Headcanons: Nicknames for Bonnie ships

Kai: We’ve already seen with BonBon, he’s going to come up with fun nicknames that’ll be sarcastically shippy like Bae, Babe, Baby, Honey, etc.

Damon: Also as seen, he’s going to always find bad puns that have to do with being a witch.

Stefan: I don’t actually see him calling much beyond her own name. He never really struck me as the nickname type, but I could see him calling her Bon.

Tyler: Last name, Bennett. He hasn’t really out grown his jock days completely so he’ll still refer to her by her last name (which make the TATBILB AU by @jazzywazzy89 all the more perfect to me).

Klaus: Again basing it off the show, he’ll have fun little nicknames that’ll sound old like my little witch, or witchling, or little bird because they have the dynamic Bamon from books had more than show Bamon.

Elijah: He’d call her Ms.Bennett well into their marriage and when she’d ask him why he’d say, “I wouldn’t have it any other way.”

SOME KC fans will not stop. Like making a petition to reshoot the ending so they’re endgame? I find it funny how many of them say they respect Bonnie and yet a lot of those same people say Bonnie was treated well on the show or include Bonnie dying to push KC in their fics. It bothers me how they call klonnie fans delusional for shipping klonnie when klonnie was the logical ship (shipped by both JM and Kat from the start) when KC happened out of nowhere for JP to have a self insert.

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But, it was Joseph Morgan’s idea to have Klaus die at the end of the season.  He seems to be done with Klaus and not interested in coming back to work on Legacies or make KC endgame.

Kind of find it a selfish entitlement for any Stans to sign a petition of an actor or actress makes it clear they are done with a certain character or aren’t interested in coming back for a certain show.  Selfish and entitled to sign a petition to force an actor/actress to come back for the sake of a fictional ship, if they make it clear they’re no longer interested.

As for how some KC Stans dismiss Klonnie fans.  They seem to have a similar sense of entitlement that the DE fandom had towards Bamon fans.  KC fans against Klonnie fans believe that people should only be allowed to ship and want Klaus with Caroline and no one else.  Especially not a black woman.

They really can’t say anything though. Klaroline went seasons without interacting or having scenes together and KC Stans still wanted them together and felt entitled to having them as endgame just because of one quickie in the woods.

Hypocrites for calling Klonnie fans delusional for their believe that Klaus is in love with Caroline.  Yet, when Klaus was about Cami and Caroline about Stefan, it didn’t stop them from wanting or shipping KC.  Despite the two of them going years without interacting in scenes together.

Klonnie could have been built up into something if Plec didn’t resent the thought of Bonnie having a leading male character or die being getting a desirable/popular male character over Elena/Caroline.

But, when you look at how some of them attack and insult/bully Persia simply because they are bitter over Joseph being married to her and bitter because he isn’t checking for Candice King. And how they throw a tamper tantrum because Joseph dare posts content with his wife on his social media accounts.

Then I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that they attack some for preferring Klaus with a black woman over a white woman. Since they attack a black woman in real life due to Joseph being married to one, because they thirst for Jodice and in return want Joseph to thirst for a white actress over his wife.

Bonnie Bennett Survey Results

So, what’s going on almost a year ago I made this post and I know some of you including myself are getting impatient so I’m posting this. You guys can view your responses and others. 

Survey Results here: Just say “yes” and submit

I’m still going to make a post about the results and why I asked those questions as it’s not the full results. I had two different focus groups for the survey and those comparisons will eventually when I finish tallying and analyzing your results and theirs.

Why I’m Not Big On Klaroline

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You know I realized the reason why I really don’t like Klaroline us not really due to the pairing itself. I have no moral qualms with the abuse of it because it’s literally impossible with any TVD ship and I really don’t like the idea of quantifying abuse. If I hate one ship due to abuse I have to hate them all including my favorite ship, Bonkai, because abuse is abuse, plain and simple it’s terrible in every form and saying one is worse than the other does nothing more than trivialize serious matters because it wasn’t as bad. It’s unfortunate that certain things have to be overlooked, but I do feel that it works better in Kai and Klaus’ case due to their roles as antagonists however I still don’t consider them excuses. 

