#Imma gonna just erase the whole word style from their vocabulary because these bitches won't quit

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I loved the importance of Stiles' name in s6.

The whole show its mentioned about how it was a nickname, how his real first name was awful, how even his dad doesn't know him as anything but Stiles.

Stiles was who he was. His name fit him so well. It was so hard to forget the name Stiles.

It was unique. Odd. One of a kind. It fit him better than any other name because it wasn't like anyone else.

And yet, when everyone forgot him, his name is a huge focus on his character. When Liam and his pack forget him, their first question is who he is and what his name is.

Stiles is heartbroken when his own dad, the man who gave him that very nickname, doesn't know his name.

Scott doesn't know who's calling, which means the wild hunt not only erased him from his memory, but erased his name from his phone. If they hadn't yet then that means Scott stared at his phone that said "Stiles" and he answered, not having any idea who a Stiles was and why he had them in his phone. (This breaks my heart because I can imagine a confused Scott, the vague memory of Stiles still in the back of his mind, but not being able to reach it when he hears his voice.)

Lydia asks Malia where he is and the name means nothing to her. It just a weird name. It doesn't even sound like a name.

Malia, after Stiles is taken, even highlights the word style in red (which meant she didn't understand it). It was almost like the Wild Hunt had to completely erase the word from her vocabulary for them to erase him from her memory.

Stiles' name wasn't a generic name. If his name was something like Chris, remembering him would have been so much harder because that's common. But Stiles' name left an imprint in people's memories. It was an anchor in everyone's minds.

His name was one of the first things Lydia remembers. His name is what helps bring him back. His name is what helps his dad remember. His name is what called him out of the Wild Hunt and back to Lydia and the gang.

I love it because Stiles' name was always so important. He was the human in the show, the only normal guy, yet even his name made it clear that Stiles was not just the normal, human guy. He was the anchor for every character - without Stiles Scott wouldn't be a werewolf and became the strong leader he was in the end, Lydia would've never embraced her powers and her intelligence (or at least as fast), and Malia would've struggled to anchor herself when turning.

Stiles was the heart of the show, the heart of the team. He wasn't just the silly, goofy human for comedic relief, he held that team together with his loyalty and passion. He never had to be apart of all of that, he never asked for it. But he did because he loved Scott, and he loved Lydia, and he loved Malia. He went through hell and back for them.

His name said how he was more than just the side character, the sidekick, but he was a hero.

And that very name, the one that told everyone he was important, also is what helped him be remembered and brought back to reality.

The impact of forgetting that. The fact that they forgot the name Stiles - the name that defined him - it was heartbreaking. All the times they had yelled his name, all the time they had cried his name, all the times they had whispered it, grumbled it - there was never any doubt who the name belonged to. Yet, he was looking straight in the eyes of his dad and he couldn't remember what that name was.

But what made it okay was that it was what saved him.

Stiles Stilinski's name helped save his life.