Stefan was better
He died alone for his brother and his rbother didnt die along with him like the mikalhlsons borthers most should talk about niklaus and elijah the 2 original vampires who died together to fight the dead enemies at the end most shall know if they ever had peace
The origianls teaches you more and makes you think more other than that there is no discusssion to know the originals is better along with their vow and how they grow and how you see their history but vampire diareis was also good but it only had probloems every espisode that made it obvious what was going to happen next
Although mikahlsons love to torture it is known to be that witches cant be compelled and vampire that time in history used ot have drops of vervain in order to not end up as slaves