If you haven't seen the penultimate episode yet, I would advise you to look away or discontinue reading. This post includes the biggest spoiler in The Vampire Diaries history.
The penultimate episode that aired in the states last night was crazy! And I mean crazy! After a whole season based on the Doppelgangers and the people who want to kill them, never in the world did we expect to actually see one of them die. Until last night... Stefan Salvatore, the original love of Elena Gilbert's life was murdered at the end of last night's episode. Julian, the traveller inhabiting Tyler Lockwood's body ripped Stefan's heart out in front of the (just as shocked as us) Caroline Forbes.
With Stefan then shown to move on to the other side through the Anchor- Bonnie, Stefan truly died. But surely The Vampire Diaries can't kill Stefan off?! Is there a way for him to come back from the other side before its impending collapse. Or was this the only way to throw fans off the track and achieve that shock factor they were looking for- having the rumours of Damon Salvatore's death in the final episodes of the season, already been read by thousands of fans across the globe. Was Stefan's death a change of plan to get the ratings up? Will this truly be the end for the 'good brother' Stefan. As much as I hate to admit it, the feeling I got from his 'moving on' scene was that it is the end of Stefan. Unfortunately this is reinforced by Paul Wesley's (Stefan Salvatore) tweet.
Hope can still be found within Mystic Falls, as if we've learnt anything over the past five years, it's that no one truly leaves Mystic Falls and its very rare that a character really dies. We've seen an abundance of characters come back from the dead so why not Stefan? If anyone deserves another go at life it's Stefan. Could this be the pathway for Stefan to come back as a human and be truly happy. After all resisting the urges of being 'a ripper' must get tiresome from time to time.
My last comment is that I believe Bonnie is the key to Stefan's resurrection. Not due to being the Anchor, but due to being a descendant of Qetsiyah- originally a traveller. Does this mean that some how Bonnie could access the archaic forms of 'Pure Magic'? We have yet to see the limits of traveller magic, and Bonnie's magic. She just needs to find away to get out of the sticky situation that is being the Anchor to the other side. Or could Qetsiyah herself somehow return to help the charming Salvatore brother? Ahhhh this show makes my brain hurt! Either way we all have our fingers crossed for Stefan's return, be that next week or next season.
