Spoilers: TVD S4E18 “American Gothic”

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I hope whatever Elijah is doing in his return has nothing to do with his siblings! 

I saw a theory that him and Katherine are plotting to give KLAUS the cure. Uhm.....how about.....NO.

I still don't get why they had Tyler send that letter in 4x16 if they were just going to bring him back for 4x19. That letter was the closure Caroline needed to stop calling him. Why bring him back for another 'boo hoo we love each other but we can never be together' moment? I can't see it being anything else, unless it is just some sort of daydream, although I don't see that happening either. I'm just annoyed by the idea of him coming back; I don't dislike Tyler, I'm just afraid it's going to be really lame and possibly OOC, because I'm afraid of the whole Klaus-grants-him-clemency-for-one-day scenario as well.

No. no. No. I would HATE that. How would that keep his family together, if that's what Elijah wants? Klaus would be a werewolf, which means he'd just die of old age. It would be horrible! I'm hoping Daniel is hinting that it's going to make fans of the main triangle horrified. He talks a lot about Elijah and Klaus' bond and JoMo said that the family would be getting stronger, especially when Elijah returned, so I just can't see Elijah plotting against Klaus in THAT way. We know he goes with Marcel's enemies in the spin off, but that's to save his brother. Sneaking him the cure wouldn't be saving him, just sentencing him to death.

I feel like we can never catch a break..lol. Now we gotta worry about what Elijah is doing and how Tyler is coming back for his weird one scene. JP mentioned that there's some sad-but-sweet moments in the prom episode, which just screams TC. All this "he's never coming back" and the "dear John" letter just seem ridiculous if he does come back for a dance. Makes no sense. I'm still clinging to the daydream theory with both hands.

I don't think Tyler is coming back for reals. It's either going to be a dream or something similar. I can't see them bringing him back just to have him leave again. I think we'll definitely see Caroline's true feelings in 4x19 though, it's either gonna make it or break it for us. *praying*

This. It justs cheapens their original goodbye and takes any emotional impact from it. I saw a lot of non-shippers getting affected by that porch scene, but after the non-stop phonecalls, the meaningless letter and the expected reappearance, people are starting to get annoyed again.

Like Mandy said, it's ridiculous. It would make some sense if it was a last minute decision (meaning that the letter scene in 4x16 was supposed to the end originally). But the script for 4x19 was finished sometime in January, 4x14 aired a month later. No matter what certain bloggers write about 'intense fan reactions', I have difficulty believing that they changed an already finished script to accomodate the likes of...10 people.

I'm actually starting to get more and more kiss feels regarding the upcoming episode. I'm envisioning a similar scenario, in which Caroline kisses him to snap him out of his hallucinations or something. I think we're going to have a real Caroline and a Silas-manifested Caroline, and she's going to have to prove to Klaus in some way that she is in fact real.

I think 4x19 is going to be a bittersweet episode for Tyler/Caroline. I think she's going to find herself really and truly letting go of him finally.