Miranda Salvatore

**Miranda Rose Salvatore** is a main character in *A Tangled Legacy*, she was a former major recurring in *The Tangled Diaries* before being promoted to a main character in the eighth season. Miranda is one of the twin children of Damon Salvatore and Louise Gilbert-Salvatore, the other being Grayson Salvatore. She is the granddaughter of Giuseppe Salvatore, Lily Salvatore, Isobel Flemming, and John Gilbert; as well as the adoptive-granddaughter of Miranda and Grayson Gilbert. She is also the niece of Elena Gilbert and Stefan Salvatore.

She is named in honour of Louise's mother, Miranda and Damon's friend, Rose in her passing.

She attends the Salvatore Boarding School of the Young & Gifted.

**Miranda** is a member of the **Gilbert Family**, the **Salvatore Family**, and the **Petrova Family**.

## Throughout The Original Series

### Season Four

In The Feast of All Sinners, when Hayley takes Hope to Mystic Falls and are seen touring the Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted, Hayley is seen waving at Miranda. Hayley watches fondly as Hope converses with Miranda and two other children.

### Season Five

In *Where You Left Your Heart*, Miranda is first seen at the Salvatore school with Hope, trying to convince her to sell her blood. Originally, Hope wasn't sure, but eventually caves when Henry Benoit comes in, and Miranda admits that she already said that she was selling it. Unfortunately, this caused Hope to get suspended and Miranda waited, hoping she wouldn't get suspended too. Thankfully, when Dorian comes back with the news, Hope didn't throw Miranda under the bus, even though she probably should.

In *The Tale of the Two Wolves*, she is seen when Caroline gives a tour around the Salvatore Boarding School.

## Throughout Legacies Series

### Season One

In *This is the Part Where You Run*, Miranda is seen welcoming Rafael Waithe, a newly turned werewolf and the latest new student to the Salvatore School.

In *Some People Just Want To Watch The World Burn*, Miranda prepares for the football game; she is irritated after encountering Penelope and becomes upset when she is told that her mother won't be attending the game.

## Personality

Miranda is incredibly headstrong and courageous. She is not a fan of people telling her what she can and can’t do and will often go out of her way to prove them wrong. She is incredibly kind, with a heart that no doubt mirrors her mother. While mostly sweet,  Miranda can get a bit of a temper at times. She’s inherited her father’s sarcasm, quick-wit and snark; she's been described as the female version of Damon. Miranda tends to push people’s boundaries without even realizing it.

## Physical Appearance

"Funny, she's all her mother but those eyes *— that's all me.*"
— **Damon** about **Miranda**

Miranda is describe as looking very sweet and innocent. She resembles her mother most, sharing Louise's soft, gentle features, oval shaped face and long, dark brown hair. However, she possesses the piercing blue eyes of her father, Damon. She is quite fair in skin tone, though this generally changes when she spends more time outside— she’s known to get a bit more colour. Miranda has a very baby-like type look to her features which often makes her more delicate than she really is.

When at school, Miranda tends to stray away from the school uniform as much as she could. She wears relaxed yet edgy clothing; lots of leather jackets and jeans. She is always seen wearing Vivienne Pierce's cameo necklace, which Miranda claims she found in the Salvatore School archive down in the basement; this is much to her parents displeasure.

## Powers and Abilities

Miranda is a seer, having inherited this gene from her mother. The power of premonition manifested itself through her mother while still in the womb, granting Louise a vision of the future. She triggers this power when she touches or is in the presence of something that is related to the subject of her premonitions, making them a form of psychometry. This originally only encompassed precognition, to see the future, but grew to include retrocognition; to see the past, as well. Just like her mother, this power was initially uncontrollable, but with training she learns to summon premonitions at will.

Being the daughter of two cured vampires; her blood is the cure. If every bit of her blood is drank by a person affected by Qetsiyah or Esther's version of the Immortality Spell; which are original vampires, non-original vampires, augustine vampires, true immortals, and vampire hybrids; the the recipient will become the cure and effectively human.

She possesses fighting abilities to defend herself against vampires as she trained under Damon. She knows how to stake vampires and also the traits of a vampire hunter.

## Weaknesses

Miranda has all the typical weaknesses of a seer.

## Relationships

### Louise Gilbert

**Miranda**: "*Don't worry about me much, okay, mum?.*"
**Louise**: "*That's the one thing that won't change.*"
— **Louise** and **Miranda** in *I Was Feeling Epic*
*Main Article: Louise and Miranda*

Louise is Miranda's mother and it is shown various times that Louise strongly loves her daughter.

### Damon Salvatore

**Miranda**: "*I did it to keep you safe.*"
**Damon**: "*That’s my job. you’re my daughter, it’s not your job to keep me safe.*"
— **Damon** and **Miranda**
*Main Article: Damon and Miranda*

Damon is Miranda's father.

### Elena Gilbert

*Main Article: Elena and Miranda*

Elena is Miranda's aunt on her mother's side.

### Stefan Salvatore

"*You've been through a lot. You are so strong but you gotta cut yourself some slack, okay?*"
— **Stefan** to **Miranda**
*Main Article: Stefan and Miranda*

Stefan is Miranda's uncle on her father's side.

### Hope Mikaelson

**Miranda**: "*Hey, you need to stop being so hard on yourself — you can't single handedly save the world every single time something goes bad.*"
**Hope**: "*Then what use is all this power if I can't save people I care about?*"
— **Hope** and **Miranda**
*Main Article: Hope and Miranda*

### Other Relationships

Salvatore Family, Gilbert Family, Mystic Falls Gang, Salvatore Boarding School for the Young & Gifted

*Main Article: Miranda Salvatore/Relationships*

* Damon, Louise and Miranda (Parents and Daughter/Allies)
* Jeremy and Miranda (Uncle/Niece/Allies)
* Lizzie and Miranda (Step-Aunt/Step-Niece/Friends/Allies)
* Josie and Miranda (Step-Aunt/Step-Niece/Friends/Allies)
* Miranda and Caroline (Honorary Aunt-Niece/Allies)
* Bonnie and Miranda (Honorary Aunt-Niece/Allies)
* Matt and Miranda (Honorary Uncle-Niece/Allies)
* Alaric and Miranda (Step-Grandfather/Step-Granddaughter/Allies)

## Name

* **Miranda** is derived from Latin *Mirandus* meaning "*admirable, wonderful*". The name was created by Shakespeare for the heroine in his play *The Tempest* (1611)**,**  about a father and daughter stranded on an island. It did not become a common English given name until the 20th century. This is also the name of one of the moons of Uranus**,** named after the Shakespearean character.
* **Rose** is derived from the Latin "*Rosa*"**,** the name of a fragrant flower.
* **Salvatore** is of Italian origin and means "*saviour*".

## Trivia

* Bonnie described Miranda as "one of Nature's loopholes"
* Miranda is the first being born with the cured blood, meaning her blood can reverse immortaily, or colloquially, vampirism.
* Miranda is named in honour of Louise's mother, Miranda and Damon's friend, Rose.

## Tropes

* **Daddy's Girl** - Miranda seems to light up whenever her father is around. It's clear how much Miranda adores her father and it's clear how much Damon loves her. Damon was besotted with her even before she was born.
* **Protective Mom** - Miranda has a mother that adores her and it's clear that Miranda feels the same. Whenever Miranda sees her mother, she's always laughing.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.behindthename.com/name/miranda
2. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose\_(given\_name)
3. ↑ https://www.babynames.com/name/Salvatore