After losing yet another person she loves, "She has no one and she's 迷失 everyone that ever mattered to her, almost everyone. How do 你 choose in a moment like that?" Plec explains
Stefan and Damon will continue to grow closer to each other even as Elena makes her choice between them. "They will get stronger instead of weaker as brothers in spite of this looming conflict, this looming decision," Plec says.
