Legacies: Why Hope Can Never Be The Same (Even With Her Humanity Back)

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Although Hope could still get her humanity back in Legacies season 4, the character can never be the same again. Fans who found Hope Mikaelson to be too sweet in Legacies seasons 1-3 were in for a shocking surprise with Legacies season 4. Ever since the character turned off her humanity and became the Tribrid, Hope has graduated from heroine to full-blown villain and has never looked.

At this stage, Hope is worse than her father Klaus in many ways, with her lack of humanity resulting in her acting like an amoral monster. Where her father was at least motivated by human (if petty, vindictive, and cruel) emotion, Hope is driven by nothing more than sheer cruelty. This is a big part of why it will be impossible for the Legacies character to ever be the same again after the events of season 4.

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Since Hope wasn’t a particularly morally ambiguous heroine in the first place, her Tribrid turn has permanently altered her character—even if her humanity is turned back on. As of this point in Legacies season 4, Hope’s Tribrid form has committed so many atrocious acts that she can never go back to being the mostly heroic figure from seasons 1-3 since viewers now know what she’s capable of. Hope could still have her humanity turned back on, but she can’t un-torture Aurora, she can’t un-attack Alaric, and she certainly can’t undo the many murders she has committed for food, fun, and power.

While it was initially a diverting and unexpected twist for Hope to become the main villain of Legacies season 4, the series needs to find a way to use this darker, more mature version of the character going forward if she does regain her humanity. Lizzie and Hope’s sire