The Vampire Diaries ladies each have their own amazing style. From Bonnie Bennett’s boho jewelry to Elena Gilbert’s casual chic outfits, TVD is full of fashion inspiration. However, no one revs it up better than Katherine Pierce, TVD’s sassiest vampress!
Check out the sleek and sexy outfits donned by Katherine in TVD Seasons 1 through 3, and see why Kat’s flirty sense of style makes us purr with envy and delight.

Slinky Temptress

Katherine shows off her curvy and feminine physique with a form-fitting outfit. She dresses up her look with a large belt, free-falling curls, and plenty of attitude!

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What do you love most about Katherine’s look? Tell us in the comments and/or chat about your favorite style trends in the Vampire Diaries viewers lounge!

With the recent release of The Vampire Diaries: Hunter: Phantom and Stefan’s Diaries: The Ripper, we can’t help but feel nostalgia for the days when we were getting to know Elena Gilbert, Stefan Salvatore, Damon Salvatore, and all the Mystic Falls Characters!
So we figured it’d only be proper to peruse through TVD: The Awakening, and pull out the most luscious and heart-pumping quotes from it! Here are some of our top five favorite lines from where it all first began…chapters one through three!

1. “But he was tired to live in the shadows. He was tired of the darkness, and of the things that lived in it. Most of all, he was tired of being alone.” – Stefan Salvatore, p6 of Chapter 1
2. “What’s the use of being queen of the school if you can’t pull a little rank sometimes?” – Elena Gilbert, p16 of Chapter 2
3. “You think you’re pretty hot stuff; you’re seniors now, ready to graduate. Well, let me tell you, some of you aren’t ready to graduate kindergarten.” – Mr. Tanner, p20 of Chapter 2
4. “Scoozi? Scoozie me? Me scoozi? Jacuzzi?” – Tyler Lockwood, p33 of Chapter 3
5. “I would have thought even you could understand such a simple sentence, Father. Shall I repeat it in Latin for you?” – Damon Salvatore, p24 of Chapter 3

Which quote from the first three chapters of TVD: Awakening stood out most to you while sinking your teeth into this great read? Tell us in the comments and chat about your favorite Vampire Diaries book quotes in the readers lounge!

Vampire Diaries Season 3, Episode 20 below!

WHAT THE WORLD HAS TO OFFER — Alaric (Matt Davis) finds an unexpected ally to guide him on his dangerous new path, while Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Meredith (guest star Torrey Devitto) try to figure out what their next move should be. At the school’s 1920s Decade Dance, Bonnie (Kat Graham) asks Jamie (guest star Robert Ri’chard) to go with her and, at Caroline’s (Candice Accola) suggestion, Elena (Nina Dobrev) asks Stefan (Paul Wesley) to be her date. Caroline is pleasantly surprised when Tyler (Michael Trevino) shows up at the dance determined to sweep her off her feet, but Klaus (Joseph Morgan) does his best to come between them. The dance takes a deadly turn when Damon and Stefan realize they need the help of Matt (Zach Roerig), Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) and especially Bonnie to undo a spell that could prove devastating for everyone. Josh Butler directed the episode written by Michael Narducci (#320).

Season Finale: ''Πολύ αίμα και ένας θάνατος που δεν τον περιμένει κανείς''

Season Finale: ''Πολύ αίμα και ένας θάνατος που δεν τον περιμένει κανείς''

 

Δεν είναι η πρώτη φορά βλέπουμε ανατροπές στο Vampire Diaries . Όλες οι σεζόν τελείωσαν αφήνοντας τους φάνς σε αγωνία περιμένοντας καρτετικά να δουν την συνέχεια την επόμενη χρονιά.

Έτσι και η φετινή σεζόν θα κλείσει με έναν παρόμοιο τρόπο, ίσως περισσότερο σοκαριστικό από τις προηγούμενες φορές. Ο Morgan ανέφερε ότι ''Δεν θα αρέσει σε όλους το τέλος'' , σήμερα η Kat Graham αποκάλυψε ότι ''Θα υπάρξει ένας θάνατος, σημαντικού προσώπου στην σειρά που κανένας δεν θα περιμένει'' επίσης πρόσθεσε πως το τελευταίο επεισόδειο το λέτρεψε για τον λόγο του ότι ''έχει πολύ αίμα''. Ούτε και η ίδια περίμενε τέτοιο φινάλε κάτι που την ενθουσίασε ιδιαίτερα.

Η νέα promo φωτό που έκανε την εμφάνιση της πριν λίγο καιρό προβληματίζει ακόμα περισσότερο. Δίνει προβάδισμα στην Ελένα και στην απόφαση που θα πάρει ανάμεσα στα δύο αδέρφια. Είναι αρκετά σκοτεινή και αινιγματική. Βλέπουμε τον Damon να είναι ξαπλωμένος δίπλα της, έτσι μετά τα γεγονότα που είδαμε στο επεισόδειο 19 φαίνεται ότι οι Delena φάνς θα έχουν περισσότερες πιθανότητες να τους δουν μαζί ως ζευγάρι. Ο Στέφαν αντίθετα βρίσκεται μακριά και από τους δύο. Γύρω τους υπάρχει ένα ποτάμι αίματος που καταλήγει στον Damon και στην Ελένα, αντίθετα ο Στέφαν βρίσκεται στις ρίζες του δέντρου ψηλότερα δηλαδή έτσι δεν φαίνεται να επηρεάζεται πολύ από αυτό. Και μετά έρχεται ο τίτλος της αφίσας ''Soon the last drop will be drawn.". Όπως είναι εμφανές όλο το κλίμα της φωτό δεν είναι και τόσο ευχάριστο για κανέναν τους...Από τον τίτλο εως τα μουντά χρώματά της. 

Η Ελένα φαίνεται αποφασισμένη, σίγουρη για τον εαυτό της και πολύ σαγηνευτική. Θα μπορούσαμε άνετα να πούμε ότι έχει το ύφος που είχε παλαιότερα η Κάθριν. Ο Στέφαν φαίνεται ανήσυχος και όχι αρκετά ήρεμος όσο οι άλλοι δύο, σαν από νευρικότητα να ακουμπάει το χέρι του στο ένα του πόδι, μοιάζει σαν να είναι έτοιμος να φύγει ή να κρατηθεί εκεί ψηλά ώστε να μην ακουμπήσει την λίμνη αίματος που κυλάει από κάτω. Ίσως να είναι ένας παραλληλισμός στην πάλη που κάνει να κρατηθεί μακριά από την δίψα του για αίμα. Το άλλο του πόδι όμως ίσως και να ακουμπάει αυτή την λίμνη, δεν φαίνεται καθαρά. Μπορεί να θέλουν να πουν έτσι ότι ναι μεν θα εμπλέκεται σε αυτόν τον θάνατο που όλοι ακούμε να λένε αλλά θα την γλυτώσει στο παρα πέντε. H ''κόκκινη γραμμή'' περνάει πίσω από την πλάτη της Ελένας και έπειτα στρίβει και πηγαίνει προς τα κάτω....Πάντως καταλήγει στον Damon και δεν φαίνεται να συνεχίζει μετά από αυτόν. Σταματάει εκεί. Το πιο πολύ αίμα βρίσκεται στην Ελένα θέλοντας μάλλον να δείξει ότι από εκείνη θα ξεκινήσουν όλα τα τραγικά γεγονότα. Όσο προχωράει η λίμνη στενεύει .. Μπορεί αυτό να σημαίνει επίσης τον θάνατό της και ότι από αυτόν θα επηρεαστεί ο Damon. Εαν το πόδι του Στέφαν ακουμπάει και εκείνο στην λίμνη τότε όλοι ίσως πληγωθούν άλλος λιγότερο, άλλος περισσότερο. Το θέμα όμως είναι ότι τους περικυκλώνει και τους τρείς. Και αυτό που πρέπει να προσέξουμε είναι ότι μαζεύεται πιο πολύ αίμα στο σημείο της Ελένας και καταλήγει στον Damon. Απ'την άλλη είναι αδύνατο να αποκλείσουμε το γεγονός ότι εάν πεθάνει η Ελένα δεν θα επηρεαστεί ο Στέφαν οπότε το πόδι του που δεν φαίνεται υπάρχει μια πιθανότητα να ακουμπάει στην κόκκινη γραμμή αυτή. Και για αυτό να το έκρυψαν σκόπιμα.