The reason I don’t like Klaroline is because I now can’t help but think about the role they play in the oppression of Tyler and Bonnie. I used to like Klaroline, hell I even used to like Delena (but that got ruined for a whole slew of other reasons that didn’t even require deeper thought) because I used to be a very casual viewer of TVD, it wasn’t really a show I took that seriously so I pretty much took what ever the spoon fed me until season 5 when as a casual viewer I couldn’t even stomach it and had to stop watching. To this day I still haven’t seen the entirety of that season. But back to my point, now I really don’t like Klaroline because I can’t separate the reason why it’s there to begin with and the characters it screwed over with it’s existence.

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I don’t watch TO, but given the posts I’ve been seeing regarding the series finale tonight I feel like this can add to the pettiness.

I feel like I’ve read all the bonkai and klonnie fics and I need something new. You seem like a good person to ask for fic recommendations please?

Finally a week later, sorry it took so long but hopefully the length of this list makes up for it. Please note when asked for fic recs I take them very seriously and as noted by this long list I will rec you a million and one fics especially without many restrictions on what you’re looking for. Some of these you may or may not have read but I’m putting them here anyways in case you hadn’t.

Tonnie:

  • Stranger Than Fiction by norrific

    Oh my God, you’re caught between a vampire and a wolf. You know who that makes you’ ‘Don’t say it, Caroline.’ ‘Bella Swan.’ ‘I told you not to say it.’ ‘Come on Bonnie, how could I not say it.‘  

While this is a Damon, Bonnie, Tyler love triangle I consider this a Tonnie fic all the way because not much case is made for Bamon at all in this fic. 

  • Bitten by CarlyCo: Bonnie is back from the dead and she just wants to have a normal life. But her quest for a normalcy is derailed when Damon decides to use authentic ‘hillbilly’ moonshine to get over Elena. A moonshine fueled one-night stand with an unexpected partner results in Bonnie biting off more than she can chew. Although, to be fair, Bonnie wasn’t the one doing the biting.

I love this fic and this author and this pairing it’s like a trifecta of greatness for me.

  • Runaway by romeosareveryundependable: 

    Tyler was told Bonnie was dead so why is she partying it up at a New Orleans nightclub? Before Tyler has a chance to investigate, his memories of Bonnie are wiped and the King of the Quarter himself thrusts Tyler into a struggle for the city, a struggle Bonnie is already very much a part of.

Pretty much what we always wanted with Bonnie away from the MFG, in fact they think she’s dead. It also does a great justice Tyler and framing the pain Klaus put him through. Along with Tonnie there’s also some great Klonnie flirting. 

  • Indecent Liasions by charrrmed: The night of the Originals’ ball finds Bonnie taking a walk to clear her head of her problems. She stumbles upon Tyler who is desperately trying to break Klaus’ sire bond, only to suffer a disappointing setback when he learns Bill, who was supposed to mentor him, is dead. Could this be what actually sets him free? What follows is a story about two teenagers, one more lost than the other, coming together and exploring a different use for the banes of their existence, their powers.

A nice sexy alternative to the Mikaelson Ball and why she was missing from it,

  • Rebellion by romeosareveryundependable: 

    Bonnie’s disillusioned after Shane turns out to be just another person looking to take advantage of her, and Tyler’s anger is reaching a boiling point after his mother’s murder. When the two run into each other at a bar, things get physical, and despite (and in spite of) Tyler’s relationship with Caroline, they keep getting physical.

Warning: it is a cheating fic, but has some really hot smut.

  • A Side of Lockwood, A Shot of Bennett by Nicole Lo: 

    But in this reality you are Tyler Lockwood, ultimate player, d bag, man w****. She’s Bonnie, the most beautiful girl in school, the only one you’ve been able to fall in love with … a branch off from the Bamon in “My Last Breath” R/R 

This one is actually a prequel to a different fic but you don’t have to read the other fic for it to make sense, in fact it make more sense if you don’t read it. 

  • Breed by bigwhoopers: 

    Bonnie is forced to have children by a vampire hunter. 

TW: Rape, it’s essentially Bonnie and Tyler get kidnapped by either Augustine or the Armoury, I can’t remember which one they chose they’re essentially the same, and are forced to breed to create a better vampire hunter. They obviously bond over the exact same trauma and the desire to leave with the same stakes. 

One of those cute pre-canon Bonnie stories.   

