Legacies - Kai Parker Screwed Us

Discussing Ep. 2.12

A much better episode than last week's, and I'm somewhat impressed by how they explained everything, and yet there are some real headscratchers here.

I have to say, they got me going for a little bit. I could not imagine that Kai suddenly became a good guy, or even some kind of anti-hero character, because of his time in the prison world. The idea that those 3 students revived him and then hunted him for sport made no sense given Kai's past. He's a Heretic, having both the powers of a witch and a vampire, so he should have been more powerful than all of them. Plus, he took control of the original Heretics and became their leader while in the prison world. So I wasn't buying that he somehow went from alpha to beta all because 3 unruly students decided to have fun with him.

I was glad to see that that wasn't the case. Of course he assumed leadership over the 3 students. That made a lot more sense. And it was great how he didn't lose his sense of humour either. "Beard bros." "Alarry-ic." "Linda and Jonie." It was great to have Kai back, if only for a little bit.

But with Kai's appearance and his re-emergence into the real world, it begs a few questions. Why, in the world, would Josie tell him ANYTHING about Malivore? Like, I get over the course of a trip together that Kai would ask her about stuff that's going on and how they ended up in that prison world, but why would she tell him, in any great detail, anything about Malivore? I suppose she thought it was harmless but still. She obviously went into enough detail that he understood not only WHERE Malivore was, but what happened to people once they fell into it. I mean.....what the fuck? I get that it helps them all get to this point so I suppose I can't blame them for their creativity, but it just felt a bit too convenient.

As for Diego, Wendy and Jade, an interesting side story. I do hate how the Ripper tag is thrown around at any vampire who feeds excessively on people. Stefan used to be special in that respect, but apparently it was hereditary from his Ripper mom, Lily. And now MG is a Ripper and Jade is a Ripper. The funny thing was that the "Ripper" label wasn't a classification, per se. That's just what the locals ended up calling Stefan when he massacred that town. They called him The Ripper of Monterrey. It's like Jack The Ripper. It was merely a nickname, not a class of vampire. I remember Klaus sort of elevated the name, calling Stefan a true "rippah." But then they changed it all when they made being a Ripper an actual condition and not just a nickname for Stefan. Hell, they made a serum that changed both Elena and Damon into Rippers (that was just a fucking stupid storyline....I still remember it). So having Jade be a Ripper is somewhat eye-rolling.

What I find rather amusing, if not unbelievable, was the story that Jade told that led to their imprisonment. She fell for this girl, a human, who invited Jade, Diego and Wendy to a get-together simply so that they could meet her human friends who then proceeded to treat the 3 as though they were a bunch of circus freaks? I know people are stupid but that's like bringing a full grown tiger to your friends and they all laugh at it and pull its tail for fun, only to be mauled by the tiger at the end. I was actually glad that Diego wolfed out and ripped that guy's arm off. That was great! But this is part of the problem in regards to the TVD Universe, that being a werewolf or a vampire or a witch doesn't mean much anymore. If even a bunch of humans aren't even slightly afraid of meeting a legit vampire, a werewolf and a witch.....then what's the point? There used to be a sense of fear about interacting with any of those supernatural creatures, but that's all gone now.

As for Drowned Pirate and Lizzie, it was a nice twist but at the same time, kind of a headscratcher too. Where the hell did Sebastian take Lizzie? I know it was outside of Mystic Falls but it was sunny and nice where they were, while it was cloudy and overcast where Josie and Kai were. So I was confused as to where they all were. Sebastian's proposal of Lizzie and him just living in that prison world was asinine. I mean, you hear songs about such things, about living in a world where there is no one but the two of us and our love and all that bullshit, but when you really think about it, it's not very appealing. You would need some kind of human interaction. I could see Lizzie getting really bored really fast in world where there was no one else, no other humans to interact with.

I will say though, I liked the added element to Sebastian's character when he called her Cassandra instead of Elizabeth. You realize that he was merely substituting Lizzie for his lost love and perhaps didn't really care for her at all. What I don't get, though, is Lizzie siphoning magic out of Sebastian to the point of his desiccation. I don't think it works like that. I recall when Kai sucked the vampire magic out of Sheriff Liz, thereby removing the possibility that she would become a vampire upon death. If that's the case, then wouldn't sucking the vampire magic out of Sebastian, who is already dead....kill him? It's like when the Travellers put up that no-magic spell on Mystic Falls. When Tyler stepped into it, the vampire magic that animated him was gone and he essentially died because there was no magic to keep him re-animated. So by rights, Lizzie sucking the vampire magic from Sebastian should have killed him!

Well, either way, we're left with some cliffhangers and more headscratching questions. If Kai did fall into Malivore, why wouldn't Josie's memory of him and what he told her go away anyway? I don't get what the point was of her breaking the sandclock and absorbing the dark magic before Kai fell into Malivore.

What the hell is Alaric going to do with a sword against a witch, vampire and a werewolf?

Is Lizzie now a Heretic? I'm thinking not. That'd be too shocking if she were.

And what will Dark Josie do now? Will she help her dad and sister or will she turn against them?

Also, what kind of team will Kai and Ted make? Kai seems too lone-wolf, so to speak, to work with anyone, even someone like The Necromancer. Although I can see it being rather fun. I can only imagine the one-liners and the quips he will make about Hope and especially about Landon. That's going to be a hoot!