2x05 // 2x21

requested by anonymous

Cami and Mikael

geektastic08:

Re-watching their scenes in 2x05 and they were really good. Props to Sebastian for bringing some depth to a character that could be generic.

Please refresh my memory if this is wrong but has Mikael ever given anyone a compliment? Because that’s what he basically did with Cami by the end of the episode. 

I feel that in his own way Mikael approves of Cami. She gained his respect: he went from calling her “an enabler of the weak” to a warrior. He changed his mind about Cami in an incredibly short time span when he hasn’t changed his mind about killing someone he’s raised in a thousand years. She went from the “enabler of the weak” and the “Bitch” to Klaus’ cur, to a warrior.  

Cami has (unknowingly) done something that no one else on TO (except maybe Elijah and Rebekah) has: earned Mikael’s respect. She earned it within a few hours whereas Davina  hasn’t in the months she kept him under her control, and Klaus certainly hasn’t in a thousand years.

The vampire who hunts vampires respects Camille O’Connell, a human. She’s gotten his respect where a powerful witch, vampires, and werewolves can’t. 

Klaus’ worst enemy, from his own mouth, in his own way, has some respect for Cami, the brave bartender. 

geekorunique:

You have had such a whirlwind year! What would you say has been the highlight for you? It was honestly when I did The Originals episode called “Red Door.” There was this scene with Cami — Leah Marie Pipes — to whom my character opened his heart to, and I think the scenes between them showed where Mikael’s pain is coming from. I really loved filming this and I suddenly found myself in the zone, feeling every bit of emotional turmoil that Mikael was going through. (x)