The Originals 4x08 "Voodoo in my Blood" Discussion Thread

Sounds interesting. I dont think Davina is coming back permanently unlike the popular belief. I wonder why Klaus and Hayley went there. Is it because they were the only one who were against getting Davina killed so the others thought she might help them but not Freya and Elijah? 

I am not sure how Hayley is the weakness but I am starting to think that Hayley's parent's were not the real target. Hayley is the HP of TO. The witches tried to kill Hayley in s1 and in fact killed her after taking her baby whom they too wanted to sacrifice. I think and it will be interesting if that ties up to what Hollow wants right now or why it killed Hayley's parents in 1992. 


Elijah putting the weight of Klaus's redemption on his kids makes me very mad. Elijah needs to grow up and realize that Klaus needs to become better person for himself because of himself not for Hope or Marcel or anyone else. Elijah's treatment of Marcel was nauseating. 
I will hate if Marcel forgives Elijah easily. Uneasy alliance, yeah right. I wouldnt be surprised if they dont forget that uneasy part after one episode. 

Well, we now have the origin of werewolves. Also, Hope be scary when it comes to defending her family. That ending, though.

Not seen the episode yet but saw a set of gifset with alraric and Klaus dialogues and it seems it was AFTER he send the donation which is kind of strange. When did he find out about MF and the school since they have been running around finding evil ever since he woke up. 


EDIT: Now that I think about it, isnt he thanking her for something she did for him and saying "hope to see you in person someday to thank you". What is he thanking her for? Previously I had thought that it was something she did for him in season 4 like for eg. whatever alaric brought for her but now I am wondering if Kc fandom prediction is right: he is thanking her for her devotion to teaching kids of their specie? 

Davina is still a stupid/ emotional/ trapped in the same loop teenager who is bend upon petty revenge (he has been nothing but "nice" to her since after season 1) and who has gotten too much importance from the people who love her. saying that I still have to watch the episode to really gauge her motives. Why is she not angry at Elijah? I would hate it if the show writers are just going to ignore this issue but seeing Elijah's armor I think he is safe. 

That was one of my favorite episodes! Elijah and Marcel bickering, M's sustainable BMW i8, even a less whiny Alaric, finally the werewolf origins, the importance of Hayley and Hope's bloodline, and Hope kicking Davina's ass.
Only Davina's return was disappointing, that girl can hold a grudge.
I hope Hope will be the one to end the hollow and I've no clue who will be the sacrifice, I think it's either Eljah or Marcel. They probably will copy the TVD ending with a last minute switch.
Are we loosing Hope? It seems they're sending her to Caroline's Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.

It always amuses me when a character who could really help in a situation suddenly disappears for an ep or two.


I wouldn't say Elijah's lost his mind, just that he seems to have lost any type of moral compass (or even a facade of one, as in years past). He's not even pretending to be the noble one now. He and Freya are alike in that regard: family first, screw everyone else. I just remember him being a lot more cunning about it, rather than just plain ruthless.


My problem with Davina's fixation on Klaus is that he's done equal harm to her as Elijah or Freya. But Davina is all about how Klaus has lived 10 lifetimes, that's enough. So have Elijah and Kol, but she's ignoring that. Even breaking the sire lines last season was mostly about Klaus to her - Elijah and the Stryx were a secondary thought to her.

There was no need for the most powerful let alone powerful. She just have to "sacrifice" aka kill if without their permission one immortal. She could have chosen Marcel or Elijah but she chose Klaus coz of her petty revenge. When Elijah finally stepped forward she didnt give that logic that he could replace KLaus or that it had to be KLaus. She would have taken Elijah if Hayley had not stopped him OR if she herself was not fixated on KLaus. 

BOttom line is that Davia is still upset at KLaus. She didnt show a shred of upset at Elijah when he made an appearance which is unrealistic. It just goes to show how hard they are working on her pettiness and her revenge angle. Klaus being an ass to her didnt help his cause either. 

And it is not sacrifice It is murder. what elijah idd and what Davina is doing is simple murder not sacrifice for any kind. Sacrifice is when some one does something tothemselves to save others. 

Edit: I read your post again and I am basically taken aback by how you and I have read the events. Also I realized I had written powerful immortal. I was wrong. No where in this episode it was said that immortal has to be powerful. And she didnt try to make any thing easy for Klaus. She was mocking him basically, gloating. They are not willing to let a monster walk rather than let Davina murder one of them ..."they" aka Hayley and Marcel think there is another option they had not explored. Always jumping to the first available option is not the solution.  She is jumping on the opportunity to kill Klaus.     Ironically Davina is doing the same thing Elijah and Freya did: didnt look for another way to stop the ancestors. Davina is not sacrificing Klaus. She is murdering him just like Elijah and Freya did to her. And she has no right to murder anyone. If she really wants to save the city then give them options of getting sacrifice which she knows that they will jump at to save Hope rather than killing them. Has she forgotten when she was not given the option in the harvest. 

Klaus and Co will sacrifice themselves any day to save Hope which is what it all comes down to at the end of the day. But the important thing is that Davina should have given them an option to offer themselves and Elijah did which she was not wiling to take. She wanted to kill Klaus and for no reason. The canon is that immortal sacrifice will entrap the Hollow. That immortal does not have to be powerful. Logically yes it would make sense the more powerful the more strong the spell but no that is not cannon. If it were to be then it would have been mentioned. And also Marcel si more powerful than Klaus in any case. If she is really interested in saving her city and she thought immortal had to be powerful that was needed then her obvious choice should have been Marcel however hard it would have been, after all she has responsibility to protect her city. Saying that she didnt what the harvest girls to die if they went after Elijah does not make sense. Elijah would have been okay with handing over the weapon to kill Marcel because that meant eventually keeping Hope safe not to mention Elijah killed Marcel 5 years ago to keep his family safe. He would have done it again and Davina must have known that. She wouldnt have hesitated if she were acting in her interest of her city and needed powerful immortal sacrifice. 

She is petty. She still holds grudge because of what he did to his friends. I wouldn't be surprised if he holds him liable to Cami's death too. 
Not to mention that Elijah is the "noble" one. That was her first impression about him. First impressions are hard to forget. 

I think this episode is before the check was send but I could be wrong. Carina tweeted a while back that TO started 1.5 years after TVD ended which brings them to same time line. But I dont think he has still send the check to her so I am confused.