ΤΕΛΙΚΟ ΣΥΜΠΕΡΑΣΜΑ: Η ΛΙΜΝΗ ΑΙΜΑΤΟΣ τους περικυκλώνει, μαζεύεται στο σημείο της Ελένας, ακουμπάει το πόδι του Στέφαν και σταματάει στον Damon. Εάν σκεφτούμε το χειρότερο η Ελένα θα πεθάνει ή ο Damon θα πεθάνει , ο Στέφαν θα φύγει μακριά για ένα διάστημα ή θα πληγωθεί από την συμπεριφορά των άλλων δύο ή και από τον θάνατό τους. Μπορεί επίσης η Ελένα να κινδυνέψει και αυτός που θα σταματήσει την καταστροφή θα είναι ο Damon. Άλλη υπόθεση του στενέματος της γραμμής μπορεί να είναι του ότι στενευουν τα περιθώρεια μεταξύ της Ελένας και του Damon και μία απόφαση πρέπει να παρθεί. Είχαμε διαβάσει ότι εάν επιλέξει έναν από τους δύο , ένας θα φύγει από το Μυστικ Φωλς. Εφόσον ο Στέφαν είναι μακριά τους στην φωτό μήπως είναι αυτός που θα φύγει ή μήπως το στένεμα της λίμνης σημαίνει κάτι για τον Damon; Πώς γίνεται οι σεναριογράφοι να σκοτώσουν κάποιον από τους πρωταγωνιστές; Όλα είναι πιθανά. Μπορεί ο θάνατος αυτός να είναι προσωρινός , ίσως ο Κλάους να πιάσει την Ελένα πάλι και να την σκοτώσει για να πάρει το αίμα της να δημιουργήσει υβρίδια κάτι που στην επόμενη σεζόν θα ανατραπει και εκείνη θα επιστρέψει με κάποιον τρόπο πίσω. Σας μπερδέψαμε ε; Εμείς να δείτε πόσο προβληματισμένοι είμαστε! 

Πολλές απορίες και ακόμα περισσότερες σκέψεις μας έρχονται στο νου όσο προχωράνε τα επεισόδεια και όσο κοιτάμε αυτή την παράξενη φωτό. Ίσως αν την αναλύσουμε διεξοδικά να μπορέσουμε να βγάλουμε ένα συμπέρασμα και για το φινάλε. Θα μπορούσαμε να πούμε και να φανταστούμε κι άλλα γιατί σίγουρα υπάρχει ένα κρυμμένο μήνυμα πίσω από την καλλιτεχνική φύση της εικόνας. Μπορείτε και εσείς να την εξερευνήσετε και να ανακαλύψετε κάτι καινούργιο.. Περιμένουμε να σας ακούσουμε!

Vampire Diaries’ Joseph Morgan Compels Us To Love Him With Good Deeds

Vampire Diaries’ Joseph Morgan Compels Us To Love Him With Good Deeds

What is it with those Vampire Diaries boys? We all know about Ian Somerhalder’s tireless efforts to basically save the world with his foundation, but he’s not the only Mystic Falls resident putting his vampire skills of persuasion to very good use. For the second year in a row, Joseph Morgan, who plays the not-so-charitable Original vamp Klaus, is asking fans to help him raise money for Positive Women for his birthday on May 16. The organization’s mission is to empower women and eradicate poverty in Swaziland.

“I actually started supporting Positive Women just before I got the role in Vampire Diaries,” Morgan told us. “I put out a Youtube video encouraging people to donate and of course no one watched it because no one knew who I was, and then suddenly I got the role of Klaus and it became the fifth-most watched video in the NGO because that was the only footage of me talking!”

Since then, of course, his status has risen considerably. Now that he has more than 300,000 Twitter followers, Morgan hopes he’ll raise a lot more money this year. And why Positive Women? For one, he went to college with one of the founders, Kathryn Llewellyn. For another, he feels like he has a chance to really make a difference immediately.

“The population of Swaziland is something like a million,” he explained. “This is something like, give us a year and a bunch of money and we can solve a lot of these problems.”

And reason number three will just make you weak in the knees: “The most important people in my life to me is my mother, and so the idea of any woman anywhere being treated badly is just unthinkable to me. What some of these women — not even women, girls go through is unbelievable.

“Ian has more Twitter followers than there are people in Swaziland, so I think we can really do something here,” he concluded.

So, what do you say, TVD fans? Will you succumb to Klaus’ will on this one?

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?

A DAY WITHOUT A VAMPIRE — Klaus acts on his intentions to leave town with Elena (Nina Dobrev), but finds resistance from a surprising new enemy. Bonnie (Kat Graham) calls on Abby (guest star Persia White) to help her with a difficult spell. As events spiral out of control, Elena is determined to protect Caroline (Candice Accola), Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan (Paul Wesley) enlist Tyler’s (Michael Trevino) help, while Bonnie and Jeremy (Steven R. McQueen) take a terrifying risk to make sure her spell is effective. Damon and Stefan have a surprisingly candid conversation about the future. Chris Grismer directed the episode with story by Charlie Charbonneau & Daphne Miles and teleplay by Caroline Dries (#321).

http://www.ljanesmith.net/www/ blog of the incredible L.J.Smith!

The Vampire Diaries Extended Teaser: The Return of Rose!

Read more: http://www.tvfanatic.com/2012/04/the-vampire-diaries-extended-teaser-the-return-of-rose/#ixzz1rHvZtAkt

Following events from "The Murder of One," it's all become clear on The Vampire Diaries: everything comes down to Rose.
Who turned this ancient blood sucker? The answer to that question will go a long way toward deciding what Damon, Stefan and company can do about The Originals - and who better to ask than Rose herself?!?
Yes, we know: she's dead. But Jeremy can go all Sixth Sense on dead people, hence why Damon and Elena head to Colorado on April 19, as teased in these Vampire Diaries episode photos. Will the younger Gilbert sibling be successful?

Read more: http://www.tvfanatic.com/2012/04/the-vampire-diaries-extended-teaser-the-return-of-rose/#ixzz1rHsMioaE

Συνεντευξη της Cassidy Freeman στο TV Fanatic

Συνεντευξη της Cassidy Freeman στο TV Fanatic

H Cassidy Freeman μιλαει στο TV Fanatic και αποκαλύπτει καποια πραγματα για την μυστηριωδη Sage...

Sage delivered a pair of shocks to Damon on last week's episode of The Vampire Diaries, first showing up in Mystic Falls after a century away, and then turning on him by burning down the town bridge.

But the unexpected tables will turn on this ancient blood sucker tonight, Cassidy Freeman told me over the phone.

"Sage has a big surprise coming," the actress teased of events ahead on "The Murder of One." "And it's definitely life-changing."

Freeman couldn't divulge many details, of course, but she did confirm Sage will come face-to-face with Finn this week, along his disapproving siblings, including a returning Klaus.

What exactly is the problem these Originals have with the redhead?

"Imagine your brother's high school girlfriend," Freeman explained. "Except it's not high school. You're a vampire and you live forever. To Klaus and Rebekah, Sage isn't good enough to be with Finn. They're full of animosity, there's a lack of respect all around."

Look for the Originals' storyline to "come to a head" by the end of the hour, as well, Freeman previewed.

What role might Sage play in their fate? It's unknown if the character will be back when The Vampire Diaries returns on April 19, but Freeman says  she'll try to have the most fun she can in the meantime.

"She's 900 years old. She accepts that this is the way it is. She doesn't think anything is gonna change any time soon, so her M.O. is to have a really good time, to live life to the fullest."

