booasaur: I assumed they killed off Hayley because they were preparing Hope for Legacies, losing most of her people (if the CW had let her BYG Freya probably her too) and feeling guilty and burdened because of it. As for the how and why so early, I seem to recall some tensions and disagreement between Plec and Phoebe Tonkin.
I hate how, in order to have her own show they had to take away all of Hope’s support system.
re: Plec and Phoebe Tonkin... is that why Legacies is practically erasing Hayley? I think they even erased her in a family photo, like what level of petty is this.
amiphobic: I also assumed they killed off Hayley so Hope could start off Legacies as emotionally isolated. It’s a particularly bad look to me because it’s hard to believe Kol, Freya, Rebekah (and their respective spouses) would ever let Hope feel so alone, especially now that most of them have “retired.” Given how absent Caroline has had to be, I guess it was always going to be either neglectful vs dead...
I truly hate that. She’s in a boarding school. It’s enough of an excuse for the Mikaelsons not being around, also having Klaus die would be enough of a good way to have Hope angst about losing her father!