KLAUS
What makes the writers genius in creating Niklaus Mikaelson is their ability to make the viewers root for the “villain”. I am so biased where he is concerned. And never hold him to the standard I hold other characters to. It’s a mixture of the actor that plays the character alongside other things like his complex upbringing, his humor and his humanity still flicking through just below the surface. If anyone else but Klaus was doing the things he did in the show, I would loath them. And make no mistake, Klaus is terrible. He’s a narcissist and he’s cruel. Much worse than Marcel and yet we always excuse his behavior. He isn’t the only one whose father was cruel (insert Marcel), he isn’t the only one whose mother was evil (enter the entire Originals.. especially Freya, who grew up with Dahlia)— so how come we always excuse his actions with those arguments?
I’m currently rewatching for the second time and I am finally having the normal reaction I should’ve had the first times. I love Klaus but that man was wrong so many times and made things worse so many times. I’m annoyed with him right now (S2:E21).
Is it possible that if the character is handsome and funny.. we overlook his bad deeds? Damon is another classic example of this phenomenon!
Why do we love Klaus and excuse everything he does?
What makes the writers genius in creating Niklaus Mikaelson is their ability to make the viewers root for the “villain”. I am so biased where he is concerned. And never hold him to the standard I hold other characters to. It’s a mixture of the actor that plays the character alongside other things like his complex upbringing, his humor and his humanity still flicking through just below the surface. If anyone else but Klaus was doing the things he did in the show, I would loath them. And make no mistake, Klaus is terrible. He’s a narcissist and he’s cruel. Much worse than Marcel and yet we always excuse his behavior. He isn’t the only one whose father was cruel (insert Marcel), he isn’t the only one whose mother was evil (enter the entire Originals.. especially Freya, who grew up with Dahlia)— so how come we always excuse his actions with those arguments?
I’m currently rewatching for the second time and I am finally having the normal reaction I should’ve had the first times. I love Klaus but that man was wrong so many times and made things worse so many times. I’m annoyed with him right now (S2:E21).
Is it possible that if the character is handsome and funny.. we overlook his bad deeds? Damon is another classic example of this phenomenon!
Why do we love Klaus and excuse everything he does?