#i get the appeal of 'incredibly powerful magician/wizard/witch/whatever stiles' HOWEVER

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actually. AU where stiles USED to be a Spark. He used to be able to use magic and use it freely, even if he never really noticed.

au where after the nogistune, something's wrong with stiles. not "possessed by a demon and setting serial killers loose on purpose" kind of wrong, but in a "something's missing that I never knew was there kind of way" like realizing that your vision is juuust slightly out of focus

Stiles used to be a proper spark. now, most of what he has are illusions and mountain ash, and he can't use illusions without a full blown panic attack.

stiles used to have some proper firepower. these days... well he does what he always has, and makes the best of what he has.