Louise Gilbert

**Louise "Lou" Gilbert-Salvatore** is one of the main female protagonist of *The Tangled Diaries*. At the beginning of the series, Louise appears to be not exactly human, then it was later revealed she is a seer and a Petrova doppelgänger. In *Before Sunset,* she becomes a vampire.

Louise had been struggling to live a normal life ever since her adoptive parents, Miranda and Grayson Gilbert, died in a car accident when she was seventeen years old. Her life changed drastically as she and her friends get caught up in the supernatural world that surrounds them and are forced to face powerful supernatural enemies.

Louise is described as a star student. She is popular, sporty, smart, compassionate, empathetic, caring and friendly.

Louise is best friends with Bonnie Bennett; her sister, Elena Gilbert; Caroline Forbes; her husband, Damon Salvatore; and her brother-in-law, Stefan Salvatore. Her actions and beliefs throughout the series have been most influenced by her on-and-off romantic relationship with Damon Salvatore as well as by her antagonistic relationship with Viviana Petrova.

In Season One, Louise is still coping with her parents' death when she meets the Salvatore brothers. However, not long after that, Louise discovers that both Damon and his brother, Stefan, are vampires. Louise and Damon formed a complicated friendship and she found herself growing attracted to him, despite his dangerous side. And then when she found out about his obsession with Vivienne - the woman who turned the Damon into a vampire in 1864, and to whom Louise bears a striking physical resemblance - it makes her even more worried about her growing feelings. In the process, Louise discovers a shocking truth - she was adopted, and her real parents are John Gilbert, her "uncle", and Isobel Flemming, Alaric's wife.

In Season Two, Louise learns that she is Vivienne's doppelgänger, which explains their identical appearance. She also finds out she is a seer. Because of this, an Original Vampire, Klaus, wants to use her in a sacrifice to break an ancient curse. Her biological father, John, sacrificed his own life to keep Louise alive and human. However, Klaus killed Louise's aunt Jenna, after turning her into a vampire, leaving Elena and Jeremy her only last two blood relative left alive. In this season Damon and Louise become an official couple.

## Early Life

* 1900's
* 2007
* 2008-2009

Louise was born on June 22, 1992, in Mystic Falls and lived there peacefully for 17 years with her parents, Miranda and Grayson Gilbert, as well as her twin sister Elena Gilbert and younger brother Jeremy. They led a quiet small town life, free of the supernatural. However in season one, Louise learns she's not so human. She also learns her and Elena were adopted, their biological parents are John Gilbert, her uncle, and Isobel Flemming. John's brother Grayson and his wife Miranda, who desperately wanted to have children but were having difficulties conceiving, adopted Louise and Elena following their birth. Because Grayson was a doctor, he was able to tamper with the birth records, making himself and Miranda appear as their biological parents on the birth certificates. If anyone ever became suspicious, they would have the birth certificate as documentation proof.

In December 22, 2007, Louise was fifteen years old and a freshman at Mystic Falls High School and was helping her town prepare for the Mystic Falls Lighting of the Tree Ceremony. While Elena is making hot chocolate, Louise and Bonnie threw snowballs at her. Bonnie tells the twins that her father was taking a trip, meaning that Bonnie would miss Christmas with her friends. Louise tells her she was going to convince her parents to let Bonnie stay for the holidays as they had never spent a holiday away from each other.

During her sophomore year, while waiting to be picked up by her parents from the bonfire, she meets Damon Salvatore who originally confuses her for Vivienne. He tells her she wants a love that consumes her as well as passion, adventure and even a little danger when she admits she doesn't know what she wants. Damon compels her to forget their meeting and Louise's parents then pick her up.

After Louise's parents pick her and Elena up from the bonfire, their car unexpectedly drives off Wickery Bridge. Stefan Salvatore, who is nearby, hears the crash and saves an unconscious Louise and Elena at Grayson's insistence. Stefan's unable to save their parents and takes them to the shore. Louise is first to come around when she sees a 'shadow figure' (Stefan) over unconscious Elena. She then slips back into unconsciousness where her and Elena are later found everyone believing they managed to help each other and made it to shore. After Louise, Elena and Jeremy begin to live with their aunt, Jenna Sommers, who became their legal guardian.

After her parents death Louise shut Jeremy and everyone else out to deal with her parents' deaths. She and her siblings moved into Elizabeth Forbes house for a awhile as Jenna wasn't up to the task yet. Liz took her Elena and Jeremy to school as well as tried to cook for them but wasn't good at it, just like Louise's adoptive mother/aunt Miranda.
## Throughout The Tangled Diaries

### Season One

In *Pilot**,* **Louise** begins her junior year at Mystic Falls High School. After school, while walking home, Louise passes the cemetery when she gets a feeling someone is watching her then is startled by a crow on the cemetery gate which we later find out is Damon. The crow also appears to be watching her in the park while she writes in her diary. Later, she meets Stefan Salvatore when she turns up at the Gilbert's house. During the Back to School Party, Bonnie unknowingly shares a vision with Louise of a crow but freaks out and runs off. Louise finds Bonnie and they both talk about the odd feeling they've been experiencing.

