"The Vampire Diaries" Scenery Chewing, Gays in Mystic Falls and When We’ll See Some More Skin.

The Vampire Diaries Executive Producer Julie Plec (left) with stars Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev

While it seems like the third season of CW’s addictive The Vampire Diaries just kicked off, it’s already time for the show to take a break after tonight’s episode, entitled “Homecoming.” The series will return in January, of course, but until then it may be hard for TVD addicts to survive without their weekly dose of throat ripping, complicated love triangles, magic spells and, of course, shirtless vampires and werewolves.

AfterElton recently grabbed a few minutes with The Vampire Diaries Executive Producer Julie Plec to get a few teases on what we’ll see tonight, if we’re ever going to see some gays in Mystic Falls and just when we can expect to see some more skin on the show.

Can the Brothers Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley) get back to a good place?

AfterElton.com: I have to say that I love seeing Paul Wesley just chew the scenery up in the scenes as Stefan the ripper. Are you concerned at all about losing that if he goes back to being who he used to be or is that not even an option?
Julie Plec: I would be reluctant to make any proclamations but I would say that if Stefan is going to learn anything from this experience it’s that I don’t know that he can return to who he was because who he was was not actually a true representation of who he is.

Damn, Tyler. Do all hybrids have six packs like you? (l-r Michael Trevino & Candice Accola)

AE: You know I love me some Tyler (Michael Trevino), who is now a vampire-werewolf hybrid, and while he’s not been compelled it’s almost like he is caught up in a religious thing in terms of how he is following Klaus (Joseph Morgan). Am I reading that right?
JP: Yes! One of the things we’ll be exploring is the difference between compulsion and the sire bond and the different levels of being told to obey versus wanting to serve your master, so to speak, and how that differentiates Tyler from Stefan and the strings that Klaus can pull for each of them.

Will Stefan (Paul Wesley) ever get out from under the evil thumb of Klaus (Joseph Morgan)?
Or does he kinda like that position?