Marcel and Hope

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## General Information

### Intimacy Levels

Family, Adoptive Siblings/Uncle-Niece, Former Enemies, Allies, Close Friends; Marcel saved Hope's life multiple times and he would do anything to protect her, They care about each other; Marcel temporarily disowned Hope as family and declared war on all the Mikaelsons, Marcel did not want Hope to fear him, They became friends while Marcel was held captive and have remained so for seven years, Marcel promised to stay by Hope's side if she ever needed him.

## Family Information

### Status

Family, Uncle-Niece, Adoptive Siblings; Allies, Close Friends

**The relationship between the Upgraded Original Vampire, Marcel Gerard and the Original Tribrid, Hope Mikaelson**.

Marcel was Hope's older adoptive brother via Klaus Mikaelson until Marcel openly declared war against The Mikaelsons. As a result of the war, Marcel imprisoned Hope's father for five years. He was also responsible for Hope's family slumbering for five years. However, Marcel never harmed Hope personally, showing he had no grudge against her and he genuinely believed that she was better off without Klaus as a father. He even went as far as to help save her by allowing the Mikaelsons back to New Orleans.

When they are reunited five years later, Hope and Marcel seem to get along fairly well. They bond over old stories about Hope's father, and Hope even gives him his century-old toy soldier back. Later, Marcel saves Hope from an attack on the compound, and she tells her father that she considers Marcel her friend. Seven years after the Hollow incident and after Klaus' absence from both their lives, Hope and Marcel continued to remain on good terms and he became her uncle after marrying Rebekah.

***They are known as "Marcope" by fans.***

## Trivia

* Marcel also saved Hayley Marshall, Hope's mother, when she was a baby.
* Hope's birth brought about a reconciliation between Marcel and Klaus.
* They are both children of Niklaus Mikaelson.
	+ Hope, though, is Klaus' biological child while Marcel is his adoptive child.
* Marcel was the only one outside of the family her parents trusted to know the truth about her despite later having his memories compelled away by Klaus.
* Marcel was the second, besides Hayley, of Hope's family to hold her following her birth.
* Marcel helped cover up Hope's "death".
* Marcel wanted to use baby Hope as a truce so Klaus could heal his friends, who were all suffering from werewolf bites.
* Marcel is also one of the characters who is connected with all of The Hybrid Family as he is Klaus' adoptive son and best friend, Hayley's friend and savior from when she was a baby, and Hope's adoptive older brother/savior.
* Hope seems to be the only one among the Mikaelson Family who Marcel bore no ill-will towards even after Davina's death. He considers her and her mother to be off-limits and even allows the Mikaelsons to return to New Orleans so that Hope could be freed of The Hollow's influence, thus saving her life.
* Marcel believes Hope is better off without Klaus as a father.
* Hope freed Marcel from the cell that her father was keeping him in.
* Marcel saves Hope from Dominic and his men but makes sure that she can't see or hear the violence taking place.