#* … ( hope mikaelson | interactions )

[vampirehizzies]

my favorite thing about the originals (and this isn't necessarily from a romantic shipping pov) is the growth klayley had as coparents and how they came to have a partnership based on trust and honesty with each other. we see how he comes to value her - despite their unstable dynamic - in little moments sprinkled in season 1, them bonding over their shared love for their child and equally bloodthirsty natures in season 2, klaus trusting her but still following his own impulses even if he does it out of care for hayley and hope... and then they fell apart pretty violently in the back half of season 2 (i don't think the writers had to go to that extreme but it is what is at this point lol). but then with space from each other in season 3 and gradually learning to be around each other they came to an understanding that they would like working together as friends and partners for hope.

and they both stuck to that promise so well! they have a feral protectiveness over each other - which existed even in season 1 and 2 - and are united by trust. their love for hope overpowers all else but they do share affection for each other as well. on hayley's side this is seen with the way hayley ensures that hope sees her father as a "fairytale prince" with the stories she actively chooses to tell (yes, the priority is giving her daughter more than what either she or klaus had but no one goes to the trouble of saying kind words about a coparent they don't on some level admire and care for, i know this from personal experience). despite klaus's past actions she does know there is a part of him that is good and loving and she remains focused on that side both for her daughter's sake but also because she herself sees and experiences it. she even encourages hope in season 5 to see the best in klaus despite him being absentee and the rumors about him going on a rampage. we also see this on klaus's side, with klaus's determination to keep hayley safe because his daughter needs her, in moments sprinkled throughout the show and especially in season 5, and the way he complimented hayley at her grave which tells us how he truly did admire her.

the way they have changed from back half of season 2/early season 3 is particularly important. hayley is adamant that hope should have klaus in her life and deserves to experience the intensity of the mikaelson love - something she wasn't saying in season 2. she also chooses to be honest with klaus - once again something she wasn't doing in season 2 - by telling him that their plan in season 4 that will defeat the hollow means he will never see his daughter again. despite the fact that vincent encouraged her to lie, she trusts and respects klaus's role as a father enough to refuse to do that. it is really sweet how they have this unconditional, unflinching loyalty and trust with one another.

[hyperactivewhore]

I'll always wonder how Hope felt about her father's relationship with Elijah, especially after her mother died.

For a time, Elijah was responsible for Hayley's death in her eyes, and no one will convince me this wasn't Klaus’s doing. He had spent half of season five brooding because his brother erased their memories, erased him, and repeatedly put their broken brotherhood over his own daughter. Klaus didn't have Camille or Hayley any longer, he didn't have Elijah specifically, who is the person he has the most codependent relationship with in the series and him lashing out because of it quite literally endangered Hayley's life even more.

Marcel pointed it out; he was lashing out because in his eyes, Elijah no longer loved him and had given their family up and that was clouding his judgment, something they couldn't allow with Hayley's life on the line. So it's just very ironic Hayley ended up dying, with only Klaus and Elijah conscious to see it, because by this logic, Klaus clearly told Hope her uncle hadn't saved her mother's life.

It is very much in character for him, especially because Klaus was acting hostile around his brother whenever Hope was around, so I wonder how she felt when she witnessed him quite literally running into his arms the moment Elijah got his memories back and they finally found common ground. Was she bitter, angry, hurt? This is the same man that was visiting Elijah constantly for seven years because he couldn't stay away from him, despite knowing it could potentially endanger his daughter, yet managed to ignore Hope perfectly fine for five-six years.

Of course, Hope eventually managed to find common ground with her uncle as well, but I don't think she actually realizes how screwed up the relationships in her family are, mostly because her family abandoned her and the ones who actually would do anything and everything for her are dead. Especially for a child as young as her, no fifteen-year-old teenager would ever understand why her father chose her "mother's killer" over her own feelings and over her own dead mother.

Because damn, it would hurt me so badly if my father claimed I was the person he loved the most, yet the one he couldn't live without and the one he constantly prioritized over me was his own brother.

[witchcraftandgeekness]

Kol: You're giving me a sticker?

Baby Hope: Not just a sticker. That is a sticker of a kitty saying "me-wow!"

Kol: l'm not a preschooler.

