That it has taken me 4 years to finally rewatch The Originals for the first time since watching them as they aired. I've rewatched TVD in it's entirety 8 times already. But never The Originals.
I guess spoilers ahead but for a show that's been out there this long and if you're reading a review this far into the series then it's a safe bet that you're all caught up anyway.
Rewatching it has made me realized that I actually love this series a whole ton more than I remembered or even realized. But the deaths in The Originals just hit harder than the ones in TVD. Maybe because in TVD, there was a chance that it wasn't permanent. A loophole was always an option with a can't miss witch like Bonnie Bennett. But this series... when you're gone, you're gone, given you aren't an Original. The bonds between characters are even stronger because everyone that wasn't blood to the original family, was still brought in and protected as if they were and that loyalty was repaid to the Mikaelson's in return. And while Jackson's devastated, Cami and Davina back to back about ruined me. But then magic loophole and Davina gets a HEA. But this episode. Oh my damn. It's too much. My. Heart.
Emotional. Damage.