First off, I HIGHLY SUGGEST looking at this on my AO3, as there are actual, clickable links that won't show up here on ff.
That being said, this is Interlude Two, aka 8.19. It's styled differently than the rest of the story (but I loved writing it so I can be persuaded to write more chapters like this one) because it's a media chapter! It deals with Twitter (briefly), Reddit (a lot), and texting.
Grammar about the social media: comments on reddit are threads, so each comment to a post (posted by OP) will have "-" before it. A response to that will have "- -" (have to do a space so it shows up) and so on. Titles in brackets "[_]" are called flairs, and it's like an epithet of sorts. For example, there's a moderator in this story called daaaaaavid. His flair is [Moderator] since he's a mod. He basically checks and makes sure people follow the rules of the sub (individual part of reddit separate from the homepage). Also, on the part where Kol comments, there's a part with weird formatting (words in between \|\these words\|\)so you can read it but it's assumed to be erased in-universe so that the redditors can't.
FFN, please upgrade your formatting stuff, please... All underlined things are supposed to have links/pretend to have links.
Happy new years, everyone!
Warnings: non-graphic/referenced child abuse, slight referenced infidelity, referenced homophobia in a character Kol played, referenced anxiety, KOL ON CAFFEINE IT'S BORDERLINE CRACK but it's so funny ahyeon you'll love it, more cuss words than I usually use
Interlude Two, aka 8.19
Worldwide Trends ◽ Change
#MikaelsonManhunt
Cole Henderson
#MeAndMySiblings
r/MikaelsonManhunt
Sub Summary:
This is a subreddit for the Mikaelson Manhunt. Here, updates, pictures, and other things can be posted. This is not affiliated with Leif and Aerona Trulsson (who are the ones searching for their grandchildren) at this time (though we are trying to make this official), so hints/tips/etc. about the whereabouts of the Mikaelsons ARE NOT WELCOME. Please, send them into the official site.
So, what happened?
A man named Mikael Leifson (a Norse immigrant) and his wife, Esther (a British immigrant), had seven children together, outlined below. One of them, Niklaus, was actually the son of a man named Ansel Wolff (a German immigrant), who lived in the same town as the Mikaelson family. Mikael cut off all contact with his family when he came to America, as did Esther at his insistence. Mikael was very abusive and violent, which is said to have passed on to several of his children (including Niklaus). On May 10th, 1996, Mikael killed both Esther and Ansel, and severely beat three of his children. He was arrested, and the children were taken to the hospital. From there, they were taken to group homes and foster homes. All but the youngest child was taken out of state in a gross attempt by Mikael's powerful friends to separate them. The youngest children were adopted, and what's known about all of the children's time in the system is below. The children were lost to the system under the influence of those powerful friends.
Recently, Mikael died in prison, and his will showed that everything was to go to his parents, whom he had not spoken to in 35 years. The only thing he left for the children was a letter that has not been read at this time. Mikael's parents, Leif and Aerona Trulsson, decided to go to America to look and they took their youngest daughter, Torunn Leifson, with them. They put out a commercial in order to spread the word, and have also set up a website. They wish to connect their family, and more specifically, these siblings, together again.
At this time, most of the children have been found.
Info on the siblings:
Freya Riley Mikaelson - individual picture of her - born April 26th, 1979 in Mystic Falls, VA; 17 at the time of the murder. She was one of the three injured, suffering from several broken ribs, minor internal bleeding, and minor cuts. She was taken to Macon, GA on June 22, 1996, to a group home. She complained about the group parents several times, and was labeled violent after an altercation with another girl. She aged out of the system. Her last known location was in Savannah, GA in May 1997 (after she had turned 18). EDIT: SHE HAS BEEN FOUND! She now lives in Atlanta, GA, with her husband and children.
Finn Caspar Mikaelson - individual picture of him - born October 28th, 1981 in Mystic Falls, VA; 14 at the time of the murder. He was not injured. He was taken to Memphis, TN on May 20th, 1996; Little Rock, AR on May 23rd, 1996, where he stayed until the 20th of March, 1997; Ashland, MO on March 21st, 1997; and finally, St. Louis, MO on August 24th, 1999, which is his last known location. He was not recorded as being violent, though all of the foster and group parents he was with said he was quiet and angry. He aged out of the system. EDIT: HE HAS BEEN FOUND! He still lives in St. Louis, MO, with his wife and children.
