#their parallels make me insane actually derek and scott foils was so sexy of this show

[bericas]

SCOTT APPRECIATION WEEK (DAY 2) → FAVORITE FRIENDSHIP/NEMESIS

nemesis is absolutely a stretch for derek, but he was an antagonist in both seasons 1 and 2, and scott’s first enemy-turned-ally. derek, as a teenager, is shown to be what the scott we’re first introduced to wants to be; athletic, popular, in love. derek, as the adult we’re first introduced to do, is a version of scott that everything has gone wrong for. through earning trust and developing faith in each other, both characters are rewarded; derek rebuilds his personhood and scott grows into his werewolfhood.

#twedit #scott mccall #derek hale #scerekedit #scottmccallweek #flashing gif tw #for the last gif #their parallels make me insane actually derek and scott foils was so sexy of this show #i dont even care how heavyhanded it got. paige baby im so sorry #I ALSO i know obviously the True parallel to the derek and page scene is allisons death scene but listen. leave me alone. i have an AGENDA #and also this kind of goes like. step by step until it diverges. becauhse again they start the same! #and then derek mercy kills his girlfriend and scott does everything he can to keep allison out of danger #(which. not to blame derek. he was a child! but it's still clear that derek was frankly WAY more naive and reckless #but the way the world punished him for it was absolutely disproportionate) #then derek builds a pack with no trust that dissolves because they have no reason to stay with him #and before he's even an alpha scott builds a pack that would never walk away from him #then the best thing derek does as an alpha is give it up whereas the best thing scott does as a beta is EARN being an alpha #theyre parallel lines in complete opposite directions #and then their arcs diverge in an even bigger way! but they stay parallel lines #derek is shedding responsibility and taking care of himself; he leaves town #scott is piling on responsibility and taking care of everyone else; he stays in town #and this wasnt the narrative teen wolf was building which i understand but god its so disappointing how they sent up so many warning signs #and then say no everyhtihngs fine its all good!! like allisons arc was a parallel to scott. #derek was his direct foil. #but i wouldve really liked PRESONALLY for both times derek left town to be framed as more healing than they were #and for that to highlight how much scott is damaging himself all the time!!! BUT ANYWAY I DIGRESS #and then also this is just scott through dereks eyes. right. so derek becomes someone who cannot be in or belong to beacon hills #his family was destroyed there. he was traumatized and retraumatized ad infinitum. and he made terrible mistakes himself #beacon hills is so marred and bloodied for him; scott is its one redeeming quality #and scott is the new bedrock of the town. it's not the hales anymore; it's him