An hour before she took the stage as part of The Vampire Diaries Comic-Con panel, Candice Accola chatted with TV Fanatic about her character of Caroline, her potential as a singer of 1980s ballads and her season two transformation.

What Meatloaf song would she love to cover next season? What was it like to go from sweet human to potentially menacing blood sucker? How happy did the actress make our cameraman when she posed for a picture with him after my interview below?

Two of those answers are revealed below! (The third? VERY happy.)

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