As The Vampire Diaries approaches the end of its fourth season, things are changing. Graduation in the May 16 season finale isn’t even the start of it. In the episode last month that set the course for Klaus (Joseph Morgan) to return to New Orleans in the fall for the Originals spinoff, we learned that Hayley (Phoebe Tonkin) is pregnant with his child. The idea for Klaus to procreate with a werewolf was something that came up in the writers’ room at the beginning of the season, exec producer Julie Plec says.
“We had always talked about, at some point in the series, dealing with a vampire pregnancy, but we couldn’t really ever figure out the science behind that and also didn’t want to break any rules. And when we started talking about giving Klaus a really powerful journey for season 4 — regardless of whether there’d be a spin-off or not — we thought, well, where’s his character coming from and where does it need to go? What could we do to really, really blow his mind? And we realized, this is a guy who everything he’s ever done — all his ego, all his paranoia, all his anger — is a result of feeling like this family has completely failed him. So what better way to rock his world than to introduce a new element of family?” Plec says. “We came up with the idea that because of him being the Original Hybrid there could be a loophole, and him realizing he got a werewolf girl pregnant. [The writers] were in two rooms: One room was working on episode 2, and one room was working on episode 3. And in the episode 2 room, where I was, I don’t know how it came up, but I leapt out of my chair and ran down the hall and pitched it to the other room. I didn’t even give them a chance to disagree. Who knows if they loved it or hated it? They were so bombasted by my enthusiasm. Everybody was like, ‘Whoa! Whoa!’ So that was a story line we were intending to play, even if there was no spinoff that came to fruition.”
Klaus won’t be mentioning his impending fatherhood when he returns to Mystic Falls in the season finale to surprise Caroline at graduation. “We don’t bring that back around because really, what Klaus and Caroline’s unfinished business is, of course, is his refusal to allow Tyler back into her life. We’ll resolve that before the season’s out.”
Source: Full Article @ EW
“We had always talked about, at some point in the series, dealing with a vampire pregnancy, but we couldn’t really ever figure out the science behind that and also didn’t want to break any rules. And when we started talking about giving Klaus a really powerful journey for season 4 — regardless of whether there’d be a spin-off or not — we thought, well, where’s his character coming from and where does it need to go? What could we do to really, really blow his mind? And we realized, this is a guy who everything he’s ever done — all his ego, all his paranoia, all his anger — is a result of feeling like this family has completely failed him. So what better way to rock his world than to introduce a new element of family?” Plec says. “We came up with the idea that because of him being the Original Hybrid there could be a loophole, and him realizing he got a werewolf girl pregnant. [The writers] were in two rooms: One room was working on episode 2, and one room was working on episode 3. And in the episode 2 room, where I was, I don’t know how it came up, but I leapt out of my chair and ran down the hall and pitched it to the other room. I didn’t even give them a chance to disagree. Who knows if they loved it or hated it? They were so bombasted by my enthusiasm. Everybody was like, ‘Whoa! Whoa!’ So that was a story line we were intending to play, even if there was no spinoff that came to fruition.”
Klaus won’t be mentioning his impending fatherhood when he returns to Mystic Falls in the season finale to surprise Caroline at graduation. “We don’t bring that back around because really, what Klaus and Caroline’s unfinished business is, of course, is his refusal to allow Tyler back into her life. We’ll resolve that before the season’s out.”
Source: Full Article @ EW
Here's hoping Plec stays focused on these two shows and leaves The Tomorrow People to Arrow's team.
ReplyDeleteSo far every single show she has been involved with ended up as a horrible trainwreck. I fear to think on what she would do with show like that. She might actually top T.Kring's failure with Heroes even...
ReplyDeleteYeah, let's hope she stays in the show she has already destroyed and not touch anything new.
So my hopes for The Originals 1000 years of stories is shattered. Well thank you for the share anyway.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like she pulls an idea out of nowhere and runs with it and doesn't listen/care what any other writer thinks
ReplyDeletethe whole "back to the Elena we love" thing kind of killed me. Does she not realize that people (in general) don't really like Elena that much? In fact, I've only ever liked Elena while she was emotionless, and when she's around the better characters.
ReplyDeleteThe problem with Elena is that she got a bella-swan-treatment for previous 3 seasons. No character development, no flaws, just standing there as a prop for the love triangle angst. Excuse me If I find it REALLY hard to even care on what happens to her.
ReplyDeleteI haven't watched this season, since I am fed up with this trainwreck, but the whole "emotionless elena" bs sounds like "soulless sam" trainwreck in
Supernatural....yet again can't seem to care about it.
Its hilarious though since the whole "emotionless" elena behaviour is a normal behavior for Book-Elena, the character Plec bashed endlessly when the show began airing, saying that they made Elena more "modest" and "likeable" and "relatable". For them to be so desperate as to try to add something form that Elena is not only hypocritical but hilariously pointless since there's nothing in her character to make us care about such a change. Basically....
There's no basis for her character, NO CHARACTER. She could become a queen of England for all I care and it would NOT make her more interesting. Her character is irreparably destroyed by S2 and S3.
That's bassically TVD in a nuttshell.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, I dare you to try to sum up Season Three plotline in one sentence. Plec just throws everything at the viewer, expecting SOMETHING to stick. Sadly most of what she throws seriously stinks.
It's a shame because the show was great but a lot of that has been ruined by the warped morality, changing the rules whenever it suits her story and treating Elena like she is special. I honestly can't believe the main characters still consider themselves as the good guys and how Elena, Matt and Jeremy can take out originals. Even the last episode showed Elena overpower Katherine with ease when Stefan and Damon struggled against her.
ReplyDeleteI hope the spin off doesn't ruin Elijah's character, he's my favourite, and he's already done a few questionable things out of character this season
Dear Julie Plec: That "Whoa! Whoa!" was actually the panicked attempt by the writers trying to figure out how to tell you without getting fired that Klaus's magical baby was the Worst. Idea. Ever.
ReplyDeleteEqually hilarious was Plec's statement about having "rules" for TVD. Oh, yeah? Like what, exactly? 'Older vamps are much stronger': That flew out the window. 'Vamps have super hearing':Not when it's plot-inconvenient. 'Vervain in the blood is poisonous': Not when Elena chows down. 'The Fellowship only remembers Bonnie when they need her to do something': Ok, that's actually consistent.
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