons, Elena is still in love with Stefan and her love for Damon doesn’t really compare much to it, despite the ‘feelings’ she has for him, it’s not that difficult for her to hide/control because they are not that deep. Obviously, they are growing because otherwise the love triangle wouldn’t be worth much. I still believe that her love for Stefan will always override her love for Damon. And I truly think that Elena understands Stefan better than Damon since his ‘dark side’ is something that he CHOOSES and actually embraces it, when he is hurt, betrayed etc. and Elena doesn’t like that but with Stefan his ‘dark side’, the ‘ripper’ is biological and once he is out of control with HB, it’s not him that is in control but the monster within him. It’s not really a choice as such since he becomes like that after drinking HB (which really shouldn’t/wouldn’t have a negative effect on average vampires so it really is a big issue as it is essential for a healthy, balanced vampire diet lol unlike AB which doesn’t require sufficient nutrients for health and growth) and as we seen, Stefan didn’t choose to drink HB because he wanted to for no reason whatsoever but to save Damon’s life etc. and after that, the ‘ripper’ takes over so bloodlust becomes too strong to control. 

    So, both brothers have a lot to work on before they are ‘worthy’ for Elena but I can’t see in the long-term Damon being in a relationship with a human, but a hot vampire chick that loves him as much as he loves her would be ideal and I’m hoping that will be Katherine since Damon’s first choice and true love was her and that she does love him, and I hope that Datherine grow and so does Steferine (Why not? Delena is going to happen and I think Katherine is hot with both brothers) but Datherine for endgame because they too have a tragic love story, as do Steferine but I don’t think Stefan could love Katherine (or any other girl) as much as he loves Elena and the same for her, I think that she will always be in love with Stefan, no matter who she’s with, whether that’s Damon or anyone else and it wouldn’t be fair to either couple. In the words of Klaus: “That kind of love never dies” and he is a wise hybrid and knows what he’s talking about, although it’s mostly his fault of why they are not together but he doesn’t feel so bad because he knows that they will be able to work it out and because he is BA and selfish except when he loves someone i.e. Caroline, so basically like Damon and at least it’s not Elena, that would be so awkward and creepy.

    Peace out! 

    P.S. Can’t wait till episode 15! 
     

  • Natalia Nadolska

    This has been the BEST season of TVD yet, including the DE kiss :)