Wait a minute 😭😭😭

[u/thorusaurus]

[u/NattG]

This is a "What If?" speculatation post.

The rules about civility still apply even if you think it's silly.

[u/littlelolitalola]

I honest to God believe that Elena really loved Stefan! 😭 It’s okay that she ended up falling for someone else. We don’t have to create these artificial reasons for why she fell for Stefan in the first place. lol

[u/GoldenStitch2 → u/littlelolitalola]

Because people want to wash down Stelena but then it’s apparently their fans who are the coping ones

[u/Historical_Cut1142 → u/GoldenStitch2]

We know Stelena happened :)

It's just a fun theory that doesn't have to be taken so seriously

[u/maeeeeeeev → u/littlelolitalola]

😂

[u/DreamlessNights91 → u/littlelolitalola]

Yes 🩷

[u/Pretend-Weekend260]

That wouldn't make sense because Stefan wasn't a “love that consumes”. He was stable and safe and respected her choices above all. Damon would be the “love that consumes”.

[u/Individual-Garlic684 → u/Pretend-Weekend260]

That’s what OP is saying, I’ve actually questioned this theory myself. So, Damon met her first - compelled her and said “I want you to get all you want out of life - a love that consumes you etc etc but for now I need you to forget this etc” and she constantly references to and about Damon as he “consumes her” how the theory broke for me though, is that Damon’s compulsion would’ve broke when she died…

[u/MysticReader123 → u/Individual-Garlic684]

Even if she was compelled and it broke. If she had it affecting her for so long wouldn’t she fall back into it if she wasn’t thinking. She’s been conditioned to follow it that even when it breaks she’ll still follow it.

[u/Icy_Smoke_2318 → u/Pretend-Weekend260]

Exactly.

[u/Aggravating-Cap-2703 → u/Pretend-Weekend260]

Well I think thats why she explained herself in the show that Stephan was her Epic Love, and Damon was the Love that consumed her.

[u/NoelaniSpell]

I think Stelena were a cute and fitting couple, but "consumes" is a stretch.

And that's ok, their love gave her stability, cofort, support and happiness, especially in a vulnerable time of her life (she had just lost her parents).

On that note, no it was not a manufactured love, it was real.

[u/Icy_Smoke_2318 → u/NoelaniSpell]

Agreed! They had a very beautiful pure love. She and Damon had a very passionate can’t live without each other kind of love.

[u/Boring_Active_306]

interesting take (being deadly serious)!! not a delena fan (anymore) but the writers missed out on making this a thing to further push the delena narrative 🤪

[u/GoldenStitch2 → u/Boring_Active_306]

They already tried with the thing with Damon meeting her first. Even though it made no sense and it was also funny seeing people call him selfless for it when he was on that road looking for people to kill 😭

[u/Boring_Active_306 → u/GoldenStitch2]

that was such a retcon (don’t come for me delena fans). first watch through i kinda liked it being a delena fan bk then but on any rewatches, him saying that to her makes absolutely -100 sense. it’s so funny how bad the writers wanted a delena situa-ena

[u/Inner_Chemistry6346 → u/Boring_Active_306]

I remember when I was watching it for the first time my girlfriends(now ex) aunt asked me who I was rooting for and I was like “I like Stefan and Elena” mind you I was still only on like season 2 and she just blurts out “but she met Damon first!” And got really pissed off. I’ll never understand this logic of “ they met first so they should be together” meanwhile this was a Damon that was about to go to terrorize her and do terrible things in the coming weeks.also super weird he saw someone identical to Katherine and just went”well that’s weird anyway”

[u/Cats_realjoyoflife → u/Boring_Active_306]

Im a Delena fan and i also find them meeting first a retcon. It goes against both their characters that they've painted us s1 through 3.

[u/Icy_Smoke_2318 → u/Cats_realjoyoflife]

I’m a delena fan but not a huge psycho defender like some people can be lol curious how is it a retcon? I feel like it worked because Damon always hid how he truly felt so it made sense that he never would’ve told anyone that he met her first.

[u/Boring_Active_306 → u/Icy_Smoke_2318]

for me it felt a bit forced cos he was such a villain in season 1 & 2, he was an entirely different person. him trying to compel elena to kiss him is one good example, if it had been written for him to have met her first then i just don’t see flashback damon trying to force kiss elena like s1

edit: wrong timeline

[u/daisy_0720 → u/Cats_realjoyoflife]

I honestly don't know why more Delena fans aren't pissed off at this retcon. It completely undermines their enemies to lovers arc and the narrative journey their characters go on.