One of my favorite Tonnie fics, is essentially a really long smut fic but there is a plot. It’s essentially a rewrite of season 4. 

  • Bewitchment by Xenahime92: 

    Who wishes that Tyler and Bonnie were closer? What if the Masquerade happened differently? ‘How did the pull he once felt for her became the only thing that was literally holding him to the ground and making sure he didn’t drown? In all of one night, Bonnie became his air.. and he wouldn’t change it for anything in this world.

I think the summary explains it all. Warning it does bash the main trio and Katherine.

  • Joys of Sex by DizniPrinzess: 

    Bonnie and Tyler embark on a sexual journey together. Takes place before the show starts in their Sophomore year.

It’s a smut fic that does a great job of not over-sexualizing Bonnie, it’s literally her journey into having sex and the fun and not so fun parts of it.

  • Flesh by waitingforyouonce: Tyler returns to Mystic Falls intent on getting revenge on Klaus, but a charged encounter with a recently resurrected Bonnie changes his focus and he decides to stay in town for a different reason.

Another smut fic that deals with the aftermath of Klaus banishing Tyler but takes a sexy detour.

  • First of All… by Angelika: 

    When Tyler first gets the words “First of all, bitch…” on his arm as his mark, he is obviously less than pleased. He also never expected that it would be the response to tapping Bonnie (also known as “Hot Girl Who Works at the School LIbrary”) on the shoulder two years later. Unfortunately, Bonnie thinks he’s a spoiled, arrogant, douchebag. She’s right, obviously (not that he’d ever admit it).

An adorable soulmate fic that features a Bonnie and Tyler in college with none of the things that happened in canon so they’re a lot more light-hearted.

Shennett:

  • Rate My Professor by charrrmed: 

    College preparedness includes meeting your professor before the first day of class. A visit to Whitmore leads to Bonnie’s first teacher evaluation, Caroline’s turn as a mentor, and Elena’s first blood high.

A fic that plays on what I really liked about Shennett in the beginning which was that he brought back S1 Bonnie who was bubbly and full of wonder. Also there’s some pretty hot sex and it’s essentially what 4×04 should have been. 

  • Mentor by Albion19: Missing scene set in 4×10. Shane promises to always protect her and Bonnie starts to realise it is more than a mentoring relationship for her.

One of many nice AU’s of season four but with Shennett, the ship I was never quite able to get over. 

  • Where was my fault in loving you? by Ana Graves: 

    Bonnie Bennett didn’t really know what love and hate was until she met Him. He changed everything. Her understanding of the world, her feelings, her passions. He changed her for good. When she is trapped between loyalty, desires, love and hatred – what would she choose? Bonnie & Shane, takes place after 4×10; T for now.

Unfortunately there’s only one short chapter but when it comes to this pair I take what I can get especially if it’s well written.

  • Paradise Circus by MidnightStorm6593: 

    Eventually she gives in just like he knew she would.

It’s not really a Shennett but more of a Bonnie x Silas fic, in Shane’s body.

Again I take what I can get with this pairing.

It’s a great dark alternative to season 4, but it’s a smutty one shot. 

Bamon:

  • All War is Based On Deception by CarlyCo: 

    Bonnie Bennett has been in love with unrepentant playboy Damon Salvatore for as long as she can remember. On the worst day of her life, the young woman learned that she was going to be his wife. At first, it felt like a dream come true. The merger of their powerful families increased their wealth and influence exponentially. There wasn’t a woman or man alive that wasn’t envious. Four years later, their life is plagued by lies, secrets, manipulation, infidelity, and violence. Bonnie has finally realized that fairytales aren’t real and that she needs to grow up fast. Will Damon and Bonnie’s marriage be able to weather the oncoming storm? 

One of my favorite fic ever, it’s just so elaborate and well thoughout It’s Bamon probably in it’s purest form in that Damon doesn’t deserve her and in turn loses her and almost everything. It’s not finished yet, but at some point I assume he does earn her back, but as of right now it’s very Tonnie oriented as far as pairings go, but so much more than pairings are going on in this fic. 

  • Something Real by Gurl6: 

    Even if she was less vapid and more interesting than the other women he was seeing, this thing tonight wasn’t going beyond coffee and hopefully sex. (AU, No Supernatural)

A nice all human Bamon fic that, like most Bamon fics, has him OOC while completely in character because that’s the only way to write him in a palatable way. 

