#abby bennett

[bennettmaximoff]

REQ: THE VAMPIRE DIARIES 3x13 + THE ORIGINALS 2x3

“I use to pretend that you were dead—it was easier to do that than to wonder..why you never came back for me?”

“You rant and rave about the monster I have become, but you, mother…you are the author of everything I am.”

Bonnie and Abby Bennett • Klaus and Esther Mikaelson

[klonnieshippersclub]

Bonnie, The Bennett’s, Black Witches and The Magical Negro Trope & Mammy Trope - TVD META

Bonnie and the Bennett’s have very rich lore. It’s not glorified by the fandom unless it’s by Bonnie fans themselves. That’s the way it’s always been, no one paying any mind or deeper thought to Bonnie/and the Bennett’s outside of her fans. This isn't a new thing but I want to highlight this once again because I don’t think fans understand there is more than one negative trope rooted in Bonnie, the Bennett’s and black witches only.

Before we get into anything heavy let’s have some key-terms here: Let’s define a magical negro trope: where a black character appears in a plot solely to help a white character and then vanishes. Now what a mammy is: a black woman engaged to take care of white children or as a servant to a white family.

Everything in the series can be tied back to a Bennett witch. Let’s list a few things the immortality spell, immortals, the other side, the cure, supernatural hunters, creating rings to preserve life, the Gilbert device but only a Bennett witch can enchant it, prison worlds, the traveler's curse, vampires, hybrids etc…You name it without the Bennett’s creation there would be nothing. You would think because of this the Bennett’s would be respected in the narrative and by fans. Wrong. Some of these women aren’t even given actual names. Everyone can have a Bennett witch at their disposal but they won’t be respected either. Bennett blood is essential to certain spells. A loophole.

Let’s talk about Ayana. The Mikaelson’s were only able to become vampires because Esther stole Ayana’s spell. It is forgotten that Esther/Mikael begged Ayana to perform the spell first. The Mikaelson’s as humans trusted Ayana. Rebekah was in shock that a necklace from Ayana burned her. While Ayana remained unnamed this time while the story was told. Rebekah was talking about Ayana. Ayana was known as a healer and given Esther’s praises they were close. The series doesn’t show us why Ayana should value the Mikaelson’s but we do understand why Esther, her husband and children valued her. That infamous necklace that Rebekah loved belonged to Ayana. We don’t know about Ayana’s life outside of being a healer. We don’t know her marital status, how many children she could’ve possibly had and anything tied to her after the plot has used her up. One would think with how close Ayana was to the Mikaelson’s, they’d have some respect or acknowledge Bonnie but that never happens.

We see this in how Emily was enslaved to Katherine. Julie may have labeled Emily a handmaiden but we knew what that meant. Emily only had one request from Damon that he watch and protect the Bennett line which he never did. The black witches never ask much of anyone in the plot or ever given the chance too. Yet when a request is made no one ever meets said request for them. This form of slavery repeats again through Lucy. She claimed Katherine saved her life therefore she is indebted to her for however long she needs. Sheila has her hand in aiding the Gemini Coven, Beatrice helped with the Sirens.

There are other witches that are black who serve a purpose to aid in many and leave such as: Gloria, The Martin’s, Bree, Aja and her coven just to name a few. Friends of the main characters or enemies but quickly there and dropped. Originally due to all witches appearing Black fans believed they were all Bennett’s. Julie has no answer for why all witches that is until they weren’t. Remember witches were servants of nature. The Mikaelson’s popularity, Gemini Coven and other witches. Fills the space that Black witches were once in. Notice a pattern here?

Qetsiyah’s plot line should’ve centered on how she created immortality, the cure, and the other side. But Qetsiyah’s existence revolves around demanding and enforcing continuous revenge on Silas and Amara. Tying her into another repeated love triangle in the franchise. May I add that she and Bonnie are the only women to have been betrayed by a partner and criticized for their reactions. There’s nothing wrong when a man wants and craves power but Qetsiyah is considered the worst of them all. Here’s an amazing video that details Qetsiyah’s writing too. Please review.

