I think the FF we are seeing now are because EVERYONE is going through their own personal hell, only ONE story is reality (Bonnie?s) . Julie said the FF will catch us all up to the present nearer the end of the season.
Everyone is going through hell?. exhibit A: Phoenix Stone occupants
Damon killing people he cares about (Staking Caroline in the new promo) possibly trying to kill Bonnie while he?s in the stone. Dealing with his mum issues and Lily , never getting a chance to put it right. Maybe Damon waking up isn?t real in the promo ( as Julie said 7x10 was a concept episode) and he?s still in the stone. His hell is waking up over and over again, hurting people not realising that he?s in hell.
Stefan: He hurts Caroline by being with Valerie. He?s constantly ?Running? (Julian was trying to escape the stone too) and hurting the one he loves the most . Alaric and Caroline are together , Stefan?s insecurity might be worrying that Caroline and Alaric start developing feelings for one another in the present time which will play out in hell . The hunter using Caroline to draw him out. Him not being able to save Caroline and Damon in time. It doesn?t make sense for the hunter to take Caroline and not Valerie if Stefan really is in love with Valerie.. (Unless this is all happening inside the stone)
Paul Wesley did say Stefan still has feelings for Valerie but he didn?t say in what context or when, so I am wondering if that?s because Stefan is in hell! Julian said he hurt the one he loved the most, every day, over and over again. Maybe that?s what happens to Damon & Stefan.
Reality
Bonnie being in a mental institution. (She?s not dead or in the stone, she?s experiencing her own hell too) She lost someone she cared about. (Damon?)
It all seems to me they are taking inspiration from the story ?No Exit? by Jean-Paul Sartre, otherwise known as ?Hell is other people? which involved 2 men and 1 woman in hell
7x10 is a concept episode and is titled ?Hell is other people?
Being a concept episode could mean: it?s not reality. Damon is still in the stone, so seeing Bonnie bring him back to life in 7x10 might be hell, not reality. Even if Damon is out by 7x10, (The staking Caroline in the promo is still a hallucination) he will most likely go crazy like Julian did and end up having to be dessicated.
In 7x11 Paul Wesley said a date with Caroline will go sour. He said it might be a dream or an illusion he can?t say. So I am guessing he?s in the stone for a long while.
The hunter is introduced in 7x12, before that , she?s in the stone! torturing Stefan & Damon. And once she?s out , she?s possibly going for Julian and Beau.
From leaks I know that Stefan will be out of the stone by 7x14. Everything that?s happened up until then in the FF we have seen is Stefan in hell. Including (That smoocher with Valerie - it?s not real)
Once Stefan gets out legitimately, he will go to *Leaked spoilers you?ll have to message me for* because he won?t want happening to him what happened to him in hell. (Scar issues) And Damon isn?t mentioned there AT ALL. Maybe he?s still in the stone. I know that *someone* helps Stefan *blank* *hunter*
Julie said 7x15 - Everything with Steroline will make sense.
When the hunter gets wind that Stefan?s out of the stone. She comes after him to put him back in. Hence we have 7x14 and the stuff going on in those episodes which will lead to the culmination. The rest of the season is the Mythology set up for Season 8 which Julie said we would see. "
PS : Je viens d'autres arguments intéressants qui " donnent du crédit " à cette théorie . Si ça intéresse quelqu'un je poste ça sinon dîtes moi que je suis fou et je garderais ça pour moi jusqu'au jour J ^^.