  • Notorious by Cleo Clipper: 

    At 18, Damon Salvatore was the Golden Boy of Mystic Falls with the world at his fingertips. He had money, a football scholarship to a prestigious school and power people could only dream of. At 19, he’s become one of the most dangerous drug dealers Mystic Falls has ever seen. And Bonnie Bennett can’t help her dangerous attraction to him. All human. R&R please and thank you

This is a great fic that I read in one whole night when I should have been sleeping. 

  • It’s Like a Best Friend But More by roxyhoney: 

    Damon Salvatore could be arrogant, annoying, and sometimes downright intolerable. Damon Salvatore had a soft spot for those he cared about, an amazing heart, and eyes that could reach inside someone’s soul if you stared long enough. Damon Salvatore was my best friend, and I’ve known him since I was born. So, falling for him was out of the question… right? (all human)

It’s a nice AH/AU that basically rewrites the whole MFG. It has a Damon who fights for Bonnie, a Bonnie who has multiple people vying for her attention.

  • Blood and Bourbon (bothby lighteninginmyeyes: 

    What happens when Bonnie Bennett, law student and all around Good Person, finds herself living next to the infamous Damon Salvatore, rock-star/playboy-guitarist, all around Not-So-Good-Person? Collection of loosely connected one-shots. (rom-com drama)

Like most of my Bamon recs it’s AH which makes sense because that’s really the only way I tolerate Damon, that’s very in character to how their relationship/friendshi would have evolved. as noted by “both” there’s the original and the rewrite, both are great. 

  • Seven by bellavida0213: Seven days until his freedom, Damon reflects back on his life with Bonnie Bennett, the mother of his children and what lead him to lose her. He is determine to win her back and lead a straight life. AU All Human. Mentions of recreational drug use

Again me and my AH/AU ass, this is a great kis fic as well as over arcing story ans the kids don’t take over the fic. It’s a great perspective on life in poorer communities and the system. 

  • Enemy by Sunny D Writez: 

    Bonnie and Damon have never been able to stand each other, despite the fact that she’s best friends with his brother. Struggling to break free of their own toxic relationships, they find an escape in each other, while desperately trying to fight any feelings that may go beyond the physical. AU/AH 

An AH enemies to lovers fic, not really for Tyler fans, nut note he’s wildly OOC and there mostly to serve as an opposing party for Bamon to show in contrast. But it’s a really great fic and if you love Stelena is feature a great deal of them as well. 

  • Frigid by SpiralingForever: 

    Bamon AU. The undead walk the earth. No police. No law. Civilization is dwindling. Bonnie begins to discover her magic a little too late. Can she become the person she needed, or jaded just enough to live only for herself? *Warning* Drugs. Non-Con. Graphic Violence.

A zombie apocalypse AU and the only one I’m recing that has Damon as a vampire and Bonnie as a witch. It does have a depressing undertone but it’s a zombie apocalypse so why wouldn’t it. This fic is a great AU and expansion to the lore.  

Stefonnie:

  • A Kiss Before Lying by strictlyficly: 

    They didn’t have their memories. They all envied that, though deep down inside they knew if anyone should be able to have that privilege it should be them. Yet with that being said, that privilege came with difficulties because they no longer had their loyalty. It wasn’t until now that they realized how much they relied on them when they were trouble. How much they leaned on them.

This fic is essentially the epitome of “Bonnie and Stefan deserve better.” 

  • Kindred by waitingforyouonce:

    Stefan doesn’t know what it is about the Bennett women that draw him in, but he has never had a problem walking into the fire.   

This one is kinda a multiship because it has Stefan hooking up with all of the Bennett clan but I’m putting it in Stefonnie because I have so few. 

Bonkai:

  • Precipice by ms-ssnape: 

    The Bennett Coven and the Parker Coven have worked together for centuries to lock evil away in the Prison Worlds but that doesn’t mean Bonnie Bennett and Kai Parker ever have to get along… at least not until a secret is revealed that just might change everything. AU. Rated M for future chapters. (Written for all the people on tumblr who said they were interested.)