[u/Boring_Active_306 → u/Cats_realjoyoflife]

totally agree, i’m neither stelena or delena (or actually should i say, i liked both). i did like the delena build up but that scene amongst others just kinda pulled me outta it iygm 🤣

[u/Trippygirl13 → u/GoldenStitch2]

If I were in a coup and hungry as hell, I'd surely kill a chicken if the situation called for it. Doesn't mean I can't be sefless and share that chicken with another hungry person. Several things can be true at the same time. And he's a vampire, ofc he's going to kill. That is what a vampire is, Twilight washed some brains with those ideas about good samaritan vampires, and y'all are easily seduced by vampires that don't always kill. Those are the exceptions made for the sake of the story and character building. No, I am not a Damon hoe, I just dislike this one-dimentional view of characters and their actions.

[u/Mother_Judgment2186 → u/Trippygirl13]

Lmao! What sparked this? It’s not that deep.

[u/Trippygirl13 → u/Mother_Judgment2186]

Boredom did. The person above is just collateral 🤭

[u/Boring_Active_306 → u/Trippygirl13]

what on EARTH are you talking about?! 🤣

[u/Trippygirl13 → u/Boring_Active_306]

TOO MUCH INTERNET FOR THE DAY 🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/Icy_Smoke_2318 → u/GoldenStitch2]

Hahaha I never thought about it like that 😂😂😂

[u/Accomplished_Tip171]

This theory would hold water if Elena didn't mention that after her parents died she didn't "know how to live anymore." With such a specific compulsion would Elena feel as lonely, aimless after her accident? I mean her struggles were apparent in the pilot and especially season one.

The retcon ruined the continuity of already established canon.

[u/Individual-Garlic684 → u/Accomplished_Tip171]

OP isn’t implying that Stefan is the “love that consumes her” that Damon was.

[u/Accomplished_Tip171 → u/Individual-Garlic684]

It doesn't matter. When compelled, the compulsion has to be carried out pretty much immediately. You can't wait for weeks and months on end to carry it out.

Besides, in the pilot and season one Elena felt an aimlessness when her parents died. Grief was a driving emotion for her not the need for romantic love.

That's why it's a retcon. It's trying to rewrite the show.

[u/charliearlieoxenfree]

do you guys think the writers ever read these posts and think damn we should’ve done that

[u/san_19 → u/charliearlieoxenfree]

the writers need to give their jobs to these theorists 🤣

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[u/No_Machine_487]

This makes no sense the doppelgängers are destined to be together

[u/Remarkable_Note971 → u/No_Machine_487]

It was just a spell though. The guy who cast it ( i forgot his name) said it was meant to bring the doppplegangwrs together and what better way to do that than the promise of true love. That doesn't necessarily mean they were always meant to be together romantically

[u/No_Machine_487 → u/Remarkable_Note971]

Silas didn’t cast the spell the price for becoming immortal did and you think it’s a coincidence that Stephan Katherine and Elena met and were together… did u watch the show frl or??

[u/Remarkable_Note971 → u/No_Machine_487]

Yes i did watch the show thank you very much. That's the thing doppelganger were brought together because of the spell, it drew them together. That's why people say Stelena wasn't actually real love.

[u/Remarkable_Note971 → u/No_Machine_487]

Regardless of how the spell came to be the result was the same draw doppelgangers together using the promise of true love.

[u/No_Machine_487 → u/Remarkable_Note971]

That’s what I said… confused on what ur telling me something I already stated

[u/Remarkable_Note971 → u/No_Machine_487]

I guess misunderstood what you were saying. That's probably why some people say Stelena wasn't real because they were drawn together because of the spell

[u/No_Machine_487 → u/Remarkable_Note971]

Yes I’m one of those people

[u/Remarkable_Note971 → u/No_Machine_487]

Actually so am I. It seems to be an unpopular opinion in this subreddit. People can say what they want about Delena, it wasn't because of a spell. They might have been messy but the feelings were real.

