Rebekah Mikaelson has arrived at Legacies. Hope Mikaelson is the most powerful character in the Vampire Diaries universe.
Warning! This section contains spoilers for Legacies Season 4, Episode 4, "See You On The Other Side." Please read at your own risk!
Hope Mikaelson's path to becoming the Tribrid was a long one, but Legacies saw it through. Hope was able to dispose of Malivore quickly now that she possessed the powers of a vampire, wolf, and witch, though it came at the expense of killing the one person she usually tries to keep from dying: Landon. Hope saved the day, at least temporarily, because being forced to kill Landon, combined with her newfound powers, convinced her to become the Salvatore school's biggest villain yet. The students are dealing with Hope, but luckily, Rebekah Mikaelson is on her way.
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Trailer:
Claire Holt's arrival in Legacies is imminent, and The CW series has released a brief trailer depicting Rebekah after her niece's transformation from good to bad. Check out the trailer for "I Thought You'd Be Happier To See Me" below, which shows Hope wreaking havoc.
Legacies showed Alaric and Hope having a heated exchange in the final moments of the most recent episode, so it's no surprise she attacked him. The good news is that the trailer showed Josie and Lizzie in a couple of hospital scenes, implying that Alaric isn't dead yet. However, he appears to be down for the count, which could explain why another well-known character like Rebekah Mikaelson appeared at just the perfect moment.
Hope's transformation was slowed significantly by the fact that Malivore's minion Kaleb (Chris Lee) had seized her dead corpse and imprisoned it in a train depot. Hope escaped through the glass window with relative ease, knocking out Kaleb, saving Alaric (Matthew Davis) from more Malivore minions, and feeding off of her mentor/adopted father, which was the final piece of the vampire puzzle. Malivore then dared to exhibit his Landon-like features, only to transform into Landon (Aria Shahghasemi) for real. He and Hope kissed one last time before she Buffy-style stabbed him in the heart. Hope's humanity switch went off once Landon/Malivore died and all the minions snapped out of it.
According to the episode description for the forthcoming Legacies episode, Rebekah will attempt to communicate with her niece and will most likely try to persuade her not to continue down the dark path she has chosen thus far. Hope is the most autonomous of the Salvatore school kids, and she rarely does anything without coming to a resolution on her own. It's difficult to predict how successful she'll be. In the worlds of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals, Rebekah is a legend, but fans are skeptical that she will be able to persuade her obstinate niece.
Conclusion:
Hope Mikaelson is scheduled to be the next villain on Legacies for at least one week, which isn't an unusual occurrence. Dark Josie came dangerously close to destroying the Salvatore school and killing a few people. Josie was given a pass and was reunited with her pals, and even her alter-ego has matured to the point where she can appear without causing havoc. Hope seems destined to settle down and gain a better understanding of the great power she wields, though I suppose we'll all be surprised in the following weeks. The only thing I won't accept at this point is that Landon is truly dead because he's already died too many times for me to believe otherwise.
Legacies air on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m. ET on The CW. Stay tuned for Claire Holt's momentous comeback, as well as Hope's next steps following her Tribrid transformation.