  • Picket Fence by IAintPunkRock: 

    Bonnie Bennett is just a typical fresh high school graduate when she came back to Mystic Falls to visit her grandmother. Trying hard to be as normal as she can be, she went to adjust at her seemingly new environment with her two best friends Elena and Caroline. But a college sophomore student named Kai Parker just have to give her a new meaning for the word “normal”.

  • Tantric Binding: A Bonkai Story by kayer713: 

    When Kai kidnaps Bonnie he uses her subconscious urges to create a little naughty magic. Oneshot

  • Reckless by BadNBoujee: 

    All her life Bonnie Bennett had followed the rules. Practically wrote the handbook on how to breeze through it without ruffling any feathers. She was perfect, or as close as one could be. Well, at least that had been the case. Until she met him.. Short multi-chapt AU fic. OOC. Lonely housewife. Cheating. Light BDSM. ect.

  • Since We Were Kids by crazzedfangirl24:

    Bonnie and Kai have been best friends since they were 5, now at 16 they must resolve their feelings for each other. However, the quiet town of Mystic Falls is now haunted by a psychopath who’s hellbent on killing teenage girls. Will the Mystic Falls gang find out who is behind the killings? This story has no supernatural elements, all the characters are normal humans. 
     

  • Mundane by LiLaAir: Bonnie is living in Portland with her mother. She still has a strong connection to her Mystic Falls life and has created a good way to combine the two worlds. Until she meets Kai Parker, a boy from her school that has quiet a raputation. Bonnie is struggling to keep her life the way she used to handle it. Why does he have such an impact on her? All human and other characters.

  • Phesmathos Liga by imlittleredbird: 

    Kai has a problem. You see, he can’t help but accidentally siphon Bonnie’s magic whenever he’s turned on and they’re having sex. So, Bonnie ties his hands behind his back and rides him. Bonkai. Rated M for many reasons, I warned you.

Klonnie:

  • Twisted by MidnightStorm6593: 

    These little trysts had started not too long ago. She thinks maybe it had only been about a week or so since they’d begun. She’s not really all that sure. It was all one big blur.

A smutty Klaus in Tyler’s body oneshot. 

Multi-ship:

  • Sensual Encounter by BreatheLiveWords: 

    This will be a series of one-shots and mystery-shots (where the pairing is hinted at, but not revealed or is revealed at the end). It will contain different pairings of characters. I have not seen past the second episode of season 4 however. I like to write about parings not seen in the show so there may not be a lot of Stelena/Delena/Beremy. See profile for more info please.

  • Pink Cellophane by Six2VII: 

    Bonnie is feeling a bit lonely during Valentine’s Day Weekend. She has the opportunity to connect with a certain someone, but feels hampered by her educational obligations. Help Bonnie decide how to spend her weekend, and more importantly who to spend it with. A Bonnie Bennett choose your own adventure with fourteen smutty endings (That’s fourteen different ships)

This is a chose your own adventure fic than can end in almost any pairing you wanting it to you just have to pick the right path. 

  • Tangled Like Old String by summerstrom: 

    Bonnie’s a good way past tipsy, so Caroline figures it’s now or never and says, “Can we make this a little racier?

I put this under multi-ship mainly because it’s a foursome smut fic between Bonnie, Jeremy, Tyler, and Caroline, but respectively they’re in their canon pairings.

  • Complexity by waitingforyouonce:  One shots and drabbles that feature Bonnie Bennett in a variety of pairings. Will also include pairings from other tv shows.

No pairing:

  • in absence of by thebitterbeast: Bonnie makes a decision, and nothing is the same. 

Bonnie done helping the MFG.  

Basically nuances of Bonnie’s character Plec and Williamson could never convey (granted they never tried). 

Non-Bonnie fics: (but are really good)

This is one of my favorite fics of all time. It’s a fic about the adults of TVD Pre-canon. My favorite chapters are John Gilbert, Jenna Sommers, and Liz Forbes. It brought on pairings I would have never thought of and a whole new light to John Gilbert having to watch his brother raise his daughter. I consider this fic canon it’s that good.

A great character study and includes thing I now consider as canon.

I read this one mostly for Jenna/Mason but I do like persective it brings on Vicki and her relationship with Jeremy.

This one has a great perspective on Caroline and Andy and the Damon of it all. It’s a great read especially for those who were baffled and annoyed by Caroline’s reaction to Delena in S4. 

