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No-Stranger7226

Better question would be which character should had stayed dead. They all come back like every other episode.


ConcertWestern5629

I wholeheartedly feel that Jeremy should have stayed dead. Not because I dislike the character or the actor that play him but because he served his purpose. Let’s start with Jeremy. Jeremy should have stayed dead, bringing him back hurts the story arc of both Elena and Bonnie. It’s not secret that Elena constantly got whatever she wanted even if it was to the peril of someone else. In season 4 Elena turned off her emotions because she could not deal with the pain of losing her brother. This could have been a pivotal moment in her character arc. Learning to live without her brother. But instead that opportunity was ruined. Also, the TVD writers did this often with the character of Bonnie I must say, but to me it’s makes absolutely no sense why Bonnie would bring him back after all the consequences she suffered after bringing him back at the end of season 2. Jeremy being resurrected regressed two characters simultaneously. Lastly, the actor ending up leaving the show anyways. So there’s that.


Impressive-Living-20

I think that it would’ve been better to trade Jeremy for Jenna. The actor for Jeremy was already in and out of the show for starters and he inevitably left anyways. Elena would still have a care giver and Bonnie could’ve still ended up with Enzo. Instead of Alaric being killed and used as an original, he becoming part of the five/vampire hunter since he comes back for the last few seasons anyways it would’ve been a much better use of his character since he was already a vampire hunter and it would’ve still enhanced his power. Edited for clarity.


Revolutionary-Goal57

You make a solid case. I agree 100%. I would have loved that arc for Elena. I feel like the chemistry between her and Damon could've helped from her losing her brother and learning to deal.


Debbiefrench

I would have liked Ric to stay dead to preserve his friendship with Damon. That episode where Damon says he misses him while having a drink and ghosts Ric saying you too my friend >>>


underlightning69

You’re right. That scene would have had SO much more impact overall if Ric had stayed dead. Also COULD have been such an amazing point for Damon to begin truly growing as a character, without Elena needing to be his emotional anchor or whatever. But they just decided to undo it all.


jugoinganonymous

Matt, seriously how tf did he survive everything and DIDN’T EVER become a vampire?? Also the guy never had health insurance


Imaginary_Vanilla_25

Lmfao and the fact that his story carries over into legacies is wild 😭😭😭


Ok_Leave1110

This is the right answer


Lucky_Campaign_6967

Its cause he was screwing plec


jugoinganonymous

I gathered, but still


Slow-Employment-53

The most beautiful thing. Nobody deserves to live as much as Matt


bbywada

Fr but i guess him screwing julie helped


Augustleo98

Katherine should have died sooner.


currently_twerking

And not come back as the queen of hell or whatever 😭


Thin_Neat4132

True. That he'll queen arc was awful. They couldn't find literally any other person??


bipolarqueen_

They had Nina Dobrev for one episode and ran with it 😂


Augustleo98

Yeah they could have just had some extra hell demon with a new name and new character, like Cade could have had a demon wife or something.


Augustleo98

True 😂


Revolutionary-Goal57

Lmaooo what?? That's how she came back? The queen of hell? I completely missed this dumb plot.


bbhldelight

thats a crazy thing to say considering she’s the main antagonist of the whole show


Augustleo98

Yeah she could have died sooner and still done the same things she did at the end of the show.


Slow-Employment-53

Never I was mad asf when we lost Katherine. I wanted her to become good and marry Stefan. That queen of hell thing was insane thi


Augustleo98

She was incapable of turning good as despite her past she was a sociopath and unable to change like other vampires. Even Klaus was capable of change, not her though.


JourdonBros

She was only incapable because the writer MADE IT that way. Her redemption arc as a human could've been so easy, she didn't need to possess Elena, that entire storyline was unnecessary. Stefan could've redeemed her and she could've ended up with him like she wanted.


