The Vampire Diaries season 3 finale offered one of the show’s biggest shockers, and executive producer Julie Plec reveals how Matt and Jeremy will react!

Plec tells TV Line that Elena’s transformation into a vampire will be especially hard for the two remaining normal humans:

I think that’s the worst tragedy of all is that they plotted together to get her out of town so she wouldn’t have to be part of this life. And now as a result of having been on that bridge at that moment, Matt is basically responsible in his own way for her being the one thing she never wanted to be. He’s going to carry that very heavily. It’s going to take his some time to get past that. And I would say certainly Jeremy, who would never want this for his sister, is going to have a real, real visceral reaction against Rebekah for what [she] did. There might be a little bit of retribution.

As the only two characters left on the show with no superpowers (not counting ghost whispering), what role do you think Matt and Jeremy will play in season 4?