  • The Sorcerer and His Shadow self by darthpumpkinspice: 

    Stefan is trapped in the coffin and Silas tells him a story: a story of an ambitious man who loved a woman, and the witch that cursed him forever.

This is my beautiful disaster ship Qetsiyah and Silas and boy is is a beautiful disaster. It has small tweaks to canon but boy do they make all the difference.  

  • the conquered by labrynthsend: 

    Century after century, I watched versions of Stefan and Elena find each other like magnets, always the same story – conquering all, falling in love. You didn’t think your brother was Silas’ first shadow?

More of my beautiful disaster. I honestly wish there was more fics with them or that I could write one but I’ve got so many other fics to finish. 

  • Double or Nothing by waitingforyouonce: 

    With Stefan trapped in a watery grave and Bonnie no longer on the earthly plane, Silas’ two biggest obstacles are no longer a problem. Everything has gone according plan, but now Silas has to figure out away to a way to bring back the woman he loves. What will happen when it comes out that Stefan & Bonnie haven’t actually been taken care of. Stefan/Bonnie, Silas/Qetsiyah

This is my beautiful disaster in it’s best for, without Amara. It’s also a great Stefonnie fic. 

My Fics:

  • My Discarded MenI’d like to tell a little story, that’s been told time and time again, about the foolish men who chase me…Bonnie gives up her “judgy” ways and becomes someone far from her usual self, except didn’t tell anyone. Watch her deceive those closest to her.

Literally my first fic in the fandom, first smut fic, and first Bonnie fic. I haven’t reread it in a while so it’s probably not that great but I do at some point plan to go back to this and finish my original concept. Also warning,it has cheating which I’m realizing is a theme with me, lol. 

  • Life (Sh*t) Happens

    Bonnie’s at Whitmore University when her life complicates. Her affair with her college professor ends when her friendship with her best friend is on the rocks all the while having to deal with her annoying never shuts up neighbor who’s cable ran out.

Current fic I’m working on hopefully I can get an update out soon.

  • Outlaws

    In the 30s Kai Parker has been exiled from the Gemini coven and is living a life of crime traveling across America leaving a trail of bodies in his wake. He ends up in Mystic Falls during one of his travels and meets Bonnie Bennett, a witch who’s had a lot of misfortune. They have a connection that takes them on a journey neither expected.

My Bonkai Bonie & Clyde AU that I need to get back to soon as well. 

  • The Witch and The Werewolf: 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

This was essentially smut to help sate my Tonnie Craving. 

  • Wet Dreams

    Looking back on it, Bonnie can say losing her virginity at 14 wasn’t the best idea.

Another self indulgent Tonnie fic to sate my craving. 

Klaus Mikaelson for the meme

My NOTP: Caroline for reasons outlined here
My BROTP: Kol, they seemed to have a lot of fun together
My OTP: Bonnie she makes the most sense for how they introduced his character
My second choice pairing: Stefan
My fluffy pairing: Bonnie, kinda, I honestly don’t think fluffy exist in the same realm as him.
My angsty pairing: Rebekah
My favorite poly ship: Bonnie and Rebekah
My weirdest pairing: Rebekah because incest has now, nor ever been my jam, but Klaus was waay too involved in his sister’s love life for me not to pick up on some romantic vibes. I sometimes think his obsession with Caroline is because he can’t have Rebekah because she’s his sister.

Why I’m Not Big On Klaroline

You know I realized the reason why I really don’t like Klaroline us not really due to the pairing itself. I have no moral qualms with the abuse of it because it’s literally impossible with any TVD ship and I really don’t like the idea of quantifying abuse. If I hate one ship due to abuse I have to hate them all including my favorite ship, Bonkai, because abuse is abuse, plain and simple it’s terrible in every form and saying one is worse than the other does nothing more than trivialize serious matters because it wasn’t as bad. It’s unfortunate that certain things have to be overlooked, but I do feel that it works better in Kai and Klaus’ case due to their roles as antagonists however I still don’t consider them excuses. 