And maybe offer Elena some advice before she departs? I asked Freeman what Sage might say to this confused teen, stuck between two attractive vampires.

"She'd tell her to get over it," the actress said. "Just get over it and get in the shower with them!"

PAULWESLEY

 Παρόλο που η μορφή του μοιάζει αγγελική ο Paul Westley υποδύεται στο “Vampire Diaries” τον βρικόλακα Stefan Salvatore…Εν ολίγοις είναι ο κακός, αλλά αυτό μας αρέσει ακόμα περισσότερο! Ο Paul Thomas Wasilewski (αυτό είναι το πραγματικό του όνομα) γεννήθηκε στις 23 Ιουλίου του 1982 στο New Brunswick (προάστιο του New Jersey), από τους μετανάστες Πολωνούς γονείς του Agnieszka και Tomasz Wasilewski. Έχει μια μεγαλύτερη αδελφή την Monika και άλλες δύο μικρότερες την Julia και την Leah... Μπορεί να δηλώνει Αμερικανάκι, αλλά η Πολωνία είναι η μεγάλη του αγάπη. Μέχρι τα 16 του μάλιστα ζούσε 4 μήνες το χρόνο στο Warsaw μαζί με τους αγαπημένους του παππούδες. Το γεγονός ότι τώρα πια επισκέπτεται σπάνια την ιδιαίτερη πατρίδα του τον στεναχωρεί, γιατί όπως κατά καιρούς έχει δηλώσει σε συνεντεύξεις του η προφορά του (μιλάμε πάντα για την Πολωνική) «εξασθενεί»...

Στο λύκειο αποβλήθηκε, μιας και κάθε τρεις και λίγο προκαλούσε προβλήματα ειδικά στην ομάδα του ice hockey. Τότε ήταν που το ενδιαφέρον του στράφηκε στην υποκριτική και άρχισε να τρέχει σε σεμινάρια στο Manhattan. Θεωρούσε ότι στα 15 του ο κόσμος ήταν δικός του και ότι από τη στιγμή που άνοιξε τα φτερά του το σχολείο δεν είχε θέση στη ζωή του. Για την τιμή των όπλων, όπως θα δηλώσει αργότερα και για το χατίρι των γονιών του τελείωσε το λύκειο, το οποίο ουσιαστικά ήταν μια «Χριστιανική Ακαδημία» με αυστηρό ντύσιμο (πουκάμισο, γραβάτα) και χωρίς κορίτσια. Για την μετάβαση του σε κολέγιο ούτε λόγος, η υποκριτική ήταν ο μόνος δρόμος...

Τί θα μπορούσε όμως να γίνει αν δεν ήταν ηθοποιός; «Ίσως δημοσιογράφος», απαντά. «Μου αρέσει η ιδέα του να γράφω ιστορίες...Δεν ξέρω αν θα ήμουν καλός, αλλά η ιδέα και μόνο με εξιτάρει»... Προς το παρόν, στα 29 του ο Paul απολαμβάνει την επιτυχία του «Vampire Diaries», την αγάπη του κόσμου και τα καιρούς βραβεία που του έχει χαρίσει, ζώντας τη ζωή που ονειρεύτηκε...




Σε προσωπικό επίπεδο, το αγόρι είναι δεσμευμένο μιας και τον Απρίλιο του 2011 παντρεύτηκε σε κρυφή τελετή στη Νέα Υόρκη την ηθοποιό Torrey DeVitto...Η γνωριμία τους έγινε το 2007 στην ταινία “Killer Movie”... Όπως και να χει εμείς τον προτιμάμε ως Stefan Salvatore, το απέθαντο αγόρι του “Vampire Diaries” που θα θέλαμε ευχαρίστως να μας πιεί το αίμα!

SEASON 3 EPISODE 17
(BREAK ON THROUGH)
 A century after their first encounter, Damon (Ian Somerhalder) and Sage (guest star Cassidy Freeman) meet again at the ceremony to kick-off the restoration of Wickery Bridge. Damon is surprised to learn the reason Sage has returned, and pleased when she devises an unusual method to help him figure out what Rebekah (guest star Claire Holt) is up to. Abby (guest star Persia White) is having a hard time adjusting to her new reality, despite Bonnie (Kat Graham) and Caroline's (Candice Accola) efforts to help. When Damon informs Elena (Nina Dobrev) of Stefan's (Paul Wesley) latest struggles, she reaches out to Stefan to help her save a friend in danger, in hopes that it will help bring Stefan even closer to his humanity. Finally, when Damon discovers a new secret weapon, he lets Stefan in on the news. Lance Anderson directed the episode written by Rebecca Sonnenshine

BONNIE MCCULLOUGH

 Physical Appearance

Physically, Bonnie is described as being a small, petite girl who is very innocent, vulnerable and fragile. Bonnie is described to be extremely pretty, very comely, fair and dainty in appearance. She has a classic, "avant-garde", and unconventional beauty. Bonnie is very small and petite, between 4'7" to 4'10" in height. Physique wise, Bonnie has a slim, petite frame. Her body is described to be somewhat diminutive and slightly underdeveloped in appearance (according to Damon), possessing a figure that is somewhere between that of a little girl and a young woman (Bonnie has an A cup bra size). She has very large, slightly wide set, childlike hazelish-brown eyes, which are almond shaped, with long, thick eyelashes. She has a small, cute heart-shaped face with a widow's peak and she has very soft, delicate, refined facial features. Bonnie has a small, straight and dainty nose, like that of a cherub angel. She has a very heartwarming, charming smile (Damon has referred to her smile as soulful and enchanting) and she has deeply defined dimples in both of her cheeks; giving her a cherubic, angelic and doll like appearance. Her complexion is very pale and fair (like that of snow, porcelain and swans) and her skin is smooth, opaque and translucent. Bonnie's skin is so fair that her veins and fjords are easily visible (Damon has taken significant notice of this). Although Bonnie is small in height, she has an exceptionally long and dainty neck like that of a ballerina in Swans Lake. Bonnie has long, luxuriously thick, strawberry-red gold hair, which is described as being softly curly (Bonnie's hair is straight; her hair is permed curly) and even slightly frizzy at times. Her red gold hair gives her the look of a 'fairy' or a 'pixie'. There is something innocent, pure, virginal, fresh, cherubic, angelic and childlike about her appearance. Bonnie is said to resemble a kitten—cute, small, innocent and fragile. Her physical appearance is described in The Return: Nightfall: "Bonnie, with her hair that was called something strawberry, but that looked simply as if it was on fire. Bonnie has the translucent skin, with the delicate violet fjords and estuaries of veins all over her throat and inner arms. Bonnie, who had lately taken to looking at him sideways with her large childlike eyes, big and brown, under lashes like stars." Another quote in The Struggle describes Bonnie's appearance: "Blinking, Elena brought a face into focus. It was small and heart-shaped, with fair, almost translucent skin, framed by masses of soft red curls. Wide brown eyes, with snowflakes caught in the lashes, stared worriedly into hers." Her appearance is also described in more detail in the short story Damon & Bonnie: After Hours: "The maiden, who was exceptionally dainty and pretty and had, to a vampire, the most exquisite feature of all, an exceptionally long and delicate column of a neck, was looking up at him soulfully. That was nice, that she was short. Damon didn’t care that much for tall girls because he wasn’t very tall himself. She also had—you couldn’t help notice—particularly large eyes in her small heart-shaped face, giving her the appearance of a kitten. They were clear brown eyes, with a dark ring at the outer rim of the iris, then a very light brown ring, as if light were shining through them in the middle, and then another dark ring around the pupil. Her hair was the color of a strawberry and curled softly all over her head in a way that made you think “pixie.” Altogether, she was a lovely little ornament, with fine blue veins in naturally translucent skin." Damon has described Bonnie's voice as charming, highly melodious and pleasant and he compares her voice to that of a nightingale, curlew and a songbird, hence why Damon has given her the nickname "Little Bird".