Louise meet's Stefan's older brother, Damon and discover the bad relationship between the brothers. The next day as the town gathered to watch the comet in the town square, Louise leaves early due to a headache and tingling sensation roaming over her body but not before bumping into Damon.

Elena wants Bonnie and Louise to get to know Stefan so she invites them to a dinner. Uninvited guests, Damon and Caroline show up. Louise discovers that Damon's ex, Vivienne Pierce died along with her sister Katherine Pierce. Damon encourages Louise to quit the cheer squad as she no longer loves it. Later that night she has a premonition in her dream of a body with a bite mark. At the pep rally, Stefan gives Louise a necklace that is filled with vervain and warns her to stay away from Damon. Damon tries to compel her to kiss him but she punches him. Her premonition from the night before plays out right in front of her when she discovers Mr. Tanner's dead body.

Louise attends the Founder's Party with Bonnie. Damon apologises to her and admits he's trying to punish Stefan by lashing out and Louise tells him her or Elena will not to get in the middle of it. In the bathroom she runs into Caroline and she sees bite marks on her back. When she touches them, she gets a premonition of Damon biting Caroline. Straight after she goes to confront Damon where she lets it slip that she 'saw' him hurt Caroline. Elena overhears her and asks what she meant, Louise freaks out and runs off. When Elena catches up with her, Louise finally comes clean and tells her about her visions.

Three days later, Elena relays her concerns about her relationship with Stefan to Louise. Louise helps Stefan get back in Elena's good books. At a car wash, while getting towels with Caroline, Louise see Damon when she touches Caroline. They soon find themselves at the Salvatore Boarding house where Damon locked in the basement. Louise finds out Damon is a vampire when she witness him murder Zach Salvatore and tries to drain her over blood but she luckily got away.

The next morning Louise gets a premonition of Damon killing a group of teenagers and setting them on fire. Louise and Elena spend the day with Stefan, who also reveals he's a vampire. He assures them that he is the vampire that is responsible for the recent mysterious deaths but his brother, Damon. He confesses that Vivienne and Katherine were the ones who turned them both in 1864. Stefan her that Damon has turned Vicki Donovan into a vampire.

Louise warns Jeremy to stay away from a newly turned Vicki Donovan. At the Halloween Party, Louise gets a vision of Jeremy and Vicki together. After Stefan staked and killed her in front of a horrified Jeremy, Louise stayed with the body when Damon shows up and she angrily confronts him. Back at home, Elena asked Stefan if he could use his compulsion to erase the horrible memories and the pain from Jeremy much to Louise's liking who was against the idea. Stefan didn't have enough power so Damon volunteers instead. After, on the porch, Damon and Louise have a chat where she thanks him for helping Jeremy and he tells her ; “I didn’t do it for him.”

Bonnie tells Louise and Elena that she's a witch. Louise tells Elena if she still has feelings for Stefan she should just be with him. When Elena comes back from visiting Stefan and tells Louise she bumped into 'towel girl', Lexi Branson. Stefan later arrives at Gilbert's house and tells the twins Lexi's a vampire and his oldest friend. At the party at the Grill, Louise and Damon are shown to be flirting until they are interrupted by Sherriff Forbes injecting vervain into Lexi. Louise quickly realised Damon had a part in this and confronts him but he tells her he has a plan. She soon rushes to find Stefan and Elena, the three went outside where they see Damon stake Lexi.

While walking to the car, Bonnie and Louise run into Damon who tries to get the talisman from Bonnie but Louise warns him to stay away from her. Louise and Elena watches Bonnie throw her talisman away and is shocked when it resurfaces in Bonnie's bag. The Gilbert twins host a sleepover in an attempt try to repair Caroline and Bonnie's friendship. Caroline suggests holding a séance for Bonnie's ancestor Emily. When Emily possesses Bonnie, Caroline brushes it off as a joke but Louise has a premonition of 'Emily' and Damon and Elena calls Stefan to warn him. Louise observes Damon almost kill Bonnie in his attempts to stop Emily from destroying the crystal. Elena later tells Bonnie all about vampires and Louise also tells Bonnie about her premonition. Later, Damon shows up in Louise's room and apologises.

Louise gets a vision of Logan Fell killing a woman and goes to see Damon about it. He gives her the Gilbert Compass and they track down Logan in a old warehouse. Reluctantly, Louise waits outside for Damon but when she hears gunshots, rushes into the warehouse and then is knocked unconscious by Logan. She regains consciousness to Logan and Damon. Logan continues to try get information out of Damon but about how vampires walk in sunlight but when Damon refuses. Louise helps Damon get the bullets out and they return to the Boarding House. Louise waits for Damon to return and runs into her sister where she tells her that they look like identical to Vivienne and Katherine. They get in an accident, hitting a man on the road who then gets up and attacks her as she screams.

