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Bonnie Bennett and the Magical Ngro Curse: A Case Study in Julie Plec's Lazy, Racist Writing

It does not come as a shock to most fans of TVD that Bonnie Bennett incessantly sacrifices herself for other characters; she gives and gives until there is nothing left. 

One has to ask why this has come to be, and this usually comes down to the people who are writing these characters - the white individuals (Julie Plec) who don’t know what else to do with black characters and make them sacrificial for the well-being of other people. Most of the fan base has even resorted to naming “Julie Plec” a racist and even referenced her infamous tweet stating “I believe black women are going to save us all (...)”

I didn’t fully realize why Bonnie was written this way until I watched a video about Black tokenism in the media. (Search: “Tim Scott and the token black guy” on YouTube). 

The video defines “the magical n*gro” as a recurring character in American media whose sole purpose is to help the white characters, but with a slight twist. The magical n*gro often possesses a special knowledge or magical ability that helps the main white characters accomplish their goal on the journey.
It is a racist and offensive trope in media as it regards black people and their worth for how they can be of service to whiteness. 
The author references several movies in the media that have followed the magical n*gro archetype, including but not limited to Viola Davis in The Help (2011), Whoopi Goldberg in Ghost (1990), Will Smith in The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), and Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones (1958).
The video also references The Green Mile (1999), about death row inmates. Here, the black character, John Coffey, was wrongly accused of murder but possessed magical abilities, where he could take away the pain of others. He could transfer the sickness from other people into his own body. It got to a point where John Coffey cured the sickness of many others and even cured the white person who eventually carried out his death sentence.  

The movie
The Green Mile and many others reflect the same narrative occurring in TVD. Bonnie constantly serves as this magical figure to the point where she dies over and over again for her friends. She puts them first before herself. 

Writers like Julie Plec continue to reinforce Hollywood's history of portraying black people in one of the most offensive archetypes, where the black characters and their identities are not explored, are linear, and always exist in service of others. It is a harmful, reductive, and racist display of black people.

I hope this provides more insight into the offensive “magical n\
gro” archetype that Julie Plec plays into, which portrays black people in a negative light. 

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Gilbert Ring

The mechanics of this thing gets so weird. I understand you being brought back if a vampire kills you with their hands. But later on Alaric got killed by a witch driving a car and it brought him back.

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Unpopular opinion maybe, but I kinda think Damon and Katherine should’ve been endgame. The chaos, the passion, the history—if she had just truly loved him back… they could’ve been unstoppable. Anyone else ever think this?👀
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2025/07/06 11:05:40
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