#that's kinda why i love theo rbh

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I think what most people/writers forget in tw fanfics (often thiam's) is that Theo wasn't just a regular bad guy that did some shits to the pack. He's not like Peter who screw them over a few times, nor like Argent who tried to kill them before but made up after. He isn’t like any bad guys they've ever fought because he never hurt from the outside but from the inside. He can't be forgiven as easy as them, even for Scott because it was Theo's who manipulated him and his pack and made them fall apart, made them ahve doubts on eachothers.

Theo's a master at manipulation. We have to remember that, that guy didn't just come and bond and then tried to kill Scott.

He helped them, he became friend, took their trust, each by each, even Stiles at some point. Everyone. He was a friend to almost everyone, he erased every doubt they could have built. He even went to the point where he was so in sync with them he hugged Scott, Malia and Mason in the same 5 minutes, and they were happy. He made them get attached to him, really trust him. It's not just a small emotional attack, it's even a divine move at this point. Even the flaws he had (giving his library card to Donovan, his father signature) he corrected them with lies but gave sense to it.

People don't realise how he was strong and how his betrayal hurt the pack way more than any other enemy did. He shred the pack apart, used his bond with each one to turn them against each other without even putting any doubts on himself.

Anyway I was rewatching s5 so I've picked up everything and since I've been reading some fics I don't see much people talking about it and making it seems like the pack to forgive Theo was easy as forgiving Argent.