Nisha I need you to tell me I'm crazy. I keep looking at Sarah and Kai and I'm like she has Bonnie's jawline and he has Damon's forehead and I just see it so much. They look like Bamon and I can't take it. I'm melting in feels. My OTP is gonna make a baby do you feel cause I feel it?
YOU'RE KILLING ME, SMALLS
LMAO you guys and the Bamon babies theories!! Tearing me apart.
Why I'm with you: Given how Bonnie has been abandoned by or neglected by or has just plain lost all the major family figures in her life, the idea of Bonnie building a family of her own someday and having a chance to see how rewarding that kind of a bond can be, and how real love (both romantic and familial) isn't one-sided in terms of give-and-take... these are all things I want.
Also, this is a thing Damon said:
[Damon turns around and starts walking away.]
Elena: Take the cure with me. [Damon stops] That's how much I know this is real. That's how certain I am that I'm going to love you even after this is all over. Take the cure. Be human with me. We can be together. Grow old together. This doesn't have to be hard anymore.
Damon: [still facing away from her] That's not me, Elena. That's Stefan. You know, I used to miss being human. Now I can't think of anything more miserable on Earth.
[Damon walks away. Elena is clearly upset.]
Now there are few things in the world that I love more than the narrative making Damon eat his own words. And I still believe that the confession he made in 2x12 is how he really feels. That he misses being human, he misses the potential of living a human life. I think he was lying to Elena because he was already upset, and because he was looking for reasons why Elena wasn't going to love him anymore after she took the cure and the sire bond wore off. So to hear her spout the same "grow old together" stuff that he knows she would have previously associated with Stefan... he rejected it, no matter what his real feelings were.
I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THEY TOTALLY RETCONNED THAT SCENE FROM 2X12 I REFUSE DO YOU HEAR MEEE
Why I'm resisting: First off, I have been waiting for a Bamon romance for so long that I want it to develop FULLY into that first, before going all "Married with Children" on us right away lmao
Also, I just don't know that they could pull off a Bamon babies storyline in a way that I wouldn't be bothered by. First of all, they'd have to come up with a way for Bonnie to get pregnant via vampire that wasn't completely contrived. Then they'd have to let Bonnie experience pregnancy and motherhood in a way that's real and meaningful, not just a plot device: basically, I worry that they would steal those experiences from her for the sake of cheaply adding angst to the storyline.
So far the only Bamon baby theory that I'm hypothetically on board with is the idea that said baby(ies) are from a distant(ish) future where Bonnie and Damon have been in an established relationship and raised her/him/them... and now they've time traveled to save their parents.