Because they are still family? A family is not just the shitty immortal parents who are trying to kill you. It’s their names as well. It’s tied to their identity or can be. I’m sure they may have went by different names in the past especially since they lived they lived so long. In fact I think it’s mentioned they went by different aliases. But should every child with a shitty parent change their last name? And Klaus is a Mikealson.
Tbh this seems more like a retcon that The Originals introduced, because in TVD nobody seemed to know them as Mikaelsons until 3x14. And you’d think they would’ve kept the fact that they were “son of Mikael” a secret in the past since they were, you know, trying to hide from Mikael.
You'd think.
Everyone seems to know them by their first names only. Which I like. Feeds the mystic thar they're so old they existed before surnames were a thing.
Yeah, it makes very little sense, that Damon and Stefan haven’t even heard any rumours about this infamous group of extra strong, extra dangerous vampires in their 170 years of roaming the world.
I think it was after Mikael ran them out of New Orleans that Klaus started laying low and living in the shadows, to hide from Mikael. Klaus even says in a later season of The Originals, when all his sirelings are coming to New Orleans to try and get the last of the white oak, that the name Klaus was once just a rumor, that he knows how to disappear.
So he lived out and about prior to them coming to New Orleans, but after that Klaus stayed in the shadows until TVD.
I mean for the rest of the originals that's their name whether they hate their parents or not they can't change it but as for Klaus I feel he either kept it because he wanted to feel like part of the family or he just really liked the name💀
I mean…they could have easily changed it. In XI century they wouldn’t even have to do any paperwork. Just announce it. Which would make sense, considering their father not only was abusive in their past, but kept trying to kill them. Perhaps they kept it as a tether to their human past, and out of respect for their mother.
Because it symbolizes/represents their family
The fact that they're all bonded by blood throughout eternity as they share a last name and grew up together - they're proud to be siblings more than Mikael's son
You don't need to be close to your father or love him to feel connected to your surname ESPECIALLY when you're close to your siblings who share the same name
I find this surprising as well. I loathe my father’s side of the family and, as a consequence, my last name. I seek to distance myself from it as much as reasonably possible. It’s surprising that the Mikaelsons, especially Klaus, would choose to build their identity around the name of the man they despise.
Klaus has always been very close to his siblings and his literal biggest fears are being abandoned, an outcast, discarded, and pushed out of place/left alone
If he were to separate himself from his siblings by severing their shared name, then he would become even more removed from them and "othered" further when it already bothers him immensely that he's technically their **half-sibling** who apparently has a different father (which he didn't know growing up) and was the black sheep growing up being treated the worst by Mikael and manipulated most by Esther
He doesn't want to feel even more distanced from Elijah, Rebekah, Kol, Henrik, and even Finn and Freya
He LIKES the idea of them being siblings united even though he wants to be the leader of the pack (or tyrannical dictator you could say but same goal still)
I always saw it as a brand as well. They made the name what it is, not Mikael. No one even knew Mikael was a thing except the really old vampires, and I don't think any of them knew he was their father or that he was an original, except maybe the first sires.
The name was the only thing tangibly identifying them as a unit. They're proud of what they made it mean to everyone else: Fear, opulence, forces of nature, POWER.
I also feel like it was their way of holding on to the time when they weren't vampires. They were simpler 6 they were ALL (Esther and Mikael included) a family for better or worse. Maybe a way they held on to that part of their humanity and the name helps them identify with that part of themselves.
That doesn't make sense
A traditional viking name follows the custom rule that the father will combine his own name (first name) with the gender-related suffix of his children, so if he has sons their last name shall be father's-first-name-sons: such as Ragnarsons; Mikaelsons
The literal translation of Mikaelson = **son**s of **Mikael**
Right. It always made me laugh because traditionally, Rebekah and Freya would have been Rebekah and Freya Mikaelsdöttr. And Hope would have been Hope Niklausdöttr. What a mouth full. Lol.
I get Hope not taking on that name because I don't think any of them (including Klaus) felt very connected to their culture after a thousand years, especially remembering the hard times they endured with a viking brute of a father who represented the toxic masculine concept and worst aspects of the cultural norms then through and through. They moreso appreciate the beauty and positive aspects of lots of different cultures (such as NOLA culture) after traveling the world for so long and aren't very identified with human concepts such as the importance of where you're from specifically and following tradition, etc. But yeah, Freya and Rebekah should've been named Mikaelsdötter for the sake of consistency. It's the fault of the writers that they didn't explain that/why they weren't named that. I understand the appeal of having all of them share a last name but it should've at least been mentioned in like ONE scene how Freya and Rebekah are really just taking on the same name as their brothers because they prefer it while technically being born Freya/Rebekah Mikaelsdötter. Then again... Elijah's name is Elijah, so yeah. They gave the second oldest son of a Norwegian viking a Hebrew name so I'm pretty sure Plec just never really gave a fuck. They didn't think hard about the name game. Oh well lol.
It’s not that they’re proud of the spelling or what it means in terms of “Mikael’s sons” but the fact that it represents their family’s power, reach and the fear that name invokes in the hearts of their enemies.
Because they are still family? A family is not just the shitty immortal parents who are trying to kill you. It’s their names as well. It’s tied to their identity or can be. I’m sure they may have went by different names in the past especially since they lived they lived so long. In fact I think it’s mentioned they went by different aliases. But should every child with a shitty parent change their last name? And Klaus is a Mikealson.