Personality

Bonnie is described to be a

sweet, bubbly, cheerful, likeable, charismatic, kind, and charming individual, but she is not considered to be overly bright or intelligent at the very beginning of the series. She is not an academic, scholarly person by any means and she does not take school very seriously at all. Bonnie starts off highly unsure about her identity and her future; who she is and what she really stands for. She is basically immature, naive, ditzy, childish, shallow, boy-obsessed, and insecure during the very beginning of the series. However, as the series progresses over a period of time, Bonnie begins to deeply develop, mature, deepen and evolve in many different ways, and she begins to get a much deeper and clearer understanding of who she really is. She becomes a more mature, stable, grounded, and strong-willed person as the series progresses. As well as developing as an individual, she also begins to develop very powerful, strong psychic powers and abilities (which are hereditary). She eventually dabbles and masters the art of witchcraft. Bonnie is a Wiccan and it has been hinted in the novels that Bonnie is not only a powerful psychic but that she has witch ancestry (according to Bonnie, her Scottish grandmother was a witch). Bonnie is stoically loyal, loving, kind, caring and fiercely protective and she will do absolutely anything for her friends, her family and the people she loves. She's a generous individual and she is always trying to lend a helping hand when it is most needed. Bonnie comes off as rather eccentric and "offbeat" and because of it, she is often highly misunderstood, even by her own friends. Bonnie is drawn to and attracted to the unusual and the bizarre and she appears to be the most unconventional out of everyone else. She is a highly adventurous, explorative and curious individual. In many ways, she is rather opposite of her best friend, Elena Gilbert. While Elena has a tendency to be more vain and selfish, Bonnie is more of a humble, selfless person. For the vast majority of Bonnie's life, Bonnie has always seemed to live in the shadows of Elena, her own best friend, and therefore, she has always felt like she is second best because of it. Although, Bonnie is not the overly competitive type in the way that Elena is and therefore, has felt absolutely no desire to try to compete with Elena in any way, due to the fact that Bonnie has always felt like she has lived in Elena's shadow. Bonnie is not the intense academic, scholarly type whatsoever but she has a habit of engaging her brain before her mouth. However, despite the fact that she is not an academic individual by nature, she is rather intelligent, sharp, quick and intellectual. She also possesses a rather off-beat sense of humour and she is known to provide much comic relief, especially in times of tense situations. Bonnie is extremely friendly, light-hearted, cheerful and charming, and therefore, all of her friends adore her because of it. Although, it has been seen throughout the series, that many of Bonnie's friends happen to treat Bonnie like she is a child and also, refuse to see her true and full potential as an individual. Because of this, Bonnie is highly misunderstood, even amongst her own inner circle of friends. She is best friends with Elena Gilbert, Meredith Sulez, Matt Honeycutt and Stefan Salvatore. She has been childhood friends with Elena, Meredith and Matt since kindergarden and was close friends with former friend-turned-rival Caroline Forbes since the first grade. Bonnie gradually becomes very good friends with Stefan after Matt befriends him. Bonnie is extremely close to Elena (Elena considers Bonnie to be her very best friend), and she also has a very strong bond/friendship with Meredith as well (who also considers Bonnie to be her very best friend). Bonnie used to be friends with Caroline until she turned against Elena at the very beginning of their Senior year and until Caroline became ultra competitive, especially with Elena. Bonnie develops a strong dislike for Tyler Smallwood and although she initially finds him attractive because of shallow purposes, Bonnie has said that Tyler possesses an unbearable and intolerable personality. Bonnie develops a good, solid, platonic friendship with Stefan Salvatore. She initially finds Stefan attractive, romantic and very polite and she thinks that Stefan is a good-hearted individual with the best of intentions. Stefan has described Bonnie as the "fiery little pixie", giving the nickname to Bonnie with the implication that Bonnie is a passionate, spunky, and fiery individual. Damon has said that Bonnie can be stubborn, impractical and naive at times. Bonnie starts off as very dependent on other people, but as the series progresses, she becomes a much more independent, confident, and self-assured person and she also matures and grows up rather fast in the original trilogy, showing much spiritual growth. Bonnie has extremely strong, powerful psychic abilities. Her powers seem to become most vibrant, active, or heightened whenever she is in Damon's presence. She is able to feel Damon's Power clearly on a frequent basis and she is also able to sense what he is feeling and thinking (this is seen in Dark Reunion). Most of the time, Bonnie seems to act as an unwitting medium for helpful spirits, most notably the spirit of a witch named Honoria Fell, who several times attempts to aid the girls (Elena and Meredith) through Bonnie. Bonnie does not remember anything she says or does while she is in this condition because she basically goes into a catatonic state or a hypnotic trance. She also has occasional prophetic flashes, such as when she jokingly (but coincidentally) reads Elena's palm on the first day of school and comes up with a genuine prophecy that she would meet a dark, handsome but not imposingly tall stranger (the same day that Elena met Stefan Salvatore). Bonnie uses her powers in times of significant purpose. Because of her powers and abilities, Bonnie is seen to be the most purposeful, useful and highly resourceful individuals in the entire series. In Dark Reunion, Bonnie begins to dabble in practicing the art of witchcraft (due to her witch ancestry), and successfully pulls off a summoning ritual to call Stefan (and later on, Damon) back to Fell's Church, then successfully manages to help Stefan communicate with a ghostly Elena by various means through a dream sequence. At the end of Dark Reunion, Bonnie is the one who screams about the unfairness of their tragic fate, which triggers Elena's unexpected return from the afterlife. It is unknown if Bonnie's powers played any significant role in making this occur, or if it was just a matter of lucky timing (it was the night of the summer solstice, when ghosts were said to be prone to returning to Earth anyway). As the series progressed, she slowly realizes that she is not as dumb as she believes herself to be (and, as a result, as she's convinced everyone else she is), and that she's actually intelligent and desperately needed by all of her friends. Even though Bonnie is known to be timid, fragile, delicate and vulnerable, she is significantly stronger and tougher (physically, mentally and emotionally) then she appears to be on the outside. Despite the fact that she can be rather naive and trusting at times, Bonnie is also rather sharp and challenging when she wants to be and she does possess a highly passionate, emotional nature, possibly more passionate then Elena. Bonnie is highly idealistic and she is a hopeless romantic. Although Bonnie's character generally appears to be light-hearted, Bonnie has an inherently dark streak within her personality; she is strongly drawn to the dangerous, unusual and unpredictable side of things. She is deeply fascinated with darkness, especially death and morbidity. Bonnie frequently talks about as well as romanticizes death, especially her own, and she constantly talks about her Scottish grandmother's prophecy that she would be young and beautiful in her grave. She also consistently talks about how romantically she might die. In the beginning, she is fickle in chasing after Stefan Salvatore, and then Matt Honeycutt throughout most of the series. By the end of the original series, however, Bonnie has become significantly more deep, mature, stable, and grounded; focusing on the important problems at hand rather than about the opposite sex. She even surprises herself a few times with her own insightful contributions to the fight against a powerful, original vampire named Klaus. Bonnie, who is a highly strong psychic witch, is overwhelmed by the strength of her powers at times, and she attempts to repress the true extent of them without very much success. She is sometimes very afraid of what she can and might do and is scared of her strong powers using her, instead of the other way around. As a psychic, Bonnie also has intense dreams, prophetic flashes, visions and predictions, which has sometimes caused her to pass out and become unconscious, due to its severe intensity at times.

