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From Elena’s High School to Vampire Mythology: How TVD Changed the Books—and How Fans Feel About It
2025/11/25 Report

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When the television adaptation of debuted in 2009, it carried the same basic premise as L. J. Smith’s novels: teenage girl Elena Gilbert caught between two vampire brothers, Stefan and Damon Salvatore. But beyond names and relationships, the show diverged so radically from the books that many fans now see them almost as separate entities.


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The differences in characterisation, mythology, tone and story-structure reveal just how the adaptation re-imagined the source material—and how fans responded to both what was lost and what was gained.

One of the clearest shifts is in characters.

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