People like to trash on Hayley, but she really got the worst end of the deal every single time. Don’t get me wrong Klaus often did too, but only after doing something stupid that ensured it to be that way. Klaus has no one to blame but himself for all the misery that came his way. He woke up most mornings, dang near all of them, and chose violence. Hurt and ruined so many families. Yes we love them, the original siblings, because they are the main characters, and he has tried to redeem himself a couple of times. But he is still a serial killer. He’s still a bad “person”. Who eventually did right. What did Haley do wrong? She slept with the wrong guy in a bad choice hook up, got pregnant, and only ever tried to protect her baby. She never tried to be queen of anything, she became queen of the wolves to protect hope, she was never power hungry, she never sacrificed her family for power, she just wanted to love hope and keep her safe. And she died doing that very thing. Elijah swore he’d protect hope to his dying breath and instead let her mother be killed protecting some kid he never even met. And would’ve let Hope die too. Hayley would have given up everything to do the one thing she was trying to do from the very start, protect hope. She wanted to leave New Orleans at every chance possible but no Klaus had to stay and make the city his and have power, be a king. This is the exact reason that no matter how this show would’ve played out, him and marcel would’ve always been miserable. They can’t let it go. If Klaus had listened to Hayley even once, they would all still be a family. And Hope would have her mom.
