Damon & Elena Article: A look at the EW Covers

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posted by flyntorres

This is probably so outdated already but I just had to share.

I've noticed something in the EW photos that the trio did. To some people, they may have just seen Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesly. But they failed to see that they were actually portraying their characters in the shoot. Can't really blame you though. The photos were distracting. Anyways, I always thought that the themes used in the Ian-Nina and then Paul-Nina pics meant something. White and innocent for the former. Black and seductive for the latter. I thought it was about Damon and Stefan at first so that's why I got so confused. I thought that because Damon is portrayed to be the not-so-good Salvatore that he'd get the dark theme while Stefan, being the "good" brother, would have gotten the lighter one. It made sense. But, no, the themes were interchanged.

Then it suddenly hit me. The themes weren't revolving on the two guys after all. It was about Nina. Well, more specifically, her character.

Nina was definitely playing Elena Gilbert in her photos with Ian. She was smiling and looking at you with innocent doe eyes. Even the body language screamed Elena: hand in Damon's hair, holding hands with Damon, and hugging Damon from behind. All of the photos of the two of them in the EW shoot made me want to say 'awwww' which I did anyway. Damon and Elena [Ian and Nina] looked happy and very much in love.

But in her photos with Paul, Nina was dark, alluring and almost evil. That does not fit the character description of Elena at all. Unless... Stefan wasn't with Elena in their shoot but with Nina's other character, Katherine. That would explain the black sheets and the choice of lingerie. Gone were the innocent smiles and loving looks. They were replaced with seductive smirks and teasing looks. Very Katherine Pierce, don't you think?

And now I'm hearing about the new TV Guide covers. I've seen the one with Nina and Ian, and I definitely agree that they are Elena and Damon in that photo. But, unfortunately, I still haven't seen the Nina-Paul cover so I can't really tell if Nina looks like Katherine in that one.

But if it did happen to be true, then the EW covers couldn't have been a coincidence. It would then be a foreshadowing for the show, a clue that it will be Stefarine and, more importantly, Delena in the end.

predann, TheExcorcist and 7 others like this

delenaluv that would be my dream ending!!!!

clairmxxx Oh, i would love this to be true!!<3

delenasalvatore It does seem a bit odd that the director of the photo shoot decided on black for Nina-Paul/SE and white for Ian-Nina/DE. Why didn't both couples have the same colour? Or similar colours, like purple and red? I would also be inclined to agree that Nina does look more like Katherine in her pic with Paul. BLACK SATIN sheets and BLACK lacy lingerie? Definitely more S/K than SE. I would have thought that an SE pic would have had a more wholesome vibe. Black is universally associated with darkness and symbolic of evil (in most cases), whereas white represents purity. This is why the deliberate choice of colour scheme used for the 2 separate covers are so ironic and perplexing. I have seen the SE cover for TV Guide's comic con special, and without a doubt, the cover is very reminiscent of SK. Elena does not look like Elena, she looks like Katherine: teasing, playful, the seductress who is very much in charge of the relationship (she has one hand holding his tie), who's got him wrapped around her finger. He's very much focused on her, but she's got this 'alluring/amused' expression on her face that says "I'm the boss you know." On the DE cover, she is definitely Elena.

panther-jewel It would also be my dream ending so that I would also love it to be true (you others said it perfectly).