• Vampire Diaries Spoilers: Why Did Caroline Shred Klaus's Drawing? Julie Plec Says…•

If you woke up last Friday and the world felt a little bit

sadder, it probably had something to do with Thursday

night’s episode of The Vampire Diaries. On Season 5,

Episode 13 (“Total Eclipse of the Heart”), Caroline

Forbes (Candice Accola) decides to get a fresh start on her

love life by shredding keepsakes of romances past. This

included the all-famous horse drawing Klaus sketched her in

Season 4. Why did Caroline do it? Executive producer Julie

Plec weighs in below.

"Caroline was very clear that she's got other plans," Julie said

of the shredding. "She's got some stuff she's got to deal with,

he's got some stuff he's got to deal with, so the plans to cross

paths with them right now don't seem very realistic but that

doesn't mean in life there aren't opportunities."

That comment actually gives us hope for a Klaroline reunion

in the future. And we respect Caroline too much as a

character to let her relationship with anyone define her

storyline. Right now, it doesn’t make much narrative sense to

have Caroline ditch her chance at a new and exciting college

experience for Klaus. She still has people she loves in Mystic

Falls. She has things she wants to do. And, the perk of being

immortal? She has time to do both. Her life is going to have

many chapters. One of them — or, you know, many of

them — might involve an epic romance with Klaus.

Julie also spoke on the point of the steamy Klaroline

hookup in the 100th episode. According to the executive

producer, the development wasn’t incidental. It was well-

thought over and fulfilled a very specific purpose: "The

point

of that was to deliver on the story line that had been left

dangling and to get those characters to a new place with each

other," said Julie. Call us fruitless optimists, but we think

there will be many “new places” in this couples’ future.

Did seeing the horse drawing go through the shredder

break

your heart? Do you think there is hope for Klaroline yet?

Sound off in the comments below!

Catch the next episode of The Vampire Diaries on

Thursday, February 27 at 8 p.m. ET on the CW.

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