Late but omg…your account speaking to my soul! Ian and Kat (especially Ian) admit to playing the characters as romantic but then fans will call you insane saying “I don’t see romantic chemistry at all! They are like brother and sister 🥺” or “can’t men and women just be friends?” but say that about Klaroline (an accidental ship that serves no purpose to plot besides Julie’s self inserting yet again) people ready to jump at your throat.
Hili <333 thank you that’s so nice. I use tumblr as my nerdy escapism to yap for fun. Always welcome here. Kat and Ian tried to get Bamon canon they really did, even post the show now Kat told people once at a panel to go online to find out about Bamon (and other things), Ian brings up Bamon all the time in confusion.. see this post here by my lovely friend Rikki. Kat flat out says Bamon didn’t happen because of racism AND because Damon was a popular character thus Damon 2.0 (Enzo) aka watered down Damon I love shit talking those writers though!
Bonnie LEAPED in Damon’s arms, secured them short legs of hers around Damon’s waist as he swayed their bodies but “sibling energy” I mean, if this is what you do with your siblings.. alright along with Damon constantly being used to side-eye or interrupt Bonnie’s relationships Jamie, Kai, Jeremy and Enzo all had this . As for the “we need male and female friendships!” Seemingly has to be the argument whenever a black girl is involved in said pairing. Julie recently said that Bonnie had to be the one who didn’t fall for Damon’s quote “baby blue eyes” bullshit. Then quoted, Bamon as the third PLATONIC love story of the series and no one can forget insulting Elena about her no integrity bc bonnie has too much to get with Damon.
I mean? It’s just funny, because Damon has slept with or had some type of romantic fling with almost every woman he has shared a screen with but Bonnie. Julie talks about Bonnie with the highest of standards as her code for limiting Bonnie from things she has no problem putting Elena and Caroline in which means their standards are hot garbage apparently. If Bonnie’s standards are so high an unattainable for these vampires like Damon… why does she become friends with him? Why did she cry when he finally man’d up and read his letter to her? Julie talks so much BS that she doesn’t know she’s talking in circles besides her obvious racism. Bonnie’s too good and too pure why does she remain friends with any of them? If Julie really believed Bonnie’s too good for the bad boy, why have the “good” boy Jeremy cheat on her with a ghost, then detail to Elena how he’s never loved anyone the way he loved Anna - wasting Bonnie’s time and efforts.. If she’s too good and too pure why place her with Enzo who was physically violent just as everybody else had been ps- did you know Caroline Dries made sure Kat knew about Bonenzo last?
Julie, Caroline Dries etc etc all just didn’t see their BLACK LEAD as worthy of anything. Kat wanted Bonnie to be bi as easily as S5. Of course, they said no and in TO Freya is Bi. Bonnie can’t date a Mikaelson, but Davina, the white witch they spend an entire season 1 infantilizing by calling her a child and those babydoll like dresses can fuck a mikaelson.
Damon needed some development, but that could never be attained in that writing room resulting him down to Elena’s coffin. Even if they went the Bamon route hypothetically speaking he’d still need some extra work but Bamon was right there. Show us why Bonnie values him as a friend even. Make him do a grand gesture or sacrifice for her but ughhhhhh. If ANYBODY else was in that Prison World with Damon they would’ve had sex for months on end 😭. Wouldn’t have thought twice about Elena ffs.
KC was an accident they kept over servicing ahjdkina *heavy negro spiritual sigh*
Bonnie’s non-canon ships places her outside her bubble of her friends often times and boosts her desirability that canon tries to ignore and that makes people uncomfortable because their used to background bestie Bonnie who’s only a friend.