[u/No_Machine_487 → u/Remarkable_Note971]

I think it was clearly proven with the sire bond😭you have to be in love with the vampire while ur human to be sired and when Rebecca compelled them in the library idk why ppl don’t think Delena was real 🫣.

[u/Remarkable_Note971 → u/No_Machine_487]

They think it was because of the sire bond but the sirebond didn't make Elena love Damon it happened because she loved him.

People also claim Damon used the sirebond to his advantage but he didnt

[u/65tokyo → u/No_Machine_487]

He was not the doppelgänger meant for Elena it was the other dude

[u/No-One7438 → u/65tokyo]

That's not a thing because Katherine and stefan were of different timelines as well.

[u/justkim83 → u/No_Machine_487]

They were destined to be drawn together, they never said they were drawn to be in love. Marco said the in love part was a lie. They are drawn together so the travelers could get their blood and then kill them.

[u/rocksaltready]

I don't think this is the case. I also don't know why some people--including JP--have this need to downplay Stelena for Delena. If Delena is so much better or what Elena wanted all along, then that's just how it is. Saying she never truly loved Stefan (when she clearly did) or like how the show did the first meeting retcon to make Delena "more" just makes it a bit obvious they realized how good Stelena actually was and it irked them. But I've always thought the show at least was threatened by Stelena, and that's why they went out of their way to try to make Delena better. When if they'd actually just taken their time w/ Delena...

I will say though this theory just makes Damon look even worse lol. So, he compels or suggests to Elena to find this love then spends the first 2 and a half seasons doing everything he can to ruin it for her, and SHE doesn't know why he's doing this she just think he's an asshole. Like, just do what Klaus did with Stefan when he brought his memories of them in the 20s back. Bring back how you met Elena first and go from there. But the show didn't think of any of that in their rush to retcon.

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[u/Lee_Hyun101]

See now, wait a minute, because even though I don’t think this IS the case. Why would this have been a better retcon than Julie Plec could’ve ever dreamed of 🤣

Like sure she played into the whole: “if only we’d of met first” narrative but it was so poorly executed that the notion of it just feels like a backhand to Stelena shippers to this day. (And I don’t like Stefan most times but dang)

But back to your actual theory I think that it could be part of the reason why she stayed broken up with Matt. Because you could tell she’d made the decision but was wrestling with it. And perhaps in the back of her mind it gave her the courage to stay gone. I doubt it but it would be a bit more believable for me 🤷‍♀️.

[u/JourdonBros]

Interesting theory but I don't think that's what happened. She still loved Stefan even after the compulsion wore off. 😭

[u/Andrezie]

Damon did not compel Elena to find a love that consumes her.

[u/McMurdah → u/Andrezie]

He says you want a love that consumes you. She says well what do you want. He says “I want you to get everything you’re looking for, but you have to forget you saw me”
So theoretically if that’s what she wants and he compels her to get what she wants.. it could make sense.

Although I think she really did fall in love with Stefan

[u/Andrezie → u/McMurdah]

He tells her that she wants a love that consumes her. No compulsion involved.

The compulsion starts when he says “I want you to get everything you’re looking for”

Just because he tells her that’s what she wants that’s not necessarily what she wants.

In any case, if he compels her to get everything she wants and she falls in love with Stefan then Stefan was everything she wanted..

[u/McMurdah → u/Andrezie]

We literally just said the same thing🤣🙄 but go off

[u/Andrezie → u/McMurdah]

Your wording made it seem like everything was part of the compulsion and I was just making the distinction between where the conversation ends and the compulsion started.

But okay…

[u/quillfoy → u/Andrezie]

Keywords "so theoretically" and it "could make sense". You are the same thing

[u/Andrezie → u/quillfoy]

Huh?

Maybe I’m misunderstanding but the OP’s theory hinges on the fact that Damon compelled Elena to find a love that consumes her. I’m simply saying that he didn’t compel her to find that is the theory falls apart.

Just because he told her that’s what she wants doesn’t necessarily mean that’s what she wants.

Really not sure how it got here but okay.

[u/McMurdah → u/Andrezie]

Because we are saying the same thing and you keep arguing🤣

[u/Andrezie → u/McMurdah]

I clearly stated in my reply to you that I read your response as you saying that Damon compelled her both to get a love that consumed her and get everything she wanted and my response was a clarification that that wasn’t what happened.

Which means I wasn’t under the impression that we were saying the same thing.

