So at the time of airing 2009-2017, I wouldn't have been caught ever watching TVD until I got Netflix during the pandemic. I watched and rewatched it, The Originals and Legacies. Being the TVD started all of these great, poetic and Shakespearian roles. I know they had Julie Plec was their main story writer and she worked across all three series. Fantastic work and I'm a TVD geek.