In a recent interview, showrunner Julie Plec revealed that she wants Elena Gilbert to return because she is planning to unfold a big story for the character for the eighth and last season of “The Vampire Diaries.”
It is the vestige of humanity that prevented Damon from killing Bonnie during the Season 6 finale just to bring back Elena. However, with all the goodness stripped from Damon and Enzo St. John by Sybil, Bonnie will surely be in danger come Season 8.
Bonnie shall reportedly be able to go so far without her magic and friends in “The Vampire Diaries” Season 8 and Julie Plec even confirmed that the character will have a rough sailing on the upcoming season of the hit TV series.
Julie Plec promised that Nina Dobrev will be reuniting Elena Gilbert with Damon Salvatore either at the start or at the tail end of Season 8, which already hinted at the possible end of the show.
But Plec added that if “The Vampire Diaries” gets picked up by The CW for Season 9, Nina Dobrev will definitely be around then.
However, the show may already be up for another problem by then since Ian Somerhalder and Kat Graham has previously stated that they will only be good until Season 8 of “The Vampire Diaries.”