stefan and bonnie are one of my otps! #stefonnie
I think I like them a lot because of the potential they had in every season to get together since season 3. And I tend to ship people that are unpopular/non-canon for some reason.
Plus, Stefan and Bonnie are very much alike in terms of character—they know the meaning of sacrifice, devotion and loyalty. But a lot of that comes with pain and suffering. I can see them trying to prevent one another from taking a big risk just to save everyone (which they did canonically). I think they’re twin flames actually, they both loved and lost.
Season 3 - they worked together to get back at Klaus. Stefan was in his ripper / no humanity / vengeance driven / era and Bonnie didn’t try to delude herself into believing he was the same guy she met. She treated him how he was and some interesting dynamic could’ve built off of that. He also never hurt her physically and I think that was because he was always gentle to her before that.
Season 4 - Stelena broke up. Bonnie was getting into expression. It would have been interesting for Stefan to get worried that expression was changing Bonnie in a bad way and tries to help her out. Instead of Rebekah, Stefan and Bonnie could’ve been a pair on the cure hunt. Not reducing Bonnie to a rebound, it would have been nice to see Stefan heal from his heartbreak by repairing a strained friendship.
Season 5 - Bonnie recently died from bringing Jeremy back to life, stefan drowning because of Silas— both forgotten the whole summer. There could’ve been a shared understanding of always saving but never being saved. Stefan not getting a chance to mourn Bonnie because silas threw him underwater and lost his memories at one point really sucked.
Plus Silas and Qestiyah are self-explanatory — stefan and bonnie lines have a long history. It would’ve been interesting that their ancestors see these two falling for each other instead of a doppelgänger
Season 6 - I honestly think that stefan and Bonnie should’ve been in the prison world together instead of her with Damon. They would’ve developed a close bond, repairing their friendship, and learning to be vulnerable with each other. Stefan would’ve never let her sacrifice herself for him either and would’ve murdered Kai every chance he got in that prison world for looking at Bonnie wrong (he killed for her before).
Season 7 - the huntress storyline, Bonnie being on the run from the armory. Instead of enzo, Bonnie and stefan should have ran away together exploring the world, finding comfort and safety in each other amidst the chaos. I also wish that the magic pills didn’t slowly kill Bonnie either that she had to switch out of her life force with Raina.
If not that, then they also could’ve gotten closer after Damon chose to abandon them by desiccating for 60 years because he’s a coward. It would have been satisfying to see that after 3 years, Damon sees his “best friend” and brother together, in love, and totally over his shit.
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We could have had it all. Too bad we didn’t have a lot of stefonnie scenes because Kat graham and Paul Wesley couldn’t be serious to save their lives 😂
