The first fic I ever wrote for TVD was a tonnie fic because the slow burn fic I was reading was too slow for me so I just wrote plotless smut for them. The fic is now an unfinished multi-chapter that I do plan on finishing, but that first chapter was a one shot for a while.
What makes this fact weird to me is that I was (and still am) a hardcore Bonkai shipper at the time and my secondary ship was Bamon. Tonnie was not really something I thought about in the context of canon until recently but apparently I shipped them all along. I keep saying they snuck up on me but, no, it was always there in the back of my mind.
I can’t get this idea out of my head of how I would have ended the series finale.
So my ideal way to have ended the with what the show gave us in season 8 was for Elena to die. I make it very known that I don’t like Elena but the way to die in the finale would have made her the center of everything which is kinda weird considering that’s one of my main critisms however the ending needs to reflect the show as a whole which is the one thing the TVD writers got right but decided to make a complete mess of it.
So the way I wanted her to die was due to Kai’s spell. Me and a lot of people always found it completely ridiculous since no one lost anything except for maybe Bonnie (however I don’t consider losing Elena much of a loss for her). Basically the spell while Elena was asleep would slowly deteriorate her brain and she would be losing her memories latest to newest which I think is retrograde amnesia but I’m not quite sure. Basically making Damon believe he would ever get her back but she dies Alzheimer’s as soon as she wakes up at the young age of 18 which would be cruel so right up Kai’s alley imo and sufficiently revenge.
Instead of revealing Katherine, Kai would reveal what the spell was actually doing as his last bargaining chip but Bonnie doesn’t use it knowing from past experience how that works out. Thet try to figure out a way to stop it which just accelerates the process which would bring more validity to that “no loopholes” thing that was inconsequential in canon. The rest of the episode would be them spending what little time she has while she still remembers them.
First would be Damon because he’s obviously the first person who’s memories she’d lose first. Then Alaric, and then Stefan. Then whatever order Bonnie, Caroline, Matt, and maybe Tyler (I would definitely have retconned that entire death since it was inconsequential and there was no real way to make it consequential with how much the pushed him into obscurity) since I don’t remember them being that close, in the S6 finale I was quite confused by their scene together. And then end it with Jeremy in a time in head right after their parents died when she was a good sister.
The end of her journey would be her writing in her diary in the exact scene from the pilot except it would be revealed that the reason she started journaling was because she was losing her memories and that the entire show was her recounting her life. She closes the diary fade to black which signifies her death.
For me that was the best way for her to go out because it would have brought back the Elena every claims to miss from season 1-3 without pissing all over her development from season 4-6 because it would be devastating that she was losing all of it. It’s honestly the only way I would have cared about Elena dying and brought meaning back to her character for me especially with the “damsel in distress” quota they had for her. This ending would have best worked for the end of season 6, but could have worked for season 8 as well, a do over.
If that was the end of season 6 it would cut to the rest of the characters lives in how they were moving on and that would be season 7-8.
If that were the end of season 8 right after the fade to black on Elena everything would light up to Bonnie heavily pregnant in a brightly colored nursery. I’m well aware that women’s lives aren’t incomplete because they don’t have a baby, but it always bothered me that the Bennett line was basically wiped out except for Bonnie and to a degree Abby. Which brings me to the next thing that would be revealed which is Tyler walking into the room and it being revealed that they were married. It also bothered me that they completely wiped out the Lockwoods to the point that none of them including Tyler were alive. This would seem kinda random but it made sense to me that they would be the two to leave Mystic Falls and never want to come back, my version just has the reconnecting at some point. Ideally I would want Kai but plot-wise not enough time develop that at that point plus Bonkai isn’t my fluffy pairing for Bonnie, Tonnie is. Monnie is a close second but the fact that Plec almost made them canon vetos the endgame for me.
After that they have a sweet moment and she goes into labor and they rush to the hospital. Tyler would call Matt which would be him as a sherrif just like in canon. Bonnie would call Caroline to tell her which would cut to a scene of her, Alaric, and the twins who would be older (like age 8-12). They would then call Damon who would be at Elena’s grave because its the anniversary of her death and he’d be sober. Basically he would have learned to live with out her without being self-destructive or just destructive in general. He would end up alone and Elena and eventually his brother because I would actually keep him getting the cure just minus idiotic suicide.
