#also I'm writing this on google docs because spelling things correctly is a pain

[sparkwhorunswithwolves]

*some links to reblog if you feel like it*

https://hormmm.tumblr.com/post/190761933159

https://fandomlife-confessions.tumblr.com/post/190660319600

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*could reblog the posts but feels awkward commenting another 3 page essay on other people’s posts*

Oh, well.

I also never did write that essay about how the theme/tone of the show would change if Stiles or Allison had been bitten instead of Scott, did I? This is relevant to this I swear.

I already talked at length why I hate Scott, but the short version is that every single person on teen wolf has done… questionable things. [I don’t want to use the words god and bad in this context because it’s too black and white, but let’s go with that for simplicity’s sake.] And with everyone else it’s portrayed as the Wrong Thing to do, or another character would hold them accountable, even if the initial situation was written off as comedy. (Everything Peter in s1/Derek in s2 and the Miguel thing with Stiles)

But the show desperately wants you to see Scott as the main character, the good guy, the hero, no matter what the actual situation is. That’s why when Scott uses Derek it’s to save everyone else and to show Derek that Scott is better than him, while Derek working with Peter in s1 is seen as a betrayal against Scott.

That’s why we got Scott throwing Isaac against a wall for Comedic Purposes twice, and while it’s still mostly comedic we at least see that Stiles crossed a line with Derek.

And teen wolf just keeps doing that; The nobody with a heart of gold— who never learns the lesson about other people’s autonomy; the heartbroken boy who coined the be your own anchor thing— who was the only one who got to be close to his ex girlfriend.

And it just gets so tiring to watch after a while. 

[Aaand that’s the short version in just under 300 words lmao.]

And this is where the Stiles/Allison thing gets relevant. [Even if I’m only focusing on easons 1-4 because the only thing I remember from s5 is the Donavan thing.]

Because Scott has the typical superhero origin story; a traumatic incident, a desperate search for a cure, and a pretty girl he Can’t Love.

And it can work (cough Iron Man cough) but the only reason he stops looking for a cure is because his only chance is taken from him, Scott and Allison breaking up is probably one of the best decisions made for that pairing, and yes her death is Sad, but they weren’t together anymore, it wasn’t shown as a past (or even still present) love that’s still sad, but also shows that Allison has other people, that she ever was more than just Scott’s first love. 

Also, whoever looked at this kid who never wanted to be a werewolf, who actively wanted to kill someone to become human again, and thought “You know what Scott needs? A Magical Werewolf Upgrade that will make him even more involved to show how morally righteous good he is!” is an idiot.

So, Boyd. With him that plot line would have actually made, you know, fucking sense. 

Because he actually wanted this. He knew all the facts, all the possible dangers, and chose this.

The thing is, he knew what he was agreeing to werewolf wise when he accepted the bite, the hunters, how it would change him, personally- but Derek is preparing them for a fucking war, uses physical violence as a lesson. He’s a horrible alpha, and he, none of them, agreed to be his punching back or canon fodder.

So they leave again.

Still getting kidnapped, finding Cora, getting rescued, Derek losing the alpha spark, and BAMF!Boyd becoming a true alpha would be the easy route, to show exactly how different he would be than Scott. [Which I would probably do if I didn’t need to watch most of this show again.]

But I also want the beta trio to just leave Beacon Hills. Isaac’s parents are dead, I don’t think we were ever told that either Boyd or Erica have a close relationship to theirs. There’s nothing to keep them here, if the alternative is to turn into Derek, or turn up dead.

What follows is a what the fuck are we supposed to do now road trip until they find a slightly less… murder-y town to settle in. During that time Boyd naturally fally into the role of alpha, and it’s a gradual transition from gold to red. Not because of one moment of whatever the fuck Scott was doing, but because of pack, because he actually is what a good alpha is supposed to be like.