Klaus

I have watched every episode on every season of The Vampire Diaries. And yes, I'm a fan rooting for Delena since day one. Yet, along the way, the series gave birth to a more interesting character--Niklaus Michaelson.

He started off as the viscous villain, the epitome of evil in Mystic Falls. But as the story goes, we fell in love with his anti-hero character. He is the Original Vampire and Werewolf combined, the Original Hybrid. 

I believe behind his mask is a vulnerable person aching to be loved, wanting to be saved. And yet he fears to let other people in, maybe because he thinks that loving is his Achilles heel. He pushes away the very things he want, thinking of it as a source of weakness. His obsession with power consumes him to be a person that is to be feared rather than loved. He is so afraid to be hurt that he prevents it by hurting other people first. He is so afraid of disappointment that he expects the worst among people. He is so afraid to be loved that he kills every part of him that seeks to love and trust.

I remember a scene in The Originals (The Vampire Diaries Spin-Off): "he is angry, and lost... he wished that he could control his demons rather than his demons control him", this is very Klaus. All he wants is love and family, and yet he runs from the very hope of a future with it. 

I think we love this character because of the perception that there is no humanity in his person, and yet the struggle within is the very manifestation of humanity itself.  I still believe that Klaus can find his redemption. I know that despite how he embraces the darkness, he still dreams of walking into the light. As Caroline said, "every person that is capable of love deserves to be saved".