Why bring back magic at this point in the season?
Caroline Dries: It takes away that border that has been the bane of our existence and it allows our people to come home, which was their goal, at least for Caroline (Candice Accola) and a few others. It helps create a more unified bond that people can sleep in their own bed and hang out at the Salvatore house, but what it does for the mythology is now Kai is supercharged and can kind of do whatever he wants, which makes him the most violent villain in town.
So what does it mean for everyone and especially Elena who's under his cloaking spell?
Dries: It creates more problems for Matt (Zach Roerig), who didn't want vampires to come back to town or didn't want supernatural to return, and it makes Kai a supercharged witch who will put all of our characters' lives in jeopardy. The real question is, why does he want Elena when he's so focused on merging with Jo? And how are we going to save Elena? [But] Kai siphoning up all this magic is a challenge even for him because he's never had access to so much magic.
Because of magic returning, Enzo miraculously survived. What's next for him?
Dries: Enzo (Michael Malarkey) has always had a grudge against Stefan (Paul Wesley), but this Sarah story has piqued his interest and he becomes a little bit more of a villain moving forward.
Looking to the second half of the season, what are you most excited about?
Dries: I'm excited for the audience to see how this Gemini mythology works itself out because I think it's one of our more interesting mythologies and [it] affects all of our characters with different stakes for each of them, and we're rooting for everyone in this weird way.
Caroline Dries: It takes away that border that has been the bane of our existence and it allows our people to come home, which was their goal, at least for Caroline (Candice Accola) and a few others. It helps create a more unified bond that people can sleep in their own bed and hang out at the Salvatore house, but what it does for the mythology is now Kai is supercharged and can kind of do whatever he wants, which makes him the most violent villain in town.
So what does it mean for everyone and especially Elena who's under his cloaking spell?
Dries: It creates more problems for Matt (Zach Roerig), who didn't want vampires to come back to town or didn't want supernatural to return, and it makes Kai a supercharged witch who will put all of our characters' lives in jeopardy. The real question is, why does he want Elena when he's so focused on merging with Jo? And how are we going to save Elena? [But] Kai siphoning up all this magic is a challenge even for him because he's never had access to so much magic.
Because of magic returning, Enzo miraculously survived. What's next for him?
Dries: Enzo (Michael Malarkey) has always had a grudge against Stefan (Paul Wesley), but this Sarah story has piqued his interest and he becomes a little bit more of a villain moving forward.
Looking to the second half of the season, what are you most excited about?
Dries: I'm excited for the audience to see how this Gemini mythology works itself out because I think it's one of our more interesting mythologies and [it] affects all of our characters with different stakes for each of them, and we're rooting for everyone in this weird way.
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E! Online: I'm freaking out about so much that just went down. There's no more magic border! Did you always plan on that not being a permanent spell?
Caroline Dries: We wanted it to be impactful so we didn't want to get rid of it right away. But we also knew that we were cutting a lot of characters off from sets we own and it made production very hard from a storytelling standpoint. Also, Mystic Falls represents the core of our show for our characters so the drive to come home again was a symbolic mission for them in the first half of the season. It all worked out that Kai could siphon up that spell. It was the perfect way of getting rid of it.
It was perfect! Because now not only is he a villain, he's a supercharged, supervillain! I'm excited to see what he does next.
His one vulnerability was that he didn't have his own access to magic. Now he's got it coming out of his ears!
Is that going to be a permanent source of magic for him or is it on a timer of sorts and it's going to run out at some point?
There is a timer. He charges up like a battery and then it runs out like a really cheap, junky battery. It's not a permanent solution for him but the consequences of that will certainly be in effect in episode 11 when we come back from our break.
What can you tease about his plan for Elena now that he's captured her?
He has a chip on his shoulder for Elena and Damon, but especially Damon having been stranded by him in the prison world. So he feels like getting at Damon via Elena is the perfect revenge. But he also has a more pointed reason for having her that he's trying to—well, I won't give that away! But having sucked up all that magic from Mystic Falls has repercussions even for him. He needs Elena's help with that.
Now let me rage for a minute: that Delena mistletoe scene. We were so close to a kiss! But you took it away! I literally threw my water bottle across the room.
Good! We wanted to end it with a cliffhanger and while we're all ready for Delena to be back and work things out, we also wanted to give the episode a big twist. That's how that came about. I know it was probably maddening for a lot of people since the mistletoe was highly promo-ed.
Caroline Dries: We wanted it to be impactful so we didn't want to get rid of it right away. But we also knew that we were cutting a lot of characters off from sets we own and it made production very hard from a storytelling standpoint. Also, Mystic Falls represents the core of our show for our characters so the drive to come home again was a symbolic mission for them in the first half of the season. It all worked out that Kai could siphon up that spell. It was the perfect way of getting rid of it.
It was perfect! Because now not only is he a villain, he's a supercharged, supervillain! I'm excited to see what he does next.
His one vulnerability was that he didn't have his own access to magic. Now he's got it coming out of his ears!
Is that going to be a permanent source of magic for him or is it on a timer of sorts and it's going to run out at some point?
There is a timer. He charges up like a battery and then it runs out like a really cheap, junky battery. It's not a permanent solution for him but the consequences of that will certainly be in effect in episode 11 when we come back from our break.
What can you tease about his plan for Elena now that he's captured her?
He has a chip on his shoulder for Elena and Damon, but especially Damon having been stranded by him in the prison world. So he feels like getting at Damon via Elena is the perfect revenge. But he also has a more pointed reason for having her that he's trying to—well, I won't give that away! But having sucked up all that magic from Mystic Falls has repercussions even for him. He needs Elena's help with that.
Now let me rage for a minute: that Delena mistletoe scene. We were so close to a kiss! But you took it away! I literally threw my water bottle across the room.
Good! We wanted to end it with a cliffhanger and while we're all ready for Delena to be back and work things out, we also wanted to give the episode a big twist. That's how that came about. I know it was probably maddening for a lot of people since the mistletoe was highly promo-ed.
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