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momentofmemory · 8 days
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kell only has two faces. the one he wears for the world at large, and the one he wears for those he loves.
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momentofmemory · 15 days
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are you scared?
- not right now.
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momentofmemory · 15 days
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me, quietly whispering to the ao3 page of an author who doesn’t even know I exist: I am obsessed with you
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momentofmemory · 20 days
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the predatory instinct
Rating: T Chapters: 1/1 Word Count: 3664 Relationships: Peter Hale & Scott McCall | Scott McCall/Kira Yukimura | Liam Dunbar & Scott McCall | Lydia Martin & Scott McCall | Scott McCall & Stiles Stilinski | Scott McCall & Malia Tate Relevant Tags: Post-Episode: s04e12 Smoke & Mirrors | Scott McCall Has Berserker Trauma | Angst | Canon Compliant | Scott McCall Needs a Hug | Okay But What If: We Traced All the Lines from s4 to s5
“You’re looking worse for the wear,” Peter drawls, dropping into the chair across from Scott. “One too many dreams about failing to rescue kittens from trees?” (or: five times scott tries not to lie, + one time he doesn't have to)
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momentofmemory · 20 days
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the predatory instinct
Rating: T Chapters: 1/1 Word Count: 3664 Relationships: Peter Hale & Scott McCall | Scott McCall/Kira Yukimura | Liam Dunbar & Scott McCall | Lydia Martin & Scott McCall | Scott McCall & Stiles Stilinski | Scott McCall & Malia Tate Relevant Tags: Post-Episode: s04e12 Smoke & Mirrors | Scott McCall Has Berserker Trauma | Angst | Canon Compliant | Scott McCall Needs a Hug | Okay But What If: We Traced All the Lines from s4 to s5
“You’re looking worse for the wear,” Peter drawls, dropping into the chair across from Scott. “One too many dreams about failing to rescue kittens from trees?” (or: five times scott tries not to lie, + one time he doesn't have to)
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momentofmemory · 25 days
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Happy birthday!!!!!! I hope you've had a wonderful day!!!!
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thank u fren 🥺🥰
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If Scott could go back in time and not take the bite…would he?
Thank you for this ask! I'm sorry it took me so long to answer it, but I wanted to give it the attention it deserves. I love this question because it involves a bunch of questions and possibilities.
We know, for instance, that when Derek tells Scott there's a potential cure for the bite in season one, Scott's very interested, for pretty understandable reasons: there's a violent Alpha trying to make him murder his friends, a loose cannon of a werewolf stalking him, and his girlfriend's family is hunting him, and will kill him if they find out his secret. 
I have to think that Scott wonders what would have happened if Derek hadn't betrayed him and if the cure had worked. Jackson would never have become the kanima, Matt would never have gone on his killing spree. Erica and Boyd would be alive. With no Alpha in town, Gerard would have no reason to stick around. Victoria would never have tried to murder Scott. The Alpha pack would have had no reason to come. The Nemeton never would have been awakened, the nogitsune wouldn't have been freed, Allison wouldn't have been killed, the deadpool would never had been activated, and so on. 
Of course, things aren't always simple. Isaac might have remained in an abusive household, the Argent Code would have remained unchanged, the Alpha pack would still have been at large, Jennifer might still have come to town, and most immediately, Peter would have still been targeting Lydia to make his return. The escalation of the situation in Beacon Hills also resulted in meaningful victories; Gerard, Jennifer, Deucalion, various assassins, and the Dread Doctors were all stopped, just to name a few. Without Scott and the pack, Malia might have been killed by her father, or remained a coyote forever. Scott might never have met Kira, or Parrish, or become so close with Liam. 
I think Scott would be reluctant to mess with the timeline because he knows the consequences are difficult to anticipate, and usually big. You can see that attitude in things like his and Lydia's exhaustion in 6b, when they're trying to figure out what to do about the anuk-ite (6x11):
LYDIA: We opened a door to another world... and something came out with us. Now we need the Hellhound to stop it. MALIA: So we put it back. We've put things back before… Why are you two looking at each other like there's something you know that I don't know? SCOTT: [sighs] It might not be that simple. LYDIA: We saved Stiles. We brought everyone back, but that's not how it was supposed to happen. There's always a price to pay. SCOTT: We learned that from the Nemeton.