Baby Hope: Fine, I'll take it back—

Kol: I earned this, back off!

[lavendaers]

@drvcxrys klaus mikaelson for hope mikaelson

klaus wasn't paying attention. he knew he wasn't, even though he should be. he'd seen someone though and felt like he knew them. so he was walking pretty fast to catch up to them. he could just use his supernatural speed, but that would be too obvious. he bumped into a few people, but finally reached them. "excuse me, do i know you?"

[fadingmadness]

✦ ↬ closed starter ft @theirdiaries ( hope mikaelson & rebekah mikaelson )

hope had been in this place for too long. it wasn't limbo, no matter how much she would have rather it been. at first, she almost thought it could have been limbo, but the look was off and no one she knew was here -- which should have been her first indication. but, finally she saw someone who she recognized and let out a breath of relief as she made her way toward her, "aunt beks. you will not believe what i have to tell you."

[theha1rarch]

@hcpemikaelscn liked for a lyrical starter!

buzzkill baby - mckenna grace

"are you happy now that i'm so miserable?"

[wvsteria]

kol mikaelson & hope mikaelson @drvcxrys

"wow." kol remarked after seeing his niece all dressed up. "you look just like your mother. and thank goodness for that." he chuckled softly. "alright, now is there a date i should speak with?"

[xxcarelessparker]

with: @ofgraveblud (hope mikaelson) location: n/a

" what the fuck happened out there , hope ? "

[tragcdysewn]

closed starter for hope mikaelson!! ( @drvcxrys )

22. Though relatively empty the plant life whispers threats and warnings to people in this portion of the maze. It tells them to give up on their progress

"don't listen to any of that, alright?" she's not dealing with her niece suddenly giving up before they can get out of here, and she has no idea yet if the voices have some kind of magical influence, or if they're only voices.

[perzysprumia]

@cabinetcuriosities - camille o'connell.

"I decided to come home for a little bit," Hope's words are spoken softly as she stands in Cami's doorway. "Mystic Falls is getting a little suffocating." There's a scent she recognizes in the small apartment, which leads her to stepping past the other and looking around for a moment. She doesn't want to make assumptions, or accusations, but... "Was...was my father here? It smells like him."

[mcrcki]

"here, hold up." marley stopped the other before she could continue walking, noticing their bag still attached to the seat before she got up to move. "you almost forgot this, that would've been an absolute nightmare if you did. gotta replace everything, it's miserable."

@drvcxrys for hope mikaelson

[lavendaers]

@drvcxrys continued from here

lizzie nodded their head, not completely sure if she believed the other person or not, "yeah, perhaps." their shoulders lifted in a shrug as she attempted to ignore the confusion that they felt. "what's your name again?"

[signcfthetiimes]

“ you can do this. ” ( hope & azula ) @castlescrvmbling

"i know i can," azula snapped at the other. she was already frustrated, she didn't need someone else patronising her. azula hated the idea of failing. of not being perfect. she always had. a flaw that contributed to her demise. but one that she carried on even in her fake life. "it's just a stupid topic to write an essay on anyway," she huffed, throwing the pen down in frustration. "let alone to grade."

[fearlessmuses]

🩸 ───── “well if it isn’t my favourite niece.” rebekah’s voice rang as she lifted from her spot and looked towards hope with a sort of smirk she could not, and would not help. “as your favourite aunt, i’ve come to this … “ her gaze lowered and gestured a hand, “school to perform a jail break.” marcel had gone off on business and she definitely felt over due for time with hope.

@dynastymuses ♥ for a starter from rebekah mikaelson for hope mikaelson

[cabeswaterdrowned]

I think another reason I could not bring myself to participate in any serious tlh discourse while the books were coming out is that I could not bring myself to seriously critique the love triangle that much not because I disagree with the objective criticisms of it but because I read the whole series through the lense that everyone was in love with Cordelia simply because they should be, so even though it wasn’t interesting or a developed conflict Mathew loving her made sense to me and I was cool w it.

[wvsteria]

hayley marshall & hope mikaelson @drvcxrys

❛what are you doing here?❜ the last thing that hayley had expected would be to see was her daughter at the door. hayley herself after hearing the news was on her way to see hope, but it seems that hope had beat her to it. "you should be at home, hope. why are you out right now?"