Damon would tell her something about what’s he’s been up to and the others and then Stefan would go to him and he would have a few words with her grave before telling Damon about Bonnie and Tyler.
The end scene would be everyone at the visiting Bonnie and Tyler and their new baby hours later because they live far away from Mystic Falls. They would give their baby, which would be a boy because there’s a lot of girls born, it’s own name because they don’t want the ghosts of all the people they’ve lost on this one baby, basically starting anew. The last name would be Bennett Lockwood because like I said their line completely wiped out. A moment of silence for Elena and then basically everyone gathered together to celebrate Bonnie and Tyler’s happiness.
The End. Everyone Live HEA, except Damon which is how it should be.
That’s how I would have salvaged the train wreck that was the finale. It’s not perfect but to me that’s what would have been the most satisfying.
I swear to you I won’t stop until your legs are shaking and the neighbors know my name.”
The full moon was a charged time for both werewolf and witches alike. For witches it was a time to seek the truth and for werewolves it was the time when their true selves would be revealed.
Neither Bonnie nor Tyler saw the connection until the blood moon they crossed paths.
Tyler knew without a doubt that Bonnie was one of the most beautiful women he’d ever come across. There was always something so ethereal about her that he couldn’t help but look. However, he knew he could never go there with her. He didn’t want to screw things up between them in the only way that he could screw them up. He knew he had anger issues, that he was a jerk and an entitled douche, and that that would only taint the most beauty he had ever come across.
But his wolf didn’t care. From the moment he triggered his wolf he had to restrain himself. Mate, mate, mate. Mine, mine, mine, would run through his head like a mantra. But she wasn’t his, she didn’t want him, and he wasn’t that guy anymore and his wolf needed to learn that. He was in control, or he was until the night of the blood moon.
She needed answers. She felt so alone, so needed but with no idea what to do. She didn’t want her friends to die, but she also didn’t want to help them cause more destruction. It was times like these she wished her Grams was still alive, but she wasn’t that’s why she was here in her backyard during the blood moon casting a spell that would hopefully clear everything up and give her the answers she needed.
He thought he could make it in time. Chain himself up in the cellar but he got distracted. He knew the smell and he knew he needed to avoid it, and he thought he was until he followed the scent all the way to an empty yard–empty, except for Bonnie in a nightgown hovering over what looked to be a bunch of leaves on fire. She was in deep concentration reciting words in a language he didn’t understand. She looked beautiful while doing magic and he didn’t want her to stop, but she did. She looked disappointed like she was expecting more, but then she saw him and her disappointment turned to confusion.
“Tyler?"
He doesn’t answer back instead he stepped closer to her making himself visible in the red moonlight.
"What are you doing out here?” Questions flooded her mind, but the one that stuck out the most—her safety. It was the night of the lunar eclipse, but still, a full moon and she didn’t want to be ripped to shreds.
“I don’t know. Something drew me here.” He walked to her until they were a few inches apart.
She took a deep breath and looked up at him. “Something…” She trailed off, their closeness getting to her.
“Yeah, something,” he said robotically mesmerized by her eyes. He trailed his finger along her face gently. She got lost in the feeling.
The wind picked up blowing a cold breeze between them and broke her out of her trance. She stepped back from him. “We can’t,” she shouted.
“Why not?” His trance had not broken.
"Because I don’t want to get hurt,“ she said stoically.
That broke it. "I would never hurt you."
She turned her head away from him. "Bonnie look at me,” He demanded gently as he closed the distance between them again. He cupped her face and looked into her eyes. “I would never hurt you, ever."
She gets sucked in again and she doesn’t know why. All logic and reason were telling her to run, but her intuition was saying stay. She leaned forward on her tippy toes to kiss him. He closed the distance immediately lifting her up. She wrapped her legs around him.
