5 Characters From The Vampire Diaries That You Wish Hadn't Been Staked - Part 2
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The Vampire Diaries

5 Characters From The Vampire Diaries That You Wish Hadn’t Been Staked

Over the past 3 and a half seasons, fans of the series have been dealt some pretty traumatic blows by deaths you would have never seen coming. We've come up with a list of our top five favorite characters that we wish wouldn't have been staked, or had their hearts ripped out. Check them out while you wait for The Vampire Diaries to return for its final five episodes of the season and let us know if there's anyone you'd add to the list!
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[h2]5.  Anna[/h2]

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As if being trapped in a tomb for a hundred plus years, slowly desiccating, after a vampire hunting mob tried to burn you and your mother alive wasn’t bad enough, Anna (Malese Jow) met her untimely death in episode 122 – Founder’s Day – at the hands of John Gilbert (David Anders).

In an ironic twist of fate, Gilbert was a descendent of the man who originally betrayed Anna’s mother, Pearl (Kelly Hu), in 1864 and got them thrown in with the rest of the vampires marked for death by the council. Many of those same vampires ended up with Anna in the end, although they didn’t have the luxury of already being dead before the basement of the building they were trapped in was engulfed with flames. Even so, it was still a pretty gnarly way to go.

This was Jeremy’s (Steven R. McQueen) second girlfriend in a row to end up on the wrong side of a stake. Her death was not only a giant blow to our favorite little brother, but a huge disappointment to fans.

Luckily, Anna has had a few opportunities to make guest appearances on the show. Between Jeremy’s unusual ability to see ghosts and the mass return of the deceased in episode 307 – Ghost World, we’ve gotten a minor fix of the vamp we learned to love.

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Lindsay Sperling has A.D.D. and her tastes reflect it. Her movie collection boasts everything from Casablanca to John Tucker Must Die to every season of Sons of Anarchy to-date. She adamantly supported a Veronica Mars Movie (yes, she did make a donation to see it happen..and also possibly for the t-shirt), hopes that the Fast & Furious franchise continues far into the future, and has read every popular YA book series turned film in recent years (except Harry Potter..). When she's not on an indie film set or educating the youth of America, she uses her time arguably productive as a freelance writer.