The Vampire Diaries Season 5 Finale

For five years we have seen extraordinary characters live, suffer and die in Mystic Falls however never before had we seem so many popular characters really meet the end. The town of mystic falls is famous for the dead being- well not so dead. For five years within the Vampire Diaries universe death never truly meant the end, however after the season 5 finale that all ended. Along with the other side and some of our favourite characters from The Vampire Diaries. Below I will deconstruct the main events of the apocalyptic finale.

The Gwen Stacy Syndrome

Throughout comic book literature we have seen many women (usually lovers of male superheroes) pay the ultimate price in order for the protagonist to feel pain. This has been apparent through many films, books and other media platforms however most people do not know where this originated from. Cue Gwen Stacy.

Originally within The Amazing Spider-Man comics (and the Amazing Spider-Man 2 film adaptation) Gwen Stacy is the first love of Peter Parker (The Amazing Spider-Man) who falls victim to The Green Goblin- her murderer. The comic books killed off Gwen by The Green Goblin throwing her of the Brookyln Bridge in the very first portrayal of The Night Gwen Stacy Died (or the George Washington Bridge depending on which comic book series was followed) whereas the film adaptation had her fall from the heights of the Clock Tower. Either way within The Amazing Spider-Man and Marvel universe this is a milestone where multiple theories of feminism through comic book mediums were born. And no matter which series or adaptation that you follow it always leads to the same outcome on the same night: The Night Gwen Stacy Died.

Damon Salvatore Destined to Die?

With season five almost at a close rumours have began to spread about a certain vampire from Mystic Falls. The guy everyone loves to hate and hates to love: Damon Salvatore.

In a recent interview with E! Ian Somerhalder (Damon Salvatore) himself stated...

"When Damon dies, it is the dopest scene."

“The ending, I think, is really gonna throw people. It definitely involves Damon in a very cool way. There is some very very cool stuff with Damon, Elena, Bonnie…stuff you just didn’t see…It is definitely a cliffhanger."

Would The CW really kill off Damon Salvatore? Did Somerholder just give us the biggest spoiler in The Vampire Diaries history? Are we really ready to let the destructive Byronic Salvatore brother go? 

I have a feeling that this 'death' won't be what we expect. After all, if vampirism can be cured by the blood of the doppelgänger's maybe this is only the death of his vampiric Damon. Or maybe if Bonnie is involved- she loses the burden of being anchor and regains her magic, bringing Damon back from the dead? With Caroline Dries (the series' executive producer) and the team, we never can be sure what's actually going on and it's implications for Mystic Falls.

With only a few episodes left we'll find out soon enough...