Just want to say a big thank আপনি to everyone who reads, মতামত and supports my articles. Your encouragement and feedback mean a lot to me. I wish I wrote the প্রদর্শনী so I could write the ending আপনি all want.

So, the word from Spoiler Central seems to have a lot of DE shippers fearing the worst: that Elena will either run back to Stefan as if 3x19 had never even happened, অথবা that she will choose NOT to choose: in other words, that she will refuse to make a decision regarding the brothers and opt to be alone. Now, at one point, I'll confess that from one interview statement Ian made about the finale, I did suspect that Damon would tell Elena to pick Stefan অথবা do something to put himself out of the running completely. And then I read another interview about the finale with Julie Plec in HitFix, who seemed to suggest that Elena WOULD make a choice, and that one fandom would be happy and another not so much:

"Hopefully people who are অনুরাগী of the প্রদর্শনী and অনুরাগী of Elena and অনুরাগী of real human behavior will understand and respect the choice that she makes, in spite of a percentage being very sad and another percentage being happy, it's where she is right now in her life and it's where we've been leading to all বছর for her. So we shall see, but it is not going to be pretty, I'll tell আপনি that."

Now, I know আপনি could totally twist this around and say that Julie's statement refers to Stelena. Only, let's be real here: Elena's journey has NOT been leading to Stefan all season, no matter how much she has remained loyal to him. Her হৃদয় has been leading her to Damon. We already know she loves Stefan, and when we have seen her choose him repeatedly for much of 3 seasons, then it seems kind of obtuse of the writers to script a finale ending with a Stelena reunion. It would also undermine the epicness of the motel sequence and Elena's character in general.

Delena on the other hand, is a relationship and one half of the ত্রিভুজ that sorely needs resolving. Elena has been denying and fighting and suppressing her feelings for Damon for so long. All her 'I don't knows' and 'I don't know what I feels' and inability অথবা unwillingness to vocalize the truth is slowly but surely beginning to make certain অনুরাগী of the DE audience churlish. It's understandable for her to be unsure অথবা deny how she feels, but the season cannot end without her admitting the truth out-loud to Damon. The audience NEED to hear a romantic confession from Elena. They have been waiting to hear her admit she loves Damon for a long time, and I believe the season would remain incomplete and unfulfilling if it ended without her saying it. I believe it would also put Elena in yet আরো danger of becoming a target for আরো hatred, as well as putting her in a distinctively unfavourable light. When characters are indecisive for too long, then they inevitably run the risk of losing sympathy with the fans. A romantic confession from Elena to Damon in the finale would undoubtedly upset Stelena shippers, but it would be a HUGE moment, the kind that TVD finales are famous for. (Think of 1x22's porch scene and the deathbed scene in 2x22).

Let's talk about the other scenario here: that Elena will refuse to make a decision and go it alone. That's what a lot of DE shippers I've seen on this spot seem to be assuming. Well, from what Julie is referring to, it seems that Elena WILL make a choice. If she didn't, then no one fandom would be happy. Both would be disappointed and sad. But let's suppose that Julie is only telling half the truth here, and after Elena tells Damon she loves him, she also tells him that she needs some মহাকাশ to be দ্বারা herself, thus leaving Mystic Falls far behind her for a new life at the end of the finale, with no vampire boyfriend in sight. Now, I can only see something like this happening if Klaus অথবা somebody threatens the lives of the people she loves and forces her to leave with him. I really can't help disliking the 'Elena chooses to be alone' theory because it's so flat and unexciting, and to some degree, predictable as well. I mean, the fact that so many অনুরাগী are already assuming that's what's going to happen is testament to just how predictable that story line is/would be. It's also very static and anti-climatic because nothing really changes. What's different to what she chooses in the finale to what she's doing now? Um...nothing! The only difference is that in the finale, Elena acknowledges she has to make a choice, but ducks her responsibility দ্বারা refusing to do so. She might think she was doing the noble thing here, but she's not. She would be hurting both brothers দ্বারা not telling them the truth. She would also be hurting herself because দ্বারা continuing to do nothing, she is simply putting herself in grave danger of losing them both. All in all, the 'choosing not to choose' route is fraught with dangers on all sides. It harms Elena's character. It harms DE. It harms SE. It damages the প্রণয় ত্রিভুজ দ্বারা knocking it off-course yet again, and it just makes the whole thing look like its nothing but a farce and the writers are toying with the audience. Because Elena has not yet ব্যক্ত that she has feelings for Damon, then the প্রণয় ত্রিভুজ still remains unequal.

If Elena admits to loving Damon in 3x22, then it is a real প্রণয় triangle. She loves them both, and that's exactly what a প্রণয় ত্রিভুজ is supposed to be. But if the writers put her confession off, then it remains only a theoretical one. After being widely advertised as a প্রণয় ত্রিভুজ and being 3 years in the making, the producers really have no good reason to derail from finally making it concrete and whole. In fact, I strongly believe they risk LOSING অনুরাগী if they don't make good on their promises. I don't want to sound arrogant অথবা presumptuous, but I feel that after 3 seasons of teasing and build up and waiting, the writers owe it to us to give us Delena. They can't keep on teasing us and yanking DE away as soon as things get good. They need to explore Delena fully if the ত্রিভুজ is to become real; especially when Stelena have had 2 seasons together. How can it be a real ত্রিভুজ if we only see how SE are as a couple? I know that it's a series-long triangle, but if the প্রদর্শনী runs for 6 seasons, then we're halfway there. When আপনি consider how much of DE that has yet to be explored অথবা defined, then I would say that the end of Season 3 is the perfect time to push the ত্রিভুজ into the পরবর্তি phase: Delena.
Season 3 cannot end without giving us, the DE fandom, the emotional resolution we have been waiting and needing to see. No matter what else happens in the finale - Season 3 just won't feel complete without Elena finally saying what's in her heart.