#atticus shane

[cancerian-woman]

you know the writers really didnt see Bonnie as desirable when Caroline and tyler fucked THE SECOND they revealed they had feelings for each other

Stefan and Elena slept together after around two months of knowing each other

yet jeremy and bonnie canonically didnt sleep together until s5...MID SEASON 5 TO BE SPECIFIC

even if people can say oh well they broke up s3 and didnt get back together til s5

they still dated s2 in which stelena had like a dozen make out scenes

I’m too lazy to look this up for accuracy on how long Bonnie was there but Beremy could’ve had sex in the witches house way back in s2. Bonnie was supposed to be “dead”, out of the way from Klaus to ensure she’d have the upper hand when it was time to face him. Unless Bon was growing her own fruit in the yard… Jeremy had to been the one bringing her food or whatever other necessities to keep Klaus from seeing her… we know it wasn’t Rudy. If the problem was showing Kat’s body, a simple scene of one of them changing would’ve been enough implication but no lol. When Beremy does have sex Bonnie’s in physical agonizing pain..

If anyone else was stuck in the prison world with Damon they would’ve hooked up. “But Elena feels—“ would’ve been a non-factor. Especially when you can see in early stages of tvd Bamon does have moments where you can see some romantic subtext.

Shane/Silas and Bonnie was a textbook example of the student/teacher grooming trope. But no Shane couldn’t even be into her romantically he only wanted her for her magic. Which… if you rewatch their scenes together lol. Something romantic is there. Bonnie’s giggling, defending him to everybody… as if he was her boyfriend. The fact that she eventually had to accept his betrayal and the plot did nothing else with it… typical

Luka and Ben the bartender both were “interested” but it was about her magic/for someone else.

Jamie? He likes her, so what he’s everything Abby wanted in a child vs Bonnie? Think abt it: Bennetts seem to birth women & witches. Abby didn’t want to be a witch so in a way Jamie her new child is perfect. So what, you’ll never see him again and he’s her adoptive brother. Not like Bonnie couldn’t have started something up with Klaus or Kol during her break up with Jeremy. SO WHAT, Julie threw a tantrum on twitter when she was actively pushing Klaroline at the time.

Kai and Bonnie? No can’t have that. It would ruin Kai from being an irredeemable villain. It would break and destroy Bonnie’s character. But, yeah Kai has feelings for Bonnie but that’s it.

Bonnie and Stefan? Sorry, that’ll be dropped in exchange for Steroline’s love story.

Bonnie can only ask what kissing the bad boy is like with Elena. Bonnie can only vent and laugh with Caroline or another about wanting to be hooking up vs dealing with magic problems. Bonnie can only dream of having a happy life with Enzo.. but she can’t have that

There’s a post by this creator here about how some WW cannot fathom that someone that isn’t white can be considered prettier than them. Which is exactly what happened in the tvd writing room. Those women couldn’t understand why those male or women actors wanted to be paired up with Bonnie/Kat when they saw Bonnie/Kat as someone beneath them. Liv and Bonnie was a good option too. Same for Bonnie and Nora. Neither one of those could happen but Freya got to be Bisexual…

I know til this day it eats Julie alive that if anyone ask Ian about Bamon he’s going on a tangent about them not dating or sleeping together made no sense lol.

It’s just telling that theirs so many scenes of these white women characters and the opposing sex that blurs the lines of consent and yet when it came to Bonnie everyone had control of themselves…

Julie was yapping on in book about how Bonnie HAD to be the one that didn’t fall for Damon’s charms and yet she’s the one who insulted Elena to make a point about how wrong Bamon is and I just lmfao ALRIGHT GIRL!

[whoreallyevenknowsanyway]

could i also have

Desolation!Bonnie and Silas

Lonely!Damon and Qetsiyah

Buried!Amara and Klaus

also Web!Shane and Hayley (and maybe something for Hayley taking his place after he fails)

Their Power was overwhelming from the start.

No one wanted to to be on their bad side, and even Silas didn't want to be on hers.

They were both so used to being alone though, they never liked it.

They could both understand eachothers need and hatred for loneliness. Unable to trust the presence of the others.

He really should know better than upset her. Though, he seemed to have become her favourite chew toy even when it Wasn't His Fault.

The game they played was an ever changing grasp for power, even before they truly knew they could gain or lose it.

They were both strung up in the powers of another, but they could work with that.

[melmedardasworld]

Klonnie AU: Struggling to regain her magic, Bonnie turns to Professor Shane, who introduces her to Expression. Just as she starts to make progress, Klaus—who has been closely monitoring her and her friends—appears before her. He is determined not to let the young Bennett witch's magic regain her magic unchecked. Klaus reveals a shocking and dark truth about Atticus Shane that leaves Bonnie both doubtful of her new mentor and suspicious of the Hybrid's motives. Now, Bonnie is torn, caught yet again in one of Klaus’s schemes and Shane’s secrets, unable to fully trust either but wary of being used yet again. Season 4 AU.