The moment his lips touched hers she felt a rush of arousal flood her body. It was a very unfamiliar feeling that her mind did not know what to do with so she let her body take over. Her body seemed to know exactly what to do–which stroke to take with her tongue, how to move her hips to elicit the best feeling, but mostly how to let go–of all the fear and all the worry–her body and mind were with Tyler and only Tyler.
He walked them over to the old willow tree in her yard. Her back stung when the bark scraped her back, but she didn’t care because Tyler latched his mouth to her nipple through the fabric of her nightgown. She responded with a loud moan but that didn’t compare to the growls coming from Tyler. He sounded so feral which wasn’t a word she’d ever thought she’d associate with sexy but it did. He was wild, untamed and taking it out on her in the best way possible. Her hips doubled their effort to get to that sweet end but were stilled by Tyler’s hands.
“Stop,” he rasped out, mostly to himself. She looked at him annoyed with their sudden halt.
“Do you he even want this?” he said in strained.
“Of course,” she said moving to kiss her but he turned his head away.
“Really, do you want this.” He needed to know. He wasn’t sure who was in control right now and he needed to at least know one thing–that she wanted it, really.
“Tyler, if I didn’t want this I would have set your ass on fire the moment you got into my personal space. Now less talking, more kissing.” She pulled his face to hers and he gladly resumes their activities.
The feeling of her body against his was amazing–every little thing almost set him off. He was usually always horny around this time of the month but it had never reached this level. He knew it was her–she was the reason he felt like this–she always had that power.
He bunched up her nightgown and rubbed his hand over her underwear. He felt the wetness through them and pushed them to the side. He started slowly–he wanted to drag it out before He took over. He lightly brushed her clit and she jolted scraping her back against the bark. He moved his hand in nice, small consentient circles just how she liked. Her head fell back letting him take over just enjoying what he was giving her, but she knew if he didn’t move things along soon she was going to take over for him.
His hands and hips got more persistent pushing them both farther onto the tree. His fingers were penetrating with his thumb continuing the circles. His face was buried in her neck sucking her pulse. For a moment she thought he was going to bite her and if he did she wouldn’t care one iota–it was adding to the pleasure. She felt tiny contractions in her pussy–murmurs before the orgasm could completely take over. When it did all she could hear was Tyler growling into her ear dropping her legs and sliding his face down her body nipping along the way.
When his mouth latched on to her clit it was almost too much, but instead of pushing him away she grabbed onto his hair and pushed him further into her pussy.
She smelled delicious and tasted even better–like she was his. He slowly licked his way to her hole and lavished that with attention before making his way back to her clit. He replaced his tongue with his fingers and curled them stimulating her g-spot. He spelled the word “mine” with his tongue and when he finished with the “e” she came suffocating him between her legs. When her grip loosened he pulled her to the ground and flipped her over so that she was on her hands an knees riping open her panties splitting them in half. He pulled his basketball shorts down and rubbed his dick between her lips.
He bent over and whispered in her ear, “I swear to you I won’t stop until your legs are shaking and the neighbors know my name.” She moaned biting her lip.
He thrust in her and a desperate, filthy noise left her mouth. Her pussy conformed to his dick and for the first time since he triggered his wolf, he felt like he was home. He pulled his hips back pulling almost completely out before he pushed back in, hard. She moaned his name.
He continued he slow strokes until his tolerance ended. He was fucking at her hard and fast making low, rough growls that were drowned out by her guttural moans. He felt so good in her–turning her body into jelly. It wasn’t long before he was fucking her into the ground with her ass in the air. Everything between them felt instinctual, he knew exactly what spots to hit, spots she didn’t know existed. When she came it hit her like a surprise and when he fucked her through her orgasm everything turned to 11. She blacked out and when she came to her was above her fucking her with her legs on his shoulders.
"Mine, oh fuck mine.” He became animalistic as his eyes turned lupine, his teeth went sharp, and his nails grew thick and long. His eyes were yellow–he couldn’t see it, but he knew, he was going to have to cut this short but he couldn’t leave the pleasure of her womb.
Mate, mate, mate, mine, mine, mine, mine. The mantra was in his head. He knew he was going to cum.
“I going to cum,” he said labored trying to control himself. Bonnie’s only response was a moan.