Augustleo98

Yeah she could have you’re right and if they’d gone that direction she would be a watchable character, she comes across more as annoying than totally evil so while her actions aren’t any worse than Damon’s, he’s just fun to watch.


bbywada

I agree she kept coming back for the dumbest reasons 😭


KaytSands

Matt…always Matt


Slow-Employment-53

Never matt


kchane3

Elena. I feel like leaving her in a box after the actress left the show was silly and stifled character growth and the storyline in the show. Damon. He should have been the one to sacrifice himself instead of Stefan. Klaus. I’m glad they didn’t in hindsight but during seasons 3 and 4 I definitely felt like he should have died. Alaric. Should have stayed dead dead.


Greedy_Bathroom3727

definitely agree with elena and alaric. with elena, her (and nina’s) exit would’ve been way more impactful if she had just died. i like way better than holding her over bonnie’s head for years and also the awkward reunion w nina and ian😭 alaric well maybe i just resent that he was the headmaster in legacies, he absolutely did NOT belong in that role


TheShortGerman

I hate Alaric in legacies so much


[deleted]

I haven't even seen legacies but if it's anything like s8 Alaric...I can only imagine.


kchane3

Yes exactly! It was a weird ass choice to do that. I can’t stand Alaric nor MD so it was an all around nope for me. I never watched Legacies because he was in it.


ultrav90s

Agree so much with the first 2 even tho I like both those characters


kchane3

I love them all but Alaric lol


ultrav90s

yeah same I loveee Klaus but I don’t agree he should’ve died that’s why i only said i liked the first 2 aha


AJ-William

I can see killing off Damon or Klaus as doing well. I 1000% agree with Elena and Alaric dying.


[deleted]

Stefan should have had that cure down his throat a long time ago. He was miserable as a vampire and he was more caring and empathetic as a human. Same with damon


[deleted]

He tells Rebekah he is looking for the cure, not just for Elena but for himself too. I thought that was a really nice moment. If only they didn't ruin it at the time with "there is only one" and the s4 finale where he hands it over to Elena. I get why he did it but man I was pissed. And then it goes to waste on Katherine.


alliepancake

Vicki should have stayed dead, I hated her being a ghost


kaidollg

her coming back (again) just to ring the charter bell pissed me off so bad


[deleted]

I wish the focus was more on making a great finale that made sense. Not brining every character back (their mother and their doppelganger) for nostalgia purposes. The show was not over yet. They wasted screen time on the Donovans and such. Nobody cares about his mother. They could have done an after finale special (a panel or something with the whole cast). They do that anyway.


Financial-Heron-5529

Same! Her come back was annoying asf.


Kestras

I'm not sure there is anything this community can agree on outside of maybe that they like the show. Maybe.


[deleted]

Some ppl can't even agree on that lmao


NotsoNaisu

Alaric should have stayed dead, even if I actually liked him in legacies. It severely hurt TVD when he came back, especially since they had to asspull his original status away.


[deleted]

Oh the good old days when his death was actually sad.


Slow-Employment-53

I actually really like the idea that human medicine could save him


lilwolfshuu

Matt…just Matt.


Kontosouvli333

Damon should've 100% died during the time the Originals were in town. He, for some reason, jumps Kol out of nowhere, snaps his neck while Kol's entire family watches, and then is able to just walk out of there. I mean, the entire Mystic Falls Gang had insane plot armor during the Originals. (Don't let me get started on Elena and Jeremy killing Kol)


CoffinEluder

Lol yup. Ridiculous


Sad-Dot-1573

Especially since Kol was apparently such a problem Elijah had to sometimes help Klaus 🗡️him. Oh, but a newbie vampire and an extra strong human take him with vervain water?


[deleted]

Also Bonnie. She does that whole thing against Klaus near s2 finale. The next time he sees her he's all cheery like nothing happened.


potatoeslaith

vicki, Jeremy, Alaric. they should've stayed dead


[deleted]

The only one they shouldn't have killed is Jeremy imo. It would just be way over the top for Elena. These writers' sole purpose seemed to be how can we induce as much suffering as possible.


tmistry

Aurora


EffectiveBranch8229

Isn’t aurora in the originals


Remarkable_Skirt2257

And in Legacies


bluebird0362

Yes, the red haired vampire from Klaus’ past, sister to Tristan of the Stricts/Strics idk


Disneywolf99

I mean they eventually got there hah


Comprehensive_Note_4

Back in S3 I wanted Klaus to die. Didn't think he would, so was shocked and pumped when Olaric stuck him.. Only to be deceived of course. Glad he survived.


