Where Are Damon and Bonnie?

The Vampire Diaries Burning Question: Where Are Damon and Bonnie?

The Vampire Diaries Season 6 premiere ended with a glimpse into the life of one Damon Salvatore and one Bonnie Bennett in whatever Elsewhere they’ve found themselves stuck in following the collapse of the Other Side. Where might they be? Here is our best speculation.

1994. If you’ve seen the promo for Season 6, Episode 2 (“Yellow Ledbetter”), then you’ve seen Bon Bon inform Damon: “We’re living the same day all over again.” There’s also a spinning glimpse of the front of the newspaper from May 10, 1994. Weird choice, TVD. Everyone knows the hairstyles were relatively dull in the 90s. What’s the point of doing a TVD period drama without terrible wigs?

An alternate reality. On the other hand, if Bamon is stuck in 1994, then where is everybody? Mystic Falls is no metropolis, but a shot in the promo reveals a completely dark and empty Main Street. This isn’t the town-obsessed-with-functions we know and love! Given the eerie ambiance and the fact that Bamon is playing Groundhog Day, we think this whole 1994 thing might just be a ruse. We think Bamon is stuck in some kind of alternate reality — one with a killer breakfast spread.

Mystic Falls pocket universe. The Mystic Falls Damon and Bonnie are trapped in seems completely empty, but maybe it’s not empty so much as empty of all other supernaturals. If TVD wants to really rock our socks off, they’ll tie the magic-free Mystic Falls storyline with Bamon’s Elsewhere. Perhaps, when the Travelers’ stripped the town of all magic, that magic didn’t disappear, but separated into a whole other plane of Mystic Falls existence. It still exists, but as a pocket universe that Damon and Bonnie are safe, yet trapped in. This theory is kind of our favorite.

Catch the next episode of The Vampire Diaries on Thursday, October 9 at 8 p.m. ET on The CW.