Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24732895-20140910035928/@comment-25222572-20140910145140

Mgc26133 wrote: He was great at first. But after they failed to kill him in mid season 3 finale, his character became stupid. The big bad suddenly became a love sick puppy and a crybaby. His character had major inconsistencies and a self righteous god complex. And after season 3 he became even more pointless, the only story he served to was his feelings for Caroline, which also came out of the blue without a single second of build up. They also added random werewolf venoms to add him purpose. Then writers added this stupid "if he dies so do all of you" plot element, which was an epic bitchslap to those who wanted him gone. They later felt an awkward urge to please the "Klaroline" fans and kept getting rid of Tyler and bringing the two together. They even admitted that "they did not want to get rid of an actor like him so they let Klaus stay and let his character shape the story". Not that it needed admitting, it was clear as day. That's not how you do it. You do not write a show like that. You shape the character, it doesn't shape you. The head writer's obsession with the character damaged the show to the point of no saving. No one had a storyline but Klaus for 2 seasons. Main actors became so bored of their roles that the acting dropped down to the level of hell. Thank god she passed on the head writer status to someone else to focus on the spin off and Tomorrow People and the show finally started to pull itself together.

That's more or less my reasons to hate Klaus

and now I'm waiting for an epic block from Paul for getting out of topic like this :) See? You're learning! And I get your reasoning. I just quite like him, megalomaniacal and villainous or otherwise. What can I say? He's a likeable sort, and I try to think of character's within the bounds of the story, rather than hate on them because of the writer's choices. In that context, he still remains great (if literally immortal, because if he dies then EVERYONE in TVD dies with him).