Elena who?! The Vampire Diaries returns tonight, and a love triangle will be facing a huge new development: that of Tyler, Caroline and Klaus, of course.
The Insider has released this new promotional image, which shows Caroline standing in between Klaus and Tyler! This sets up an intense season 4 opener, where Klaus will secretly be inhabiting the body of Caroline’s boyfriend Tyler – and we’re sure he’s not going to pass up an opportunity to, er, get closer to Caroline.
What we love about all this promotional material for The Vampire Diaries season 4 is that it showcases the entire (surprisingly large) cast, whereas previous seasons have mainly focused on the main trio of Elena, Damon and Stefan.
But this year, not only have we seen individual portraits of all the characters and a stunning group photo which even includes Meredith and Elijah, but over the past few days The CW has dropped Tarot card-esque posters for each character, complete with objects and Latin phrases that represent their personalities.
This shift isn’t only a brilliant promotional move, but also seems to indicate that now that Elena is becoming a vampire and as such growing more independent, it’ll give The Vampire Diaries a chance to show a whole new side to the other characters, and allow them to grow independently from Elena and the Salvatore brothers constantly flanking her.
And this “new triangle” image is a perfect example of one of the ways in which the show may be looking to do it. While it seems Klaus will get his own body back within the first few episodes, Caroline and Tyler may have a different set of problems when new werewolf Phoebe Tonkin strolls into town. Will this prompt Caroline to grow closer to Klaus – or will his budding friendship with Damon perhaps make him seem more agreeable?
The Vampire Diaries returns tonight with 4×01 “Growing Pains,” which airs at 8/7c on The CW. Be sure to tune in live and boost those ratings!
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