[tps_header]Bonnie Bennett[/tps_header]
Bonnie is easily the most tortured character in the series. In season 1 Bonnie is just discovering her powers as a witch while navigating the newly discovered supernatural world with Elena and Caroline while grappling with what it means to be a Bennett witch. She becomes more important throughout the seasons, primarily in the season 4 finale when she is killed by a powerful spell and in season 5 when she is resurrected and becomes The Anchor to the other side, which is what every ghost must pass through to get to find peace. By the end of the season the other side is destroyed and Bonnie allows many dead characters, most notably Enzo and Alaric, to pass through. She becomes trapped though with Damon, who sacrifices himself earlier in the episode to help destroy the villainous travelers, in the other side as it is collapsing causing them to walk into the light together and “die”.
But since it’s The Vampire Diaries, they survive and eventually escape their purgatory leaving Bonnie traumatized. In season 7 the trauma continues with Bonnie feeling the guilt of responsible for Elena’s sleeping curse because the two are linked and Elena will not wake up until Bonnie dies. She does find some happiness with Enzo in a blooming romance, but that is quickly shattered when she realizes that she is dying from an anti-magic pill she was taking to avoid being tracked by The Armory. The only way Bonnie could survive was by transferring the life of huntress Rayna into her, but by doing this she unknowingly becomes a huntress herself and attempts to kill the vampires she loves. She is saved by Damon, who destroys the last body of the Everlastings who created the huntress curse, but is still brought into a dark place by the end of the season when her love Enzo and best friend Damon are taken by the creature in the vault.
