Ever since Dobrev and executive producer Julie Plec revealed that The Vampire Diaries season six finale would be Dobrev’s last episode, fans everywhere were left to wonder if the CW show would do the unthinkable and kill off her character. It’s been weeks of back-and-forth speculation, but it all comes to an end tonight when the season six finale airs, and the question of Elena’s fate will finally be answered.

But since we can wait that long, we went straight to Plec, Dobrev, and even Michael Trevino, who is also exiting the series after tonight’s finale, to find out if we’ll be mourning or celebrating by the time the end credits roll.
“Well…,” Plec tells E! News with a laugh when asked if Elena was going to die. “I don’t know how to answer that without either hinting a yes or hinting a no. I’ll just say that we’re very happy with the choice we made about how to handle her character’s departure. We’ll see if everyone agrees.”

Trevino reveals that no matter if Elena lives or dies, her exit will be permanent (unlike his, which Plec and Trevino both told us is not so permanent).

“It’s an end note for sure,” Trevino tells E! News. “It’s a big period at the end of the sentence, if you will. It’s beautiful. As we know, Nina Dobrev is leaving our show so we put a stamp of an ending there for our beloved Elena.”

And no matter how you feel about Dobrev leaving, Trevino promises it will be a satisfying way to say goodbye to her character.

“They did a beautiful job with her send off,” Trevino says. “I wouldn’t necessarily call it a cliffhanger, but it definitely is a, ‘where do we go from here?’ You’re going to be asking yourself, what is season seven going to be about? It’s mysterious in a way.” Continue Reading at E!Online