Damon comes to save them, Louise begs him to get an unconscious Elena out first. After freeing Louise from the wreckage, she says "I look like her" before passing out in his arms. He carries her away and, when she wakes up in his car, she asks where Elena is and he tells her that Elena is home safe and they're going to Atlanta. After speaking to her sister on the phone, she accepts Damon's offer to have fun for "five minutes". They arrive at Bree's Bar and Louise meets Bree, a witch and former flame of Damon's. Bree grabs her hand and tells her "You're just radiating power." and calls Louise a witch and Bree later reveals to Damon that Louise is a seer. Louise and Damon bond and she ends up getting drunk. Whilst taking a phone call from Elena outside, she's kidnapped by Lee. When Damon goes to save her, Lee beats him up and almost kills him until Louise persuades him not to. Lee tells her that he was Lexi's boyfriend and leaves, sparing Damon in Lexi's memory. They return to Mystic Falls. Stefan tells her that he saved her and Elena from the crash, learned they are adopted. Louise and Elena later confronts Jenna about the fact that she's adopted.

The night before the 50's Decade Dance, Jeremy invites a pizza guy inside, unaware that it is Noah. Noah later attacks Louise and Elena, but Stefan arrives in time to chase him off. Damon gives Louise the chance to attend the dance as bait, and as his date and she accepts. Whilst there, Caroline questions her about her and Damon's relationship but she says their just friends. She has a vision of Noah and Anna then receives a phone call from Noah who threatens to kill Jeremy if she doesn't leave the dance. Louise and Elena runs away and is able to fend him off until Stefan and Damon arrive. They interrogate him and discover that he's only following the twins because they look like Vivienne and Katherine, and he points them in the direction of Emily's grimoire before they kill him. Stefan later tells Louise that he has promised to help Damon use the grimoire to release Vivienne from a tomb but it was a lie. He tells Elena the plan and Elena promises to help him, including lying to Louise. That night, Damon turns up in Louise's bedroom and tells him she knows he cares.

In Children of the Damned, Damon shows up in Louise's room asking her to help with finding the journal to open the tomb. Louise helps Stefan and Elena find the missing journal that belongs to her ancestor, unaware they are lying to her. Damon turns up at the Gilbert Residence where he interrogates Jeremy who admits that Anna also showed interest in the journal. Damon and Louise track down Anna and she recognising her from her vision. They find Elena and Stefan digging up the book from Giuseppe Salvatore's gave. To get the book, Damon threatened to turn Louise into a vampire and he succeeded when Stefan handed the book over. When Stefan took Louise and Elena home, the two argue but is interrupted by Anna who kidnaps them.

Stefan rescues Louise, Elena and Bonnie from Anna and Ben. The Bennet's decided to open the tomb so Damon could get Vivienne and leave. To ensure that they wouldn't close the tomb on him, Damon took Louise in with him as insurance. However, Vivienne wasn't inside the tomb and was devastated. Louise gave him a hug and told him she was sorry. Later, Louise goes to check on Damon at the Boarding House, and the two share their first kiss.

When he found out Vivienne escaped the tomb and never cared about him, Damon started drinking and partying to drown his sorrows. Louise went to visit him on Christmas Eve. While on a run, Louise runs into Harper who mistook her for Vivienne. Louise, Stefan and Elena put together the pieces of Isobel Saltzman and how she was Elena's birth mother and Damon had killed her. Louise was shocked and angered by this and she later learned that Damon had turned Isobel into a vampire. While visiting her parents grave, Damon comes to see her.

In, There Goes the Neighbourhood, Damon convinced Louise to go on a date with him- which she one at the raffle. Damon cooks for Louise and the two enjoy each other's company. The couples; Elena and Stefan, and Caroline and Matt walked in on Louise and Damon making out.

When the vampires capture Stefan as revenge for being the reason they were locked away, Louise, Elena, Damon and Alaric help to save him. Louise and Elena wait in the car for their own safety but being stubborn and worried, they went into the house Stefan was held captive and came across Damon who was angry that they disobeyed him. Elena and Louise helps Stefan escape and Elena feeds him her blood as he is too weak. He then kills Frederick. Later, Damon and Louise share a moment. Then Louise and Elena went to console Matt after Vicki's body is found. Noticing Matt accepts Elena's comfort in favour of Caroline's, Louise embraces Caroline.

In Under Control, Louise is struggling with her repeated dreams. She has an unsettling vision which results in her passing out. Jeremy discovers that Louise has been lying to him and Elena erased his memory about Vicki. Louise in turn, reveals the truth about vampires.

