The Vampire Diaries’ Fans Fuming Over Historical Mistakes – There Are So Many It’s Hard to Count

The Vampire Diaries was never intended to be a period drama, and no one expected it to be historically accurate. However, since the main characters of the series are vampires who can technically live forever, it was clear from the very first season that the chronology of events would not be limited to modern times.

At first, flashbacks showed viewers the Salvatore brothers' youth in the 19th century, but then the Originals, who were several hundred years old, were introduced into the story. Fans were sent back to very ancient times, and the historical inaccuracies made by the writers could no longer be ignored.

Why Were All The Mikaelsons Were Single?

We don’t know the Mikaelsons’ exact ages, but some calculations still can be made. Thus, we can conclude that all members of the Mikaelson family were between 16 and 27 years old at the time of them being turned into vampires.

At the same time, these respected villagers, at a favorable age for marriage even for our century in the 11th century, were not yet married. Only Elijah was engaged; the rest were still single, even though the age of marriage in those days was much earlier than sixteen.

Why were the children of a noble warrior and a local sorceress who saved people from werewolves so unhappy in their personal lives?

Silas Just Couldn’t Own The First Tombstone Ever

Fans noticed another inconsistency that could have been easily avoided. Silas, the first version of Stefan, was born in ancient Greece, around the turn of AD and BC.

However, the show claims that Silas is such an ancient being (about 2000 years old in the story) that he possessed the first tombstone ever. Ridiculous, isn't it? The first tombstone was in ancient Egypt, 3000 years before Silas was born.

The Mikaelsons Spoken English in Ancient Norway

Also, as all fans of The Vampire Diaries and The Originals know, the Mikaelson family comes from Scandinavia, specifically Esther, Mikael, and their children lived in the Kingdom of Norway in the 11th century. But even in the flashbacks that show us the family's life at that time, they speak with English accents.

The fans are infuriated by the fact that the writers did not make sure that the characters spoke at least a few words in the language of the country they were in. Besides, another vampire show, True Blood, did this.

“True Blood also had flashbacks where they actually spoke in the language. They never spoke English or anything. TVD just didn't care enough to learn the language and they have no excuse for that,” Reddit user SurveyPersonal1926 wrote.

What about the fact that in one of the first episodes, Bonnie, a hereditary witch, says that the Salem witches were burned? Because they weren't. And we haven't even started talking about the fact that Elijah and Rebekah are not Nordic names at all.