Elijah- The monster disguised as a Noble Man
This is quite an unpopular opinion, but I do not consider Elijah- The Noble that the fandom preaches.
First, there is a difference between knowing morality and trying to implement it in your life. For 1000 years, Elijah ended up cleaning whatever Klaus was doing. Cleaning up is a fancy way of stating ‘I committed more violence to hide your violence.’ By doing so, Elijah was the biggest enabler of Klaus and his monstrosity. If you are aiding someone by giving them all the tools and cleaning up the evidence behind them, that just makes you as responsible as the person setting the house (in this case, the world) on fire, which is Klaus.
Second, let’s not say that he was devoted to the family and the vow of Always and Forever. He was not. He was only devoted to Klaus. Just like his words of assurance, even his vow was hollow. As long as everyone in the Mikaelson family was fulfilling Klaus’s needs, demands, and wants, it’s okay. The moment anyone went out of line, according to Klaus, he would turn the other side when Klaus daggered them- be it Finn, Kol, Rebekah, Marcel, and Davina. On top of it, he portrayed himself on a pedestal and acted as if he was the one having a moral compass in the family. That is just hypocrisy.
Third, the Red Door. It underscores his true brutal nature of violence that impacted millions of innocent souls. When his memory was wiped out by Marcel, and he did not have any family obligations, he killed an entire nightclub to search for answers. This shows that his violence is not just because of his co-dependency on Klaus, but his very nature. I mean, after what he did with the harvest girls, I am surprised that to see fandom edits on Elijah the Noble.
True nobility does not shift according to convenience. You remain virtuous and try not to hurt anyone for a better world, even if it means going against your loved ones, because it comes at a cost that good people actually end up paying. Just like Vincent.
For me, Elijah Mikaelson wore a $9,000 suit to hide his Red Door and used his pocket handkerchief to wipe the blood. He’s a bigger monster than his siblings because atleast, Klaus and Kol admitted that they were monsters.