Bonnie returns to town following her grandmother's death and tells Louise and Elena that because she blames Stefan and Damon for her death. Louise asks Damon to be her escort in the pageant. Damon reveals that Stefan is addicted to human blood and is out of control which lead to Elena and Stefan getting into a fight and Stefan disappears. Damon and Louise dance together. Louise, Damon, Elena and Bonnie find Stefan about to kill Amber but Bonnie stops him. Stefan is locked away. Louise and Damon begin to bond and Louise tries to help him with the Gilbert Device.

When Louise and Elena's biological vampire mother arrives, demanding a meeting with them, she demands to go on a killing spree otherwise. She talks to Louise and Elena, and reveals she wants the device which Damon has. Louise begins to cry and is comforted by Damon and Bonnie sees this, but walks away. Bonnie agrees to deactivate the device before giving it to Isobel and Louise convinces Damon that it will work. Louise gives the device to Isobel, thanking her for being a disappointment, and Isobel tells Louise that Damon's in love with her.

On Founder's Day, Louise finds out that John is her biological father. John activates the device. Louise's past dreams turns to reality. She discovers that Damon has been caught and Stefan stops her from going into the burning building but done it himself. Bonnie realises that Louise is in love with Damon and she helps by dimming the flames so that Stefan can rescue Damon. Later, Louise shows up at Bonnie's house to check on her.

### Season Two

Directly following the events of the season one finale, Founder's Day, Louise and Elena finds John on the kitchen floor. He tells them that his attacker is behind them, but Katherine uses her speed to escape. Louise goes to check on Jeremy who wakes up. Elena calls Stefan and he confirms that Jeremy is human, Anna's blood having healed the damage of the pills. Louise goes to the hospital and learns from Bonnie that Caroline is in critical condition following a car crash. Damon finds them and offers to give Caroline some of his blood to heal her. Bonnie tells him to do it, despite Louise and Elena's reservations, for Louise. Damon later tells Louise that they should talk about what happened, but she is oblivious to the fact he slept with Vivienne until she touches him and gets a vision of them two in bed. Elena and Jenna joins them. Damon discovers that Vivienne's back. Louise, Damon and Elena return home to discover that Katherine just attacked Stefan.

Stefan discovers that Damon slept with Vivienne, believing her to be Louise, and tries to attack him but Louise stops them and says that they can't let Vivienne win. Louise, Elena and Stefan visit John in hospital but he refuses to help. At Richard Lockwood's wake, Damon asks Louise why she was surprised that he would sleep with her after everything they've shared; flirty comments, kisses and longing touching. She reveals that the surprise was that he thought she was that easy and he admits he's hurt. Bonnie arrives and reveals that Vivienne and Katherine were there and that Katherine left with Stefan.

Louise, Damon and Elena find Stefan recovering from a wound Katherine had inflicted for saying he hates her. Louise confesses that she's loves Damon to Elena. That night, Louise discovers Damon in her room, drunk and depressed. He tries to convince her to tell him she loves him, as he knows she does, and forcefully kisses her. However, when she reveals she rejects him, Damon snaps Jeremy's neck. Louise discovers that John gave Jeremy his ring before leaving.

Damon tells Louise that Vivienne or Katherine killed Caroline, making her a vampire. Damon decides they need to kill her to stop her dying like Vicki, but Louise, Elena and Stefan refuse. Damon tries to stake Caroline, but Louise jumps between them, and Damon says that she will have to accept the blame for whatever Caroline does. When Bonnie tries to kill Damon for being behind Caroline's death, Louise stops her.

The gang come up with the idea to go through Isobel's research at Duke and ask for Alaric's help. Louise, Alaric, Damon and Elena travel to Duke where Vanessa Monroe shows them Isobel's research. Vanessa mistakes Louise for Vivienne and shoots a crossbow at her, but Damon jumps in front of her. Elena explains hers and Louise's identity to Vanessa and gives her vervain to protect her from Damon after convincing him not to kill her. Discovering that a bite from a werewolf can kill a vampire, Elena calls Stefan to warn him. As they're leaving, Damon gives Elena a book on the Petrova Family, Vivienne and Katherine's original name. He asks her if he's lost Louise forever, but she says he needs to ask Louise that question, not her. Later, Damon confesses to Louise that he got lucky that Jeremy came back to life, as he didn't know that he would. Damon asks her if he's lost her forever and she responds; "I'm not sure."

In Plan B, at the Lockwood's, everyone is volunteering to help set up the Lockwood's annual masquerade ball. Louise and Elena pulls Bonnie aside to talk more privately about exactly what's been going on with Vivienne, Katherine and Caroline. Louise hopes that maybe now Bonnie can try and give Caroline another chance and be her friend. On his way to leave, Mason accidentally bumps into Louise and Bonnie, they both get a vision. Louise tries to get a clearer vision by touching Mason but this results in a nosebleed on her part. Stefan finds them and they reveal that they saw Mason kissing Vivienne. Soon, Stefan and Damon bring Louise and Bonnie off to the side to try and get them to help them with Mason. Later, at the Salvatore house, while Bonnie Bonnie reluctantly helps Damon tie-up, Louise begins to lay her hands on Mason's head and try to see into his head. She soon discovers that the Moonstone is hidden in a well on the Lockwood property. After Damon kills Mason, Katherine reveals that she has been compelling Jenna to spy on Elena and Louise. Under Katherine's compulsion, Jenna stabs herself. Damon visits Louise and tries to comfort her but she pushes him away when she realises it was his fault.

