Ophelia Meade

**Ophelia Viola Meade** was a fairy and a recurring character on *The Vampire Diaries*. Ophelia is the daughter of plantation owner Sebastian Meade, his wife Lavinia, the ancestor of Christine Meade (formerly Blake), and the once lover of Stefan Salvatore.

Ophelia is a part of the **Meade Family**.

## Early History

**Ophelia Meade** was born on April 26, 1847. She was the only living daughter of **Sebastian** and **Lavinia Meade**, plantation owners and friends of Giuseppe and Lillian Salvatore after Lavinia Meade suffered 5 miscarriages.

Ophelia met Stefan Salvatore when they both were merely infants and they grew up close to one another.

## Relationships

### Stefan Salvatore

*Main article: Ophelia and Stefan*

Stefan and Ophelia met when they were infants in Mystic Falls, Virginia.

### Katherine Pierce

Katherine and Ophelia were enemies almost as soon as Katherine arrived at the Salvatore Estate. Ophelia was immensely jealous of Katherine's relationship with Stefan. Ophelia was also extremely protective of the Salvatore Brothers and didn't like that Katherine was toying with both boys' affections. When Katherine met Ophelia's doppelganger, Christine, she called Ophelia "that jealous bitch" showing that the hatred was mutual.

Despite her jealousy, Ophelia told Christine later that she let Katherine and Stefan be together because all she wanted was for Stefan to be happy, even if it wasn’t with her.

### Klaus Mikaelson

Klaus and Ophelia met years after the vampire roundup that took Stefan and Damon away. Looking for the Petrova Doppelgänger, he accidentally found the Meade Family Doppelgänger. Klaus has said that he knew of Fairies and decided to enlighten Ophelia on her heritage — to her own dread.

## Tropes

* **First Love:** Ophelia was Stefan’s first love as told by Stefan to Christine in the present.
* **Childhood Friend Romance:** She was this with Stefan, who had mutual romantic feelings to each other, and also were friends growing up in Mystic Falls together. She also fits the trope of Childhood Friends with Stefan’s brother Damon.
* **I Want My Beloved to Be Happy:** Despite her feelings for Stefan and her jealously towards Katherine Pierce, when Stefan ultimately chooses Katherine over her, she chooses to let them be together because all she wants is for Stefan to be happy, whether or not it’s with her.
* **Love Triangle:** Ophelia is in a love triangle with Stefan and Katherine when she arrives at the Salvatore estate in 1864.
* **Rebellious Spirit:** Ophelia is shown to have a rebellious secret as she is seen telling her mother than she wishes to choose her own husband instead of being told. She is also seen rough playing with the Salvatore brothers, though she is scolded for being “unladylike” by her parents.
* **The One That Got Away:** for Stefan Salvatore who never got over the fact that he waited too long to realize his feelings for his childhood friend.

## Trivia

* Ophelia's birthday is the same as Shakespeare whose works inspired her name
* Her name follows the Meade Family naming tradition where every member born into the family is given a first and middle name from a character by a famous author

1. ↑ As of 1864