In the same vein, I definitely don't see Scott going back to the night of the pilot and choosing not to sneak out. If Peter hadn't bitten Scott, he would have bitten someone else; he was looking for a minion to help him kill and make himself more powerful. Scott wouldn't want to condemn anyone else to that. Scott is also extraordinarily talented at refusing to break; someone else probably wouldn't have been able to resist Peter's thrall. Things could have been so much worse if Peter had bitten someone else that night.
The last question I think your question gets at, anon, is whether Scott ever becomes comfortable with being a werewolf, since that discomfort would be part of why he'd want to undo the bite in the first place.
This anxiety is misrepresented by hateful or misinformed parts of fandom as Scott not understanding what it is to be a werewolf, or they claim that he's resentful of and dismissive of werewolves as a whole. So before I continue, I just want to stress that that's not what I'm saying, and that's just not true at all. Scott is, for instance, not against Isaac/Erica/Boyd being bit because he hates werewolves. He's worried about them being hurt, either by Derek or by hunters or other werewolves--which they all are. When he bites Liam, he's quick to assure him that's he's "not a monster" (4x04), even as he laments the pain and danger he's brought on Liam's head, and while he worries that he himself is becoming "more of a monster" (4x08).
Scott isn't negative about being a werewolf per se. From the beginning, there are moments of excitement and happiness that Scott experiences from being a werewolf, starting in season 1 and really picking up, I think, in the first episode of season 2, when Scott excitedly races through the woods and leaps over the ravine on his way to see Allison. Yeah, maybe he only has to sneak around because he's a werewolf in the first place, but I'd argue that we see Scott clearly enjoying being a werewolf for its own sake in that moment. Scott even seems cautiously optimistic about his future as he comforts a grieving Allison: "Everything's gonna be okay. We're gonna find Lydia, and it's all gonna be good. Just think about it: no Peter, no psycho werewolf killings... Your dad and me... Well, that's a work in progress" (2x01).
But, of course, the fragile peace doesn't last. Over and over, we see every aspect of Scott's life—his loved ones, his family, his future—threatened or damaged or destroyed because of the fact that he's a werewolf. Scott himself is stabbed, shot, poisoned, electrocuted and otherwise tortured, when he's not hurting himself. Scott is also hyper aware of his increased capacity to hurt people as a werewolf; it's literally his worst nightmare (4x08).
Unsurprisingly, Scott becomes suicidal. The show handles it most directly in 3x05 and 3x06, but it isn't really resolved, and by the time Scott is murdered, Posey has said Scott was "ready to die." After he's resurrected, Scott's self-esteem doesn't seem to have improved much: he throws himself into constant danger, and is ready to square off with even the Beast of Gévaudan, even knowing how hopeless it is. After his friends show up to help him, Braeden asks if he seriously thought he had a chance against the Beast.
"No," Scott replies glibly (5x18).
By 6a, it's treated as almost a background element. When Scott squares off with Douglas alone in the woods, Douglas sneers, "I don't know whether it's stupidity or suicide."
In response, Scott shrugs. "Maybe both" (6x10).
I confess this lack of resolution has always frustrated me. I appreciate that the finale emphasized Scott's thriving friendships and relationships, and there's been some excellent meta done about Scott and self-harm in the finale, but it also felt like a bit of a bleak choice to have the finale show Scott engaging in dramatic self-harm, and leave him embroiled in a seemingly endless war.
Which is why I really appreciated that the movie showed a Scott who seems to have found a balance between pursuing his dreams and helping those in need, in a way that makes the most of the fact that he's a werewolf. Most significantly, for the purpose of this ask, I loved that when the nogitsune mockingly asks, "Tell me, Scott McCall, what is the sound of a wolf who is ready to die?"
Scott can finally answer, "I'd tell you, but I'm not ready to die."