Damon Salvatore and Bonnie McCullough

Bonnie has consistently been fickle when it comes to boys throughout her life. She has a tendency to consistently chase after boys for the hell of it and she doesn't take love or romance seriously. Because of this, she has been seen to be boy-crazy and unable to settle down with one particular guy for too long. Bonnie has had various boyfriends and none of them she has managed to take seriously or stick with. Because of Bonnie's immaturity regarding love, she seems to be highly fickle, flirtatious, coy and flighty when it comes to the opposite sex; unsure of what kind of guy she is really looking for or interested in. Bonnie is very idealistic, passionate and emotional when it comes to love and she is a hopeless romantic. In the beginning, she thought Stefan Salvatore was attractive, and she was very thankful to him when he saved her from an intense situation with the history teacher, Mr. Tanner. She also begins to develop some feelings for Matt Honeycutt, although Matt was still very much in love with Elena. Bonnie's relationship with Matt is highly platonic in nature. Matt has a brotherly relationship with Bonnie and he is quite protective of her (sometimes overly protective), especially when it comes to Damon. Bonnie has a deep, intense and complex connection and relationship with Damon Salvatore. There is an indescribable, electrifying, and magnetic bond/connection between Damon and Bonnie. Bonnie is described to be Damon's weak spot and Damon has a lot of indescribable inner tenderness for her. Their connection and relationship is known to be one of the most intriguing, unusual and interesting dynamics of the entire series (according to many readers), and their connection seems to be an intriguing combination of platonic, romantic, and sexual in nature; crossing a fine line between genuinely innocent or pure and intensely, dangerously passionate and erotic. Despite the fact that Damon and Bonnie have had many moments of deep tenderness and affection (Damon has kissed her many times throughout the course of the series), Damon and Bonnie have had a chaotic, tumultuous relationship sparingly throughout the series. Bonnie was the very first person whom Damon met immediately after arriving in Fells Church. She has frequently talked about how gorgeous and inhumanely beautiful Damon is (beyond his physical appearance). She has even admitted to herself that he is almost more gorgeous than Damon's younger brother, Stefan. She seems to be strongly, magnetically drawn to Damon for indescribable reasons but part of the reason is because he is mysterious and edgy with a bad boy image. She is also deeply, strongly fascinated by his dark, compelling and powerful aura, which often causes her psychic powers to react, heighten and intensify immensely. Bonnie deeply, strongly as well as unconditionally cares about Damon despite what anyone else thinks or says about him (including her own friends Elena, Meredith and Matt), and Damon has saved her life when she has been in trouble on many occasions throughout the course of the series, including unexpectedly before the original series began (After Hours). She frequently believes in Damon; believing that Damon is a good, kind-hearted, compassionate, affectionate and caring individual, despite him repeatedly trying to conceal it through committing incessant immoral acts. Bonnie strongly feels that underneath the cold, uncaring exterior that Damon puts up as a wall for self-preservation, that he is a kind, gentle, tender individual deep down within, who is simply highly misunderstood. She strongly believes in Damon regardless of the circumstances, even if Damon has treated her badly, due to his ego or selfish gratification. Bonnie was the very first individual to see Damon's deeply buried, inner humanity. Damon naturally and effortlessly brings out a significantly much stronger, deeper, passionate and mature individual/side out of Bonnie. Damon has managed to have a strong, yet silent impact on Bonnie's evolvement and personal development throughout the series. Because of Damon, Bonnie is able to see the world much differently then she did at the very beginning of the series (which was a highly idealistic, shallow view), and therefore, she has become much more mature, practical and much more aware of the world around her. Out of everyone in the series, Damon seems to be the one and only individual who sees Bonnie's true, ultimate and full potential as an individual and he sees her as a significantly strong, passionate and powerful young woman at the core of her being (though he still thinks of her as a woman-child at times), even though she appears to be very fragile and vulnerable on the outside. Damon and Bonnie have shared many deep, intense and meaningful moments together in the series, although many of these "special moments" in which they have shared together have not been revealed throughout the series and have been rather 'secretive' in nature (although the reason for this is not known). Damon is fiercely and strongly protective of Bonnie and he will do absolutely anything at all costs to protect her from harm and keep her safe. He is also very nurturing, tender and gentle with her, even though he won't admit his actions of affection towards her to himself. He seems to always be there for her whenever she's in trouble, or whenever she calls him for help. Bonnie seems to be the one person in the series who brings out the true human side in Damon naturally and effortlessly; the caring, affectionate, compassionate, tender side of him —the 'true Damon', which is deeply hidden within his soul. It is highly apparent that Damon has a strong, indescribable soft spot and tenderness for Bonnie, although the exact reason for this is highly unexplained and unknown. In terms of outer personalities, Bonnie is the complete and total opposite of Damon in many ways. Bonnie has a lighter personality; Damon has a darker personality. Bonnie is more selfless and humble; Damon is more selfish, vain and proud. Bonnie is more weak, fragile and vulnerable; Damon is more dominant, powerful and strong. Bonnie is moral; Damon is immoral. Bonnie is more emotionally weak; Damon is more emotionally strong. Yet, despite the many differences in their outer personalities, Damon and Bonnie share a special, deep, strong affinity and bond with each other.

Bonnie is frequently referred to in the novels, especially in The Return: Nightfall, as a maiden. Damon often thinks of her as a maiden because of her innocence, although she is the same age as Elena. In the novels, Damon often refers to her as a "woman-child". She is somewhat of a child and she faints constantly, as she lacks any control or self-restraint over her very strong psychic powers. Bonnie is considered to be very fragile and she can be easily frightened and overwhelmed, although she does become a significantly stronger individual as the series progresses. She is highly expansive and visionary, but she can be quite damsel-in-distress like. Bonnie has many, various nicknames throughout the series and most of them are nicknames in which Damon Salvatore has given her. Most of the given nicknames for Bonnie often refer to her hair colour. Bonnie is a feminine name of Scottish/Scots-Irish origin which means "pretty", "beautiful" or "attractive". The name also means "good". Bonnie has many nicknames which include 'Bon', 'Bon-Bon', 'The Little One', 'Sweet Bonnie' (coined by Shinichi), 'Pixie', 'Firebrand', 'Druid Priestess', 'Curlew', 'Songbird', 'The Redhead', 'Redhead', 'Strawberry-Haired Girl', 'Little Red-haired Girl' and 'Fiery Little Pixie' (coined by Stefan Salvatore). Aside from all of her usual nicknames, Damon Salvatore individually, has many nicknames he uses for Bonnie and he normally doesn't call her by her first name, although the reason for this is unknown. Damon's nicknames for Bonnie are notably highly affectionate and tender in nature and they also often refer to her hair-colour. Damon's many nicknames for Bonnie include Little Redbird (this is Damon's personal favourite nickname to call Bonnie), Redheaded Bird, Little Redhead, Little Witch, Redheaded Witch, Red-Haired Maiden, Red Songbird, Little Red-Haired Songbird, Little Bird, Baby Bird, Little Human, Human, Sleeping Maiden, Sweet Baby Bird, Sweet Red Bird, His Bird, His Bedraggled Little Bird, His Maiden, His Witch, The Redbird, Fiery Little Fury, Kitten, and Sweet Songbird Bonnie.

MEREDITH SULEZ

Physical Appearance

Meredith is Latino in ethnic background and is described to be tall, with an olive complexion, dark eyes, heavy black lashes, and loose black hair. According to Elena, she never wears make-up because she doesn't need any. She is described as very elegant and beautiful. One of Meredith's "distinguishing features" is that she has a "very elegant eyebrow". Meredith is described as being tall (5'8" to 5'9"); she is significantly taller than Bonnie (who is described as very petite and small in stature) and taller than Elena (who is described to be of average height). Meredith has a Latin or Mediterranean appearance—she has a beautiful olive skin tone and complexion, which is described to be smooth and flawless like honey. Meredith has deep set, dark eyes (Elena thought that they were brown until she realized that they were actually grey in color), with heavy, thick, long black lashes. Meredith's hair is described to be medium long in length, jet black in coloring and her hair is described as being 'loose' (implying that she wears her hair down for the vast majority of the time). According to Elena, she almost never wears makeup because she doesn't need any; she has a natural and raw beauty. Meredith is tall and willowy but possesses an elegant air around her. She may not be the blonde haired, blue eyed girl with an angelic appearance (Elena), the auburn haired, green eyed Queen of Robert E. Lee High School (Caroline) or the pretty, petite resident redheaded Druid descendant (Bonnie), but Meredith is one of the most sought after girls in all of Fell's Church. She possesses a more natural, subtle look about her, unlike the more exotic and "trendy" Caroline Forbes, with her auburn-colored hair and her tan from a bottle. She is described as very elegant, graceful and beautiful. One of Meredith's distinguishing physical features is that she has an "elegant eyebrow". Stefan has described her as "the tall, dark-haired beauty." A quote in The Awakening describes her physical appearance: "She had missed Meredith more than anyone, Elena thought, looking at the tall girl. Meredith never wore any make-up; but then, with perfect olive skin and heavy black lashes, she didn't need any. Right now, she had one elegant eye raised as she studied Elena."