Expensive-Secret-126

Matt f donavan! Probably has something to do with the actors crying face, i cannot


dontblinkdalek

Omg yes. His crying face is so bad!


General-Hippo8242

Matt


milaaa__

elena - should’ve just left her in that coffin once she got put in it 🙄


ClearlyCaileigh

matt, but that’s mainly bc i feel like he hardly contributed to the plot


Slow-Employment-53

He’s a good side character he kept the show grounded. The whole line up can’t be vampires like damn


ClearlyCaileigh

i understand ab the whole line up not being vampires. it just felt like his character was diminished after him and caroline broke up, or even after he lost his fiancée.


No_Sherbert_9030

Bonnie I love her but to achieve peace with her grams and Enzo


Apprehensive-Fun6144

Sometimes I wished Elena would have died for good. After she became a vampire and switched Salvatore brothers, she brought nothing to the show except annoyance. I dislike Season 7 & 8 but these seasons would have been so much worse with Elena and her me-me-me-me! As far as the story goes, I think it would have made sense for both the Salvatore brothers to die for good and for Elena to move on and maybe find someone like Tom Avery. It would have been a full-circle moment if Salvatore brothers had died together and again in Mystic Falls and this time for another doppelganger (Elena) but this time they do find peace with each other. TVD and TO should have switched their endings with each other. I think most of the characters did die by the end of TVD.


backwardsflowing

I agree so much! I think if TVD and TO switched endings it would have made so much more sense. It just never made sense to me the Elijah would die with Klaus, because not only was it unfair to his character itjust didn't make sense. I always felt that Elijah would want to live and watch over Hope. I mean he loved his brother so much he would always fight to protect what/who Klaus loved, him leaving Hope all alone makes no sense. It would also make much more sense for Stefan and Damon to have a "we'll finish this how started it moment". Because they missed so many moments were they should've been doing the right thing TOGETHER. But they had Stefan die alone to solidify the idea that he was always the better brother and it was actually really selfish to Damon's character growth. The writers had favorites that's why the plot had such sucky flow.


ForeverLoud9944

Damon hands down. It is absurd that in spite of the horrible things he has done, for most of his life, he got a happy ending while virtually all the other characters except Elena, infinitely better characters, did not.


Slow-Employment-53

It’s cuz he so bad he gets the happy ending.


Expensive_Arm_1822

Elena, she was destined to die either way and I think her soul was like well wtf do I do now


brightstick14

Bill Forbes.


Rainbow62993

He did die? 😅


[deleted]

He was so bad that ppl are panicking he's still alive out there lol


Disastrous_Product17

OMG YES


Mythology216

I mean, everyone you listed actually did die during the show. If I had to pick out one character that seems universally hated, though, it would probably be Lillian Salvatore.


kxdxddy

The obvious answer is Matt Donovan


PrimProperPro

Possibly an unpopular opinion but we should’ve had no resurrections at all or like a maximum of 1. Elena should’ve died, Jeremy, Bonnie and Alaric all should’ve stayed dead, etc. Every character that died in a way that felt impactful for other characters and storylines shouldn’t have retroactively been made pointless. The only one of these that isn’t actually a negative is Bonnie but she was so constantly disrespected as a character that it probably would’ve been better for both her and her real life counterpart Kat Graham.


Revolutionary-Goal57

Bonnie. I mean don't get me wrong she's my absolute favorite but she keeps sacrificing herself and never really got to live her life the way she wanted. I would have wanted her to find peace.


ConcertWestern5629

Bonnie didn’t need to die. She needed writers that didn’t hate her character😂


fadingtales_

100% this! Bonnie deserves better!


