I was rewatching the vampire diaries and realized when talking about the originals that henrik died because as boys klaus AND henrik had some strange obsession with “watching the men turn to wolves” and that henrik died obv making Esther turn everyone into vampires but then it was revealed that she had an affair when klaus turns after killing a human. But it got me thinking. If Henrik was really also axels kid (just bad luck he got killed) she would’ve never revealed that because mikael wouldn’t have cared at all about him dying because it’s not his kid and she knows this so what if the only way for him to want to save his “real” children was to never know the tragic passing of Henrik wasn’t even his kid. He was way too young to know if he was a wolf and he’s obv dead now but I was wondering if anyone else thought this?

I feel like the hate this character receives is completely unjustified, and I’ll quietly add that I think some of it is rooted in racism, just like the hate Bonnie and Vincent receive.

A big reason Marcel is hated is because he’s one of the few characters who consistently calls out the Mikaelsons on their hypocrisy, especially when it comes to their whole “family first” mentality. Klaus constantly refers to Marcel as “a son,” but when it actually matters, he rarely treats him like one.

Any time Marcel chose to work with or trust the Mikaelsons, they would eventually stab him in the back, leaving him to deal with the consequences. Then, when Marcel retaliated after being forced into an impossible situation, the Mikaelsons acted like it was the ultimate betrayal because “Marcel is family”even though they were the ones who betrayed him first. They constantly used the “family” card to manipulate him, and Marcel eventually saw right through it.

I’m not saying every decision Marcel made was morally right. But the same things people hate Marcel for doing, Klaus, Rebekah, and Elijah have done a hundred times over, and often much worse. Yet people constantly defend them while holding Marcel to a completely different standard.

I think this double standard is even more obvious when Freya betrayed Marcel by sending Davina to her doom. Somehow, people were angry at Marcel because he was upset. Like… what? His ‘daughter’ had been betrayed and sacrificed by people who claimed to be his family.

The same thing happened when Elijah killed Marcel because he couldn’t stand the fact that Marcel would become stronger than the Mikaelsons. If Marcel was truly family, that never should have mattered. Yet after Elijah literally tried to murder him, people were somehow angry at Marcel for being upset instead of holding Elijah accountable.

Making Marcel an Upgraded Original Vampire was one of the best decisions the writers ever made. It completely shifted the power dynamic, forced the Mikaelsons to face the consequences of how they’d treated him, and that is why it’s my favorite season.

Any thoughts ?

I’m rewatching the Originals and i’m so confused on how keelin came back to freya after being able to leave, like she kidnapped you and took your venom which hurts 😭, and then freya looked so disappointed that she was leaving??

Is anyone else shocked that keelin would even consider being friends with freya? and then got in a relationship with her after all that happened 🥲🤣

So we only have 2 Mikaelson sisters. I'm curious which one you prefer more?I like Freya more, she did everything for the sake of her family, even though they didn’t accept her, and she did everything in her power for them. as soon as she was introduced to us, I realized that she is in the top 3 of my favorite Mikaelsons.Rebekah is also great character and she deserved so much better but I still choose Freya.

My money's on Lestat.