When did the tragedy of the Mikaelson family began?
Was it with Esther's sins of desperation?
Did it all start with Dahlia's cruel bargain?
Was it all because Esther gave up her darling Freya?
Or did it begin when she blamed Mikael for her pain? Was her worst sin to kiss Ansel, one dark cold night, when she thought her beloved husband would not come back?
No. It could not be. Her worst sin must have been begging Mikael to take little Klaus into the woods and...
Was that the beginning then?
When she her awful words left her mouth: "I do not want him! He is no son of ours! He is a monster!"
The way Mikael had stared at her...
So did it begin when Mikael convinced Esther to keep Niklaus?
When Mikael held Niklaus in his arms and, as tears blurred his vision, said:
"He is our little miracle, love! A miracle your God must have sent us...my gods are not kind enough to give out angels like this..."
And then she lied to her husband...
Or did it start when she put him to sleep without listening to his words?
Was it all a punishment for Esther's sin of ignoring the madness in her husband's eyes? Were her children cursed simply because she dismissed Mikael's pleads when he told her he was losing his mind?
Did it really being when Mikael begged her to stop him from becoming a monster and harming their children?
And she did not listen...
Was her greatest sin that she loved him too much to let him go, but not enough to believe his fears?
Was God cruel enough to punish them, and their children, for her sin of marrying a pagan man? Was it because she accepted his Gods in her life? Taught her children about them...was it because she prayed less?
Was her greatest sin that she loved him too much to let him go, but not enough to believe his fears?
Was God cruel enough to punish them, and their children, for her sin of marrying a pagan man? Was it because she accepted his Gods in her life? Taught her children about them...was it because she prayed less?
Was it all Mikael's fault?
Was it all because of his temper?
Was Mikael always a monster and Esther simply refused to see it?
Or was his madness a sickness passed down to Mikael by his father's cruel blood?
Perhaps it was simply a cursed crafted by her sister, Dahlia, to punish Esther for leaving her...
Were their children destined to become monsters like their father?
Was her husband really fated to destroy their children's happiness?
Was it ineffable?
Could their tragedy be undone?