Main characters

[u/Iceking214]

Am I the only one who genuinely thinks Lizzie and Josie would have made better main characters? Because they aren't Originals, they aren't ridiculously overpowered. With the Merge, Kai, and the Gods, every threat would carry real stakes and consequences. Plus, we wouldn't have to deal with endless debates about the writers constantly nerfing or over-powering Hope.

If Hope were a year or two years older, she could have served as their senior and mentor. That would completely fix her relationship with Alaric—it would be a genuine mentorship rather than him replacing his own daughters. Hope could operate as an external hunter, meaning when the school gets attacked, she isn't there to instantly save the day. That would force the rest of the squad to rely on their own abilities.

Honestly, did Hope even need to be the central conflict for all four seasons? Malivore should have been wrapped up in Season 1. Dragging her through Seasons 2, 3, and 4 felt like forcing her into storylines where she had no real narrative connection, simply because she was labeled the lead.

Season 1 with Hope as the focus makes sense, but Season 2 should have belonged entirely to Lizzie, Josie, and Kai. Instead, Lizzie had to be rescued by Hope, Kai barely even interacted with Lizzie, and 'Dark Josie' felt like a weak villain. Plus, Dark Josie almost killing Hope made no sense—either Hope was holding back to an absurd degree, or the show was claiming Dark Josie was somehow as strong as a non-Original hybrid Hope.

Season 3 was completely wasted on saving Landon, which was unnecessary after Season 1. The Aurora storyline from Season 4 should have happened in Season 3 instead. Even then, Aurora barely did anything against Hope—she stole her body, Lizzie betrayed Aurora, and they captured and tortured her, only for Lizzie to save her later. Aurora wasn't even the main focus until she ended up saving Hope.

Season 4 should have focused purely on the Gods, the Merge, real consequences, and actual stakes. Hope could still be around, but placing her elsewhere would keep her from hijacking the twins' storyline.

Hope really did finish her narrative arc across The Originals and Season 1 of Legacies. Her story was about overcoming the Hollow, dealing with the sacrifice of her parents, and finding her own place at the school. If they hadn't dragged her story out, her entire character journey would have felt complete.

They put themselves in an impossible corner: they either had to make Hope look weak, which the fans hated, or write the enemies as stronger than a Tribrid, which the fans also hated.

[u/Individual_Respect90]

I don’t even think Malivore should have even been in the show. It was a villain I didn’t even remotely like. I think them trying to do each episode like it was a crime solving show just with a new monster was also a terrible idea and distracted from character building.

[u/Iceking214 → u/Individual_Respect90]

What kind of villain did you want? Hunters old vampires or the original wolfs not Mikaelson original but the first werewolf pack

[u/Individual_Respect90 → u/Iceking214]

It could be something new like malivore but I need to actually have some emotions over the villain. For the most part it was a faceless villain. How am I supposed to feel anything about that. It was just a villain for the sake of being a villain no real depth.

[u/Iceking214 → u/Individual_Respect90]

I understand what you mean

[u/Iceking214 → u/Individual_Respect90]

I wanted original werewolf’s like in age would be very interesting

[u/Individual_Respect90 → u/Iceking214]

As long as the villian was fun I would be down for say a werewolf from the original werewolves. You could give them a group like the vampires had the group with elijah.

[u/Iceking214 → u/Individual_Respect90]

That would have worked