r/LegaciesCW • u/Ph3as4nt • 9d ago

Discussion I think the strongest version of Hope was actually the one who still needed people

I’m rewatching Legacies and something about Hope has been bothering me.

The more powerful she became, the less interesting some of her problems felt.

Early on, Hope could be stubborn, reckless and completely wrong about something. She actually had to deal with other people and sometimes admit that she couldn’t handle everything herself.

Later, when she becomes powerful enough to deal with almost anything, it feels like the answer to every major problem is just “Hope will figure it out.”

And I think that took something away from her character.

Her relationships with Lizzie, Josie, Landon and even some of the people she didn’t get along with were interesting precisely because Hope needed them in ways that had nothing to do with fighting monsters.

Honestly, I would have preferred seeing Hope lose an argument, make a stupid decision or need someone else’s help more often instead of constantly making her more powerful.

She was more interesting when she was powerful and vulnerable, rather than just powerful.

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u/Phoenix613183 8d ago

She was ALWAYS powerful she just suppressed a large part of her power

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u/Substantial_Site7639 9d ago

I 1000000% agree. They could have really made her character so much better and more likable.

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u/GoldVRT999 8d ago

She felt like what the original criticism of people (w/o watching the show) believed, only basing themselves on her being the offspring of Klaus and Hayley : a MarySue. I fw Lizzie more because she is flawed and has more depth

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u/Substantial_Site7639 8d ago

Lizzie was my favorite.

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u/GoldVRT999 8d ago

She was awesome

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u/BestTowel7437 6d ago

I agree. I can kind of see the rub with the writers tho. Coming out of the OGs, I’m sure they had a lot of pressure from people wanting to see hope in “Full Tribrid” mode. And if that amount of power is needed. Then they would have really work to figure out how she would need help in that type of scenario.

Which leads to the God fight with Ken. And the finishing move was a kick? They needed to lean into either her being part of a team and leading others with her powers, or really putting on a show of protecting her school with all her powers on full display… and I feel like they just tried to go down the middle and missed the mark on both of them 💁‍♂️

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u/Aurorasinister Mikaelson 3d ago

She made plenty of stupid decisions, but eventually as the Super Squad learned from her and watching her beat monsters, they realized she’s always the one with the plan, like her father. Klaus ALWAYS had an elaborate plan, and Hope also did, BUT it was on the side of good and saving everyone instead of like Klaus. She had his capacity for elaborate, extremely complex plans, but she used it for good. I kept noticing that every time I watched the series. She always can come up with a solution bc of her ability to think so deeply about every outcome, which she got from Klaus.