Revolutionary-Goal57

Ofc! Honestly if there were a different selection of characters I'd choose someone else like Matt but going off the choices given, it seems like Bonnie or Damon would be the most fitting.


dystopian_mermaid

Awww I love bonbon too but that’s actually good reasoning. She deserved peace with her grams 😭😭😭


_abductedbyaliens

caroline. i grew to like her but her character wasn’t needed imo. she was just there to be there


sigh123sigh

matt LOL the fact he outlived klaus is a crime


Primary_Remove9217

I mean technically Klaus has a thousand years on Matt but Ik what you mean 😂


SlowDeflation

Matt, honestly I wish most of his scenes had just gone to Bonnie instead


Both-Friendship-6520

Elena


EffectiveBranch8229

Matt


luvprue1

Definitely Matt!


Purple_IsA_Flavor

Caroline. Hated her in the first episode, hated her in the last episode


Baconwelldoneok

When I saw her in supernatural I was so happy


AJ-William

yesssss!


Ok-Comedian-990

Damon just because of all the SINS that he has committed


Live_Cress945

Matt. He was more immortal than the actual immortal characters. He outlived Stefan, Klaus and Elijah.


LunaHyacinth

Matt, someone needs to tell me his special power because the boy survived wolves, witches, and vampires with no lasting physical damage


do-rai-me54

This😭


sunandpaper

Caroline, episode 1, don't care how


-yvonne_

Never understood the Caroline hype in ANY seasons


Stoned_Simmer_Girl

Out of the pictures you have provided I say Caroline, she was my least favourite 😂


lady-jane-malin

Caroline. Never really liked her storyline. I wish there had been more of Qetsiyah and Bonnie!


Shea_1227

Caroline never really liked her🤷🏽‍♀️


bbywada

Same she was so annoying


Shea_1227

She was she was such a brat I didn’t like her💀


bbywada

Fr and she was always so jealous of elena and being rude to her like girl 💀


Shea_1227

Right😭 and she always had to have control over everything she was so snarky self absorbed and bitchy like nobody died and made you queen calm down🤣😭 she could’ve 100% stayed dead and I would’ve been happy let’s not forget she made Stefan turn off his humanity just cuz she was unhappy and wanted to ruin his life too🤷🏽‍♀️ just bcuz she’s jealous does not warrant her crappy behavior and attitude too I get jealous of some of my friends but it’s never with ill intentions and I’m never mean about it if anything I want to see them at the top even if it means I don’t get to be there alongside them in my journey in life Caroline should take a few notes and maybe she’d be likeable..


bbywada

I agree!! And she always wanted elena seconds then got mad when they weren’t over Elena yet then she wondered why bonnie and elena left her out it’s because she’s too bitchy, insecure, annoying asf and a backstabber 😭🤦🏾‍♀️ always telling elena and bonnie secrets to men for male validation


Shea_1227

No frrrrr all she was good for really was luring klaus she was kinda just a side character that was just there and her character didn’t really play an important role in the show she was literally only good for teaching new vampires and being klaus bait and MAYBE backup in a risky plan


Horror_Quarter_3080

Elena


PhyarraPrpl

Klaus in season 3. Mikael should have killed him. The whole if you kill an original, their whole sireline dies, shouldn't have been part of the plot.


Slow-Employment-53

That’s a regular part of vampire Mythos tho


Debbiefrench

If the question is who should have died, leaving aside our feelings for the character, then it's Damon. If the question is who I would have wanted to see die because the character annoys me, Elena.


dyingdeath101

I am prepared to get downvoted for this, but Caroline. Had Caroline been killed off or removed from the show prior to Candice getting pregnant (which I am in no way at all hating on Candice and her choice to have children🫶🏼) but the story line was changed by Julie Plec when she found out Candice was pregnant and changed details. It makes me wonder how the show was oringally supposed to go.


gaybigdawg

We already have so little klaroline, why would you take what little more we had at the end 😭


luvprue1

Jeremy, and Matt both should have stayed dead.


freeshavocadooooooo

yall are gonna hate me but, bonnie. not for any other reason besides i just do not like her. while every character has their flaws, i just can’t sympathize or empathize with bonnie. though i will say, she did not deserve the ending she got.


