nana.

Bamon in season 1 is so unique in that it’s literally square one. Bonnie meeting Damon at this point helps us see Bonnie as a teen girl without any supernatural trauma. One key thing I’ve noticed is that people genuinely can’t fathom Bonnie making regular teen girl choices. “Oh she would’ve seen right through Damon,” when there’s nothing even in canon to support that. She’s not Meredith Sulez from the books who just isn’t charmed by Damon. The only reason Bonnie was put off by Damon was due to the abuse of Caroline. Them interacting first in season one is sort of different and this is how I see it unfolding:

“You don’t want much at all/A six-eater and an Adderall/I tried to catch a ride/Doors open, suicide”

I always imagine that Bonnie would be as intrigued with Damon as he is with her. He naturally is intrigued because he knows she has unlocked potential as a witch but Bonnie’s intrigued would be different. She can sense he’s dangerous but she can’t stay away from him. She can feel that it would be wrong to go after Damon or to let him in but she can’t help it. Damon doesn’t seem to have baggage. He’d be upfront about just wanting to have fun and at first Bonnie would be down with that but again she’s a teen girl and she’d start catching feelings quickly. Damon will too but he won’t admit it to her and especially not to himself (yet).

“I tried to get your attention/But you were too busy looking at the passing lights”

This really reminds me of Bree and Damon. Bree, up until the end of her life, wanted Damon to be over Katherine and choose her. The soft spot he developed for her meant nothing because his heart belonged to someone else. This would also apply to Bonnie. They would share some sweet moments of course but Damon would avoid anything too deep or deflect. He wouldn’t let her know exactly what he’s hiding from her, (Damon would use humor or other ways to distract her from prying too much) but she can feel it’s something deeper and perhaps something dark. However, she ignores it because she’s naive with abandonment issues. He’s helping her as she uncovers her powers! She’s getting attached and she doesn’t care! I love this because Bonnie is always seen as the adultified teen girl. There are alot of fans that cannot fathom Bonnie making impulsive and emotional choices because it would be “character ruining.” The humanization of Bonnie Bennett would be “character ruining.”

“I heard the static in your heart/Cause you’re just a stereo boy/Stereo boy/I changed the station but my pain it still remains”

As she spends more time with Damon she thinks his feelings for her are starting to grow as well but something holds him back. He covers everything and hides everything well. I can see the tipping point for Bonnie would be when she tries to pressure Damon to open up but he hits her with “You’re not my fucking girlfriend, Bonnie.” She’d give a nasty reply and decide that night that she needs to find another guy besides Damon to focus on.

She finds another guy, Ben. I’d have them go out for maybe three episodes but she doesn’t feel the same high with him that she feels when she’s around Damon. Damon is also getting jealous as Bonnie stays away from him. She likes his acts of jealousy because it confirms that he feels something for her and hopefully it’s love.

“You want just what you said/A fast life and an empty head/I tried to catch a ride/Doors open, suicide”

Damon’s very honest about his hedonism. Yes, she should stay away from him. Yes, she should block him and never speak to him again. But she doesn’t want to. So when things with Ben don’t work out Bonnie goes back to Damon. She’d make a comment about how she bets he’s been with other girls in the mean time and when he says no, her face lights up. She’s back in her ride with him.

“Look at me/I'll let you drive me off the edge/If I can land in your oils”

This would be Bonnie’s inner thoughts. She would always try to voice this but never would be brave enough to. But Damon knows it; he isn’t stupid. The intensity in how she looks at him reveals it all. One thing I love about this is that we would get to see how Bonnie’s abandonment by her parents and lack of supervision has caused her to start falling for a guy like Damon. He does help her loosen up and her friends can tell. They also notice that she abandons them to go spend time with someone else. All the time she’s been spending with Damon has been in secret. Her own little secret bliss. He even gives her a necklace to wear (because he trusts her and she is a Bennett).

But it will all go to shit when Emily starts possessing Bonnie. She would warn Bonnie to stay away from Damon which confuses the young witch. Due to this warning Bonnie won’t inform Damon of what’s happening.

“I heard the static in your heart and fell apart/'Cause you're just a stereo boy/Stereo boy”

When Emily destroys the crystal, Damon vamps out because he’s still seeing Emily (not Bonnie). Stefan stops him from doing anything and Damon regains composure, but this frightens Bonnie. He leaves the woods then Stefan and Elena take Bonnie to her home and tell her everything (The crystal, the fact that they are vampires, Katherine, etc). The most painful part for Bonnie would be the Katherine of it all. Deep down she knows she’d probably overlook the vampire thing but he was in love with someone else the whole time? She would wonder if Damon was just using her all along and think how could she be so stupid! She ignored all the signs but she finally knows why she could only hear static in his heart. He reserves only the music for Katherine.

1) Damon has a narrative connection with witches especially Bennett witches.

We see that Damon made a deal with Emily Bennett to get Katherine out of the tomb. This is why he even comes to Mystic Falls but instead of going after Bonnie he goes after Caroline? Why? He protected Bennetts when Emily was put to death and knew Bennetts existed in Mystic Falls. Why would he not have been close with Bennetts (even if it is just honoring the deal)? Why would he not try and get close with a naive, young Bennett witch (whose powers activated because of when Damon arrived).

This was the perfect time to form a connection between Bonnie and Damon, so why didn’t they? Racism! They just couldn’t imagine how to put Bonnie and Damon’s book connection into the show plot because they made Bonnie Black. They were even inconsistent with the background because why would Emily just let Bonnie get attacked? Why wouldn’t she, now a spirit, not know that Katherine wasn’t in the tomb? Anyways, let’s move on…

2) Damon is shown to have used a witch for help regarding the tomb before—and yes it was a sexual relationship.

