Klaroline is centered entirely around Tyler
I feel like a lot the people who hate klaroline (as they should) really don't understand the foundation of the ship which is why it's labeled as something that doesn't make sense/random, and the reason for that is the Tyler of it all.
Like of course when delusional shippers or anyone really think Klaus was actually in love with Caroline or even liked her in the first place at least initially it's easy then to label it at something that doesn't narratively make sense because it's not explained why he took interest in her , but the thing is the writers knew that which is why we have only like two to three semi subtle cues explaining the basis of the ship but it's unfortunately buried under a tons of fan service especially within the huge fan base
So basically klaroline's first interaction that sparked that cursed ship is 3x11, it's right after Tyler is first seen standing up to Klaus and showing clear rebellion against Klaus enslaving him that he first orders him the bite his girlfriend before showing up at her house etc, all that he knows about her is that she's a random "pretty" teenager which is why he's for no reason on a mission to woo her with all sorts of gifts, since basically he doesn't know shit About her, he's never shown to be physically attracted to her despite seeing her around before and only gave two fucks about her when he wanted to put Tyler in his place, then you have him almost murder her again in season 4 to "teach Tyler a lesson the hard way" and these are his words, like my guy was willing to kill her if it meant humbling Tyler💀 he Brags about how he hurt Tyler to Elijah by "sleeping with his girl", he tells Caroline he couldn't stop thinking about her but the moment they finally fuck he dips lmao??
Even throughout the whole thing Klaus is like "Tyler isn't enough for you, you want to see the world instead bla bla" because he doesn't know her or even actually cared to know her beyond what he sought from her which is literally just to put Tyler in his place and he thrived on the chase, the fact that he failed to get the teenage girl to give in , he was willing to murder her to get back at Tyler, he attempted to sexually assault her and left happy after he finally slept with her
But of course the shippers see the hot villain gift horse paintings to this random ass teenager and they go "he's so in love with her😍"
This whole rant is basically because I'm tired of Klaus's feelings for Caroline being painted as "love" among both fans and antis , I get that he at best might have developed more of a soft spot for her but that was all it was tbh , they have no moments showing actual love/no moments of Klaus taking the time of day to consider her feelings nor does he go out of his way to do anything for her, Caroline was simply a prize to be won out of his grievances with her boyfriend, if Tyler was dating any other pretty girl Klaus would've went after her for the simple fact she's Tyler's gf and he felt the need to humble him
Oh yeah, totally.
Especially because Candice herself said the "ship" was never intented to be romantic, but after their first interaction in 3x11 the fans got crazy over them so the writers started feeding them with this crazy ass couple that wasn't even a couple in the first time.
Aka = klaroline has been fanservice from the beginning lmao, every other Klaus ship is a thousand times better. Even that hookup with Genevieve or his crush on Tatia had more impact to the plot than klaroline did.
And I don't see that chemistry the fans claim they have. Caroline looks uncomfortable 85% of their interactions, and Klaus literally snaps to her whenever she proves she isn't the weird image he created in his mind.
He always wanted her for sex, he never bothered to check on her for a reason after their weird fuck on the woods and don't bring up Pl*c saying that "Caroline was a big relationship for Klaus and continues to linger in his heart and in his brain" or any of her corny "canon" quotes about Klaroline because she also said in Twitter that Damon never rapped Caroline, which is clearly bullshit.
Y'all only bring in that racist bitch when it's convenient 🤡
But either way, they're so fucking weird and I won't get into that Legacies au where they're married because they literally brought out the worse in each other, proving that your ship is as toxic and pathetic as we claim it to be.
And he hadn't even meet Hayley or Cami in that universe, aka really important women in his life that made a significant change on him that don't involve having sex with him against a tree, so yeah.
I think it’s forgotten(or rarely acknowledged bc of reasons…)that Klaroline while is loudly a huge disservice to Tyler’s character. It was also formed on the writers racism and hatred for Bonnie/Kat and women of color in general. When Klaroline made their “debut”. That was the moment Klaus’ love for witches was rewritten.
It was heavily mentioned by others take Katherine for example and shown that Klaus liked witches. Maddox was loyal to him. Greta left her entire family/coven for him. It was made a plot point that her own family was fighting to get her back but Greta seemed very happy in her devotion to Klaus. Gloria from season 3 had her own history with Klaus. It’s just a very turning point when the writers chose not to align or push anything related to Klaus/Bonnie or the Mikaelson’s. The writers remembered the main witch on the show was a black woman and godforbid if somebody found Bonnie (attractive or useful that wasn’t the MFG’s circle.) We don’t see Klaus’ have another sexual on/off situation with another witch directly until it’s Genevieve—who's white.
Tyler was Klaus first successful hybrid and is never built past constant abuse for Tyler. Bonnie, wasn’t even considered and disregarded as was witches for Klaus type. I will say it is ironic in TO Hayley gets the full wolf-arc that we don’t see with Tyler. Everything is off screen after Tyler becomes a hybrid. When he is onscreen it’s constant slavery or some trauma. Anyways, I say all of this to say while Klaroline functions on lessening Tyler. Hayley‘s storyline did the same thing(werewolf wise.) Caroline remains in the center of those too.
It's even worse because Joseph and Kat were rotting for a klonnie romance.
And we all know how tvd is, so they gave us whatever the hell klaroline is. Like wtf, you have a Bennett witch and a Mikaelson and yet, you make him "fall" for the baby vampire who literally celebrated Klaus’s death in s3 and canonically never felt safe with him. I mean, nothing about klaroline or why/how it was created makes sense.
But klonnie? Bonnie is one of the persons who got the closest to killing him, and Klaus was clearly fucking Greta and had Maddox loyalty, so why would he just forget about that? It's stupid and racist writing, like damn. Imagine how powerful Hope would be as her daughter, because the Bennett bloodline is proven to be one of the most important and powerful and just think about the irony of her ancestor creating the vampire raze and Bonnie birthing the only person who was born one. And Bonnie definitely wouldn't have allowed Elijah to treat Hope as Klaus's redemption, and I don't see her as the type to allow her kid to grow up in a war zone aka New Orleans. But my point is: they would make a good enemies to lovers, because if Elena can marry Caroline's rapist and Caroline can marry Enzo's killer then Bonnie can as hell have a romance with Klaus.
Anyway, what the writers did to Tyler is so messed up. I get he tried to rape Vicky, but I don't take it as canon, because it happened in the pilot and the pilot can only be aired if it has "shocking events" or something like it, and he was never shown to do something like it ever again.
And the way Caroline told him to get over her fucking his mother's murderer??? Like wtf, if Elena had told her to get over her fucking her rapist everyone would be throwing punches at her and yet, Caroline is a "girl boss" for doing it and for knowing what was "best" for her.
Like no, I would chose avenging my mother's death over my girlfriend too.
And the hypocrisy of Hayley calling him a backstabber when she betrayed him first, like I love you but don't be stupid 😭 But he tried to kill her kid, so I get her reaction, but still.



