Elijah

Every since he breezed onto our televisions, locks wafting delicately in the breeze, we’ve been a bit smitten with Elijah (Daniel Gillies). The Vampire Diaries’ auburn-locked Original is full of moral strife, sure, but he’s also one badass bloodsucker. Here are some of our favorite GIFs of the great one. 

There’s one question we’ve seen pop up over and over again about Elena’s (Nina Dobrev) lack of humanity on The Vampire Diaries: Why can’t the Originals compel her back into feeling?

Excellent question. It was Klaus (Joseph Morgan) who forced Ripper Stefan (Paul Wesley) to shut down his feelings in Season 3. Shouldn’t the inverse work? Probably, and we hope Stefan......

Were you blindsided by the Elijah (Daniel Gillies)/Katherine (Nina Dobrev) romance in The Vampire Diaries Season 4? Daniel Gillies tells Entertainment Weekly that he was surprised by all the hubbub their entanglement caused.

“[A]mid the storm of it all, I’m just confused,” laughs Daniel. “I don’t have feelings one way or the other. Me, I just play the role....

If the fact that the Grill is the only restaurant in town didn’t tip you off, we’ll remind you that Mystic Falls is a small place. That’s one of the reasons Daniel Gillies (Elijah) tells ETonline he’s so excited for The Vampire Diaries' The Originals spin-off. It feels like a completely different show.

“I don't mean to sound irreverent to any of the shows that...