Personality

Calm and collected: Meredith seems to be one of the most sensible and grounded characters in the books, amongst Elena's friends and often comes across as "the voice of reason". She has a very wry personality, often making keen observations or (somewhat humorous) comments in a dry tone. She is normally very cool and unflappable, calm under pressure, and extremely competent. She does things with minimal fuss, displaying grace, skill, and dignity. She is extremely cynical when it comes to vampires and the reason is suspected amongst fans to be because of the attack by Klaus on both her and her grandfather. One could say that Meredith is the most quiet one within the trio of girls. Meredith is a Gemini and her birthday is 6 June, however, she has said that she always celebrates her birthday a week earlier on 30 May. Meredith is the silent observer of the group and she is highly analytical and intelligent. She is the one who sits back and listens to what is going on and remains cool and calm in any situation. She even remained calm and composed when she spoke at Elena's funeral. Meredith is also known for being rather dry and witty in her conversations with others. She is sarcastic when she has to be in situations where the mood calls for it. Meredith is very loyal to her friends (especially towards Elena and Bonnie) and family while still being independent. She might not be the most interesting character like those with flaws from a B movie, but she is important to the story. She is the normal, average day girl of today. She doesn't try to be someone else she remains true to herself in all ways. She is who a lot of young girls and women strive to be, even if they might try and deny that. She has a very wry personality, often making keen observations or (somewhat humorous) comments in a dry tone. She is normally very cool and unflappable, calm under pressure, and competent. She does things with minimal fuss, displaying grace, skill, and dignity. She is extremely cynical when it comes to vampires and the reason is suspected amongst fans to be because of the attack by Klaus on both her and her grandfather. She is intrigued by Stefan Salvatore at first and finds him rather interesting. She believes there is more to him then meets the eye during the time when she helps Elena to get him. When she first sees Stefan Salvatore alongside Elena (who has an immediate, intense and indecribable attraction to him), Bonnie and Caroline, she, like all of the other girls within the group and within the entire school, is attracted to Stefan and nicknames him the 'Masked Man'. Meredith later on falls in love with Alaric Saltzman, the young, good-looking, new high school History teacher, who is also a vampire hunter, and she has a long distance relationship with him as he studies in Russia. After Mr. Tanner was killed, Alaric Saltzman came to Fell's Church to teach their European history class. We don't see much interaction with Alaric and Meredith in school, but at Alaric's party when Elena is in Alaric's attic with Damon, Stefan and Bonnie, we start to see more of Alaric and Meredith. It started with Meredith seeing through Alaric's cover as a history teacher and seeing him for who he was, a psychologist who specialized in psychic powers. She brought him into the attic to help Elena save the town from the Other Power. It is then after the party that they go to the high school to save everyone at the Winter Dance from the Other Power. They are in the history classroom, which is now Alaric's classroom and are planning and patrolling the school throughout the night. Alaric is sitting at his desk and Meredith is sitting on the desk beside him and there is a sense that there is something going on between them. Prior to meeting Alaric, Meredith had two other previous love interests or "boyfriends, Ed Goff and Michael Martin. Ed was Meredith's date to the Homecoming dance. We didn't really learn much about him as we only knew him at the dance. He seemed helpful in trying to find Elena, by staying at the dance with Bonnie's date, Raymond Hernandez, just in case Elena came back. Meredith's other "love interest", Michael Martin, was only mentioned in the beginning of The Awakening when Elena wanted to pursue Stefan as her new conquest. Meredith makes mention of him when Bonnie makes the comment about how good looking Stefan is and that maybe she would try and go out with him. Meredith reminds her of Michael Martin when they are making the promise to leave Stefan to Elena, from which I assume that Michael Martin was either Elena or Meredith's next conquest in the past and Bonnie ended up stealing him away.

Matt Honeycutt and Meredith Sulez

She is also the only human female in the entire novel series that seems to be completely unfazed by Damon Salvatore and the only person that Damon admits to being afraid of and finding extremely terrifying and scary. Meredith is very strong and ready for action even though her boyfriend Alaric Saltzman is off in an other country studying and observing vampire attacks. She often does all the action for Bonnie and often says tells her that she doesn't trust Damon whatsoever, although Bonnie has always been undeniably drawn to and attracted to him. In "Dark Reunion", Meredith tells Stefan that Damon is dangerous, and that he never should have brought his brother back to Fell's Church. Damon admits to finding Meredith to be "a very scary person" and seems to be incapable of making rude remarks towards her when being face-to-face but only when they're facing away from one another. When he does so, Meredith makes a comment and Damon does not respond. Except for her grandfather, Meredith's family is rarely discussed in the books. It is unknown if she has any siblings. Both her parents and at least one grandmother are alive. Meredith's mother used to be friends with Caroline's mother a long time before the start of the series. Meredith's grandfather currently resides in a mental institution in West Virginia. After the attack, Meredith's grandfather became a source of deep shame for the family. In Dark Reunion, Bonnie says that Meredith's parents "considered her grandfather's condition such a blot that they never allowed him to be mentioned to outsiders." Over all, Meredith is always there with a helping hand for anyone who needs help. Meredith has a close relationship and friendship with both Elena and Bonnie, however, Meredith seems to share a much closer, more protective and tender bond with Bonnie. Meredith tends to be the one who always gives Elena a dose of reality and brings her back down whenever Elena becomes overly selfish and dramatic.

                                 

ELENA GILBERT: 