Elijah Daniel Mikaelson - individual picture of him - born March 14th, 1985, in Mystic Falls, VA; 11 at the time of the murder. He was one of the injured children, suffering from a concussion, stab wound, and minor internal bleeding. He was taken to Muskogee, OK on May 15th, 1996; Santa Fe, NM on May 16th, 1996; Salt Lake City, UT on May 20th, 1996; and finally, Portland, OR on May 23rd, 1996, which is his last known location. He was never violent, though he was "unhappy...or, more likely, depressed", according to his social worker's report at the time. He aged out of the system. EDIT: HE HAS BEEN FOUND! He lives in Stanford, CA, with his wife and child.
Niklaus Joseph Mikaelson - individual picture of him (only known one) - born May 16th, 1987, in Mystic Falls, VA; 8 at the time of the murder. He was one of the injured children (also the one suffering from the most abuse), suffering from several broken ribs, a concussion, internal bleeding, a broken collarbone, and a fractured radius. He was taken through Charlotte, NC, Atlanta, GA, Montgomery, AL, and then Baton Rouge, LA between the 20th and 25th of May, 1996. In 2005, when he was 17, he ran away from his foster home and has not been located. He was violent in all homes he was put in, often lashing out verbally and breaking things. A psychiatrist diagnosed him as depressed when he was first put in a foster home; it is unknown if he's still suffering.
Kol Nathaniel Mikaelson - individual picture of him - born August 4th, 1990, in Mystic Falls, VA; 5 years old at the time of the murder. He was not one of the injured children. He was adopted on May 31st, 1996, by a couple from Los Angeles, CA. They took him home with them, and changed his name to Cole Henderson (yes, THAT Cole Henderson), though this was lost to both paper and electronic records by sabotage. His last know location is Los Angeles, CA. He did not spend enough time in the system to go to any group homes, though the foster home he was in said he was depressed and manic. EDIT: HE HAS BEEN FOUND! He is actor Cole Henderson, and currently lives in Los Angeles, CA, and Long Island, NY.
Rebekah Claire Mikaelson - individual picture of her - born June 11th, 1992, in Mystic Falls, VA; 3 years old at the time of the murder. She was not one of the injured children. Like Kol, a out-of-state couple came to Richmond, VA, where she was staying, and adopted her. She was taken to Colorado Springs, CO on January 1st, 1997. Her last known location is Denver, CO, in 2001. She was not recorded as violent, "just extremely snippy with the other children". EDIT: At this time, it's unclear whether or not she has been found. Kol has recently made a comment that references her, but not the other so-called "Missing Mikaelsons" Niklaus and Henrik. Stay tuned for updates. EDIT 2: SHE HAS BEEN FOUND! She lives in Denver, CO, with her husband and a child on the way. According to Kol, she has not decided if she is coming out to NYC for the reunion.
Henrik Devon Mikaelson - individual picture of him - born October 14th, 1994, in Mystic Falls, VA; 1 year old at the time of the murder. He was not one of the injured children. He was adopted in Richmond, VA, on June 3rd, 1996, and taken to Virginia Beach, VA sometime between then and July 4th of the same year. His last known location was there, in 2004. He was not violent, though he was appointed a therapist. He has not been located at this time.
Sub rules:
- Kol Mikaelson = Cole Henderson. Try to use Kol, but if you forget, it's fine.
- This is NSFW because it's about murder/child abuse, but it isn't labeled that way as it's not graphic.
- IF YOU SYMPATHIZE WITH MIKAEL, YOU ARE GETTING BANNED. Sympathizing with Esther is tolerated but not encouraged as she was both victim/abuser, but blaming the children or trying to excuse Mikael's actions is not going to be allowed, now or ever.
- If you knew them at any point and want to say something, you have to post proof along with the comment, or it will be deleted (only after being debunked and put on r/quityourbullshit).
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[DISCUSSION] Cole/Kol's role in Closeted (posted by ayeayecapncringe one week ago with 1048 upvotes)
*Edit: title should say just Kol
Background info if needed: Kol was in Closeted and he played a gay guy named Jamie with serious internal homophobia. SPOILERS AHEAD.
I really want to talk about his performance. Going in, I knew he was bi, but when I came out, I seriously thought he was homophobic. He played Jamie perfectly. The hatred, the tone that conveyed he was right and what he was saying was obvious, the offhand remarks. It was all spot-on. Also, Jamie was such a dick, I was concerned Kol was, too.
I watched an interview and he proved to be a funny, nice dude, but I wanted to comment that his acting seemed too real. Like, he'd-been-abused/he-was-around-homophobes-at-some-point too real.
What do you guys think?