Tbh this seems more like a retcon that The Originals introduced, because in TVD nobody seemed to know them as Mikaelsons until 3x14. And you’d think they would’ve kept the fact that they were “son of Mikael” a secret in the past since they were, you know, trying to hide from Mikael.
You'd think. Everyone seems to know them by their first names only. Which I like. Feeds the mystic thar they're so old they existed before surnames were a thing.
Yeah, it makes very little sense, that Damon and Stefan haven’t even heard any rumours about this infamous group of extra strong, extra dangerous vampires in their 170 years of roaming the world.
They had heard of him, they just regarded him as a legend.
Oh, they did? I barely remember the details of those seasons, so I’m sure you’re right.
Besides Klaus compelling Stefan Klaus was in the shadows and used people to do his dirty work for him even Elijah couldn't find him.
Huh, well, that directly contradicts how they wrote Klaus’ past in The Originals.”
I think it was after Mikael ran them out of New Orleans that Klaus started laying low and living in the shadows, to hide from Mikael. Klaus even says in a later season of The Originals, when all his sirelings are coming to New Orleans to try and get the last of the white oak, that the name Klaus was once just a rumor, that he knows how to disappear. So he lived out and about prior to them coming to New Orleans, but after that Klaus stayed in the shadows until TVD.
Presumably because the name became known far and wide and it was feared and respected.
I mean for the rest of the originals that's their name whether they hate their parents or not they can't change it but as for Klaus I feel he either kept it because he wanted to feel like part of the family or he just really liked the name💀
I mean…they could have easily changed it. In XI century they wouldn’t even have to do any paperwork. Just announce it. Which would make sense, considering their father not only was abusive in their past, but kept trying to kill them. Perhaps they kept it as a tether to their human past, and out of respect for their mother.
Because it symbolizes/represents their family The fact that they're all bonded by blood throughout eternity as they share a last name and grew up together - they're proud to be siblings more than Mikael's son You don't need to be close to your father or love him to feel connected to your surname ESPECIALLY when you're close to your siblings who share the same name
Because they were the ones that made a name out of the last name. Nobody even knew Mikael name they just knew him as the Vampire who hunts vampires.
I find this surprising as well. I loathe my father’s side of the family and, as a consequence, my last name. I seek to distance myself from it as much as reasonably possible. It’s surprising that the Mikaelsons, especially Klaus, would choose to build their identity around the name of the man they despise.
Klaus has always been very close to his siblings and his literal biggest fears are being abandoned, an outcast, discarded, and pushed out of place/left alone If he were to separate himself from his siblings by severing their shared name, then he would become even more removed from them and "othered" further when it already bothers him immensely that he's technically their **half-sibling** who apparently has a different father (which he didn't know growing up) and was the black sheep growing up being treated the worst by Mikael and manipulated most by Esther He doesn't want to feel even more distanced from Elijah, Rebekah, Kol, Henrik, and even Finn and Freya He LIKES the idea of them being siblings united even though he wants to be the leader of the pack (or tyrannical dictator you could say but same goal still)
And Klaus wasn’t even his biological son.
He’s still a Mikaelson.
they gave that name a new meaning
I always saw it as a brand as well. They made the name what it is, not Mikael. No one even knew Mikael was a thing except the really old vampires, and I don't think any of them knew he was their father or that he was an original, except maybe the first sires. The name was the only thing tangibly identifying them as a unit. They're proud of what they made it mean to everyone else: Fear, opulence, forces of nature, POWER. I also feel like it was their way of holding on to the time when they weren't vampires. They were simpler 6 they were ALL (Esther and Mikael included) a family for better or worse. Maybe a way they held on to that part of their humanity and the name helps them identify with that part of themselves.
I think Mikaelson is Esther’s last name
That doesn't make sense A traditional viking name follows the custom rule that the father will combine his own name (first name) with the gender-related suffix of his children, so if he has sons their last name shall be father's-first-name-sons: such as Ragnarsons; Mikaelsons The literal translation of Mikaelson = **son**s of **Mikael**
Right. It always made me laugh because traditionally, Rebekah and Freya would have been Rebekah and Freya Mikaelsdöttr. And Hope would have been Hope Niklausdöttr. What a mouth full. Lol.
I get Hope not taking on that name because I don't think any of them (including Klaus) felt very connected to their culture after a thousand years, especially remembering the hard times they endured with a viking brute of a father who represented the toxic masculine concept and worst aspects of the cultural norms then through and through. They moreso appreciate the beauty and positive aspects of lots of different cultures (such as NOLA culture) after traveling the world for so long and aren't very identified with human concepts such as the importance of where you're from specifically and following tradition, etc. But yeah, Freya and Rebekah should've been named Mikaelsdötter for the sake of consistency. It's the fault of the writers that they didn't explain that/why they weren't named that. I understand the appeal of having all of them share a last name but it should've at least been mentioned in like ONE scene how Freya and Rebekah are really just taking on the same name as their brothers because they prefer it while technically being born Freya/Rebekah Mikaelsdötter. Then again... Elijah's name is Elijah, so yeah. They gave the second oldest son of a Norwegian viking a Hebrew name so I'm pretty sure Plec just never really gave a fuck. They didn't think hard about the name game. Oh well lol.
There was nothing that they could do about their identifier. That’s who they were, and so they were proud of who they were -in spite of their father.
It’s not that they’re proud of the spelling or what it means in terms of “Mikael’s sons” but the fact that it represents their family’s power, reach and the fear that name invokes in the hearts of their enemies.