#waxinglyrical

Part of what makes this brilliant, brilliant TV show brilliant is the way Joseph Morgan (playing murderous hybrid hunk Niklaus Mikaelson) delivers his lines with such intensity, such sincerity, and such depth. He articulates his words with a twist of his head; the slight lift of his eyebrow; or the menacing dagger-eyed look of a madman. 

And the exchange of words between him and his on screen brother Elijah (Daniel Gillies) brings me to tears. Most of what he says is, again, i think, thanks to incredible script writing - but the way these two men bring out the best of each and every line in this scene makes me want to curl up into a ball and relax, then curl up again to fully appreciate and ride the emotions and the weight of what they are saying. 

The redemption. Anyone’s redemption - it is always, always worth it, to climb that mountain, however seemingly endless it may be and just hope, that, we see the top of the hill. 

“You chase my redemption like a man rolling a stone up an endless mountain.

“Well, no mountain is endless, brother. 

So angry I am speaking fire I think I might be dying Can’t stop choking And denying Feeling with such vicious intensity Overwhelmed but overjoyed The words come tumbling out of me And I am helpless beneath their gravity Chaos and denial Will I cease to exist when you let go my neck Or will I then come to be real 

You can’t complete you Using someone else’s puzzle pieces You can’t complete you Using someone else as puzzle pieces

 When I’m looking out into the darkness like this It’s hard to see how anyone will find me in it My eyes are filled with shadows that pour out like sand And I’m spewing vitriolic ink without a chance to breathe Bent over by it Unable to stand

It’s a sensation of escape Freedom like running as hard as you can Without looking back Just shedding all the shit and dropping it as you go Leaving it all behind Explosions of feathers and flight Blasting the doubts and fighting through the pain

You can’t complete you Using someone else’s puzzle pieces

You can’t complete you