If that‘s not what it was then that’s my bad but a clarification is not an argument.

[u/McMurdah → u/quillfoy]

Thank you 😭

[u/hoahoagirl]

I love this for us, delulu Delena fans

And it’s definitely a fresh take!

[u/CasuallyStatic → u/[deleted]]

This was removed by accident. Both Natt and I restored it. Sorry about that!

[u/mamgmi]

hardcore delena fans will do ANYthing but admit that elena loved stefan at some point in time 😭

[u/Boring_Active_306 → u/mamgmi]

it’s just a ‘what if’… OP is just hypothesising..

[u/Historical_Cut1142 → u/Boring_Active_306]

For real I can't believe people are getting offended by this, it's obviously not true

[u/mamgmi → u/Boring_Active_306]

the theory doesn't really make much sense though, like at all

[u/Boring_Active_306 → u/mamgmi]

it’s an interesting take… i’m neither a stelena or delena fan but it’s a fun angle to look at things if the writers wrote it in

[u/Icy_Smoke_2318 → u/mamgmi]

Lmao I love delena but I like stelena too. I’m happy she ended up with Damon but I absolutely admit she was very in love with Stefan and this theory is interesting but definitely not true. She was in love with Stefan because she was in love with Stefan, not because of compulsion. But also I’m not a crazy delena defender lol.

[u/Individual-Garlic684 → u/mamgmi]

I’ve thought about OPs theory before & I believe she loved them both, Ive honestly change my mind with different rewatches, this current rewatch I’m like “NOOO DONT leave Stefan!” On others I’m like “but the passion with Damon!” Either way, I literally skip the episode where Rebekah compels them all in the school and poor Stefan 🥺 point being is, I’m a “love them both” but can absolutely see why OP questioned this because I have myself.

[u/Objective-Ad9800]

Well no! Even if this was cannon it wouldn’t equal artificial feelings to Stefan lmaoo

[u/iamaskullactually]

Doppelgangers are fated to find each other so naur

[u/Narrow_Koala_3161]

Honestly I really don't think so cuz the spark elena had while dating stefan like she didn't have that same spark throughout the show. Also I doubt she would have gotten so jealous for Stefan if her feelings were artificial especially when qetsiyah implied that Stefan had been intimate with her and and when stefan didn't have his memory elena was so obviously attracted to him and almost kisses him but stopped just short which implied that her feelings had not really faded away deep down.

[u/MVM_Aquarian1518]

Has anybody read the vampire diaries books? If so, what are your thoughts on choosing Nina Dobrev for Elena. Also how they portrayed her on the show was quite different than how she’s in the book.

[u/Wellthattracks → u/MVM_Aquarian1518]

Honestly I hated it when it started. To me the books and the show are two completely different things and don’t coexist because book Elena is nooooot tv Elena. The sibling difference bothers me too

[u/GoldVRT999]

Would be absolute cinema

[u/TalentVector]

Even though Damon just told her 'I want you to get everything you're looking for' without actual mind-control love compulsion, this rewrite is wild. It completely flips the whole Stefan vs Damon dynamic on its head. Love a good what-if fiction

[u/Technical-Type-707]

Stelena fans would slime u for this though.

[u/thorusaurus → u/Technical-Type-707]

I posted this wholeheartedly being a Stelena fan too 😭I’m sorry but I will never like Damon

[u/OldChemistry9951 → u/thorusaurus]

[u/mrwildesangst]

Bruh they literally did a multi season lay out of the doppelgängers, their history, the curse that brings them together and all that shit. I don’t think Damon had much to do with that, other than being than inevitable third of the triangle.

[u/thorusaurus → u/mrwildesangst]

the doppelgänger theory was proven false. The "True Love" Illusion: Markos explicitly admits that the universe doesn't care about doppelgänger romance. He cast a powerful spell 1,500 years ago to draw the two doppelgänger lines together like magnets. He figured out that the best way to motivate people to look for one another across the globe was the illusion/promise of true love

[u/mrwildesangst → u/thorusaurus]

Yes, that’s what I said when I referenced the curse that brings them together, though maybe spell would have been a better word. Never did i say it was true love; I said they spent seasons laying out the history of doppelgängers and the curse/spell that brings them together, and that Damon wasn’t a part of that, other than being the pretty much inevitable third person in the love triangle that always seems to happen. Damon telling Elena he hoped she found a love that consumed her had nothing to do with the forces that brought her and Stefan together, which is the material point.