Lucy links Vivienne to Louise before she goes to the Masquerade Ball to retrieve the moonstone. Suspicious when she learns that Jeremy have gone to the ball without her and Elena, they confront Alaric, but he tells them to leave it alone. Louise and Elena sneak out and confronts Jeremy and Bonnie. They tell her about their plan to kill Vivienne and Katherine. Both, Louise and Elena then start bleeding and crying out in pain and Bonnie discovers that they are linked to Vivienne and Katherine. Jeremy convinces Stefan and Damon to stop for Louise and Elena's sake and stays with them whilst Bonnie tries to find Lucy. Afterwards, Bonnie's able to take the pain away. Louise talks to Damon and discovers that Vivienne and Katherine will be locked in the tomb. She refuses Damon's offer of vampire blood. Damon asks if they can talk but Louise tell him they can talk tomorrow, saying she needs to get home and get some rest. When her and Elena are heading back to the car, they're kidnapped by a man in a clown mask.

Louise discovers her and Elena's kidnappers are two old vampires called Rose and Trevor. They reveal that they are handed them over to "Elijah," described as their "worst nightmare". Rose reveals that the Curse of The Sun and The Moon can only be broken by Louise and Elena's death. Louise finds a note from Bonnie, telling her that Stefan and Damon are on their way. Elijah arrives and kills Trevor for betraying him, but grants Rose her freedom. Elijah then manages to compel Louise into telling him that the moonstone is in the tomb with Vivienne and Katherine. Stefan and Damon arrive and Damon manages to stake Elijah. Rose escapes and Louise tells Damon to let her go before running into his arms. Later, she discovers Damon in her room and he returns her necklace to her, since Elijah took it. Before he gives it to her, he tells her he loves her but tries compels her to forget it but interrupts him by kissing him. She admits she loves him too; "You can't make me forget. Because...I love you, Damon." she said. He was speechless. So she said it again. "I love you." They sleep together for the first time.

The next morning, Damon and Louise wake up in bed together. She noticed a certain look on his face and he asks her if she regrets last night but she told him she regrets nothing then she kissed him passionately. As the day goes on, rest of the gang soon find out about Louise and Damon's relationship. Louise and Elena visit Vivienne and Katherine in the tomb to gain information about Klaus.

Louise and Elena enlists Rose's help in contacting Klaus through Rose's friend Slater. Discovering that Slater's dead, they instead enlist his girlfriend Alice's help. Damon arrives to convince Louise not to offer herself to Klaus, but the four are confronted by two of Klaus' vampires. They are then killed by Elijah, and Rose escapes. Elijah leaves.  Later, Jeremy reveals that Stefan has been imprisoned in the tomb with Vivienne and Katherine.

Elijah is able to enter Gilbert's house by winning favor with Jenna. He tells Louise and Elena of his plans to use them as bait to lure Klaus out of hiding so that he can kill him, in return for keeping those they love safe. They decide to make the deal, on the conditions that Elijah frees Stefan from the tomb. The next day, there's a werewolf problem and Louise, Bonnie and Elena support Caroline after Brady tortures her.

Damon makes Louise stay with Rose once she's bitten by Jules. She comforts Damon after he kills Jessica. Stefan tries to contact Isobel to help in keeping her daughters safe, but John shows up instead. Louise and Damon confront John.

In Crying Wolf, after the Historical Society Tea Party and Damon's attempt to kill Elijah, Louise is fruious. They are later attacted by Jules and other werewolves who wants the moonstone.  Elijah shows up and kills four werewolves, saving Damon's life for the third time. Later, while on the phone with Bonnie, Damon's told that Elijah, Louise and Elena's deal called for Louise and Elena's death. Louise and Damon argue.

## Personality

### Seer

As a human, she's the sociable and outgoing girl. She's compassionate, nice, caring, beautiful but she can be mean, fierce, and deadly when she needs to be. She is also athletic and a cheerleader. She is brave and self-sacrificing, though much of her willingness to save others seems to come from survivor's guilt over her parent's death. Louise is fiercely loyal to her loved ones. She has a heartfelt respect for the basic concept of one's free will.

### Vampire

* With Humanity
* Without Humanity

> "*Personally I prefer the true identity of a vampire, it's who we are but it's not who you are. yet.*"
> ― **Klaus** to **Louise**
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As a vampire, Louise's personality is amplified. Louise wants to live on blood bags, in an attempt to avoid hurting someone. However, she is unable to keep down human blood from a blood bag or vampire blood. Due to her overwhelming hunger she kills someone, in *The Rager*. It is discovered that her inability to consume other sources of blood was unintentionally due to her sire bond to Klaus, and eventually begins to live on a diet of blood bags from a human blood bank. Now that Louise is a vampire, her feelings are magnified, including her feelings for Klaus, and they're much harder for her to ignore and push aside.