That's when Bonnie felt it—a presence, watchful and predatory.

"Well, well," a familiar accented voice drawled from the shadows. "Quite the studious student, aren't we?"

Bonnie whirled around, her heart racing. "Klaus," she spat, tension dancing at her fingertips. "What are you doing here?"

Klaus emerged from the darkness, his trademark smirk in place. "Let's just say a little bird told me about your... extracurricular activities."

"You've been spying on me?" Bonnie's voice rose, indignation coloring her tone.

"I have people for that, love" Klaus replied, circling her slowly. "Nothing happens without me, knowing. No matter how insignificant." He looked Bonnie up and down and smirked. "Though I must say, your choice of mentor is intriguing. Tell me, what does a mere human know about magic that's got you so captivated?"

Bonnie's jaw tightened. "That's none of your business."

"Oh, but it is," Klaus countered, his eyes glinting dangerously. "I make it my business to know what my adversaries are up to." He smirked, his eyes narrowing as he stepped closer. "Just a friendly warning, love. You’re playing with fire by trusting Atticus Shane. He isn’t teaching you magic to help you; he’s using you."

Bonnie tightened her grip on the book in her hands, refusing to let Klaus's sudden appearance shake her. "And why should I believe anything you say? You don’t care about me." Bonnie scoffed, her voice steady despite the nerves simmering beneath the surface.

"True," Klaus admitted, circling her slowly. "But I do care about power—especially when it’s in the hands of someone who could become a threat to my plans."

Bonnie faltered, hostility flashing in her eyes. "So you're here to kill me?"

Klaus smiled, a cold glint in his eyes. "On the contrary, Bonnie. I'm just here to warn you. This magic you're dabbling in is not to be trifled with, little witch."

"Since when do you care about my welfare?" Bonnie scoffed.

Klaus's smile was sharp, almost predatory. "Noble intentions, as always. But tell me, little witch, have you considered that perhaps you're the one who needs protecting? Not from me, but from your newfound 'mentor'?"

Bonnie's eyes narrowed. "What are you talking about?"

"Atticus Shane," Klaus said, his voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper. "The man who claims to understand and teach magic better than a witch. Quite presumptuous for a mere human, don't you think?"

"He's helping me," Bonnie retorted, "I know that’s a difficult concept for you to understand."

Klaus pressed on. "Is he now? And what exactly does the philanthropist professor get out of this arrangement? Have you ever wondered about his true motives?"

Bonnie took a step back, wary confusion evident on her face.

"Oh, sweet naïve Bonnie," Klaus's smirk widened. "Next time you have a cozy little session with your mentor, ask him about Caitlin. His wife. Ask him how she died... practicing Expression."

Bonnie froze, shock etched across her features. "What... what are you saying?"

Klaus leaned in, his voice low. "I'm saying, love, that perhaps Shane's interest in you comes from a very personal place. A place of loss, perhaps even desperation. And desperate men, well... they tend to be dangerous. Much like desperate witches, wouldn't you agree?"

Bonnie flinched, memories of her Grams' pain flashing through her mind. Klaus's words cut deep, playing on her worst fears about the path she'd chosen.

But when Bonnie looked up to respond and reply that it was his hand that forced her in this situation, Klaus had already vanished, leaving her alone with her swirling thoughts and growing doubts.

Klaus watched Bonnie from the shadows, he saw her once confident stance crumble slightly. She hugged herself, clearly shaken, before hurrying away into the night. A satisfied smile played on Klaus's lips. The seed of doubt had been planted. Whether it would grow into distrust or push Bonnie further into Shane's manipulations remained to be seen. Klaus knew she was too smart to trust him outright, but he had given her intuition a much-needed nudge.

Her vulnerability, stemming from the loss of her magic—a loss he was partly responsible for—presented an opportunity he couldn't ignore. Shane was clearly using Bonnie's isolation and grief to his advantage, and Klaus was not above doing the same.

As he melted back into the darkness, Klaus's mind turned to his future plans. This was all connected—Bonnie, Atticus Shane, the Hunters and an ancient tale of that predated even his own existence. More importantly, it invariably involved the Cure. And where the cure was concerned, Klaus would ensure no one stood in his way. Especially given the young witch's rather interesting connection to and the Cure.

For now, though, Bonnie alive and conflicted served his purposes better than Bonnie dead. Let her regain her magic, let her doubt fester naturally. Klaus could be patient when it suited him.

