𝗧𝗢 𝗟𝗢𝗩𝗘 𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗦𝗨𝗙𝗙𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗘 ᝰ.ᐟ 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗢𝗡𝗦
ㆍ he categorizes people by their usefulness to him almost immediately. his favourites: influence, information and emotional leverage. people he cannot use in the long run are seen as disposable resources he can use (to compel do his bidding, feed from, etc) until he’s bored.
ㆍ he loves mind games and manipulation in any given situation. he’s like a predator that loves to play with it’s prey. he loves to mirror whatever people want to see until he gets what he wants.
ㆍ which goes into that he thrives on psychological terror. fear is far more intoxicating than blood to him.
ㆍ i don’t write with the idea that klaus is the way he is because of mikael or any trauma he’s endured. he is very conscious of who he is. what he’s become. the choices he makes at all times. he knows he could be better. he sees it in elijah and knows how easy it would to become that. however, he chooses not to. i believe he sees the world in black and white with no shades of grey. either you become what is feared or you are owned by those who are. if anything, he has made himself intentional. to give that to mikael, etc is insulting.
ㆍ he struggles with long-term peace in relationships. once things feel settled and calm, he will unconsciously provoke conflict to restore back emotional turmoil. he doesn’t know what to do with peace.
ㆍ he hates being touched when he doesn’t initiate it. he always flinches and then gets angry it, causing him to lash out. intimate access to him is sacred (to be able to touch him and he not go into fight or flight mode).
ㆍ to him jealousy is proof of commitment and love. both his and yours. any kind of calm detachment feels like indifference to him. he cannot love without feeling deeply consumed by it and expects it in return.
ㆍ he has a hard time seeing his siblings as people and not extensions of himself. he can’t see where he ends and they begin. which is why to him loyalty isn’t optional. he will dagger them for benign reasons. especially when they begin to gain any sort of threatening independence from him. he’d rather watch them die than watch them thrive without him.
ㆍ until recently i did not ship him much; most of his ships are very much unhealthy. i don’t write him seeking healing or redemption through love or romance. it’s rare that you’ll see him not fighting himself and your muse to be in something stable. most of his bonds are intense and emotionally dangerous.
