Poppy, a friend of mine on the vampire-diaries.net forums, recently traded a few e-mails with LJS and asked about Damon/Meredith as a possibility and LJS gave a little bit about her plans for Meredith's future storylines (even is they won't be used door the ghostwriter).

Pith/Poppy: I could have sworn u had a part in a blog of something where u zei u saw potential for Damon & Meredith. Now, Damon/Elena and Damon/Bonnie fans are swearing up and down that this is impossible, but I don't think so. But Chapter 8 in Midnight, at least to me, shows that Damon *respects* Meredith, and that's...

For alot of the Damon/Elena of Damon/Bonnie fans, Damon/Meredith seems to be a little bit, well…on the strange side. To be frank, most don't see the ship as legitimate. Partly, this is because the main triangle…rectangle…whatever - is Stefan/Elena/Damon/Bonnie/Matt, and Meredith is almost neglected in that aspect. Another contributing factor is that Damon has been changed throughout the Return series, and this could very well lead to a character…more appropriate for Damon/Bonnie…or Damon/Elena, for that matter. Well, for anything that could be zei on their behalf, I think there are...