Do you have some klaroline hcs or opinions to share that will last me untill new chapter? Please🙏🙏🙏
I think one thing I love about them---or at least, the way I interpret them---is that they're not actually opposites in character, unlike most enemies-to-lovers ships. And I'm not talking about a sides-of-the-same-coin mentality here, I mean they're literally the same, in more ways than one. They mirror each other in the most beautiful of ways.
First, there's their backstories. They were both born human, and suffered as humans. Klaus suffered under the abuse of his father, and by further extent, the manipulations of his mother. He understood pain and sacrifice; understood what its like to feel weak and helpless---powerless---all too well. Caroline shares this experience, not just through what Damon did to her when she was human, but also in how the other characters treat her, always underestimating her and falling on certain assumptions about her character that aren't always right. She's made to feel small and alone, her voice belitted and defiled, and becomes isolated in her attempts to fix it as a result.
Second---they didn't choose vamprism, but thrived as vampires regardless. Their sufferings as humans meant they didn't see vamprism so much as a curse, but grew to see it as a gift, valuing the power and strength that came with it, unlike many around them. They're both a little too selfish, a little too callous, craving that power, regardless of who it hurts---Caroline just has better impulse control than Klaus. She listens to her moral compass, rather than disregards it. That's the only difference.
How they were turned also has its own parallel---betrayal. Klaus, reborn amongst death, he and his siblings murdered by their own father at the dinner table, and Caroline, suffocated by Katherine in her own hospital bed, the face of her best friend the last thing she saw before she died. They're trauma buddies. It's great.
Third---they both have daddy issues. And mommy issues, come to think of it. The only difference is how they deal with them---Klaus, with avoidance, anger and resentment, blaming them for his own faults, and Caroline, with acceptance, forgiveness and grace, choosing instead to move on, not because she's trying to be the better person, but because it's only way she knows how to survive.
In terms of character, they're both control freaks (I say with the utmost affection). Similar brands of control freak too---Klaus renovates that entire mansion and seems particularly testy about it when Elijah throws him through a wall. He also canonically was (kinda) responsible for two very successful parties---Homecoming, which he made Tyler sabatage so he could throw himself, complete with a BIGGER band and more people, his hybrids hidden in the crowds, and the Mikaelson Ball (Esther and Rebekah may have had leeway on the final decisions, but they're kinda new to the century, so I bet our resident hybrid had some suggestions for it. Plus, they probably used his money anyway). He's not like, canonically shown as a clean freak like say, Elijah or Caroline, but he is a snob, and he also stuffed his siblings in boxes because he couldn't trust them Not To Die. Even though they're unkillable. Immortal. Very much Not Likely To Die.
If that's not neurotic control freak on crack behaviour... I don't know what to tell you.
Other character traits that are similar is that they're both a little bitchy, love throwing shade; sassy; stubborn to a fault; clever and often cunning; fiercely loyal to their friends and family etc. Caroline is a bright soul, and perceived as one of the kindest characters, but I'd argue Klaus has his rare moments of geniune kindness too. Don't get me wrong, he's definitely an asshole, and an unapologetic killer to boot but... I don't know. There's rare moments it shines through---like when he compells Stefan to forget them in the 20s, to protect him from Mikael and also maybe to spare him the grief of their absence, or when he talks so softly when he and Caroline first meet, gentle towards her in that moment when there's really no reason to be. He's soft with Rebekah too, agreeing to go to the 20s Decade Dance for her (even though Caroline's attendance there was probably a big motivator). So yeah---don't tell anyone that the big bad wolf is a puppy in disguise.
They were never really an "opposites attract" kinda deal. And idk, I feel a lot of people forget that.