COMMENTS:
- - hailiescomet1996 (commented one week ago with 2019 upvotes)
Here is my proof (us messing around with paparazzi)
I'm Cole's adopted sister (see here: /r/IAMA/comments/z1c9z/i-am-Cole-Henderson-movie-star-AMA where you can find us talking to you guys and him confirming that he was with me) and I wanted to say that he worked very hard on this role. (Quick note: I knew he was adopted bc he's white, I;m mixed, and our parents are black, but I knew nothing of his life before hand as he didn't talk about it.)
He said he'd talk to homophobes who were gay, talk to homophobes who weren't gay, talk to ex- and currently-closeted gay people, etc. He also said that he'd known a man who was homophobic and would abuse his son, and used that guy as inspiration. Looking back, he was talking about his biological dad, Mikael. This role was very important to him, as he is a very involved member in LGBTQIA+ stuff, and feels that most gay characters who start out as homophobic aren't portrayed correctly. He worked so hard on that role, and I'm glad someone is noticing.
Okay, rant over.
- - - daaaaaavid [Moderator] (commented one week ago with 57 upvotes)
Mods checked. She's the real deal, people. Stop flagging this comment.
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[DISCUSSION] Anxiety and other mental illnesses (posted by excuseme-imshy 5 days ago with 3418 upvotes)
So, we know that Kol has anxiety, and it looks like the official website says that Mikael "negatively affected all of the siblings" and prolly caused anxiety/PTSD/etc.
I have two questions: is it right to assume that all of the children had those mental illnesses and if so, should we treat them like we do Kol, where we acknowledge and are respectful of his anxiety?
COMMENTS:
- - daaaaaavid [Moderator] (commented 5 days ago with 235 upvotes)
YES, we are assuming that they were all psychologically affected by the abuse, even Henrik.
YES, we should treat them like we treat Kol.
THANK YOU, this is so sweet. I'm glad we aren't all dicks who like to excuse behavior (cough cough)
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[PICS] New dump on MM website (only individual pics) (posted by daaaaaavid 10 days ago with 3814 upvotes)
Here's a link to the google drive for easy access.
Picture count:
Mikael: 10
Esther: 8
Freya: 3
Finn: 1
Elijah: 5
Niklaus: 0
Kol: 2
Rebekah: 7
Henrik: 2
COMMENTS:
- - Mcmissionairy (commented 10 days ago with 459 upvotes)
Prolly a stupid question...but why aren't there any pics of Niklaus and so few pics of the kids in general?
- - - hailiescomet1996 (commented 10 days ago with 389 upvotes)
Cole says these were the pics in Mikael's possessions. He liked Rebekah the most (visually…?) and I guess he thought Elijah looked good in those pics bc Finn was his favorite and there's only one. Idk. They aren't sure.
- - - daaaaaavid [Moderator] (commented 10 days ago with 281 upvotes)
I think it's because Mikael and Esther didn't take pics of the children a lot. Like, Mikael didn't really care about any of them, so I'm not surprised.
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[UPDATE] Mikaelson Manhunt update (posted by ColeNateHend one day ago with 10629 upvotes)
Hi everyone, Kol Mikaelson here! Sorry for the stupid title, I pulled an all-nighter last night and am running on coffee. I want to get an IV drip so I can streamline caffeine to my blood. I've had like 5 cups chuggde ...clearly I'm not awake right now. Am i? Am I even real? (I'm gettign a stare down from my youngest niece and nephews how do you politely tell children to run along or just leave me tf alone...go bug your parents. this is why i don't have kisd everyone.)
Anyway, me and my siblings (the found ones, anyway, excluding Bekah and Henrik) wanted to let you all know what's going on.
First tho, pics! Here's me and Elijah, sorry for the middle fingers we were TIRED OF fINN'S AND FREYA'S SHIT OK,=, (I was trying to backsapce why didnt it work why is there a equal sign there…) Here's me, Elijah, and Freya, we were making fun of Finn (the asshate...next time he wakes me up at 7 AM IM GONNA RUN AWAY) plus we were drunk. HEre's me the white girl. Here's Elijah and Finn looking fnacy for a dinner we went to. Theses are pics Rebekah has sent us one and two. ALSO, our informant says this is what Nik looked like when he was a teenager...and here's Henrik one and two (he sent them in himself).
So, like I said, we have an informant about Nik. I;m not gonna say where he lives for obvious reasons and he doesn't even know that we know that he's living there or even alive period. Anyway, we know he's alive and that's cool. Bekah has been found everyone...she lives in Denver and she's not sure if she wants to come see us all in Ney Work. Henrik is also found, he lives in Virginia, and he's def not coming to NY anytime soon BUT he does wnat to talk to us so it's cool. Cold feet, therye a thing.