Her eyes were closed and he could tell she was somewhere else getting lost in their pleasure. He dropped one leg from his shoulder took her face in his hand. “Look at me,” he said more aggressively than he intended.
She opened her eyes and when she saw the yellow her mind and body were once again warring. Her mind knew that wasn’t good, that at any moment he could rip her into pieces but her body trusted him, encouraged her to go with it by bucking her hips into him. She pulled him into a rough passionate kiss and her mind was at ease.
Tyler broke from her, “I need you to say it.” His control was quickly slipping.
“Say what?”
“That you’re mine.”
“I’m yours,” she said without hesitation. “I’m all yours.”
He let go.
He thrust in her a few more times and bit down on the juncture between her neck and shoulder, hard, before he pushed himself as deep as he could go and came.
She screamed not in pain but pleasure. Every nerve in her body was on overdrive flooded with pleasure. It was the most intense orgasm she had ever experienced and it just kept going. His bite triggered something in her that she never wanted to stop, but it did and when she got her senses back she wasn’t disappointed. Tyler, in his near wolf form, was looking at her a way no man had ever and it brought her comfort that she had long been deprived of.
She was his. From that moment on he knew he would be there for her whenever she needed him, protect her from all danger, but most of all, protect her from herself. He sealed his silent promise with a kiss.
That was all the man on the subway said before he vanished into thin air. Who was this cheerleader and why was she the key to saving the world? He knew it was fools errand to go searching for her, but he knew he was meant do more in this world and this just might be it.
So I’ve always been a fan of Dark Bonkai, so if I were to write them I would forgo the redemption arc completely. I wasn’t a fan of it when it aired and even though now I’ve warmed up to it more now it’s still not how I would have wanted Bonkai to go because as I said in a different post the only way I see that romance working out is as generic fluff which is just not my jam.
This first thing I would have done is after she sends Damon back is have Bonnie and Kai stuck together longer, not only because there needed to be more pay off from that but also because sending Kai back as quickly as they do wasted a great opportunity with both characters because once he’s back in the real world his storylines don’t fall flat but they aren’t as great especially when he ends up missing for an unusual amount of episodes–he’s the main villain of the season, he really shouldn’t have been missing from any episodes. So I wouldn’t have him figure out where Jo stashed her magic, but I would still have him take her to Portland for Thanksgiving because A) great development and B) it sets up or the one other thing I would have kept which is Bonnie’s breakdown because it’s such a well done scene.
From there I would have them do more cat and mouse games which would start with her killing Kai (who would come back) and running as far as possible taking his pager with her just to piss him of because he told her not to touch it. Then I would have the Delena failed Bonnie rescue mission (with a few things tweaked since Kai would still be in the PW, I’d just have the spell run out of time because they were doddlingwhich is essentially what happened in canon) which literally ends up breaking her spirit. As much as I hate Bonnie being in pain, I love that scene because it is so well done and not just because of Kat’s acting, which is on point, but because for the first time ever the narrative actually cares about the pain Bonnie’s in, focuses on the pain she’s in, and doesn’t force her to be “strong”.
Just look at Damon’s reaction when he realizes what’s going to happen to Bonnie. There reason I always preferred Damon with Bonnie and that’s because his reactions seem a lot more genuine which is mostly Ian because his reactions to Kat are a lot more genuine and that scene you could feel that Damon felt sadness for Bonnie, and what makes that scene so much better is that instead of only focusing on his sadness for her it cuts to her, and her pain, and in that moment she’s not infallible, she’s not the strong witch who can endure anything and everything, she’s broken and it’s devastating and it’s something we really didn’t get to see with her even when she literally died and had to see her own dead body.
It’s always an easy scene to point out but it’s because it’s so atrocious is when Abby gets turned, you don’t even see Bonnie except for a glimpse after (I’m pretty sure they didn’t even have her on set for that shooting day), instead you have Caroline speak for her and then the show focuses on Elena’s pain from the incident which isn’t even empathy for Bonnie but rather her own pain because Bonnie won’t talk to her, which as I keep saying in my Tyler meta’s, neither of those are comparable experiences and prioritizing her pain over Bonnie’s was the breaking point for most Bonnie fans. So after years of getting things like that I was actually quite proud of that scene.
