Bonnie Parker

Is there a reason why the twins can't just siphon the wolf transformation off Raf? Or is this another example of the show downplaying the twins's powers to make Hope more special? Re: Kaleb. I am in between @ursula and @ketose. I think the show played up the Scary Black man trope to make us think he was evil, even though he wasn't acting evil by vampire standards. At the same time, I'm on ketose side that he got a character arc... or more technically a character revamp. The guy that said that supernaturals are better than humans doesn't track with the guy that has a loving and accepting human family that he gets along so well with. Not saying that it's impossible for Kaleb to look down on humans i general while loving his human family... but I don't think he is supposed to be that multi-layered.

One thing about the Pat twist is that a lot of people didn't see it coming because they didn't think it would come, not because there weren't signs. How many movies/shows have we watched with 'Pat's? The nice guy who undermines the heroine but still wins her over? The warning signs were there but we're so used to 'Pat's not getting their commeupance and even being rewarded by the narrative... That's why it's a twist. Not because there were no clues but because this trope never plays out this way.

I've seen a very good theory that when you consider that: 1, Elena and Damon both come from Traveller bloodlines (Damon via Silas and Elena via Katherine's father), 2, they're two Cured vampires with Damon literally having the Cure still flowing in his veins and 3, they're from the doppelganger lines (Silas and Amara), it's almost impossible for their children to just be normal, non-magical, ordinary humans. Now how that magic manifests itself depends on the plot.