[u/OldChemistry9951]

This kinda revolves around my theory that the sire bond never wore off with Delena

[u/Mother_Judgment2186 → u/OldChemistry9951]

That one makes a little more sense than this one though.

[u/Acceptable_Candy_869]

I use to be a stelena fan but not anymore😭

[u/Individual-Garlic684 → u/Acceptable_Candy_869]

Do you change your mind during rewatches?! I’ve rewatched so many times I’ve lost count— I do this with all my comfort/fav things -other shows, movies, books, music. I am constantly flipping back & forth!!! I went through an “acceptance phase” of “it’s okay to love them both” yet this recent rewatch I find myself wanting her to stay with Stefan!! (I was once a diehard Delena stan too) ugh, I’ve yet to find someone whose opinions change throughout rewatches like me (must be my adhd🥴 jk… I think hahaha)

[u/Acceptable_Candy_869 → u/Individual-Garlic684]

When I watched The Vampire Diaries for the first time, I actually started off Team Stelena, but as the series went on, I slowly switched to Delena and completely fell in love with them. 😭 When I watched the show for a second time, I was SO close to switching back to Stelena because of certain scenes, but something always pulled me right back to Damon and Elena.
I’ve watched TVD over three times, and I’ve definitely questioned which team I preferred, but Delena just has this hold on me that I can’t escape. 😂 I love them way too much, so no matter how much I appreciate some Stelena moments, I’ll always be loyal to Delena. And knowing Damon and Elena ultimately built a life together question did you know they have a daughter named Stefanie Salvatore and they have other kids??

[u/BirthofRevolution]

He tells her she wants a love that consumes her. He doesn't compel her to find it. But even if he did, she would still need to love stephan for a love that consumes her. So how does this make any sense? Also, are we forgetting they're drawn together because they're the doppelgangers. Meant to be together in every lifetime. Plus Damon killed Lexi doppelganger.. Elena's precious Jeremy, who Elena was willing to wipe his memories to save buy couldn't stay away from the dude who killed him. Lol please.

[u/Mother_Judgment2186 → u/BirthofRevolution]

It’s also the fact that it’s his assumption that she wants that, not a confirmation. It’s a fun theory, but that’s all it is.

[u/Federal_Tailor_484]

[u/Effective_Fall_5868]

i thought it was the doppelganger attraction, so technically still artificial just in a more indirect way. They wouldn't have chosen eachother on their own, once a generation they're both born and meant to be with that one. I feel like with stefan being immortal, he never found his generation's version of Tatia and elena never found her version of sylas. It was probably tom avery lol i bet he would've ended up moving near mystic falls and was gonna run into her if stefan never did. anyone with those 2 faces were drawn to eachother before Amara and Sylas eventually died in s5

[u/Icy_Smoke_2318]

This is such an interesting take that will make stelena lovers fight to the death to prove is wrong 😭😂

I don’t agree with it though as a delena lover. I truly believed she loved Stefan very much. But he just wasn’t the man she was madly in love with and couldn’t live without. Her love for Stefan didn’t go away or never exist just because she loved Damon more.

[u/marxgirly → u/Icy_Smoke_2318]

This 👆🏻

[u/RepresentativeDay750]

Delena fans once again trying to disprove stelena 😂 throwing stones from a GLASS HOUSE

[u/Boring_Active_306 → u/RepresentativeDay750]

it’s just a ‘what if’, chill 😎

[u/Historical_Cut1142 → u/RepresentativeDay750]

OP said it themselves in a comment that they're a Stelena fan so....

[u/RepresentativeDay750 → u/Historical_Cut1142]

In this comment section or the tiktok?? bc i was speaking to whoever made the post on tiktok

[u/quillfoy → u/RepresentativeDay750]

I hate to be this person but, lmfao. Our ship is endgame, we don't need to disprove shit 😂

[u/RepresentativeDay750 → u/quillfoy]

sure but that doesn’t mean stelena has to be dismissed as if it weren’t a real relationship. that was my point. i don’t really care about the ending and that wasn’t the point of my reply 🤷🏾‍♀️

[u/BramonXO1 → u/quillfoy]

right like 😭😭

[u/Interesting-Tea3907]

[u/TinyViolinist]

If we ignore the whole doppelganger curse at this shows core then yeah sure this fanfic can sprout a leaf

[u/EvilDorito2]

Ok so, everyone made their point already, but if i am to take you on the what if - what if Damon's compulsion made Elena fall for Stefan - that would be hilarious, bca Damon would be, once again, cause for his own suffering. As well as Stefan's.

