most beloved.

She made the deal with Dahlia because she was too stupid/afraid to do the spell herself after she left Dahlia although they promised to stick together.

She gave Freya away and lied to Mikael about it, making him bitter.

Cheated on Mikael and told him Niklaus was his while at the same time suppressing Niklaus strength, making him 'too weak' in Mikaels eyes.

Esther did not protect her children from Mikael.

Esther did the immortality spell despite the warnings, essentially stripping all her children of a future/choice (rip Tatia, whom Elijah would have never harmed if he hadn't been a vampire).

Bound Niklaus werewolf side despite his pleas, using blood from the already deceased Tatia...

You: why didn't Esther tell the violent cruel man who already beat Klaus bloody over and over that she cucked him, why did she do everything possible to prevent him from knowing the truth of Klaus's conception, an event that happened shortly after they arrived in a completely isolated community where Esther's only help would come from MIKAEL'S community, as the show established that she was at BEST the formerly enslaved girl that Mikael married while Mikael is the rich landowner. Why didn't she just run away? Oh, to where? Well. She could stay with the local indigenous people. I know that she didn't speak their language and, sure, I don't know what tribes they were and how welcoming they would be, but I’m positive that she could have made it work. And SURE she was canonically dedicating herself to relearning magic—a skill she gave up because her violent husband wanted her to and hated her magic, nevermind that we have no idea how young she was when she was captured—to get Freya back, but I also think she should have fought Dahlia at the time despite having NO CHANCE at winning, she should have let Dahlia deliver on her promise to take Finn and Elijah too. Actually we should all trust Dahlia, a proven unreliable narrator who believes that Freya was treated kindly, when she says that Esther's life was lovely and beautiful even while they were both enslaved and that bad things only ever happened to Dahlia. Esther is a woman who might have all the hallmarks of an abused one but she's definitely not! Why? Well because I've decided that she's worse than the abusive man who ruined all their lives of course! Also I'm not a misogynist :( it hurts my feelings when you imply that, I just think it's a bad thing that she did by not magically fucking Mikael into being a better and less violent person. She really should have been faithful to him—how could she not find a man who was abusive to her and her children sexually attractive?

Also you: