Always nice to make an impression.

Also, like with Kol threatening/attempting to kill his siblings, like I feel like he knows deep down that they won’t ever actually go through with it? And the fact that they are immortal does go to their heads, and he just feels like “oh they will be around forever” so he doesn’t really have to be all that protective or caring, bc they will always be there. And he really doesn’t think that anyone will actually be able to actually kill any of them. 

And, I don’t think that he went to the Holy Lands, actually. I feel like he stayed back and like partied and took advantage of a country where most of the men are away at war. He’s probably gotten a little sloppy/cocky, honestly, and has like attacked castles and left dead bodies everywhere without covering his tracks at all. And I feel like his siblings will be like “yo, dude would it kill you to clean up after yourself??” And Kol will just be like “no one even suspects me, they are looking for some animal chilax.” 

Oh, and I feel like he’s been hanging around Nottingham (first bc of reasons) but second bc its a place where they don’t really have/believe in the supernatural and they probably aren’t jumping to “omg vampire!!!”

I think they've all kind of fallen into that trap of their own immortality tbh???  Like, they can do anything and it'll never really hurt each other and I think that kinda escalated things over the years and that's why they're so violent with each other, yknow??  Because now they HAVE to go bigger, just to get each other's attention and that's not good for anyone tbh.  HAHAHAH  But I do feel like Rebekah's kinda the one that tries to hold them all together, albeit obv with limited success.  I mean, she occasionally throws a fit of her own and is like GET AWAY FROM ME, I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT YOUR BLODDY FACES &c but she loves them all and it horrifies her that they're always bickering (even if she joins in).

OMG THO HIM ATTACKING CASTLES.  Bekah would def nag him about that like, "Kol, this is reckless stupidity, what were you thinking??????" but she'd also be the least bothered by it of the lot bc like cleaning up messes is basically Elijah's expertise and, while she might've gotten snippy with Kol about it, herself, as soon as Klaus lights into him, Bekah suddenly would get defensive idk and turn into a WHY ARE WE ALL ALWAYS FIGHTING WE'RE A FAMILY LET'S ACT LIKE ONE drama that leaves them all shaking their heads and NOT GOOD, basically.  HAHAHAH

NOTTINGHAM IS THE GREATEST also can we talk about Robin and Kol bc WOW THEY'D BE BFFS.  Also Killian'd be like AWW SHIT THE MIKAELSONS ARE HERE TOO THIS PLACE WENT TO THE DOGS AS SOON AS I LEFT DIDN'T IT ALSO I THINK I'M LEAVING AGAIN basically ;DDDDDD

Also yeah they'd just be like, "Beth just got really pale and died??????  IT'S A NEW PLAGUE OBV" and Kol'd just like ~chuckling basically.  VAISEY/KOL IS SOMETHING I'M HERE FOR Yo.  Omg tho Guy would just be like, "Someone please make them stop."  EHEHEHHEEHE and Kol and Vaisey would just be like OMG WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM

Also, I feel like Guy would be vigilant and, like, stop him in a dark corridor and be all, "I don't know what it is you're doing, or how, but I know you're behind these deaths and I mean to find out," basically.  And Kol would probs be like, "Good luck with that," tbh bc like who's gonna guess but also like WHO WOULD BELIEVE HIM IF HE DID????? but yknow HAHAHAH  Mostly, though, just:

Guy: Let me die.

Ok, so like, maybe the Originals didn't want Mikael following them, so they got someone to smuggle them in a la Bard in DoS (minus the fish, probs) and like, who better to smuggle, than a pirate, amirite?  So maybe that's how they first met and, like, Kol wanted a snack along the way or something and Killian was like, HELL NO and dumped them somewhere or something idk where this is going but basically Killian and the Jolly Roger obv survived SO IDK MAYBE NOT BUT THERE'S A GOOD IDEA HIDDEN SOMEWHERE

AND THERE IT IS (this is why you read the whole comment, Katherine, before you start responding)  OMG perfect situation is perfect tho?????  AHAHAHA bc Killian legit is tbh???  He'd be like WHOA NELLY IT WAS NOT I WHO STOLE YOUR SISTER - tho I do have a reputation for stealing pretty women so I understand the confusion... *pained expression*  OMG but yes Robin def should've stolen something really important - like the daggers or something - and like THESE SHOULD FETCH A GOOD PRICE/BE GOOD FOR FIGHTING THE SHERIFF and the Originals are like LOL NO.

To become someone who lived by his own rules, Robin thought, who had no responsibilities. 

"We needed you, I needed you. When mother died — ” He stopped, shaking his head. After everything Killian had left them and hadn’t looked back. Perhaps then, it was better he hadn’t been Lord of Locksley. Robin had always hero worshiped his brother: he could do no wrong in Robin’s eyes, which was why he was willing to give him any excuse for why he left. But that he left because he was weak and cared about himself over his family, was something Robin would have never even imagined possible.

And if it was true, that he left without a word, that he didn’t even offer to take Robin away with him, made it that much more difficult to hear. 

Robin managed a laugh, “And who did this to you, dear brother? No doubt you deserved it.” He paused. This was more than just poor timing. It was the worst timing possible. They needed to be regrouping to find Will and yet, Robin couldn’t just leave his brother for later, either. 

"I am a damned pirate and a coward who would rather run than face what could have been."  That much could not be contested: he couldn't bear then - as now - to face the way Robin would look at him, if he knew the truth.  This was bad enough: the truth was beyond anything he could stand.

His chest constricted as the word need touched his ears.  "Me?" he managed to whisper through a choked throat.  Killian studied the ground: all strewn nettles and leaves of a dozen colors to blanket the grassless earth beneath.  "Not at all."

All at once, Killian found Robin's matching blue eyes.  A shadow drew across his face, darkening his eyes and tightening his jaw.  "Deserved it?"  A humorless laugh escaped his lips and Killian glanced away.  It wasn't the hand he missed so much as the memory of what he'd lost with it.  All he'd wanted was to forget, to laugh, to be merry: adventure.  It was what she wanted as well.  She had gentleness in her, but she had spirit and strength as well.  And she was flawed, blessedly flawed: she was as flawed as he was.  She'd left her family behind for a chance to be free.

Killian had little enough wish to share this tale with Robin, especially in this way, but guilt licked at him.  He'd lied, evaded, until now.  If he couldn't tell him the rest of the story, couldn't he tell him at least...