I ship Hayley and Elijah (let’s face it, I ship Elijah with everyone), but there is a difference between reading and actually witnessing. I mean, here is this man who she respects. She can say forever “he was not always good. he has done bad things.” but then, in real time, she jumps right into his memories and becomes one of his victims. I can see why she pauses. (don’t kill me <3 )
Lmao I wont kill you, im trash, haha come rp with me lool. I agree though 100%.
My issue isn’t with Haylijah breaking up, I understand why Hayley feels the way she feels, and she’s completely justified in that. Shes entitled to that. I’ve always said Haylijah is doomed, Daniel Gillies and Phoebe Tonkin think the same too. It was tragically written to be this beautiful, doomed plot and now Hayley is a mother. She has a bigger kettle of fish to worry about, so if this triggers her, despite her knowing. Shes allowed to give him the boot, she’s allowed to step away and she’s completely justified for that. Elijah would let her. He’s already ashamed of that part of him and now she’s seen it, he gets it.
My issue is the writer’s motivation behind it. Its weak, poor and unfair and completely hypocritical. I think it says a lot when even anti haylijah shippers think that this was a bad writers move, too. They took inspiration from Tump, and associated it with this character. Saying they didnt want to romanticize violence. Because of an imaginary unconscious attack, where Elijah was a younger, new vampire, still learning control. He instantly showed remorse, he instantly apologized, others didn’t and did it for sport. Willingly. While that’s not an excuse, it is ironic how Kol and Davina in the same episode, ride off into the sunset, given Kol did eat Davina… If that isn’t romanticizing violence and abuse, I don’t know what is. There are so many other cases, worse cases in their shows that demonstrates the idealisation that violence is absolutely okay. Elijahs was not one of them, he comes dead last in my eyes. This is a show about vampires, its inevitable, yes. But the writers choice was completely bias, and Elijah is the least likely representation of that. I’m all for their break up- I’m not okay with this excuse however. Get Damon- he was notorious for abusing and not batting an eyelid.
I’m pissed at the writers.