But back to Bonkai, I wouldn’t just keep that there because I like the scene but also because it signifies a breaking point which would be great in the development of Bonkai especially in a moment she feels most alone because she wouldn’t be completely alone, she would have Kai. If Bamon and Benzo taught me anything it’s that if she’s isolated alone with you long enough you will get her undying loyalty no matter what you’ve done and that’s something that’s actually in character because she has abandonment issues, or at least she should with her mother leaving her, her dad barely home, and then the only consistent family member she had, Grams, died. It explains why she clings on to her friends so much, unfortunately the show has never had enough nuance to even try to use that as a reason for why she keeps sacrificing herself, they just make it he obligation.
From there she’d be willing to do anything to get out but without magic they don’t know how to leave so they spend more time together. Bonnie would be depressed, for obvious reasons, and I would have Kai trying to cheer her up because he likes her plucky and it’s not much fun seeing her like that. Then I would basically have most if not all the events from Metamorphosis happen right down to her killing herself and realizing no one can die in the PW not even her. They would have kinda a mentorship which involves them killing each other over and over (again events in Metamorphosis) which would cheer her up in a dark twisted way which would lead to a lot of dark twisted sex (not in the fic),
Eventually Bonnie would remember Qetsiyah’s rock because the fact that the rescue mission was literally remind Bonnie of what she already knew was ridiculous and something she could have figured out on her own. And then they get out disregarding Jo’s knife because another ridiculous thing, not that she hid it there, but because it continued to be hidden there after 18 years like “find a better hiding spot.”
Kai would continue his quest to be Gemini leader, and Bonnie, now that she’s out and knows him a lot better would be conflicted with letting him kill his entire coven or leaving it alone–her conflicted feelings would effect him because he’s got the girl and doesn’t want to lose her but instead of trying to be better like we’ve seen oh so many times (Damon, Klaus, to a degree Katherine with Elijah) he tries to get he on his side using truths about her “friends” which is honesty something think should have happened in season 4 with Shane because of how quickly he gets her trust, but let’s not lament on that. Eventually her new found attitude of looking out for herself actually takes and she lets him because unless she or the world is in danger of imploding she’s staying out of it.
After that I would actually have him merge with Liv. I’m sorry for people who liked Liv, but she was kinda of annoying and the writers clearly were trying to replace Bonnie with her, however that’s not the reason I would have her die in the merge. The reason I would have her die is because she was kind always meant to. She knew she was less likely to survive the merge with Luke and she was the most afraid to die and in the series finale she does accept her fate, but I would have much rather it been here during the merge. It would have been brave and lot more powerful because Luke wasn’t as afraid he just went with the flow. Also it would stop TVD’s tendency to kill all of their gay characters, in terms of which twin had more potential to add to the show it was easily Luke, again sorry for people who liked Liv, she was kinda like Caroline in that she was on of many witches (which was a new(ish) concept since it fell on Bonnie to be the sole witch without any family, but as I said they were clearly priming her to replace Bonnie).
Then I don’t know how I would develop it but basically it would end with Bonkai being king and queen of the Gemini combining their power to be the most powerful couple ever, but after Bonnie does a lot of traveling because that was something she needed, she needed to get out and make her own path. And after Kai learned to deal with feelings a bit more, I guess I would have him redeemed(ish) (but leaving Damon and Elena out of it because again why would he give a single fuck about them?) because that’s honestly the only natural ending, but I would want that redemption to be an individual process (which it kind was in canon but it still had people telling him to do x and people will forgive him and him doing x but unlike Damon x doesn’t work), so that would all be happening while she’s off traveling which she does almost immediately after she gets back and doesn’t bother telling any of the MFG she’s back, they only find out through Kai.
If given a chance this is how I would have written Bonkai, basically having their development in the season coincide together. Also this is mostly a rewrite of season 6 but to write Bonkai (Bonnie) that’s necessary.