Unisis78

Stefan


Low_KeyHatemylifelol

Damon


[deleted]

They coulda killed off Bonnie. Only cause Kat Graham was way too good for the show and deserved better writing.


Toxichubhai

Jeremy


Wrong-Employer5606

Matt should have stayed dead. Was a jealous ex the whole show. Kicked Stefan out of the town he founded because he was still jealous Elena chose him all those years ago. It wasn’t to protect the city, crime still exists without vampires, in fact Stefan could’ve taken care of crime faster .


Slow-Employment-53

What show were you watching???


Wrong-Employer5606

The Vampire Diaries. He was easily one of the most selfish characters next to Stefan.


Funnyname-143

Alaric, Jeremy, Katherine, and Vicki A person(s) i feel like should’ve came back to life is Lexi and grams.


Realistic_Horror2846

klaus 🥰 i hate him so thats my reason


LockQuick8989

honestlhy to me at the very least, none in the pic should've died but since that finale happened.. oh well


_Nicolina

We all already agreed Matt served no purpose. Goodbye Lmao


Maleficent-Plum1598

Matt should have died wayyy sooner


OkAdvertising7436

Why do I only see like 2 people saying Matt.. he should have died.


deimosbonus

Elena. Right from the start. Less crying scenes would have been better for everyone.


Anxiee00

Matt


ImmortalChloe

Matt!


Gullible-Scarcity688

Elena 100%. People were breaking their necks for this girl, and I feel like she rarely did the same for those around her. She should have died permanently.


Fire-Fly27

Elena


No_Sherbert_9030

Stefan


Ok_Leave1110

He did


-yvonne_

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bbywada

CAROLINE she so damn annoying


Past-Throat-6788

Matt


Independent_Bus_5930

MATTTTTT


bigbitties666

elena or caroline. or damon if we’re talking last episode.


-yvonne_

You’re just salty because he didn’t come out the closet 😒


bigbitties666

i will ALWAYS be salty about that. like dude,,, just admit you have big gay crushes on big manly men!! we all knew it anyway!!


rose1613

Matt he’s boring and added no value


Carlarogers

Matt. Dude had plot armor.


Girl-08

Damon and Stefan


Proof-Product7662

Caroline or Damon.


Thin-Ad-6646

Damon and Stefan.


Public_Carpenter_353

Damon.


JKJMJK

Damon and Alaric!


Intrepid_Ad_3157

Honestly? Damon


Sanchanphon

Caroline.


ProfessorWooden4056

Idk klaus in s3 tvd and elena s6 oh damon in s8 the sacrifice


Moobler25

Matttt!!! He was of no use to the plot and he was whiny all the time for no real reason. A lot of the time he would make things worse and interfere/ruin plans and fuck everything up 🙄


Idek163

Tyler he so annoying


Medical-Shirt-9082

Tyler did die. Damon killed him.


Idek163

I just wish Damon would’ve killed him earlier


capricorn_444

Damon


PhyarraPrpl

Caroline after her transition when Damon tried to stake her. The storyline would have still been the same.


Nearby-Structure-739

Literally like she was not part of the storyline at all she was just there judging everyone


avast1210

I think Matt


fadingtales_

Matt!


SevereCartographer26

Matt


lldom1987

Elena


NewNailPolish

Where's Matt?


NewNailPolish

Where's Matt?


Starryeyedlovergirl

Aurora, Alaric or Jeremy. Actually just Jeremy, bro either died and came back immediately or managed by some divine intervention to narrowly miss death.


Then-Jury8121

Caroline and Damon


Subject_Fun_9564

Damon


Due-Sentence8154

tbh i think damon should have sacrificed himself instead of stefan


Rose333X

Elena i hope. Every other character is actually decent, has good development etc, but elena is just a bad character and should have never existed in the first place.


Revolutionary_Key325

Bonnie. And stayed dead


latrodectal

not doing this. have fun.


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latrodectal

could say the same to you?