"All in good time," he murmured to himself, a plan already forming in his mind. Whatever game Shane was playing, Klaus intended to play it better. He was a 1000 years old and already several moves ahead. And Bonnie Bennett, whether she knew it or not, had just become a key piece on his chessboard.

[icarusofathousanddays]

TVDU Families — The Shane Family

Shane is of Irish origin, derived from the pre 12th century Gaelic "Seain" which translates to "John." Named Family Members: Atticus Shane ⟶ Dead Caitlin Shane ⟶ Dead Sam Shane ⟶ Dead

[louisbxne]

THE VAMPIRE DIARIES 4x11 - "Catch Me If You Can" (2013) Dir. John Dahl

[shadowcatgirl09]

Pushing his hand away she eyes him with a dark mix of yearning and loathing. "Why won't you leave me alone? Why won't you let me go?"

"Why? Because you called out for me." He backs her up against the painting that inspired his appearance. "It's because I love you that I won't let you go."

BonKai AU: Bonnie Bennett is a world class painter; having created masterpiece after masterpiece since she was eleven. By the time she reached eighteen she was nearly in a class of her own. But now at twenty not only only is pressure getting to her, she's beginning feel burnt out and her artist block has hit an all time high.

She begins to spiral so her friends stage an intervention disguised as a vacation to a picturesque town called Heron. There she meets Dr. Atticus Shane and things only get worse from there. Something is calling to her from the depths of Sage Lake. One night in a desperate bid not to lose her scholarship she sends up a prayer after midnight and the eldritch entity responds.

It comes to her in the form of a young man bearing a strange resemblance to a painting she once did. Singing promises of wonders beyond her imagination he slowly absorbs her into his twisted dark world. Her paintings begin to become reality and Kai corrupts everything through them. Things take another turn for the worse when she realizes she is trapped and her only way out is to make art that can save her but may also release him.

[thehollowprince]

Randomly thinking about The Vampire Diaries, specifically season 4 which was the final season I tuned in for because I was just fed up with the bullshit, and all the wasted potential + just bad writing all around.....

Professor Shane should've been a straight up villain, Thee Big Bad. Make it so he's Silas, no doppelganger shenanigans. Have him be the powerful immortal who is going to unleash Hell on Earth. Giving Michael Langdon from AHS, Amaru from From Dusk til Dawn or Eclipso from Stargirl vibes who's a legitimate threat, the way Dahlia and The Hollow had the Originals running for the hills. Like, if you're gonna have yet another person using and exploiting Bon-Bon, then fully commit and make him a major threat because having him just be some human guy understandably desperate to resurrect his family and then die pitifully was disappointing. Like, have the island give some The Ritual vibes with a deranged cult worshipping Silas picking people off and then it's revealed Shane is Silas.

Season four was... weird.

Like, they started off badly by having Elena become a vampire, thus destroying the whole draw of two idiot vampires fighting over a human who is identical to their shared ex (not weird at all). Add onto that the Hunters plot line and Caroline slowly "falling" for Klaus (gross) and them just having Matt stand around (once again), that by the time we got to Bonnie's plotline that season (more suffering - who'd have guessed?), it was just kind of... boring.

Bonnie started off the season rather strong. At the end of the previous season, she was tapping into Dark Magic. And not Dark as in "I make deals with demons," but Dark as in "everyone else is allowed to use their magic for personal gain without consequences, why can't I?" And the thing is, she wasn't even doing it for personal gain. She was trying to use Dark Magic to save her friend from becoming a vampire, which she didn't want to be. Yet once again, she's punished where no other witch is ever punished.

After that, the Dark Magic was immediately dropped in favor of the Darkest Magic (Expression). And here's where we get into your ask, because it would have made so much more sense to have Shane be Silas, as he was the one teaching her Expression. Shane could have simply been Silas' physical form, an immortal cursed to wander the earth without his power and him needing a powerful witch to help access it. That would have made an infinite amount of more sense than here's this dorky college professor who just so happens to academically know about this powerful form of witchcraft that is so powerful and old and dangerous that all other witches fear to even call it magic, let alone practice it.

He could have very easily tricked her by saying, "Hey, here are these old grimoires that were in your Grams' collection that talk about this old form of magic." He could have thrown out the lure for a Cure, with it just being a fakeout to get them to the island where, like you said, his Cult still worships him and separates the group one by one until he gets Bonnie close enough.

After that, keep the rest of the plot pretty much the same. Katherine impersonates Elena and steals what she thinks is the Cure and have Elena spiral, and Bonnie finally come into her own magically.

The further I get away from when I first watched TVD, the more I realize how crappy all the writing and story was.

[noncanonfan]

Bonnie’s really working with Cade? Did she learn NOTHING from what happened with Professor Shane?