Lastly, The Bonnie of it all:

Bonnie’s a loyal, powerful and brave woman. She doesn’t let anything happen to her friends if she can stop it. She cares for them. That kind of loyalty can be beautiful but equally harmful when Bonnie has no regard to her own feelings. She continues to give for everyone and her friends rarely return the favor. Bonnie’s never thanked or rewarded for being there. The friendships stop being equal very early. Her traumas aren’t valuable in the plot. We don’t know what Bonnie’s home looked like. If Bonnie does grieve it isn’t shown on screen. Her family life is limited, while Liz and Alaric aren’t main characters. They have their own plotlines. It is revealed that Abby’s reasonings for abandoning her is for Elena’s benefit. Abby is killed in a coin toss and transitioned. Caroline gets to have a good friend moment while Bonnie isn’t have any feelings towards her mother for abandoning her after. Rudy isn’t seen in the plot longterm and when he appears in season 5 he’s killed in front of Bonnie. She grieves this in silence while grieving her own death that she didn’t make aware to her friends to avoid inconveniencing them. The plot makes it clear if the white counterparts aren’t happy then Bonnie will never either. Elena, Caroline got happier endings while Bonnie’s job was completed. Bonnie never once got to call out how her friends can disregard her, she feeds into them and they grow while sucking the life out of her. In the end, Bonnie went back to Africa. Never any reference to her life from there.

Another thing Bonnie isn’t shown to be feminine. Her best friends go on dates, go to dances, dress up and receive compliments. Caroline or Elena has ever given Bonnie a compliment that aided in her beauty. We don’t know Bonnie’s ambitions or fears. But you are aware when Bonnie wants to save her best friend. Thoughts on Bonnie’s relationships and ships is for the next meta though.

White witches did follow the servitude of others. They were still given the privilege of agency that black witches were never going to have. Witches like Dahlia existed, and although she had one goal she had more personality than others.

When you have people like the TVD writers that continue to push harmful stereotypes there’s always going to fans who listen and continue to perpetuate those stereotypes. The writers had no value for Black women nor do the fans. They don’t care about how black women or people of color are treated in fiction or the media simply because their favorites get to reap all the benefits. That tweet is just one tip of the iceberg, there’s plenty more from Bonnie’s relationships, and storylines.

[bennett-mikealson]

What is the obsession with comparing Bonnie to witch’s on a different show? Compare them to each other not Bonnie. Bonnie Stan’s could be praising Bonnie for her power or hyping her up then here come the haters ready to discredit anything she’s ever done.

The Bennetts are the blueprint to TVD remember that!! Had it not been for Qetsiyah you would have no originals, doppelgängers, other side, immortality and the cure.

A Bennett witch told Esther about immortality and was her Bestfriend/MENTOR. Remember that!!!

[careforbesdaily]

The Bennetts + Caroline

[Caption. gifs from The Vampire Diaries. The first scene shows Elena appearing in the Forbes’ doorstep to speak to Bonnie, who’s inside next to her sleeping mother while she transitions. Caroline tells Elena that Bonnie doesn’t want to see her; that it’s going to be a hard few days for them and that if Bonnie needs some time to deal, Elena should give it to her. Elena insists, saying Bonnie’s always been there for her and to let her do the same; Caroline apologizes but stays firm. Gentle, she asks Elena to put herself in Bonnie’s shoes: what happened to Abby was to save Elena. Caroline says “And that’s okay, because she loves you. So much. But somehow [Bonnie’s always the one who gets hurt.”

In the second scene, Caroline catches Abby writing a goodbye letter; Abby says she doesn’t “know how to do this”. Caroline asks if she meant being a vampire or a parent, saying she can help with the first, by teaching her self-control, but being a parent is all on Abby. She tells her that she run away once and Bonnie grew up without a mother, and that now that she has an eternity to make up for it, Abby’s throwing it away. Choked up, she insists Bonnie’s better off without her; Caroline, emotional, says no one is better off without their parents. She says that Bonnie wants to make this work for them, and begs Abby, “Please. Just stay.”

