My thoughts on Klamille and Klaroline
I think TVD did a good job with Klaroline just because of how it’s a love story that could have happened in any other setting. It could have been the feelings a bad boy had for a strong, proud girl in a countryside high school. That’s what I really liked about it, that it made Klaus seem human. Not in the humane sense, but took off the I’m-a-1000-year-old-villain aura. And I think part of the reason was because Caroline is actually really young, and she brought about the younger side of Klaus. Cami has always been really experienced at life. I don’t really know what that means, just that she was always in control, and for as long as she was human, she guided Klaus, he was the lost one she was trying to help. She was always really confident, and as she said herself, she liked herself. She isn’t a highschool girl.
Klaroline was really cute, and I loved the humour it had. They made each other laugh, and their ‘connection’ was really this underlying fact that Klaus could make Caroline smile. He was attracted to her and admired her qualities and he wanted her. He was attracted to her completely, both for her mind and her looks, whereas with Cami, it was a completely emotional connection. That’s why making the physical attraction obvious was so hard, but I’ll get to that in a second.
So basically, Klaroline was about Care realizing that this horrible guy and she weren’t all that different, and they could connect as friends (as in they could be friends with each other), and finally giving into the feelings she had gradually developed for him. She liked him and she couldn’t deny it. It really seemed like a high-school/college love, young love, basically. Maybe if Klaus stayed on the show, it could have grown, or maybe not, because as Caroline said herself, her plans didn’t involve him.
When Klaus saw Cami, he let himself feel a little attracted to her, but what quickly developed was a 100% emotional connection. And in ways, it’s a more mature love because Cami is a more mature person. Being experienced at life means she helped Klaus grow. And no matter what anyone says about his not wanting to hurt Cami, I think he kept avoiding telling her his feelings and running away because that would leave him totally vulnerable to her. He was too scared to let himself open up to her that much. And Cami, of course, avoided it because he was a monster, screwed up. And so, they danced around each other all the time, their relationship both totally private (because no one else was involved. Poor Genevieve proved that, and Aurora, that Klaus’ connection with Cami ran deeply enough to overcome any other feelings), and yet blatantly obvious because everyone knew they loved each other, and yet were too scared to see it themselves. They knew they cared for each other without ever exploring why.
They let themselves confess to each other in small ways, Klaus calling her beautiful, saying I would have found you, and the I would wish for nothing more, and Cami constantly being there for him, believing in him, but the actual confession of feelings would be that one step where Klaus would open up to her completely, and Cami would give into her feelings despite her common sense. When Klaus nearly lost her to Aurora does he finally confess.
Klaroline was passion, and Klamille was intense, and yet quiet, and maybe quiet because of its intensity. I believe (and maybe this is also wishful thinking) that Klamille will always exist. The protectiveness he feels towards Cami, the want to make her happy. Even if she is with someone else, their connection, as Leah recently pointed out, isn’t going anywhere. And that’s kind of similar to how Klaus was all possessive about Caroline while on the phone. Old habits (here, feelings) die hard.
Tagging this as Klamille, cause it’s not exactly anti-klaroline, I guess? More Pro-klamille
