castalie | Routine du soir

Let's see, dinner and lunch for tomorrow have been made, the former eaten and the latter packed, the dishes have been washed and put away, everything is ready for my breakfast tomorrow, I'll line up my clothes before going to bed (I need my mornings to be as quiet and to run as smoothly as possible so everything need to be ready the night before), I'm showered and in my PJs, my peppermint tea is ready... this is what I call a good evening ;)

I think I'm ready to go back to work tomorrow... well, now that I've found my work computer, that is. When I went to put it in my bag to check that off the to do list, I draw a blank as to where I'd put it before going on holiday. And I can hear you, at the back of the room, "Mouse, don't you have a specific place where you put said computer when you're going away or just during the weekend?" And my answer is "Of course not! Because, this would make things too easy, see?" But I did find it, in the end (it's not as if there were a million places where to put things in the flat) so everything is in order \o/ I had a pretty good day/weekend so I feel like my holidays ended on a sweet enough note that I can go back to Real Life without moaning ~~too much~~ ;)

Speaking of my weekend, in my last post I mentioned the fact that I was behind on many shows and since we stayed home on Saturday, I decided to do something about it. I was pretty happy with myself as I mainlined The Originals and managed to watch nine episodes in a row, then finished the season (and the show *sob*) after our little outing on Sunday. Before I say anything about how I felt at the end of what is one of my most favourite shows, let's use the good ole LJ-cut and pretend it's 2005 and our respective flists are filled with reviews about All the Shows ;)

So basically? That finale broke me into tiny little pieces. I started crying around the 25mn mark and didn't stop until the ending credits rolled lol Oh my god. It's definitely the kind of situation where my feelings had feelings which, in turn, had many more feelings. I've seen many angry reviews and reactions (no surprise here) and I can say that I'm not really angry. Obviously I think there were other ways to deal with the whole situation that could have ended with everyone living a long and happy life ~~and with Klaroline being the endgame~~ but I can get behind the idea of Klaus sacrificing himself to save his daughter and I can accept the fact that Elijah wanted to follow him and finally rest in peace too. I've made my peace with that idea, so to speak.

What I feel was sadly, oh so sadly lacking, though, was the missing scene where we get to see them in the Afterlife. Like, I really wanted to see it... either a glimpse or, even better, a whole scene, maybe set in the future, when Hope is dying of old age after living a happy and full life and she passes away and she's welcomed by her family and we get to see Klaus at peace and happy. We get to see Elijah and Hayley dance together. We get to see Rebekah who had her own long and happy human life. Just, everyone. They did say always and forever, didn't they?

And maybe the writers didn't go down that route because everyone would have expected it and they wanted us to imagine how it ended for the characters but, what can I say, I wanted that ending to be canon, you know? I had it all set up in my head - even Klaus' dad (Ansel, his biological dad, I mean) would have been there and he would have finally known what it meant to have a loving parent by his side and just be happy with his family without any burden. Oh, man...

I haven't read any articles yet so I don't know what Julie Plec said about the finale and if she mentioned anything about the lack of Afterlife for the Mikaelsons etc. but I can't help but hoping that maybe we'll get some kind of "closure" with Legacies? I admit I don't think I'll follow the show but I'll make sure to keep an eye on what happens just in case there's an episode dealing with Klaus or the rest of the family. I mean, if I were Hope, I'd want to make sure everyone is happy on the Other Side so maybe there's hope (ha!) for something then? Wishful thinking, maybe, but that's how we fans roll, don't we?

Hee, an episode review! Brings me back ;) In conclusion: I will miss the show immensely, miss all the characters but especially Klaus who made it to my Most Favourite Characters list a long time ago *sigh* (I'm ever so glad we'll get to see Joseph Morgan again soon-ish in a brand new show. Fingers crossed that I end up liking that one too!)

Lol So I just told Cookie I'd finished my entry and she basically expressed how sorry she feels for anyone clicking on the LJ-cut and having to listen to me Talk About How I Feel About the Originals Ending. So I might have mentioned a couple of things to her right after I watched the episode, ok? And maybe again today, so sue me ;)