okay real talk for a second— aside from bonnie, i think rebekah is my favorite female character in the tvd universe
I loved Rebekah for a lot of reasons but the main one is that no other canon character could convey my hate and the hard truths about Elena better that her.
Katherine was always too petty and self involved to say anything of value about her, most villains essentially fell to her feet except Kai and all he did was torture her. Caroline got there sometimes but it was too soaked in pettiness and self-deprecation.
But Rebekah she always hit the nail on the head, especially that episode when they were looking for the cure and explained exactly everyone’s function but couldn’t find one for Elena essentially explaining the entire series.