She also struggles with magnified grief from the loss of so many family members, and anger towards those who put her remaining friends and family in danger. Louise has now accepted being a vampire, she fairly happy with the fact she gets to spend forever with her boyfriend Damon.

When her brother Jeremy dies during their failed attempt at obtaining the cure, Louise doesn't show much reaction, distracting herself by helping Damon find Bonnie on the island. While Elena's having a break down with coming to the terms that Jeremy is gone, Louise runs off in tears. Klaus later finds her, trying to calm her down and he eventually telling her to "turn it off." to which she complies.

As well as losing her humanity, she's lost her modesty. She doesn't care about the rules. Louise always lived by her set of rules, what she thought was right and wrong, and now it's like she's thrown all the rules to the wind and she just does whatever she wants to do. She warns Stefan that he tries to ruin her fun, shell make him regret it. This she does when she later forces her sister, Elena to turn off her emotions as well, therefore leaving Stefan to deal with his emotionless girlfriend and Louise is free to have more fun.
## Physical Appearance

Being fraternal twins, Louise and Elena although not identical do share a similar resemblance. Physically, Louise is very beautiful and attractive young woman with an oval face, light olive complexion, almond-shaped brown eyes which are often described as doe-eyes and dark brown hair. . Her height is 5'6"(168 cm), and she has a slim, slightly athletic physique. Louise has a uncanny resemblance to her ancestor and doppelganger, Vivienne Pierce, who often poses as Louise in order to trick others. However, even though Louise and Vivienne look exactly the same in terms of physical appearance, there are some slight differences between the two in terms of fashion and style, and especially personality.

In terms of fashion sense she's much more casual, sporty and "girl next door" and

doesn't wear a lot of make up or favour fashionable clothing unless attending a formal event. Louise favours wearing dark blue jeans with t-shirts of various colours and Converse sneakers. Louise primarily wears fashionable clothing or dresses up for special occasions or formal events. Vivienne's fashion sense or style, on the other hand, is much more high maintenance, expensive and trendy. Another distinct difference between Louise and Vivienne physical appearance is that Louise always wears her hair straight with a middle part in which Vivienne doesn't like, while she wears her hair curly. Louise wears a necklace containing the herb vervain in it ; it was given to her by Stefan to protect her from compulsion.

As a newly turned vampire, Louise wears a daylight ring picked out by Damon in order to protect her from the sunlight. She has a slightly more grown up look, while she still wears her usual jeans and t-shirts, she usually trades them for dresses and boots. She also dips into her jewellery box more often. After she abandons her humanity, she becomes more womanly in the way she looks. While in New York, she cuts her hair shorter to her shoulders for two reasons; one, she wanted a changed and two, so there was a more clearer way to tell her and Vivienne apart.

In later seasons, Louise starts to experiment more with her wardrobe. She wears more skinny jeans, boots, more blouses, leather jackers and short skirts/shorts, dresses and more revealing tops. She plunges more into her jewellery box.

As usual she wears her hair straight in a middle part but wears it curly more often than she usually did.

## Powers and Abilities

* Seer
* Vampire
Louise has shown to use these powers:

* **Precognition:** The power to perceive information about future places or events before they happen. This ability is usually used subconsciously or in a dream as a nightmare but they don't usually occur that often and are usually quite vague.
* **Retrocognition:** The power to discern events of the past. Louise has had this power from as early as 2010. It is usually triggered when she touches something or someone or is in a place with psychic energy.
* **Clairvoyance:** The power to gain direct visual information of the present. Louise mostly used this in season three when she spent the summer with Klaus locating werewolves.
* **Astral Premonition:** The power to receive visions of the past or future by astral projection. This allows the user to experience the vision first hand. Louise first experienced this in 'Let the Right One In' while looking for Stefan. She describes it as feeling 'real'.
* **Intuition:** Louise seemed to know when something bad is about to happen and sometimes predicts things, like when she predicted Caroline was going to win Miss Mystic Falls.

She possesses fighting abilities to defend herself against vampires. Louise is also a Doppelgänger/Seer which means her blood in an unlimited (while she's alive) source of power for witches and siphoners as well.Louise possessed all the standard powers and abilities of a non-original vampire.

## Relationships

### Miranda Salvatore

*Main Article:* *Miranda and Louise*

"*I love you more than life itself.*"
— **Louise** to her daughter, **Miranda**
Miranda is Louise's only daughter and child with her husband, Damon Salvatore.