On the last scene, after Enzo is killed by Stefan, Bonnie opens the door to find her mother on the other side. Hesitant, with averting and tentatively meeting their eyes, Abby tells her that Caroline called her and told her what happened. Abby says she’s sorry, and that Caroline told her Bonnie doesn’t want to talk to her, but that Caroline hoped she’d want to talk to Abby. After a moment, Bonnie walks through the doorway and hugs her mother tight. Abby closes her eyes, starting to fall off, and Bonnie closes hers and the breath she was holding.]

[cancerian-woman]

There’s so much drama that could be explored from Bonnie, Abby and Sheila even Rudy lol. All the writers had to do was apply what they created. Abby abandons Bonnie because Miranda needed her to save Elena and it’s implied that she cut off her entire family after that. It could be completely tied to the burden of being a witch, a Bennett witch at that. Then that offers the question what did Sheila possibly do to Abby for her to react that way? Bonnie has no animosity towards Sheila yet does have irritation towards Rudy. While there has never been an answer for why Bonnie suddenly got magic later in life. Rudy and Sheila not getting along as told by Sheila in season 1. Rudy didn’t like Bonnie spending time with Sheila.

For a franchise that prides themselves on family drama as seen in The Originals, the Petrovas/Gilberts and even the Forbes in TVD/LGCS. They had a perfect situation on their hands and never utilized it.

lol anyways thought over as I looked at Kat and Persias reunion

[melmedardasworld]

It is interesting that modern Bennetts are presented as being so dedicated to keeping the balance of Nature, yet every time, they do something insane that shapes the entire supernatural world and disrupts everything.

They are out here messing with the rules of life and death and space and dimensions and worlds with those dimensions.

Emily designed the "Gilbert" rings as tools for resurrection. Another witch turned humans into supernatural beings by making them Hunters and also designed the daggers to put down an Original. Bonnie summoned her ancestors from the Peace realm (no one ever did that) through her psychic abilities. She could also interact in the realm of Limbo. Then we have the prison worlds that need Bennett blood.

Qetsiyah with the other side and immortality spell. She disrupted the original path for supernatural beings after death by creating an alternative Purgatory. Which, in turn, also opened the doors for the Schism between the travelers and the witches as we know them to happen. That inadvertently led to the surge of different types of magic branches to be explored by the witches coming after Qetsiyah. Cause the way the show introduced it, only pure magic was used. With the other side, we got spirit magic.

If the writers had the balls to expand on Qetsiyah and give her the whole Markos/Travellers curse storyline to her family unit, then tied it wit her descendants aka the Bennetts, I’d be so down for that. We could have gotten the Bennett lore of how things came to be with magic, the rules of nature and more.

Because the show keeps harping on this whole concept around “keeping balance of Nature”, and it’s just (often biased) dead witches regulating how a living witch should use their magic and even punish them if they don’t follow their rules. It's an interesting concept to show how flawed it actually was coming from the witches’s perspective, because ya’ll didn’t have to do all that.

Because there is also the enigma Nature that existed since the beginning of time and where magic comes from. It is this unbiased and unconscious entity keeping things in check and operating smoothly in a way. It course corrects even with all the vampires, werewolves, immortals, etc. in the mix that were created by these same witches. I honestly think that given time, these creatures and existences would just be seen as ‘normal’ to nature and part of the whole supernatural cycle. I mean, look at the Immortals. The only side effect Nature had was the birth of the doppelgangers popping up to balance immortals ‘dying’ in a sense, and it was done an over with.

Also, with this plot it could have been a perfect chance to showcase the infighting that still happened between witches or even the Bennetts and introduce more distant family members for Bonnie who did or didn’t follow the rules. It was already established that Bonnie’s family comes from the Travellers so why introduce the Parkers / Markos for that? Heck, they could’ve even made Markos Qetsiyah’s brother… since they had plans to introduce her family unit, but didn’t and we got another cycle of Stelena and the love triangle.