The reason I don’t like Klaroline is because I now can’t help but think about the role they play in the oppression of Tyler and Bonnie. I used to like Klaroline, hell I even used to like Delena (but that got ruined for a whole slew of other reasons that didn’t even require deeper thought) because I used to be a very casual viewer of TVD, it wasn’t really a show I took that seriously so I pretty much took what ever the spoon fed me until season 5 when as a casual viewer I couldn’t even stomach it and had to stop watching. To this day I still haven’t seen the entirety of that season. But back to my point, now I really don’t like Klaroline because I can’t separate the reason why it’s there to begin with and the characters it screwed over with it’s existence.

We all know how it oppressed Tyler, it’s literally the reason he’s shoved off screen in seasons 3 and 4. It’s not a coincidence that everytime Tyler had to go off Caroline’s scenes with Klaus increased and it got even worse when he didn’t even have to be away for that to happen, his screen time just gets cut in favor of them. And then there’s how Klaus treated him, now I wouldn’t have much of problem with it as Klaus is/was the antagonist if it wasn’t trivialized by the entire show and then just used as way to shove him off screen. 

One of the things that comes to mind is

the Klaroline sex scene which I was not a fan of the because a) it literally came off as a scene in a porn with the flimsy reason behind it, and b) the betrayal of Tyler and how it played in the further diminution his character. I wouldn’t call it cheating, but sleeping with the guy who enslaved your childhood friend, killed his pack and his mother is just trivializing what he went through, but considering the standards Delena set for the show it’s not surprising. But think about the scene when she finally tells him, he gets punched in the face by Stefan and ends up the “bad guy” in the situation for simply getting angry. He wasn’t even going to hurt anyone, there’s a reason why he told Caroline to leave, but it’s not like it mattered because Caroline still ends up being “innocent” in the whole thing. It sickens me the fandom’s reaction to this and pretty much his entire story line with Klaus. Look at some of these comments.

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He’s even villainized when it comes to Hayley, a character who got 12 people killed for information she could have gotten if she just hired a PI, but that doesn’t matter because she perfect.

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People actively ignore his character development in order for Klaus, Caroline, and even Hayley to seem better. And what makes it worse is that they actively ignore the things those characters have done as well because if they didn’t they’d have to realize that Tyler was a much better person than all if them. They literally protect white people at all costs and needed to the POC to be the bad guy in order to do so.

But, again, none of that’s really news since that’s how this fandom works in general.  You have to ignore the bad things they do and make excuses instead of owning up to them. 

Do I think Tyler is perfect? No, but he’s literally the only character to actually redeem himself. You never see him pull the same shit that he did in season 1. He made it his goal to change and not be so angry all the time and actually succeeded, and on his own. Caroline had her part, but his attitude change didn’t rely on her, he made the effort himself which is something sorely missing from redemption arcs on this show. 

And then after he ends his relationship with Caroline, something the show pretty much had been incrementally doing to make room for KC, his character ends up off in the limbo where characters the writers no longer care about are held. It’s as though if he isn’t connected to Caroline or Klaus, his character has no value which is one of the biggest injustices on the show, but not surprising because if you’re a POC who’s not serving someone your time on the show expires real quick unless they can find a way to put you back in your place.

Then there’s it’s role in further oppressing Bonnie which I feel is lesser known because a) there are a lot more pressing issues when it comes to Bonnie which most of us are very aware of, b) KC became huge in the fandom (or more so loud) to the point that it kind of buries the initial reactions of the audience at the time, and c) Kennett takes the spotlight with the controversy that surrounded it due to Plec’s racist tweet about how Kennett when she was asked about why Bonnie was being paired with her stepbrother. 

Now this didn’t really come to my attention until after I read The Problematic Treatment of People of Color on The Vampire Diaries, which if you haven’t read it I suggest you do because it’s a really great resource when describing how Bonnie’s treatment is problematic. It could use a bit of an update to include seasons 7 and 8, but that wouldn’t change much because not a damn thing changed in those seasons other than they got more sneaky about her treatment as opposed the overt nature in the previous seasons. Anyway this excerpt pretty much the seed that made me further inspect KC.