Seeking insp. from the Bonkai fam for a fic I’m writing: If Bonnie were to make Kai a mixtape of songs to ‘catch him up’ on what he’d missed while imprisoned/in hell, what are the quintessential bangers she’d include?? According to TVD timelines he’s indisposed from May 1994 – sometime 2012/2013 and then in hell from June 2013-Feb 2018.
I’m trying to think of what Bonnie would see as the classics of those years. Tunes I’m thinking of including:
– SZA, Anything (just because it’s my insp for the fic) – Tal Bachman, She’s So High (because of obvi parallels haha) – TLC, No Scrubs (because it’s a fkn classic and just imagine King of Grunge Malachai Parker having to listen to such a bop) – Just a classic era trawl of what Bonnie would have grown up with – Destiny’s Child, The Killers, Rihanna…?
Help pls!
So as a black girl from a small town, as weird as it sounds most of the music I remember hearing was hip hop & RnB (thatvwas the radio station my mom tuned into) so this is based on that. Im basically just namimh songs tbat sere big anf Bonnie would remember.
The rest of the 90s:
● Nothing But a G Thing
● Next episode
● Anything Tupac before he died, especially the hits that became bigger when he died like California Love (I remember theyvdont having quite a resurgence in 2003-4ish.
● Same with Biggie, their deaths were pretty influential in the music world from what I remember
Early 2000s:
● 50 Cent, pick any hit but especially off the album The Massacre
● Beyonce, you mentioned Destiny’s Child, well mention the break out star who would be later referred to as Queen in the present era.
● Pharrell, again any one of his hits but especially the ones he’s featured on.
● Mr. Me Too by Clipse, also yoes in to Pharrell but it’s also a musi video Kat Graham was in so that could be a fun tie in.
● Since You’ve Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson, I remember that being pretty inescapable as a kid.
● Complicated by Arvil Lavigne, also pretty inescapable.
● Umbrella by Rihanna, play every 15 fucking minutes on the radio in 2007
● Crank That by Soulja Boy, also completely inescapable.
● pretty much just look at a list of Now CD’s tracks
2010-present:
● Just Dance and Poker Face by Lady Gaga
● OMG by Usher
● Tick Tock Kesha
● Baby by Justin Beiber, use that to annoy him until it annoys her
● Day N Night Kid Cudi
● Like a G6 by Far East Movement
● Say Ahh by Trey Songz
● Sexy and I Know it and Party Rockers Anthem by LMFAO
Imma stop there since I’ve pretty much listed songs I remember in middle school and his school which actually match up with the years Bonnie was in school.
Ah Bonora AKA the route they should have went in season 7. I mean look at them, they’re so cute.
They were just so cute and I love kinda like with Bonkai how Bonnie inspired Nora to be better and it wasn’t reliant on Bonnie because she still stayed pretty strong through rejection. Of all my gripes with B/E the main one is that there was no development, but Bonora did.
They built trust:
They had deep conversations
And she was the first and only one to call her beautiful all season:
and it wasn’t sarcasm, it was genuine.
I will admit that during season 7 I had hopes for Bamon, but it wasn’t set in stone for me. I was very open to the idea of other ships including B/E, but most of all I wanted a ship that I could invest in and B/E proved not to be that ship with it’s inconsistent writing, insta-love dynamic, and lack of chemistry. Bonora was none of those. For the most part Nora was pretty consistent something Enzo never managed to be. Obviously while watching them develop together throughout the season it wouldn’t be insta-love and they clearly have chemistry.
Plus I would have really been down for a poly Bonnie, Nora, and Mary Louise
Don’t they look like they could just fuck shit up in the best way possible. Watching them go on the run together instead of whatever the fuck season 7 was would have been great.
Though I think anon is giving Caroline a little too much credit. LOL
Yeah, to skip over things that she did seasons 5-7 like not noticing she was dead along with every one, ignoring her being the anchor song with everyone, Barely doing anything to get Bonnie back and when she was back ignoring her (not just when she had no humanity), and to then skip right over to the wedding as to when she turned trash…waay too much credit.
Although that does remind me of this nonsensical DE post that painted Damon and Elena as Bonnie’s savior in season 5 simply because they were the first told about her death. I wish I could find it to laugh at again.
POC of TVD 