Speaking of, Nik is alive! He ran away as you all know and no one knew where he was but actually he ran into a cop who called up the DCFS and they said "yeah we odn't care, keep him"... Anyway, he is alive. Nik if you're reading this say hi to your cats for me my informant says theyre adorable. Also pls come help me Finn's and Freya's kids are terrors they always want my attention idk how to deal with children like you do PLS YOU CAN'T DENY THIS PRETTY FACE COME HOME WE MISS YOU :* :* :* :* :* :* (one form each of us love you)
EDIT: Hi, this is Elijah (who happens to be considerably more awake than Kol). Thank you for all the well wishes, and for those of you who hit on us...Kol and Henrik are available, however my older siblings and I are attached, and so is Rebekah. I'm not sure about Niklaus, though.
We'll update again soon, hopefully with Niklaus here to annoy Kol into silence (I can't say I enjoyed my childhood but that was a skill I was always happy to have around). Take care, everyone!
COMMENTS:
- - daaaaaavid [Moderator] (commented one day ago with 388 upvotes)
This is the funniest fucking thing I have ever seen…. Yes, it's the real him, his AMA is in his history…. I'm going to go update the sidebar, but I have a question first. Is Niklaus found yet, or…? I couldn't tell.
- - - ColeNateHend [OP] (commented one day ago with 9726 upvotes)
We know where he lives \|\(like I have an address and everything but dont tell him i do pls)\|\ but he's gone to us...forever...in the mind...wiNG...WIND godDAM cant spell...\|\mardi grass...alcohol...hel'l never come to NY when he can have hot french chikcs\|\
EDIT: Elijah here. I took out the information about Niklaus' whereabouts. He is technically found, but we have yet to communicate with him. Just do whatever you feel is best.
- - - - daaaaaavid [Moderator] (commented one day ago with 291 upvotes)
Lol okay. Thanks Elijah.
- - - - - ColeNateHend [OP] (commented one day ago with 402 upvotes)
Of course.
- - hailiescomet1996 [Kol's Sister] (commented one day ago with 7422 upvotes)
Cole omg go to bed, stop drinking all that coffee. This is so embarrassing for you. Mom and Dad are laughing their asses off.
EDIT: Elijah, make him go to bed!
- - - ColeNateHend [OP] (commented one day ago with 11051 upvotes)
HAILIE WHY MAKE HTEM STOP ;( :( :( :( :( :( :(
EDIT: Elijah here, he has passed out as of 10:37 AM. Hopefully when he wakes up none of our nieces and nephews will make fun of him too bad.
Also, pleasure to meet you. You're the first adoptive sibling any of us have met so far.
Can I private message you?
- - - - daaaaaavid [Moderator] (commented one day ago with 517 upvotes)
Nooooo tell us all the embarrassing stories we wanna hear
- - - - hailiescomet1996 [Kol's Sister] (commented one day ago with 498 upvotes)
Sure!
Kol: Okay, Bekah, I'm gonna add Henrik to the chat and then I'll back out so you guys can talk, cool?
Me: Yes, that's fine.
Kol: K
Kol HAS ADDED Henrik TO THE CHAT "Maid Service and the Dutiful Princess Rebekah"
Kol HAS RENAMED THE CHAT "Maid Service and the Dutiful Princess Rebekah" TO "Maid Service, the Dutiful Princess Rebekah, and Baby Mikaelson"
Kol: Henrik, this is Rebekah. Bekah, this is Henrik.
Henrik: I've told you a million times I go by Henry.
Kol: I've told you a million times that that's cool and all but I was calling you Henrik while you were in the womb. You aren't and will never be "Henry" to me.
Me: Be nice Kol. If he wants to go by Henry, then let him.
Henrik: Thanks Rebekah, it's great to hear from you
Me: I'm happy to hear from you too! I've missed you.
Me: And it's no problem
Kol: For now it isn't
Kol: WHATEVER SHE SAYS DON'T BELIEVE HER
Kol: HENRIK SHE WILL REEL YOU IN WITH NICETIES AND THEN DEMAND FAVORS IN EXCHANGE
Me: NUH UH KOL SHUT UP
Me: And what, pray tell, happened to leaving the chat so we can talk privately?
Kol: I changed my mind.
Kol: You can't see but I shrugged.
Henrik: oh my god
Those "friends" of Mikael's were politicians, as I headcanon Mikael being a local politician before he was sent to jail. Also, the way that Ansel's wife found Kol was through bad-assing her way to one of those friends who only told her Kol's fate. And it isn't canon, but we know Ansel had at least one kid, so I though, why not go all out, right?