Damon and Bree is the first time we see that Damon did have a relationship outside of Katherine. They actually dated and she fell for him but he broke her heart. However, their meeting still implies that not only do Damon and Bree have seen each other on and off, but they still have a sexual relationship. They literally kiss which shocks Elena! But what else do we see with Bree? Damon later kills her.

Because it’s okay to showcase Damon liking a Black woman when you know you’re gonna dispose of her later. You will see this with Greta and Klaus later.

It is only after killing Bree that Damon half-heartedly tries to persuade Bonnie into helping him.

But she rejects him each time.

It makes absolutely no sense that Damon, who had been characterized as cunning and smart, would wait until he has soured himself to Bonnie to get her on his side. He literally is shown to have put on a charming nice façade with Bree but they couldn’t give that plot line to Bonnie? They were planning on turning Damon to an anti-hero anyways. Showing that he could be soft and nice with someone (in this case Bonnie) would’ve been a better set up than that bad, misogynistic writing they did with Caroline. But remember, they can only do this if they planned on offing Bonnie so of course she couldn’t get that.

3) Klaus and Greta

Back when Klaus was a more mysterious figure he was known to always keep witches by his side. People still say they don’t remember this characterization but don’t believe me? Here’s proof:

He is known to keep witches around because Klaus craves power. He loves it and he needs it. We see it with Greta, a witch we thought he kidnapped but he actually has a sexual relationship with her.

But again, she is killed later and then in season 3 what happened? His centuries love for witches completely gets ignored and they have him chase Caroline who is more of a damsel in the situation. Why? Because giving Klaus to Bonnie would show Bonnie as desirable by (up until this point) the most powerful being of all and Julie can’t have that.

They cited that Bonnie “wouldn’t get with a vampire” but Caroline literally rejects Klaus at every turn so it isn’t as if Bonnie would’ve been written to get with Klaus even if her pursued her. But remember racism is illogical when you really think deeply about it.

4) Klaus and Bonnie do have a historical connection: Ayana

Like Damon, Klaus also has an historical connection to Bonnie because he knew her (at the time of s3) oldest ancestor, Ayana.

Ayana is the one that makes the vampirism spell. She is the reason vampires exist! She created a whole new species!! How would that not intrigue Klaus about the power Bonnie could possess? Klaus already saw Bonnie have so much power that she nearly killed him twice! He would want to get her on his side. It makes so much sense but racism blocks any of this from happening.

Esther literally comes and channels from Bonnie’s line. The spirits give Bonnie dreams about Klaus and the coffins so she can awaken Esther and get rid of vampires once and for all. Why would Klaus not want Bonnie as a friend (and lover) rather than a foe? Because Julie Plec thinks Bonnie should just be the MFG’s handmaiden that can’t be morally gray or do dark acts even though she canonically used to.

5) Both Klaus and Damon challenge Bonnie to be more powerful

I see this very clearly in the 70s Dance episode (2x18) and when Klaus kidnaps Bonnie to unbind them together (3x18).

Damon telling Bonnie she has the power of 100 witches so she can take on Klaus, then also it’s revealed he worked with her to protect her for when they have Klaus at his weakest? Excellent!

Klaus telling Bonnie she should have more faith in herself when she doubts that she can even unlink them in the first place? Perfect!

Actually why didn’t they just have Klaus target Bonnie to unlink them in the first place before Esther could do the ritual? Instead of having Damon turn Abby in their loserish attempt to stop Bamon shipping this would’ve been a great Klonnie moment but we wasted it on Klaro-nevermind.

TVD X MARVEL

bonnie’s grandad comes to town part one

KLONNIE

Bonnie stepped into the Mikaelson Mansion, boots echoing softly against the marble floor. Her arms crossed instinctively as she took in Klaus standing near the fireplace.

“What do you want, Klaus?”

Klaus turned to face her, calm and maddeningly composed. “Why do you assume I want something?”

“Because you always want something.”

A small smile tugged at his lips. “Well, today is different. In the name of Christmas spirit, I’d like to give you something.”

Bonnie raised an eyebrow. “Yeah, that sounds like bullshit. What do you really want?”

“Not everyone wants to use you for magic, Bonnie. Don’t you want my gift?”

“I want you to stop playing games.”

“And I want you to accept this present,” Klaus said, gesturing her closer.

Bonnie muttered under her breath as she approached. “This better not be some cursed object.”

“You’ll love it,” he replied smoothly, placing a small wrapped package into her hands.

Bonnie tore into the paper, her skepticism faltering as she revealed what was inside. “It’s a necklace. No, a talisman.”

“The magic it yields is quite powerful,” Klaus said. “A sapphire so dark it’s almost black as night.”

She glanced up at him sharply. “Which witch did you steal this from?”

“Steal?” Klaus scoffed lightly. “I found it among the belongings of one of your dead ancestors. It burns most witches, except those of her blood.”

Bonnie hesitated, then offered an awkward smile. “Thanks. I guess.”

Klaus’s gaze suddenly lifted toward the ceiling, his expression turning theatrical. “Look what we have here. Mistletoe.”

Bonnie frowned. “What—”

She didn’t finish the question. Klaus leaned in and kissed her, warm and deliberate, stealing the breath right from her lungs.

When she pulled back, stunned, her cheeks flushed. “Was this gift a trap so you could kiss me?”