By all accounts, The Vampire Diaries will go dark on season three. Dark red, that is, as Stefan and Klaus go on a major killing binge.

But that's not exactly the tone we get from the latest promotional photo of the show's stars, as light shines down on Ian Somerhalder, Nona Dobrev and Paul Wesley. Might this be a foreshadowing of things to come? Might season three be full of hope and rainbows and warm, smiley faces?

No, we didn't think so, either. But we will take this opportunity to stare at the best looking cast on television for a few (hundred) moments...