### Damon Salvatore

*Main Article: Damon and Louise*

"*I love you too. I don't know or even sure when I started loving you - you crept up on me. I was never suppose to fall in love with you, but I couldn't stop and that scared me. I'm sorry I didn't say it sooner.*"
— **Louise** to **Damon** in *Katerina & Viviana*

Their close relationship isn't one of the most shocking things in the world. She's the doppelgänger of his old love Vivienne Pierce, so it isn't odd that he immediately felt a close relationship with her. Although Damon and Louise often bicker and don't get along, Louise began to slowly warm up to him as she got to know him, befriending him in the process. Due to Damon's constant immoral and impulsive behaviour, Louise tried to keep her distance with failure. They soon fall for each other. Damon is seen to be extremely selfish when it comes to Louise, willing to put the life of Louise's before anyone else's, including Louise's loved ones. But throughout the series, he has grown and changed, protecting not only Louise, but her family and friends as well. During Season Two, Damon tells Louise he's inlove with her and Louise, no longer fighting the feelings she has for Damon, admits she loves him too. That night, Damon and Louise made love for the first time and became a real couple.  During their romance, Damon has never given any indication that Louise would "lose" him, under any circumstances really. Quite the opposite, he promised never to leave her. The passion they share is hard to define. Damon once again had the opportunity to prove his worth and show Louise his humanity. She brings out the good side of him — that he doesn't have to kill for fun and drink blood from innocent people. Throughout, Season Three and Four, due to Klaus, they maintain a rocky relationship but they manage to overcome anything. At the start of Season Five, having had the perfect summer together they were determined to make their long distance relationship work while she attended college. Their happiness was short-lived, however, as Louise and Damon's relationship was repeatedly assailed by a seemingly endless number of difficulties. Despite all this and having numerous arguments, separations, breakups and reconciliations, they never denied their love for each other. At the end of Season Five, Damon proposes to Louise to assure her of his promise to return to her from the other side.

### Niklaus Mikaelson

*Main Article:* *Klaus and Louise*

"*If I'm being honest with myself, I have to admit he touches something deep inside me that makes me shiver, a part of myself even I don't understand.*"
— **Louise** talking about **Klaus** in *We'll Always Have Bourbon Street*

Klaus and Louise first met when he returned to town for the sole purpose of killing Louise in the sacrifice, which he eventually achieved. To save Damon's life, Louise had to leave Mystic Falls with Klaus. The two spent time together. During season three, Klaus has expressed a romantic interest in Louise despite the fact she is in a relationship with Damon. Klaus got under her skin. It is noticeable when they are together that no matter how much Louise tries to shake him off, there is something about him that intrigues her. Louise is the only person who is relaxed in his presence and does not hesitate to tell him the truth.

### Elena Gilbert

*Main Article: Elena and Louise*

"*As long as we have each other, we're both gonna be okay*"
— **Louise** to **Elena** in *Bloodlines*
Elena is Louise's twin sister. They have know each other basically their whole lives. After their parents died, they wanted to help and protect each other. Once they both became aware of the supernatural world, they both worked to keep each other and their loved ones safe - Louise spent the summer with Klaus to keep Elena safe. Louise is very protective of her big sister. They love each other and are always willing to risk their lives for each other. They have a bond like no one can break.

### Jeremy Gilbert

*Main Article: Jeremy and Louise*

"*Look, Louise. You're my sister and I love you, no matter what you choose.*"
—Jeremy to Elena in *Graduation*

Jeremy is Louise's biological cousin/adoptive brother. Although they are cousins, they have been raised as siblings. Growing up, Louise and Jeremy were close but after their parent's death they drifted apart. However, they soon became close once again. They love each other and Louise would risk everything for the safety of her little brother. Once the two of them became more aware of the supernatural activities and entities of Mystic Falls, Louise and Jeremy worked to keep each other and their other loved ones safe. Although they sometimes were led apart, they still seemed to retain their closeness as siblings. After becoming a vampire, he still loves her regardless of what she is.

### Jenna Sommers

*Main Article: Jenna and Louise*

Jenna is Louise's aunt. After the Gilbert siblings parents died in a car crash, she becomes their legal guardian somewhat reluctantly, not believing she was ready to be a parent. She maintains a friendship with Louise and Louise referred to her as her 'fun, cool aunt Jenna' growing up.

### Bonnie Bennett

*Main Article: Bonnie and Louise*

Louise and Bonnie's friendship sometimes takes second place on the screen to Bonnie's friendship with Elena; however, Louise and Bonnie are shown to be just as close, if not perhaps closer at times. Once introduced as children, Bonnie and Louise were attached at the hip. Louise was one of the first people to find out about Bonnie being a witch. They understand each other and are able to express their opinions and thoughts without fear of being judged by the other. When Louise discovered she was a seer, their connection grew stronger with having similar abilities. Throughout the series, Bonnie is protective of Louise, even risking her life to ensure Louise's safety and protection. Their friendship was strained when her Grams died after being weakened by a preforming a powerful spell to help the Salvatore brothers release Vivienne and Katherine Pierce. From the episode "Founder's Day" and onward, their friendship has remained relatively consistent and the two remain best friends.

