damon and elena finally got together in season 8.
damon and elena finally got together in season 8.
when does damon and elena finally get together?
season 8
when damon realizes that he is a potential danger to his friends and family because he does not believe he is good without elena, he decides to desiccate himself next to her. he writes to alaric that before elena, he didn't know what it was like to be happy, fulfilled or complete, and that he doesn't want to continue living without that feeling. after stefan wakes damon from his desiccation, damon continues to be devoted to his future with elena. at the end of season 7, he is lured into a trap by a siren, hearing elena's voice calling out to him. when the siren takes control of damon's mind in season 8, damon spends a significant amount of time sleeping, seeking refuge in dreams of his memories of elena. when sybil erases elena from damon's consciousness only to insert herself into their memories, damon fights back, instinctively drawn back to elena. his love for her prevails, and he breaks the siren's mind control, regaining his memories of elena. julie plec stated that "i think the only hope that he's holding on to is the idea of the two of them living in tribeca in their brownstone and raising kids and having a life together as humans when this is all said and done." after stefan gives damon the cure to vampirism, turning him into a human, and bonnie unbreaks the spell on elena, damon and elena finally reunite. they begin their life together, getting married while elena goes to medical school and becomes a doctor. eventually they return to mystic falls to grow old together, where they died together of old age. we last see them walking hand in hand in the afterlife before reuniting with their respective families.
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in the following season, elena realizes that her feelings for damon cannot be denied any longer. she and stefan break up, and in the following episode damon and elena finally get together and have sex. damon and elena then both individually discover that elena is sired to damon, making elena's feelings unfortunately known; however, elena insists that her love for damon is the most real thing that she's ever felt in her entire life. damon remains doubtful, so in "o come, all ye faithful" he sets her "free". in an interview before the season finale, julie plec stated that "this year, she's had a very traumatic roller coaster of life experience and it's changed her irrevocably—and at the center of it all was the diehard belief that she loved damon, that she loved him more than she'd ever loved anyone." in "graduation", after the sire bond is broken and there remains no doubt about elena's feelings, she reveals that she is in love with damon.
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