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momentofmemory · 1 month
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The Amazing Spider-Book
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The book-binding project I've been working on for two weeks straight is finally done! The book is completely hand made, with the shown Spider-Paper also being hand made. All works, save for two, are completely focused on Insomniac Spider-Man. More pictures and a table of contents is under the cut.
Works Included:
Home Life, The Piano Man, Out of the Cold, and The Greatest Good from Wicked 42's Spider-Man series
How To Be An Underdog (And Avoid Being A Chew Toy Along The Way) by deadmeatdemon (art of Spider-Man being eated by Lizard also by deadmeatdemon)
Pain Tolerance by Tayine
How Deeply Are You Sleeping (Or Are You Still Awake?) by @exhaustedwerewolf
These Days of Dust by @momentofmemory
A Day in the Life in the Neighborhood by @chrismerle
The Process of Progress, Gaze Into the Abyss, and Fault Lines by Stone Sage
Gravity Felled The Apple (But The Spider's Stuck Around) and Can I Stand In Your Light, Just For A While? by maroonmusings
Cracked Halves by @silk-scarlet-ribbons
That's What He Said by Capsing
Spider-Men and Deadpool stickers by @scootdoesart (and also for sale if you want some yourself)
The book is 400 pages long, with the masks on the cover and back being made out of felt. Everything is glued together, save for the spine which is stitched.
I had a great time putting this book together, the Insomanic Spider-Man games is honestly my favorite Spider-Man story and I enjoyed putting together a complication of my favorite fics from this fandom. Excited to see what new stories Spider-Man 2 encourages fans to create.
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momentofmemory · 1 month
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Any attempt to "defend" liking villains without placing it in the proper context - of criticism of villains and villain fandom arising BECAUSE fandom will ONLY stan, woobify, or apologize for villains when they are WHITE MEN while ALSO villainizing, bashing, or erasing HEROIC CHARACTERS OF COLOR or holding FEMALE CHARACTERS to likewise unfair standards (sometimes transplanting whole story/personality elements of characters of color / female characters ONTO their white villain faves to explain why they're "sympathetic" WHILE ALSO denigrating the CoCs/FCs for the exact same traits) - is blatant whitewashing of the issues at hand.
You are ALLOWED to have villainous faves! It's the DOUBLE STANDARD that's the problem!! Anyone who tells you different is a moralistic twit or someone trying to brush their racism/misogyny under the rug of "let women enjoy things!" Don't fall for it!!
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momentofmemory · 2 months
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Scottuary2024
Hi! I know I haven't updated this in a long time. It just got to be a little too much. BUTTT, I wanted to remind everyone that it's @scottappreciation's Scottuary event!!
There are already 12 fantastic fics in the collection and I would love to see more! Hopefully, on my days off, I will have some time to rec the lovely fics we have and maybe even write some more.
Scott deserves as many fics as we can create for him. :D
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momentofmemory · 2 months
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everything i wanted
Rating: T Chapters: 1/1 Word Count: 1093 Relationships: Scott McCall & Melissa McCall Relevant Tags: Episode: s05e06 Required Reading | Canon Compliant | Asthma | Season/Series 05 | Complicated Relationships | Scott McCall Needs a Hug (Teen Wolf) | Angst
Scott hasn’t called his mom from the nurse’s office since freshman year. In elementary school, he’d had to call almost every month, his asthma brand new and wildly out of control. Middle school had been better—down to once a quarter—less because his asthma had become manageable, and more because he’d gotten better at hiding it. Since sophomore year, he’s been hiding something else. Until today.
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momentofmemory · 2 months
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everything i wanted
Rating: T Chapters: 1/1 Word Count: 1093 Relationships: Scott McCall & Melissa McCall Relevant Tags: Episode: s05e06 Required Reading | Canon Compliant | Asthma | Season/Series 05 | Complicated Relationships | Scott McCall Needs a Hug (Teen Wolf) | Angst
Scott hasn’t called his mom from the nurse’s office since freshman year. In elementary school, he’d had to call almost every month, his asthma brand new and wildly out of control. Middle school had been better—down to once a quarter—less because his asthma had become manageable, and more because he’d gotten better at hiding it. Since sophomore year, he’s been hiding something else. Until today.
