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These are kinda bad but I've got brain rot so...
I'm usually more of a Haylijah shipper, but the fic I'm writing has caused me to go back and take another look at this pairing.
There was so much potential there!
In a lot of ways, I feel like they are better suited for each other than Haylijah. Hayley tended to put Elijah on a pedestal, which did nothing to help him accept his repressed, darker nature.
If he and Katherine had been in a longer relationship, I think they could have balanced each other nicely. He could provide her with the stability, love, and loyalty that she's always wanted, and she wouldn't be afraid of the darker parts of him and could help him accept that side of himself.
They are a very evenly matched pairing, and could have been good for each other.
Shipping a couple that is not canon or that end badly is sad, but you know what is even sadder? shipping a couple that not only is fanon with a sad ending, but that is also an unpopular or "dead" ship that has very few fanfiction (which are sadder than the original story).