#i thought abt the erica one for a few reasons bc this one was so short too

[ssaalexblake]

@ravensbystarlight Oh thank god. I thought I was the only one who was really underwhelmed by the episode. The ending with Una could have been fitted at the end of any episode. Also the scenes in the future didn’t exactly show the characters in a favourable light. Plus I really refuse to believe that the only way the situation with the romulans could have played out was just in one exact way with only a few key people 🤷‍♀️

I’m just??? WHy wasn’t ep 9 the finale??? You don’t do a character death in ep 9 like that unless what happens in ep 10 is an absolute knockout or a deliberate display of the fallout from the death. Plus, i feel like there could have been some resonance in Pike deciding he needs to have this happen to him to save these people and the future in the episode before, and suddenly one of his crew has to die to save the others and is willing to do it. And Pike accepts that necessity, and gives Hemmer his blessing even as he hates it because he Gets it now. 

Then, they attend the funeral, are unexpectedly boarded and Una’s marched off unceremoniously and it makes it even more of a kick in the gut because just after a Funeral?? Do you have No shame??? 

I... Legit don’t get why they did it this way. It makes no sense. If nothing else, the Disrespect towards Hemmer not even getting a finale out of that story. 

I am willing to give them a pass on the romulan thing bc i interpreted it as Pike was actively the problem here. Not as much as only Kirk could do it as much as Pike couldn’t, and if Pike was still captain then he’d end up doing it by default and horrors would follow. So even if random captain 88 Could theoretically have solved the problem as well, if Pike was in charge, they still couldn’t have solved it because Pike was in charge and had authority? Unless I missed something, that was how I took that one. 

I think my main absolute gripe was what the ever loving Hell did they do to poor Erica??? Who was that character that actor was playing in this episode, bc they bore little similarity to Ortegas. Maybe a tiny bit like her fairy tale au self, but with no humour, just the urge to maim and kill. I’m pretty sure the Only reason Uhura was there was because she was supposed to be, they didn’t actually bother to do anything with her at all. La’an at least made sense to me? I’m on the fence abt her reaction to the Una question because on one hand, she was surprised and confused by the abruptness of it, but on the other... I imagine she’d be more angry about this all? Is she not Allowed to go talk to her friend in starfleet’s totally utopian forced labour camp or??? Did she just decide to write Una off after obviously forgiving her for the deception??? But then again, Pike apparently just went all business as usual about it, too, even if he doesn’t remember it. 

This whole ep felt like a first draft. The bones are there both story wise and character wise but everything is slightly/blatantly off and needs a rewrite to get the weirdness out. 

Also, Buy A Light.

 I literally had the brightness on full and I couldn’t tell if the guards on the romulan commander’s ship were romulan or reman. I could not tell the species of the people in the scene, which is a new low in the era of not bothering to light tv and film. 

#danni watches snw #ravensbystarlight #apparently i had more opinions abt this than i thought #but it was SO clunky #first draft clunky #how did this even happen??? the rest of the eps have been so tidy

[bericas]

BITTEN BETAS WEEK (DAY 3) → FAVORITE BROTP DYNAMIC

hale pack betas (+ of monsters and men)

#twedit #berisaac #berisaacedit #boyd x erica x isaac #twlbittenbetasweek #OKAY IVE GONE THROUGH SO MANY DIFF VERSIONS OF THISSSS #AND IDK IF I LIKE ITTTTT #BUT HERE IT IS I GUESS!! #im so bitter that isaac says both of their names in that last scene but in diff SHOTSSSSSS #i thought abt the erica one for a few reasons bc this one was so short too #but u could see him like... getting a lighter to... burn the school down....... #and i didnt want the implications of 'ill see you when i fall asleep' + trying to burn the building he is currently in down! #SO HERE IT ISSS #this idea has been in my head FOREVER #death tw #ok also heres the THING #i KNOW i stay using yellow red orange i KNOW but i LOOKED UP COLORS FOR THE STAGES OF GRIEF #AND THEY SAID ORANGE SHOCK YELLOW DENIAL RED ANGER #I TRIED TO BRANCH OUT AND THEY SAID DONT! WHAT AM I GONNA D SAY NO

[melwilson]

Dating Scott McCall Includes...

i’m in love w this man. he looks like a lost puppy. i’m soft.

click to read one of my favorites!!

starting out as best friends

and automatically being friends w/ stiles

going to lacrosse games and practices

wearing his jersey even though he was on the bench most of the time

riding bikes until sundown

melissa being a second mom to you

you and scott being forced to go with stiles when he follows his dad on call

watching movies together on friday nights

being at his house 24/7

melissa finding out scott had a key made for you

“honestly, you shouldn’t be surprised.”

being in the woods w scott and stiles the night he was bitten

“stiles, where did scott go?”

“i don’t know. we’ll find him.”

scott showing up at your house a few days later after avoiding you to tell you what happened

“you’re...a werewolf.”

“i understand if you don’t wanna-‘

“scott, this isn’t going to change anything. is it slightly terrifying? maybe, but i’m still your best friend.”

lowkey hating derek when you first met him.

finding out about peter from stiles.