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momentofmemory · 2 months
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I’m rereading ADSOM, and I forgot how much I love Kell. I love all the characters, but I think Kell might be my favorite. He acts like he’s the grumpiest guy in the world, and yet he is constantly the one who goes out of his way to show kindness. I just love him so much, and every time I read this series I’m reminded of that.
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momentofmemory · 2 months
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“As far as words go, ‘crying’ is louder and ‘weeping’ is wetter. When people explain the difference between the two to English-language learners they say that weeping is more formal, can sound archaic in everyday speech. You can hear this in their past tenses—the plainness of ‘cried’, the velvet cloak of ‘wept’. I remember arguing once with a teacher who insisted ‘dreamt’ was incorrect, dreamed the only proper option. She was wrong, of course, in both philological and moral ways, and ever since I’ve felt a peculiar attachment to the t’s of the past: weep, wept, sleep, slept, leave, left. There’s a finality there, a quiet completion, of which ’d’ has never dreamt.”
— Heather Christle, from The Crying Book
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momentofmemory · 2 months
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Just One Week Until Scottuary3!
WHAT IS IT?
Scottuary is a Scott appreciation event running from Feb 1-Feb 29, 2024. The goal is to get as many Scott-centric, Scott-positive fics posted throughout the month of February to boost the tag & show our appreciation. Cards for Readers’ Bingo will be added midway through the month!
HOW DO I PLAY?
To submit a work, simply write for one of the prompts and post your work to the Ao3 collection—you may write as many fics in advance as you’d like, but please reserve posting for February! Once you’ve posted it, share it with us using the #scottuary2024 tag, or mention us at @scottappreciation.
All fics must be Scott-centric and Scott-positive. Scott does not need to be the POV character, but the primary focus of the fic should be Scott’s emotions/interests/needs/etc.
No character bashing, or hate of any kind, is accepted for this event. NSFW materials are fine as long as they are tagged appropriately and the author is 18+, but please no depictions of noncon at this time.
➤ CLICK HERE for a full list of rules, + a text version of the prompts!
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momentofmemory · 2 months
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TEEN WOLF as movie posters | Season 01 |
Here you can find all the individual posts ✨
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10, 15, 20, 21 for the ask!
Thank you for the ask!
10. worst part of fanon
I could answer this question fifty times with fifty different answers, but Bad Friend Scott is probably the worst, for what it represents and the kind of takes it fuels.
15. that one thing you see in fanart all the time
That thing in Sterek fanart where people make Derek's skin significantly browner than Stiles'. It's not accurate to Derek, especially in the early seasons, when he's incredibly pale, and as a stylistic choice can play into tired heteronormative tropes about masculine vs feminine characters. For this fandom, it feels especially pointed, given how incredibly toxic and negative fans have been about characters and actors of color, especially Scott/Posey. Seeing characters with brown skin be erased and/or denigrated by fandom while Derek is represented in Sterek fanart as someone with brown skin is dissonant to say the least.
I dithered on including an example because I'm genuinely not trying to put anyone on the spot. I feel like this is something that gets spread not by deliberate intent but by the subconscious mimicking of fandom trends, and so the problem here is not individuals but a culture that perpetuates itself. Here's an old example from 2014, where I've blacked out identifying information--please don't try to find or spread hate to the artist, this isn't about that.
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I think you can see clearly how 1) there's a pronounced difference in skin tone that does not correspond to even Derek's tannest seasons, 2) how much Derek just... looks like Scott there. He's even got Tyler Posey's nose?? I originally assumed it was Sciles fanart being highjacked by Sterek fandom--something that used to happen not infrequently--but as you can see, it's captioned as Sterek.
20. part of canon you find tedious or boring
Everything about Garrett Douglas except I guess for that one scene in the shack with Theo. Mostly he's a waste of a man. His flashback scenes were intolerably dull.
21. part of canon you think is overhyped
The nogitsune unfortunately. I truly love him as much as the next guy but fandom's blinkers about him get old. There's other villains, other seasons, other guys who yell. My beef is the reductive or misleading takes that result from him being overhyped.
Send me an ask from this list, if you want!
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