### Caroline Forbes

*Main Article:* *Caroline and Louise*

Having been friends since elementary school, Caroline and Louise started off on a rough patch, Louise accidently spilled red paint over Caroline's favourite white dress. However, the two got over the initial spat and became close friends soon after. One of their favourite activities to do together are shopping and talking about boys. Unlike Bonnie, Louise did not shut out Caroline after she became a vampire and and was one of the few who had faith that Caroline would be fine, having seen how strong Caroline was as a person before. Louise wasn't surprised to see that vampirism had made Caroline into a more confident induvial. Later when Louise and Damon gets together, Caroline continually makes snarky comments about Damon and Louise would always take it all in a stride.

### Stefan Salvatore

*Main Article:* *Stefan and Louise*

Stefan Salvatore comes across as quite protective of Louise throughout the series as he sees his brother has taken a liking to her. He even went as far as giving her a vervain necklace to protect her from Damon. Louise has always supported his relationship with her sister, Elena. They became good friends during season three while travelling with Klaus. She fights constantly with Klaus, begging him to stop making Stefan feed on humans.

### Other Relationships

*Main Article: Louise Gilbert/Relationships*
Petrova Family, Gilbert Family, Saltzman Family, Salvatore Family, Mystic Falls Gang, Mystic Falls High School, Whitmore College

* Damon, Louise and Miranda (Family Bond/Mother/Father/Daughter)
* Elena, Louise, Jeremy and Jenna (Former Family Bond/Jenna died)
* John, Isobel, Elena and Louise (Parents and Daughters/Frenemies)
* John, Isobel and Louise (Parents and Daughter/Frenemies)
* Louise and John (Biological Father and Daughter)
* Louise and Isobel (Biological Mother and Daughter/Frenemies)
* Louise, Damon and Klaus (Former Love Triangle)
* Elena, Bonnie, Caroline and Louise (Best Friends)
* Louise and Vivienne (Maternal Ancestor/Enemies)
* Louise and Tyler (Friends/Allies)
* Louise and Matt (Friends/Allies)
* Louise and Elijah (Friends/Former Enemies/Former Allies)
* Louise, Stefan and Klaus (Frenemies)

## Appearances

* *Pilot*
* *The Night Of The Comet*
* *Friday Night Bites*
* *Family Ties*
* *You're Undead To Me*
* *Lost Girls*
* *Haunted*
* *162 Candles*
* *History Repeating*
* *The Turning Point*
* *Bloodlines*
* *Unpleasantville*
* *Children Of The Damned*
* *Fool Me Once*
* *A Few Good Men*
* *There Goes The Neighborhood*
* *Let The Right One In*
* *Under Control*
* *Miss Mystic Falls*
* *Blood Brothers*
* *Isobel*
* *Founder's Day*
* *The Return*
* *Brave New World*
* *Bad Moon Rising*
* *Memory Lane*
* *Kill Or Be Killed*
* *Plan B*
* *Masquerade*
* *Rose*
* *Katerina & Viviana*
* *The Sacrifice*
* *By The Light Of The Moon*
* *The Descent*
* *Daddy Issues*
* *Crying Wolf*
* *The Dinner Party*
* *The House Guest*
* *Know Thy Enemy*
* *The Last Dance*
* *Klaus*
* *The Last Day*
* *The Sun Also Rises*
* *As I Lay Dying*
* *The Birthday*
* *The Hybrid*
* *The End Of The Affair*
* *Disturbing Behavior*
* *The Reckoning*
* *Smells Like Teen Spirit*
* *Ghost World*
* *Ordinary People*
* *Homecoming*
* *The New Deal*
* *Our Town*
* *The Ties That Bind*
* *Bringing Out The Dead*
* *Dangerous Liaisons*
* *All My Children*
* *1912*
* *Break On Through*
* *The Murder Of One*
* *Heart Of Darkness*
* *Do Not Go Gentle*
* *Before Sunset*

## Name

* **Louise**: Feminine form of Louis (famous in war), which is from the Germanic Hluodowig, a compound name composed from the elements hluod (famous) and wīg (war, strife).
* **Gilbert:** Is a surname of Germanic origin. The English-language surname is derived from Giselbert, a medieval personal name composed of the following Germanic elements gisil ("pledge", "hostage", "noble youth") and berht ("bright", "famous").

## Trivia

* Victoria Justice originally auditioned for the role of Elena Gilbert before receiving the role of Louise Gilbert.
* Louise's birthday is June 22.
* Louise's star sign is Cancer
* Louise is right handed.
* In the novels, Louise has a twin sister Elena Gilbert, a little sister named Margaret Gilbert and an aunt named Judith Maxwell. In the series, Louise has a twin sister Elena Gilbert, a younger brother named Jeremy Gilbert and an aunt named Jenna Sommers.
* Louise wants to be a doctor just like her adoptive father Grayson Gilbert