Ever wonder how to get started with a Vampire Diaries Fanfic? Having trouble with your OC? Need some face claim ideas? What about establishing a plot for your character? Ever wondered what the hell is a slowburn? I think I can help.
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before i start; above is an awesome edit made by an awesome youtuber that has a bunch of mikaelson video edits, this one is hayley and it's absolutely glorious and tells you all why she's the fucking best and shouldn't be treated the way she is in fics
first off:
Hayley is a Mikaelson
Elijah himself said so at the start of 4x02
So why is it that in every single Klaus fic during TO, they either
- kill Hayley off after Hope is born,
- write her off entirely and give the pregnant storyline to their OC
- bring in some random sister or cousin of her's that takes her pregnant storyline and then kill off Hayley
- Hayley's there except she's a bitch and tries to be evil and the whole pregnancy was either fake or transmitted to the OC bcuz of said evil?
- Or the worst one by far, they just write her off completely and change the entire story.
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I mean, guys, I don't know if you haven't noticed, but,
HAYLEY ISN'T KLAUS' LOVE INTEREST.
If you wanna write a fic about Klaus during TO or maybe starting in TVD, you can work Hayley into it and still keep her and Hope around.
She isn't a love interest, but she does mean something to him. She's the mother of his child. Does he care about her? Hell yeah.
Season 1 of The Originals took some time to build the relationship but then he was determined to keep the mother of his child safe. (lets not address the cursing her to be a wolf all the time and human on full moons during s3 at the moment). He actually grieved her heavily when she died because he does love her, she raised their daughter, protected her, and he could never be more grateful for that. She's part of his family, but they were never going to be together. He and Hayley share something in common: undeniable and everlasting love for their little girl.
Keeping her around won't affect your OC's love story with Klaus.
And if you're starting from TVD in S3 or S4 with Klaus, then again, he and Hayley only have a one night stand, it could be that your OC and he aren't on good terms or they broke up temporarily, or they still haven't established their relationship or whatever the reason. So Klaus having a one night stand because the OC and he broke up or whatever can still work and Hope can still be there.
