I swear, the next time I see someone posting or commenting on something saying "The only reason that Damon let Bonnie live is because Elena wasn't dead and that there was still a chance he would be with her in the future once Bonnie lives her life and dies." Or the one quote that SO many people have been saying, and it's so irrelevant that it's nauseating -- "Damon only chose to pick Bonnie over Elena because Nina is leaving the show." Is the Dullena fandom so fucking insecure that they have to say shit like that to make themselves feel better? Like, really. If it was only because Nina had chose to leave, do you really think that this whole entire season would have had so much development of Bamon's friendship? Um, no. They had that choice for a reason. They wanted to show Damon and Bonnie's relationship and how much it has changed and developed over the past few seasons. I mean for real, show some pride in your ship a little bit. Instead of constantly saying useless/irrelevant shit like that. And not to mention, throughout every single season have you ever once, just ONCE seen Damon choose someone else's life over Elena's? (other than maybe stefan) and when you think back on all the times he would choose to save Elena, most of the time it was out of his selfishness to keep her -- even if it was completely against what she wanted. Although, when he chose to save Bonnie -- I don't believe he did it for himself. He did it for her. Because he knows Bonnie, he knows how much she sacrifices for everyone else but herself, and I believe that he not only cares for her and wanted her to stay alive, but he also knows that she deserves to live. To be the one that gets to be saved and fought for. And he has. He has fought for Bonnie in this entire season in a sense, and every time it never had anything to do with Elena. Like the episode where they went to look for Bonnie in 1994. He told Elena "She had hope, she is the reason that I'm alive and I made it out. She sacrificed herself for me." He said something along those lines I know. And not to mention said, "I'm doing this for Bonnie, Elena. Not you." I mean, BOOM. Case closed. He gives a major shit about Bonnie, and no one can sit and deny it either. And see, I'm a hardcore Stelena shipper. Always will be & I always loved the fact that Stefan respected what Elena's choices were, even if they were wrong. Like when he saved Matt instead, but again -- it was what Elena wanted, and she put her friends lives before her own. (One of the many reasons Stefan loves her, it's what made everyone love the human Elena so much) anyways, the point here is that it wasn't a selfish choice for him, it was him respecting her decision.