Alas, the day has arrived. In a few short hours, our girl Elena is riding off into the sunset (or probably dying some horribly tragic death, depending on how much the writers want to watch us suffer.)
It’s been a crazy 6 seasons of The Vampire Diaries, and we’re going to miss Nina Dobrev and Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce and all the other doppelgangers. To celebrate the life and times of the (sometimes) immortal Elena Gilbert, here are my favorite moments over the years.
1. That time Katherine inhabited her body and gave her an awesome new look.
2. The time she flipped her humanity switch and burned down the house.
Literally.
3. The time she saved Matt on the bridge.
4. All the Delena Moments.
But most notably the kiss at the motel.
5. The time she erased Damon.
Sometimes a girl has to move on. Losing Damon was unfathomable, and Elena chose to erase all her memories of him to cope. It was heartbreaking seeing her visit his makeshift grave and hallucinating his presence. So compulsion was the only way out.
Sure, it was a bit rash, given he came back a few episodes later, but she couldn’t have known that. Elena was always a fighter and she always put her friends first, but she also knew when it was time to quit and take care of herself.
6. The time she became human.
Goodbye, Elena.
You’ve been great.