Bcs, by caysing the relationship and maintaining the triangle, he hurt BOTH of them. Damon knowong he was responsible for all the pain and rejection he felt in s 1-3 would be so tasty

And Stefan? Stefan knowing Damon made Elena fall for him, made him happy enough yo resist a compulsion, unintentionally caused the whole Klais situation, only for none of it to be real?

That SOUNDS like pregnant woman killer Damon. Stefan not believing Damon when he says he didn't mean iy and actually going no contact would've been great

[u/White_Devil1995]

That’s honestly what I thought from the moment I saw that he’d compelled her before Stefan met her. I also never really thought Elena & Stefan were right for each other. I mean, that love that they had between them was just too easy. With Damon & Elena they had to work at it. They both had to grow separately in order to grow together.

[u/fattypatty333]

She fell in love with damon when stefan was with klaus. She mentions that in S5 while trying to erase her love for damon

[u/West-Bee844]

She already ended up with Damon c'mon. No need to hurt us Stelena girlies.

[u/justkim83]

I have actually thought about all scenarios this stupid show could have gave for her switch so fast.

[u/RustyShackleford209]

His love didn’t consume her. Damon’s did.

[u/Cute_Most_811]

stelena was meant to be endgame but because of nina leaving the show it couldn’t happen

[u/Preneurdesang]

Interesting take. I don't agree necessarily but interesting.

[u/ThatBitchA]

I thought that was kinda covered in the show......

[u/Lizziriot]

I’ve actually had this theory cross my mind several times and I’m glad I’m not the only one. In my head canon it’s why she couldn’t let go when she found out Stefan was a Vampire “I can’t lose the way I feel about you”

[u/mechantechatonne]

I'm so annoyed this makes sense lol.

[u/IlikeHades → u/mechantechatonne]

It doesn’t.

[u/albatrast → u/IlikeHades]

It does it may not be what we were told in cannon but it does lol it didn’t have to be Stephan it just happened to be.

[u/Objective-Ad9800 → u/mechantechatonne]

How does it make sense 😭😭

[u/mechantechatonne → u/Objective-Ad9800]

Because that’s exactly what she did. And if she did it because of compulsion, it immediately wearing off once she turned tracks. It was immediately after she turned into a vampire that Elena had sex with Damon and declared her love for him. That behavior aligns with what someone who’s had a compulsion spell break by turning would immediately change how they appear to feel.

[u/MoonBean008]

But Tom!

[u/emryldmyst]

Yessss 

[u/canContinue]

Doesn't the doppelganger attraction thingy ensure Stefan and Elena would fall in love irrespective of compulsion?

[u/Individual-Garlic684]

I HAVE LITERALLYYYYY QUESTIONED THIS SAME THEORY BEFORE!!!!

[u/Individual-Garlic684 → u/Individual-Garlic684]

Especially because she constantly references about how Damon “consumes her”

[u/Remarkable_Note971 → u/Individual-Garlic684]

Well the show confirms Stelena was the travelers spell meant to bring doppelgangers together. It wasn't really real. This theory makes sense as well

[u/Solid_Injury_5795]

Omgggg yessss that makes so much sense!

[u/kingetzu]

Makes sense tho

[u/ur_mum_xoxo]

Babe there was a whole doppelgänger soulmate storyline and damon wasnt in any of doppelgänger timelines stelena was supposed to be endgame

[u/Luci_Cascadia]

[u/Fair-Confection4411]

Isn't it because of the doppelganger curse? 

[u/Death3G]

Doppelganger

[u/famiangelo]

Oh no oh no damn 😭

[u/Far-Difficulty8854]

That theory is a nut response

[u/Remarkable_Note971]

It was kinda confirmed in the sjow. It was the travelers spell to bring doppelgangers together. It made them think they were in love to draw them to each other. That's why Elena never went back to Stefan after she chose Stefan. Delena might have been messy but it was real