Physical Appearance

Physically, Elena is described to be extremely beautiful and drop dead gorgeous. Because Elena is so beautiful, all of the boys in Fells Church want her and all of the girls in the town want to be like her. Because of this, Elena does exhibit a bit of selfishness, pride and vanity. This is displayed in a quote in Shadow Souls: "I ....don't think it's vain to say that I'm beautiful. If I didn't know I was, I'd have to have never looked in a mirror or heard a compliment. It's not something I should be proud of—it's just something that was passed down from Mom and Dad." There are repeated references throughout the series that state that she looks like an angel or angelic in appearance (the references to her looking like an angel were first used by Stefan Salvatore). Physically, Elena is described as having an intriguing eye color which is the same color as a Lapis Lazuli stone (a deep, dark blue). Her eyes also have flecks of gold in them; this is meant to be a parallel to the Lapis Lazuli Daylight Rings in which vampires (such as the Salvatore Brothers and Katherine) must wear in order to walk around during the day, as well as stay alive in the sunlight so that they don't burn. In some scenes, her eyes are mentioned to have some shades of violet in them as well, as referenced in The Awakening, when she wears her violet colored homecoming dance dress, which helps to bring out the violet in her eyes. Elena has thick, straight and very long hair (reaching above her waist). Elena's hair is quite long in length but her hair is not nearly as long as Katherine's (who's hair was extra long; trailing behind her like that of a train on a dress and pooling on the floor). Elena's hair is a soft pale gold in coloring and her hair texture is described as silky and smooth. Her hair is said to be a few shades lighter than Katherine's. Elena's eyebrows and her long eyelashes are a darker blond compared to that of her head hair. Her skin tone is described as being very white, pale and fair (said to be similar to that of a magnolia flower). Elena's skin is very opaque, which means that her blue veins and fjords are easily visible all over her body. Her complexion is described to be smooth, flawless, perfect, and translucent. Stefan has stated that Elena's skin reminds him of swans, alabaster or porcelain. Because of her fair skin and complexion, Elena does not tan easily and can get easily sunburned. Because of Elena's fair hair and skin, this was probably part of the reason why Elena has the nicknames Snow Queen, Ice Queen and Ice Princess. Elena is described to have a gorgeous body and her physique is described as being slim and slender. She is of average height for a teenage girl, between 5'3" and 5'6" and Stefan has said that Elena is taller then Katherine (who was described as petite) by "a good hand span". Elena is quite a bit taller than Bonnie (who is very petite in stature), but she is shorter than Meredith (who is described to be quite tall in height). In Shadow Souls, Elena describes her physical appearance as follows: "What do I look like? I have blonde hair that falls in sort of waves past my shoulders and blue eyes that some people have said are like Lapis Lazuli; dark blue with splashes of gold. Maybe that's why vampires like me" (p. 3, Shadow Souls). Stefan has described Elena's physical appearance in The Awakening: "Still, the resemblance was uncanny. That pale golden hair, so fair it almost seemed to shimmer. That creamy skin, which had always made him think of swans, or alabaster, flushing faintly pink over the cheekbones. And the eyes...Katherine's eyes had been a color he had never seen before; darker than sky blue, as rich as the Lapis Lazuli in her jeweled headband. This girl had the same eyes" (p. 26, The Awakening). Stefan has made frequent comparisons between Elena and Katherine, due to the similarities in their physical appearance but Stefan almost immediately realizes that beneath the looks, Elena and Katherine are two completely different individuals. Stefan says that Elena is significantly emotionally stronger and that Katherine was much more fragile and vulnerable. It is because of Elena's physical resemblance to his old flame Katherine, that Stefan makes all attempts to ignore Elena in the beginning because Elena reminds him of her and brings up old, painful memories of his life with her in the past. Elena's physical resemblance to Katherine is also the main reason why Stefan's elder, dangerous brother Damon, is also strongly attracted to her and wants to possess her. A good summary of how Elena looks would be to say that she has jewel blue eyes and long blonde hair with a gorgeous slender body.

Personality

Personality wise, Elena Gilbert is described as a very beautiful, popular seventeen year old teenage girl from Fells Church, Virginia. Although Elena is extremely physically beautiful, she is still known to be the girl next door. In the very beginning of the series, Elena was in competition to be the Queen of Robert E. Lee High School with former friend and newly turned rival, Caroline Forbes. Elena is the girl that every boy wants and every girl wants to be. She is cool, likeable, approachable and popular. Elena is extremely active socially and she is on the Senior Welcoming Committee at her high school. Although Elena may be beautiful and popular, she is far from perfect and has many flaws and imperfections within her personality. Elena initially comes off as very shallow, bossy, selfish, competitive, self absorbed, vain, proud, overly headstrong and extremely spoiled, especially in the very beginning of the series. However, although she possesses these flaws within her personality, she is still a good person, is a generally kind individual, and someone who loves and cares about her family and friends strongly. She is outgoing, active, optimistic, determined, loyal, protective and strong-willed. Elena is a very good leader and therefore, is good at leading situations. As the series progresses, she is willing to put her life at risk and do anything in order to help the people she loves and cares about. Elena has endured much loss, grief, pain and tragedy in her very young teenage life; mostly due to the loss of her parents in a tragic, fatal car accident. She has stated repeatedly that she always used boys and treated the opposite sex as if they were prizes and trophies; using them as a way to enhance her vanity, self-confidence and self-esteem. None of the boys that she has ever encountered, met, or dated (including Matt Honeycutt, her first love since childhood) has ever had an enormous, unusual, and highly influential impact on her the way that Stefan Salvatore has. Elena has had many boyfriends in the past and because of this, she is often perceived to be somewhat promiscuous. Although she had always treated boys as prizes, she never saw Matt Honeycutt (her childhood best friend and first love) that way. She genuinely loves and cares about him, but more like a best friend, companion, cousin or a brother. Matt and Elena have an easygoing connection and he has influenced her in a positive way. Elena breaks up with Matt at the beginning of the school year, feeling that even though she loves Matt, that there is still something "missing". She still loves and cares about him like a best friend. Matt still looks out for her and he is also incredibly supportive of her as well. Elena has been best friends with Bonnie McCullough and Meredith Sulez since the first grade. She was also a very close friend with Caroline Forbes since kindergarten, although the two have become rivals mostly due to the competitiveness between them when it comes social status and popularity. Elena has been nicknamed Ice Princess, for she sometimes possesses the personality trait of being cold towards others (especially towards males as displayed with Tyler Smallwood in The Awakening), however, she immediately and dramatically becomes a much warmer, selfless, giving, kinder, open-minded, compassionate and spiritually awakened individual after she encounters and meets Stefan. Outside personalities wise, Elena is the complete opposite of Stefan in many ways. Elena is outgoing, Stefan is shy or quiet. Elena is popular, Stefan is a loner. Elena is more headstrong and aggressive, Stefan is more laid back and passive. Elena is more idealistic and optimistic, Stefan is more cynical and pessimistic. Elena is more selfish or self absorbed; Stefan is more humble and selfless. Elena is more cheerful, Stefan is more brooding. Elena is self confident, Stefan is self hating and self loathing. Although everyone seems to be convinced of Elena's intelligence, her academic performance actually seems somewhat uneven. Mr. Tanner says that Elena is failing history, and no one corrects him. Elena says she doesn't care if she fails trigonometry. She is enrolled in a General Business class even though she is a senior. Elena frequently writes in her own personal journal or diary and records all of her inner thoughts, dreams, passions and desires. She mostly writes about her life, her family, her friends and mostly about Stefan. Bonnie comments in Elena's diary when she first died that Elena was far from perfect and while she was never an angel, she died a good person. After Elena is dead (following Katherine's death), Bonnie describes her in her diary: "She wasn't a saint. She wasn't always sweet and good and honest and agreeable. But she was strong and loving and loyal to her friends, and in the end she did the most unselfish thing anybody could do." Before Elena starts the school year, she states in her diary that she feels strange and that something big is going to happen but she can't describe why she feels this way. She also says that she feels like she is "missing" something and that she doesn't know where she belongs. Elena's life dramatically changes forever upon first meeting a mysterious, gorgeous new foreign student from Italy, Stefan Salvatore, who is a centuries old vampire who renounced his living in the shadows and darkness and desired to live in the daylight amongst the humans. He enrolls at Robert E. Lee High School as a high school student and it is there, where Stefan inevitably and fatefully meets Elena Gilbert, whom he is immediately, undeniably and extremely intensely drawn to. Stefan had a highly unusual impact on Elena when they first met. Their first meeting was so deep, intense, indescribable and electrifying. Before meeting each other, Stefan and Elena were basically two dead, shattered and empty souls, who had both suffered similar, mirror experiences in terms of loss, grief and pain, and both Stefan and Elena have experienced hardships as well as heartbreak when it comes to love. For the longest time, Stefan had a hard time accepting love at all costs, feeling as though he was highly unworthy and unlovable because he was a monster and a hunter who lived in the shadows. Elena, on the other hand, had a hard time finding love and figuring out her own soul and her own heart, what she really wanted. She basically felt lost, unhappy and lonely despite her extreme popularity and her constant social behaviour. Stefan was still dealing with the loss and grief of his first and past love, Katherine Von Swartzschild, and Elena dated many boys and had various boyfriends in order to cover up her unhappiness and to conceal her loneliness and inner emptiness.
From the very first day when she met Stefan, Elena is immediately and undeniably drawn to him and is willing to do anything to be with him at all costs. She even gets her friends Bonnie, Meredith and even Matt, to help her with her cause. Her connection to Stefan is so overwhelming and intense that she can't describe it or understand it herself and she states this throughout her personal diary on a daily basis. Elena states in her diary that encountering Stefan was so incredibly profound and intense, that it has changed her daily life patterns, affecting her ability to eat, sleep and concentrate on anything else important, including her extra curricular activities. Elena has repeatedly described this connection with Stefan as overwhelming, intense, scary, frightening and terrifying. Upon arriving in Fells Church and meeting Elena physically, Stefan is able to immediately sense her consciousness, her presence and her mind, and it is extremely intense and overwhelming for him that he makes a consistent effort to ignore her and stay away from her as much as possible. Stefan also does this because he has a huge fear of harming her in any way because of his intense desire and longing for her. Stefan also tries to stay away from her, because Elena coincidently happens to be the near doppelganger or spitting image of his long lost past love which caused him much significant pain, Katherine Von Swartzschild. Despite the strong, mutual, intense connection that both Stefan and Elena share with each other even from afar, Elena is taken back when Stefan repeatedly makes attempts to avoid her and she is deeply, indescribably hurt and tortured by this. Elena has said the pain caused by Stefan avoiding her repeatedly is so incredibly painful and bad that she can't eat, sleep or concentrate on anything important. Stefan's challenging ways and his constant escaping from her only make Elena even more eager to be with him and makes her more determined for her to stop him from running away from her. With each passing day, Elena knows deep down that she must be with Stefan, but she can't explain why. Curiosity completely takes over her and she does everything she can to find out all about Stefan with the help of her friends. Her current rival Caroline Forbes, also takes a significant interest in Stefan as well, causing the rivalry between Caroline and Elena to heat up intensely. Elena's school reputation is important to her, so she makes up a fake boyfriend named Jean-Claude, to hide her deep feelings for Stefan. Caroline becomes intensely jealous of Elena when Stefan eventually begins to bond with Elena and also reciprocate Elena's affections. Elena is deeply, madly, intensely, passionately and unconditionally in love with Stefan Salvatore. She consistently states throughout the course of the series how she feels incredible magnetic and electrifying intensity, love and passion between them but strangely at the same time, she also feels a sense of warmth, comfort, safety, stability and security when she is with him or in his presence. Elena has frequently said that she feels "home" when she is with Stefan. Immediately after meeting Stefan, Elena becomes an irrevocably enlightened individual. She experiences an intense inner spiritual awakening, both before and upon meeting him; overwhelming feelings in which she has never felt before in her lifetime. Elena has said in so many words in her diary that for the first time in her life, she feels incredibly alive and happy. In some ways, Stefan had/has a special influence on her that even Elena can't seem to understand at times. Elena loves Stefan with a fiery passion and unconditional love. She is loyal and protective of him and will do absolutely anything and everything for him, including sacrificing her own life, risking her own life and dying for him. Elena has stated that if she Stefan dies, she will die with him. In the beginning of the series, although Elena had everything she wanted in life and appeared to be generally content with what she had on the outside (her beauty, her popularity, her status etc), Elena was deeply, painfully lonely and incredibly sad and empty on the inside. When she first met Stefan and began to develop a deeper bond with him, her loneliness and inner emptiness was immediately evaporated away and she became an alive soul; she became a significantly happy and content individual. Elena's connection with Stefan is so intense, profound and powerful, that she has said that she is able to read Stefan's thoughts (while she was still human, before she was a vampire and a spirit) and feel Stefan's feelings. These senses between Stefan and Elena became significantly more intense when Elena becomes a vampire and especially after Elena came back from the afterlife. Stefan and Elena often have telepathic communication with each other. Stefan and Elena are bound together by the "Silver Cord Of Destiny" (also known as the Silver Cord Of Fate, Cord Of Love, Cord Of Fate, Cord Of Destiny, the Twin Soul Concept or the Soul Mate Principle), which is a long, bendable, nonbreakable string connecting destined soulmates and true lovers from heart to heart (soul to soul). This implies that Stefan and Elena are destined lovers for all of eternity and many, many lifetimes beyond (including the afterlife); that they are unbreakable and inseparable regardless of time, space and distance. This was revealed in Shadow Souls when Elena had an OBE (out of body experience) while having an intense lucid dream about Stefan and saw the silver cord connecting her soul to Stefan's soul, therefore, using their silver cord connection to be able to visit Stefan while he was in the prison in the Dark Dimension.

