Since we all seem to be on an anti-scott ride here, one thing I've been thinking about a lot lately, and how much it really, really bothers me is how Scott, at that point knowing about the Hale fire, was able to look Derek in the eye and say that the Argents had a reason for targeting Derek's family. That his entire family's death was justified for the sole reason that they were anything human, and as an audience we're just expected to agree and sympathize with Scott's bias and disregard Derek

I totally agree with your frustration.

Now, as much of a hater as I am, I do try to give Scott some benefit of the doubt. He is a teenager (though that’s not much of an excuse) and we know he and Stiles joke about some shitty things, like dead people being ‘the best thing to happen to this town’ so sure, fine, Scott said something shitty because....he’s a moody teen?

But the show didn’t just have him do that. It had him do that, gave us this fucking heartwrenching shot of Derek’s face, and then...that was it. No one called Scott out. Scott didn’t feel guilty. He never took back what he said. It would be one thing he said something awful and then grew as a person and fucking matured or something. But the show first had him condemn the very species which he just joined, then reinforced the idea that werewolves = bad by having what he says go unquestioned.

For a show about werewoles, holy fuck TW hates werewolves. Or...at least...born werewolves. Born werewolves die or become mass murderers or are just plain garbage people. Bitten wolves are...redeemable? Which doesn’t make sense bc they haven’t done anything that needs redeemed just bc they got the bite, willingly or otherwise.

And it’s excruciating, having seen the TW movies. You know that Teen Wolf is a reboot of a Movie (or two, can’t remember)? I loved those movies as a kid. It had the one dude that I can never remember, uh...Michael J Fox. Yah. Him. 1985 and Stiles was a stoner party boy who surfed on top of cars! He drove a van! Scott goes hunting for Stiles’ good cush in the garage. There’s an entire scene of Scott slipping on wet floor during his first change because he can’t find an empty bathroom to freak out in. It’s fucking hilarious. That movie was about accepting yourself and knowing who your real friends are and not letting power/popularity give you a big head. OH. And it was about BORN werewolves. Scott in the movie was the youngest of a LONG LINE of werewolves. We even get to see his pops go wolfy, and it’s fucking adorable. It’s a family thing.

The show is nothing like that. It gives us a Scott who completely gives in to the rush of power and popularity. Harley? Anybody remember Harley? She shows up twice in the first season, and then just poofs out of existence right as Scott (and by extension Stiles) get sucked into the popular crowd. Scott uses his abilities on the lacrosse field without even a flicker of concern abt exposing himself or cheating (tho, tbf, scott in the movie Literally shifts on the basketball court in front of everyone...and they just sort of keep cheering him on after a minute? ALSO: I point it out constantly, but that’s what the show is referencing when Derek asks Stiles “When he shifts on the field, what do you think they’re going to do? Just keep cheering him on?” It’s a joke about the movie.

TBH, the show is literally just Jeff Davis shitting on the movies all the time. He makes Derek the actual teen wolf (The basketball, the smirk, being born a wolf, I’m honestly surprised they didn’t name Paige Boof) and fucking traumatizes him. He turns born wolves into the enemy/freaks and makes it so Scott ‘overcomes’ being a werewolf without ever accepting himself. He keeps the secret from his parents (whereas in the movie his dad already knows and they actually talk about it). Like, I get wanting to make it into a dark teen drama, and introducing hunters and whatever. But they lost so many core elements of the source material. :(

Anyway, my heart is broken and I want to hug Derek Hale for the next ten years. Also, I love you for hopping into my asks and giving me your thoughts. <3