Rebekah
What is she?: Rebekah Mikaelson is a thousand year old original vampire who is obsessed with becoming human so she can have babies.
Biography:
Rebekah Mikaelson is one of the Original Vampires, 1,000 years old, one
of the first of their kind. She came to America with her siblings and
her parents - including her witch mother. When her mother cast a spell
to grant her children eternal life, she turned them into vampires that
can only be killed with the White Oak. All other vampires draw their
ancestry from one of the siblings. Since her creation Rebekah has
wandered the world and spent a lot of it looking for love and some way
to become human, angsting about it - and being locked in coffins by her
brother, which is something of a habit of his. She really needs a hobby -
and joining high schools and pretending to be a teenager isn’t a hobby,
it’s creepy.
What We love about her:
Well, not a lot to be honest. But she hates Elena, that’s one thing,
we’re always behind someone who isn’t on Elena’s fanclub.
What we hate about her:
Rebekah loves angst so much that when she is not busy planning to go to
the prom and becoming the world’s first vampire cheerleaders (and we
have to say, this 1,000 year old vampire obsessed with becoming a
teenager is more than a little creepy), she has to stir the pot. Of all
the vampires on The Vampire Diaries, Rebekah is by far the most
childlike and by that I don’t mean the whole “it’s a small world after
all” deal, but a ridiculous 2 year old; constantly 3 seconds away from a
full blown temper tantrum. Her obsession with being human is not even
remotely explained on the show - at best some nebulous wish to have
children (like there are no other ways?) and to fall in love (which
vampires seem to do quite often - at least when Elena is around). The
minute a male pays the slightest attention to her, she begins fawning
immediately. Despite all of her power and strength, Rebekah has zero
self confidence and extremely low self esteem.
Television Series: The Vampire Diaries