Despite the eternal bond and unconditional love that Stefan and Elena have for each other, Stefan and Elena have a somewhat chaotic, tumultuous relationship for there has been much chaos, obstacles and outside forces that consistently manages to come between them. This includes the personal inner struggles that both Stefan and Elena have endured as individuals, unusual events occurring in the town of Fell's Church and also many outside forces "deliberately" separating Stefan and Elena from each other beyond their control (i.e. Stefan being trapped in a prison in the Dark Dimension). Although Elena possesses the flaws of sometimes being too headstrong and sometimes a little selfish, Stefan brings out her best inner qualities and Elena has written in her journal that Stefan makes her an overall much better person and that he makes her blissfully happy. Like Stefan, Elena can be very stubborn. Elena has a deep, strong and passionate romantic relationship with Stefan although, later on in the series, she does realize that she is strongly drawn to Stefan's elder and dangerous vampire brother Damon Salvatore. Damon is the complete opposite of Stefan in terms of morality, temperament and compassion for human life. While Stefan has a strong hold on his humanity and has a strong regard for human life, Damon wants to harm, hunt and kill many humans for fun without any guilt or remorse. Unlike Stefan, Damon views huma being as objects and as food to sustain a vampires strength and power. Unlike Stefan, who hates being an immortal and who refuses to kill innocent people just for the sake of succumbing to drinking human blood for power, Damon strongly enjoys vampirism and greatly revels in killing innocent human life for their blood for his own selfish reasons. In regards to Elena, Damon wants to possess Elena mind, body and soul and he will stop at nothing to possess her, control her, and take her away from Stefan and make her his Princess Of Darkness. He'll even kill other innocent human beings, including his very own brother Stefan (who Elena is deeply, strongly and passionately in love with), in order to possess her. Because of Damon's extreme obsession with possessing Elena, he has threatened Stefan's life on many occasions. There have been times when Elena has almost given into Damon's influence but she has repeatedly remained stoically loyal to Stefan and her profound, unbreakable love for him. Damon has repeatedly tried to coerce and force Elena to join the dark side (the "winning side", as Damon calls it), live in the shadows of darkness alongside him for all of eternity by turning her into a vampire, and to crown her his Princess of Darkness, but Elena consistently displays her stoic loyalty and fierce devotion to Stefan by consistently defying Damon's wishes. Elena has repeatedly said that she does not want to live in the darkness and wants to live in the light amongst her friends, family and with her beloved Stefan. This, of course, angers Damon greatly and has caused Damon to become intensely jealous, envious and hateful of his younger brother. Elena dies twice throughout the course of the series, changing from a mortal human to a vampire (after she gets enough blood from both Salvatore brothers, where her killer, Katherine, thought she only got blood from one boy; the one boy being Stefan) to a spirit of the afterlife (after an unknown power brings her back). In The Return: Nightfall, she comes back as a perfectly normal human albeit with supernatural angelic, spiritual powers intact, making her blood extremely irresistible to all vampires and also, to all supernatural creatures, entities, beings. Elena has an incredibly strong sexual, romantic relationship (although rather up and down, tumultuous in the beginning and during the original trilogy) with Stefan Salvatore, which is the basis of the entire series, although in the later books, she starts to develop feelings for Damon as well. Elena is a female or feminine name of Greek origin which means "light" or "the bright one". Elena has many and various nicknames throughout the course of the series, and most of them are nicknames coined by Stefan. Elena's nicknames include Golden Girl (frequently used for Elena throughout the course of the whole series), Angel (used by Stefan Salvatore only, often referring to her physical appearance), His Elena (referenced by Stefan Salvatore), His Angel (used and referenced by Stefan Salvatore), Love (used by Stefan), Lovely Love (used by Stefan only), Little Lovely Love (used by Stefan only), Ice Princess, Ice Queen, Snow Queen, Queen Of Shadows (used by Damon Salvatore), Princess (used by Damon Salvatore) and Princess Of Darkness (used by Damon).