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 My first thought when reading that is that “this makes so much sense” because when you look at the first KC scene on Caroline’s birthday and put it in context with the entire episode, it comes completely out of thin air. You get so caught up in the chemistry between the actors and the sweetness of it that you don’t think about how random it is, but that’s also partially due to that fact that around this time things had gotten pretty random and convoluted. However if they didn’t have chemistry I probably would have had the same exact reaction to them as I did Benzo when Enzo saves Bonnie from the armory: “sweet, but random.” And then I thought about all KC’s scenes in general and a lot of them are forced, in that they had to make up unnecessary reasons for them to be in scenes together. They literally had to bend the plot of the show in order to put them together. That’s what made me realize that the ship is all chemistry, but no real substance. They were put together because Bonnie couldn’t have a love interest that would threaten the other white girls’ status in the hierarchy of character’s value on the show. Bonnie always needed to be lower than Elena and Caroline. She needed to be the ugly friend, and the show put a lot of time and effort making sure that was the status quo, so far that the actively stifled their show in order to do so. 

Think about season 3, who makes more sense as his love interest? Bonnie who he had several direct story lines, or Caroline who he’s only connected with through Tyler? Now I’m not saying there’s nothing there between them but in the interest of better ties and how the plot conform to a ship there’s a hell of lot less work needed for Klonnie to makes sense than KC and IMHO would have been a more interesting route and if you look at some of the comments back when this season first aired that was something some people noticed.

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Not only that but both Kat and Joseph actively shipped it to the point of talking to the writers and it was promptly shut down which isn’t surprising because, well it’s Bonnie, we all know the racial bias when it comes to her. Apparently they even cut some scenes that were supposed to be with them in the witch house that would have actively driven the ship and again been a better story line due to the Bennett’s direct involvement with the Mikaelson’s that season (direct involvement that ends up pushed to the side in favor of Elena and Caroline i.e the Mikaelson Ball).  

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And what makes it worse is that that wasn’t even the original story line for that season. Kevin Williamson before he let go of control talked about a Stefan/Klaus/Bonnie story line for that season, but I’m guessing that got scrapped along with the scenes they were supposed to have. And trust me I would have been way more willing to watch that than more old S/E/D shit and definitely more than Klaus/Caroline/Tyler shit which like I said they actively stifled their show in order to exclude Bonnie.

Now none of this is really a new phenomenon when it comes to Bonnie and ships especially at this juncture. This technically starts in season 1 when again they pair a potential love interest for Bonnie with Caroline. I’ve talked about it before on how random it is that Damon goes after Caroline with his main goal in the beginning of the season and how counter-intuitive it was. He should have been pursuing Bonnie at the very least and at the most keeping his promise if he wanted to get the tomb open. There’s a reason why that ends up a convenient favor Elena has to ask Bonnie and its because that whatever diabolical plan he had wasn’t planned well. Damon just did random shit for no reason. The only thing that made any sense is his story line with Vicki and that’s saying a lot since he kills her simply because he was bored. Anyways in the book that the loosely base he show on, the first person Damon kisses and uses as an in to to the MFG is Bonnie, but that gets scrapped in favor of Caroline and the disgusting story line that will forever mar the show.

Then there’s Tyler who they scrapped a story line between him and Bonnie in favor of Caroline. They didn’t want to rip off Buffy (but had no problem doing it with Liv in S6). Now that one doesn’t grate me as much since Caroline/Tyler is a pairing in the book but if they’re going to go out of their way to include the book romance for supporting characters that should have applied to Bonnie a well. In fact when it comes to things from the book that they use in the show it seems Bonnie is the only exception to the rule because they even go so far as to include Meredith/Alaric, a character who was previously scrapped from the show.

However I guess what I’m getting at, is that though this isn’t new and continues well after season 3, KC was just my limit with it. The ship was conceived out of thin air with the specific and more blatant purpose of not pairing Bonnie with a desirable character to further oppress her. The blatantness of it actually grates me more than when Plec did this with Bamon  because while I hate Delena with a burning passion  it didn’t come out of thin air. Delena is a pairing that’s briefly explored in the books and if you go by the original author’s endgame is something that’s supposed to end, but the show never took that queue, but either way they had a lot more cause denying them than they did Klonnie and I can’t really separate that from KC. 

I see two characters who have chemistry and nothing else because it was already a Hail Mary putting them together to begin with that only worked out because of that chemistry. If they didn’t they would have gone over as well as Bonenzo did which was a ship made to placate threatened Delena fans, the only difference here is that it threatened Plec’s vision of Bonnie and where she stands in the hierarchy of female characters.