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When did the tragedy of the Mikaelson family begin?
Did it start with Esther's sins of desperation, or Dahlia's cruel bargain?
Did it begin when Esther gave up her darling Freya, and then blamed Mikael for her pain? Was her worst sin to kiss Ansel, one dark cold night, when she thought her beloved husband would not come back?
No. It could not be. Her worst sin must have been begging Mikael to take little Klaus into the woods and...Was that the beginning then?
When the awful words left her mouth:
"I don't want him! He is a monster!"
Perhaps their downfall was sat into motion when Mikael convinced Esther to keep Niklaus.
When her husband held their baby boy in his arms, as tears blurred his vision, and said:
"He is our little miracle, love! A miracle your God must have sent us....look at him! My gods are not kind enough to give out angels like this..."
Was it all a punishment for Esther's sin of ignoring the madness in her husband's eyes? Were her children cursed simply because she dismissed Mikael's pleads? When he begged her to stop him from becoming a monster and harming their children?
Maybe her greatest sin was that she loved him too much to let him go, but not enough to believe his fears...
Or maybe it was Mikael's fault, all because of his temper...
Was Mikael always a monster and Esther simply refused to see it?
Or was his madness a sickness passed down to Mikael by his father's cruel blood?
Perhaps it was simply a cursed crafted by her sister, Dahlia, to punish Esther for leaving her...
Were their children destined to become monsters like their father?
Was her husband always fated to destroy their children's happiness?
Was Tragedy ineffable?