At this point, does Bonnie’s line serve nature, or have they conquered it in such a way with their feats that it bends to their whims?

[youareabird]

Just found out Joseph Morgan and Persia White are married and I’m floored. 1) they’re both so hot and 2) they’re so gd cute together!!!

Anyways- I’ve just found Persia whites music and it’s such a slay.

[staybeautiful88]

[laufire]

it’s very convenient that Bonnie’s parents are lousy absentees so that Bonnie "choosing” to once again be the Helpful Witch for her ~friends is somehow seen as REBELLIOUS and STANDING UP TO SHITTY PARENTS, when really, they are pretty much completely in the right LOL.

the call at the beginning of the episode is pretty egregrious as well because a.) nah, he’s 200% right to put vervain in the town’s water, are you kidding me; and b.) he’s 300% right to say Bonnie is NOT “handling it” and NOT doing a good job of keeping the humans at Mystic Falls safe -if that was actually something she had set out to do, which, at this point in season 4, it definitely isn’t.

[leyleyley-45]

Parents are wild on this show. You literally run away from your daughter every chance you get but ohhh she better listen to what you say when you tell her what to do 🙄

[bennettmaximoff]

Bennett Witches — The oldest and most powerful witch bloodline to ever exist.

[klonnieshippersclub]

Rikki!!! Idk if u knew this or not but there’s a comic con liverpool coming up in the UK with Kat/Joseph and Persia. Hopefully we get pictures 🤭

I heard! I have a friend in the UK that planned on going. I saw Kat was scheduled for a photo op with Persia but I don’t see that is happening anymore since that option isn’t available on the site anymore.

This was announced on Sept 28 and has been updated since Oct 3 so far. Hopefully there’s still pics!

[bennett-mikealson]

Tell me why the Writers really had Lucy out here telling Bonnie that she needed to be in the middle of vampire drama like she wasn’t already suffering from being in the mix with vampires herself and she could see that Bonnie was suffering as well. That made no sense to me; they really just used Lucy for the plot (like they did with any other Bennett witch) and then tossed her to the side. With the way they had Lucy acting at times I’m positive she wouldn’t of left Bonnie in mystic falls (especially by herself); and with the way Bonnie was acting when talking to Lucy you would think she was ready to leave mystic falls behind and find some kind of peace. It’s just so frustrating seeing all the Bennett family members come up only for them to be useless to Bonnie while every other main character had thought out family moments/interactions that were meaningful to them. Especially when you take note to how important the Bennett bloodline is to the show.

[vicontheinternet]

A fanfic I’ll probably never write,crossover

After her mothers funeral, Abby and Rudy decides it’s time to become parents once and for all. They uproot Bonnie from the life she knows and moves her to Rudy’s hometown of chance harbor where secrets are not safe and Bonnie meets her half sisters which one eventually moves in.

[melmedardasworld]

Chapter 9: Tethered Bloodlines

Abby nodded. Her senses were more potent than anything she had ever experienced before. Every sight, sound, and smell was magnified, overwhelming her- including her emotions. It was as if they were pulsing through her bloodstream to the point of mania. Abby was grateful they had a secluded safe house so she could get used to her condition. But she was happy about two things in particular. "I'm glad that doesn't include the need for blood. And the miracle that I can still practice and feel nature."

Abby opened her hand and reached for Bonnie's. They tensed when a current of mystical energy coursed through their veins. Bonnie gasped before looking around. The trees rustled in the wind, responding to the excess energy poured into them. Sleeping flowers blossomed, their colors more vibrant than ever. The insects and small animals nearby droned with excitement at the change in the atmosphere. While mother and daughter relished the moment, harried footsteps crunching on the gravel path drew close. They turned to see Rudy approaching with a grave expression darkening his face.

"Rudy, what's wrong?" Abby asked.

Rudy took a deep breath and looked between Abby and Bonnie. "Lucy's back, and she has company," he said, his voice heavy.