#because ultimately to rafael and to peter those roles meant subservience

[bericas]

scott appreciation week (day 2) → that's all i got (parental figures)

perhaps there is a monstrous origin to it, after all. — ocean vuong

[alisonhales]

#anyway i think there's a lot to be said about rafael vs peter#the intimidation and the violence#rafael didn't throw scott down the stairs on purpose but he grabbed his wrist and tried to hold him in place#and peter holds scott down by his head#the way rafael demands scott behave the way he wants vs the way peter forces him to#i wish they had committed to a characterization for rafael because they get so weak with what they implied so heavily before was awful#and it's a genuinely interesting parallel to peter#the way the supernatural world raises the stakes by a million#rafael wanted a son and peter wanted a beta and neither of them were happy with the way scott filled those roles#because ultimately to rafael and to peter those roles meant subservience#if you grow up with an angry man in your house there will always be an angry man in your house#to get out from under the thumb of one just to end up under the palm of another#i'm your father / you're a gene donor! vs you were never an alpha you were always a monster#the way peter telling scott it was his bite that changed his life and his bite that can end it#echoes a father telling his son he should be grateful to have been born at all#the way scott says then END it peter because you won't get another chance in the s4 finale#and the way scott's dad is gone after s4#it could've been sooooooo interesting (bericas)

scott appreciation week (day 2) → that's all i got (parental figures)

perhaps there is a monstrous origin to it, after all. — ocean vuong