Going back to basics
When asked during an interview early this month about what is going to happen to the cast of the show without Elena, Ian said that they hope that the show is going to go back to what originally made people fall in love with “The Vampire Diaries.”
He reiterated that the upcoming seventh season of the show will look to encompass the things that were prevalent in the first two seasons, including being dark, sexy, volatile and unpredictable.
With Elena Gilbert already out of the series, the entire premise of Season 7 of “The Vampire Diaries” will be dramatically different. Without Nina Dobrev’s character, the show will finally find its true identity which is about friendships and the craziness of being a vampire in Mystic Falls.
The title of the show was meant to be that way in the first place but with the love triangle and the romances being highlighted all the more in the series’ past two seasons, it has wandered off course.
While the show creators and the production team may still be thinking of how the series can thrive for its Season 7, the upcoming season will also be a test case if “The Vampire Diaries” can continue to hold its own without Nina Dobrev in it or whether it can go back to its initial premise and make good of it.