In interviews, Paul Wesley (playing Stefan) and Candice Accola (playing Caroline) have been asked: Will Stefan & Caroline get together? Paul answered that it's possible, definitely; he has done Stefan/Caroline scenes and was unsure how to approach it: as a romance or as a friendship. Yet Candice declared that 'no', Caroline wants Stefan and Elena to be together, she believes they're epic. I think that perfectly mirrors their characters' feelings.
Since Stefan's amnesia, he's been lost and hopeless. Caroline has been his anchor when Stefan found out his ex and his brother were getting down and dirty between the sheets while he was drowning for three months in a safe and then when he went all "Rippah" at a party. Caroline has this stubborn ability to reach into the darkness of people and force them into the light. She has an optimism that is contagious and that can make you laugh, forgetting your problems. She also prefers everyone to have a good time despite times that are at their darkest. Caroline has been Stefan's support system since his break up with Elena. Yet annoyingly being Caroline, she still hinted that Elena should be with Stefan and NOT Damon, but Elena felt she was growing up and that there was more out there for her to see; more people to meet.
During the "Monster Ball" episode, I saw how Stefan was staring at Caroline and how he just walked right up to her to ask her to dance. I saw some subtle sparks there, actually I was seeing sparks ever since the "For Whom The Bell Tolls" episode when the two of them were in that crypt. Stefan was in a dark place and it used to be that Elena was there to pull him out, but she was absent and Caroline took her place. Caroline once relied on Stefan to help her during her early days as a vampire when she was still trying to find her balance. It was a true friendship that I feel didn't get much attention even when Klaus compelled Stefan to switch off his humanity.
Caroline is still a "baby vamp" who hasn't had a chance to really grow up. She's still that teenage beauty queen who believes that there's some black and white left in places of a fairytale story. She's also a planner; she likes to plan parties and make sure they go off without a hitch, but you can't really do that with life. Stefan is older and realizes that people change and that others are just not meant to be together. If Stefan does go for Caroline she may not be on board, but I would like to believe that he can convince her to give them a try. I remember in Season 4 when Lexi came back and said, "That blond's cute." Stefan shrugged that off but I think he's since changed his views. Caroline is always saying what a great guy Stefan is, but I have to wonder if she never considered dating him herself.
So I think Paul and Candice's views of their characters' feelings are a perfect mirror for what may come later on. I refuse to believe that the "doppelgänger-theory" means that Stefan and Elena are destined to be together. Maybe one day they will like in a century but in the mean time, I think Caroline can grow more as a person with Stefan and in turn be a step closer to Klaus. We all have that thought of "What if we got together?" when we have a friend of the opposite gender. That's just instinct for us and sometimes they come to fruition but other times they don't: either because we don't have those romantic feelings for each other or it's the intense fear that a romance would damage the friendship and so we'd lose that special person in our lives. Caroline and Stefan will have to confront those feelings sooner or later like most people. But what will they choose? Time will tell.
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