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5 Characters From The Vampire Diaries That You Wish Hadn’t Been Staked

Over the past 3 and a half seasons, fans of the series have been dealt some pretty traumatic blows by deaths you would have never seen coming. We've come up with a list of our top five favorite characters that we wish wouldn't have been staked, or had their hearts ripped out. Check them out while you wait for The Vampire Diaries to return for its final five episodes of the season and let us know if there's anyone you'd add to the list!

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[h2]4. Kol Mikaelson[/h2]

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Although he didn’t have his brother Finn’s (Casper Zafer) penchant for inner conflict, at the end of the day, Kol (Nathaniel Buzolic) did seem to be the most logical Original we’ve met. Now that we know for certain Silas (David Alpay) is bad news, it’s possible that Kol is screaming “told you so!” from the other side – possibly while jumping up and down.

Over the course of the series we’ve had plenty of time to get acquainted with Klaus (Joseph Morgan), Rebekah (Claire Holt), and Elijah (Daniel Gillies), and Finn was clearly an acceptable casualty. Kol, however, never really got a chance to peak. His screen time was limited to playing enforcer for his siblings and later trying to thwart them in an effort to stop them from raising Silas.

Fans never had the opportunity to watch his character develop and this is really the biggest injustice. Kol obviously had more to him then meets the eye. Even though his plan to cut off Jeremy’s arms wasn’t exactly a winner, it would have been nice if that final scene had played out differently e.g. hadn’t ended in him bursting into flames in the middle of the kitchen.

Kol ended his run on The Vampire Diaries in episode 412 – A View To A Kill.

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