Candice tells HollywoodLife.com that Klaus & Caroline won’t work as a couple because, well, he’s just too evil.
Remember when newbie vamp Caroline (
Candice Accola) needed Stefan (
Paul Wesley) to show her the ways of the fang? Well, the student officially becomes the teacher on the March 22 episode of
The Vampire Diaries, as Caroline takes a new pupil under her wing: Bonnie’s (
Kat Graham) mom, Abby (
Persia White)! “Caroline has stepped into the role of mother so beautifully this season,” Candice tells
HollywoodLife.com.
But don’t worry; Caroline won’t be overwhelmed trying to manage
Mystic Falls’ first-ever witch/vampire hybrid. Such things can’t even
exist!
“Abby officially transitions into a vampire, and you can’t be both,”
Candice explains. “You’ll learn in the episode about how [transitioning]
affects your being as a witch, and the loss of your powers.”
OK, now let’s talk about what you all came here for: the details on Caroline’s hot mess of a love life!

“Klaus
is still pursuing Caroline,” Candice assures me. “He’s very relentless.
He’s pursuing her with just as much gusto as he is putting together his
hybrid army.”
But Candice is quick to note that “Klaroline” shippers might be getting a little ahead of themselves.
“Everyone’s so excited about this potential thing between [Klaus and
Caroline], but it’s so funny, because I think viewers are forgetting
that Klaus is a really bad guy,” she says. “This is evil Klaus who
murders people unforgivingly, threatens Elena’s life constantly, and
uses her for blood. He’s not a good guy.”
In fact, as Candice points out so eloquently, Klaus (
Joseph Morgan) and Caroline’s entire relationship is built on manipulation.
“Caroline is really just using Klaus to relinquish Tyler,” Candice
says. “She’s playing the game a little bit so that maybe he’ll do that
for her out of love. Right now, he’s not really buying it. … If this had
been season-one Caroline, she would have fallen hook, line and sinker
into that British accent. But season-three Caroline has grown up. …
She’s not falling for any of his tricks.”

And speaking of Tyler (
Michael Trevino),
what’s to become of the sired little hybrid who broke Caroline’s heart —
and bit her neck — just a few weeks ago? Caroline’s got some good news
for all you “Forwood” fans:
“Tyler will be back in Mystic Falls, and Caroline and Tyler will see
each other,” Candice promises. “We’ll see how that plays out, if he was
able to cure himself of his sire bond — or if he wasn’t.”
Man, is
anyone in Mystic Falls good with relationships?
Where do YOU stand on this all-important issue of Klaus vs.
Tyler? Are you ‘Klaroline’ shippers really willing to overlook all the
terrible things Klaus did, and continues to do? And are you ‘Forwood’
shippers anxiously awaiting Tyler’s eventual de-siring?