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Here at EW, we’re starting a new weekly series in which we — and readers — weigh in on ways to rehab much-maligned characters on some of our favorite shows.

There are characters that you love to hate, and then there are characters that you simply despise. Werewolf Hayley (Phoebe Tonkin) fell in to the latter category on The Vampire Diaries, which is why some fans weren’t exactly thrilled to hear she’ll be a regular sight on the upcoming spinoff, The Originals. This is a young woman whose mission on TVD was to set 12 werewolf-vampire hybrids up for slaughter by Klaus (Joseph Morgan) — to get a step closer to finding the family she’s never known. She later had hate-sex with Klaus, another lost, lonely soul, and, we learned in an episode last April, is now carrying Klaus’ child. (He was born a werewolf before magic made him a vampire, so he’s “nature’s loophole”). The Originals, which debuts on The CW this fall, will be “as much about Hayley’s redemption as anyone else’s,” according to exec producer Julie Plec. So let’s accept that we’re not getting a break from Hayley anytime soon, and pitch ways for the writers to take advantage of this chance to reintroduce her and make her tolerable. I’ll go first:

• Get her a female friend, stat: Maybe I’ve just watched too many seasons of The Bachelor, but I’m naturally distrustful of women who don’t have any female friends. Since the witches of New Orleans threatened to kill her in that TVD episode if Klaus doesn’t help them overthrow Marcel (Charles Michael Davis), Klaus’ former protégé now serving as the unofficial king of the Big Easy, we’ll understand if it takes her a little while to warm up to them on The Originals. In the meantime, perhaps she and Klaus’ sister, Rebekah (Claire Holt), can bond. We’re not suggesting they become BFFs right away; they could be like Rebekah and emotionless Elena were on TVD — two people who make the best of having a common goal. They’re women who want a family: Hayley’s never known hers; Rebekah feels betrayed by hers. Neither of them are fans of Klaus at this particular moment and both know what it’s like to be a pawn in his game. Plus, we know Rebekah wants children and can’t have them. This is her chance to experience pregnancy through Hayley — and then babysit.

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The CW certainly seem quite happy with Phoebe Tonkin. While the Australian actress’ series The Secret Circle only lasted one season, she quickly found a new role on the network this past year as the werewolf Hayley on The Vampire Diaries. And now, Tonkin will be a series regular on The Originals, the new spinoff of The Vampire Diaries debuting this October.

I had a brief chat with Tonkin about The Originals and what’s in store for Hayley, who has discovered she is pregnant with a baby belonging to Klaus (Joseph Morgan), the werewolf/vampire hybrid who has designs on making New Orleans his city.

IGN TV: Your character obviously has a huge life change occurring. How do you think she’s going to process this?

Phoebe Tonkin: I think at the moment, Hayley is just holding on for her life right now, because she knows that if Klaus doesn’t help these witches that she is in a lot of trouble. So I think maybe in the next episode, we’re really going to see Hayley actually deal with the information that she is pregnant and that she is a young woman with a child, or a child about to come.

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