“why didn’t you tell me? i thought we were doing this whole werewolf thing together?”

“i’m just trying to keep you safe.”

befriending allison when she started at bhhs

watching her and scott fall in love

realizing you liked scott more than a friend

pushing your feelings aside bc scott was happy

coming to his rescue more than once bc it was your job to keep an eye on the argents

helping stiles come up w ways on how to keep scott under control

trying to keep jackson off his back

literally being his guardian angel

derek teaching you self defense

deaton explaining the supernatural to you bc you wanted to know exactly what you were getting involved in

being infatuated with scott’s gold eyes

hugs everytime you see each other bc you’re constantly worried about him

being trapped in the school with lydia, jackson, allison, stiles, and scott

“allison, scott is doing what he has to do. he’ll be fine. he’ll get us out of here.”

being in the woods when peter killed kate and derek killed peter

lowkey hating erica and isaac

derek offering you the bite

“absolutely not.”

“i’m honestly surprised you said no.”

“scott, the only reason I did was because I don’t want derek as my alpha. all he wants is power.”

telling lydia that you like scott

“i already knew that”

helping fight against the kanima and gerard

“disappointed but not surprised”

^ how you felt when you found out that peter wasn’t dead

getting a lightening bolt tattoo the same time scott his

taking dinner to melissa when scott forgets to or is dealing w supernatural stuff

befriending cora and hanging out at derek’s place a lot more often

“it’s an alpha pack. they’re dangerous y/n, you need to stay out of the way and stop hanging around derek’s. they’re coming for him and i don’t want you in the middle of that.”

“you’re an alpha now?”

“i’m an alpha now.”

the two of you clinging to each other when stiles was possessed by the nogitsune

and just getting closer in general bc allison was dating isaac and it didn’t feel like you were overstepping anymore

never knowing when stiles was void or not

you stayed at scott’s place a lot more than usual bc be wanted to keep an eye on you

comforting him after allison died

he lowkey pushed you away, but eventually let you in

befriending argent and him teaching you how to properly use a gun

“what the hell?”

your reaction to kate being alive and 16 year old derek

you and stiles staying up really late to try an figure who the benefactor was

constantly keeping an eye on the supernaturals

befriending liam and malia

“you bit him?”

“i didn’t have a choice, y/n. he was going to die.”

“your first beta. you really are an alpha.”

falling deeper in love w scott, but not acting on anything

watching kate make him become a berserker being the most painful thing for you

after getting him back you realized you had to tell him how you really felt

“i- i think i’m in love with you.”

“i already knew.”

“what do you mean you already knew?”

“other than the fact that i can hear your heartbeat, lydia told me.”

“why didn’t you say anything?”

“i knew you’d tell me when you were ready.”

and he kissed you

it just happened to be your first kiss and the most breathtaking kiss

not getting enough of the way his lips felt on yours, so you basically made out all night.

melissa walking in on scott on top of you on her couch

“it’s about time, but please no grandchildren yet.”

making sure stiles doesn’t feel like a third wheel

scott taking you out on surprise dates every week

lots of forehead kisses

and hand holding

helping him out at the vet

neck kisses

and hickeys bc scott literally has no chill

“babe, do you know where my lacrosse stick is?”

helping liam control his shifting

and scott being jealous abt the amount of time you spend w him

being very suspect of theo along w stiles and scott not understanding why

“i don’t know why. something about him just doesn’t sit right w me.”

“what is a chimera?”

trying to help malia find her mother against scotts protests

him being very overprotective bc people were getting more dangerous

“eichen house? again?”

“what the hell is a dread doctor?”

helping lydia try and figure out what parrish is

theo hitting on you

“i’ll punch you in the throat.”

“she’s fiesty, mccall.”

finding ways to get scott to rest

taking care of him bc he’s too caught up in trying to take care of everyone else

shoulder rubs

back rubs too

nearly losing your mind when scott died

like you legit could have killed everyone, but then melissa brought him back

and everything was good again

helping him get the pack back together

“we have to lydia out of eichen house.”

being stuck w mason bc scott wouldn’t let you come w him

“baby, you can’t save everyone.”

“i have to try.”

venting to mason a lot bc he’s a good listener.

watching the tape of the beast w stiles and scott

“what the hell is that thing?”

“the success.”

lowkey hating argent for letting out gerard

“seriously, chris? your psychicotic father?”

being really worried everytime scott went after the beast

lots of kisses after scott comes back from doing something dangerous

“so theo is really gone? like you literally sent him to hell?”

helping him get his grades back up

study dates...but studying turns into a make out session

movie nights w the pack

lots of cuddling

getting a bad hunch about mr. douglas from the moment he stepped into the school

not being able to remember stiles after he was taken

but helping lydia try and figure out who he was anyways bc you knew that he was important to you

“theo is back? why?”

you and malia coming across his jeep in the parking lot

going to canaan and having a really bad hallucination that scott had to pull you out of

“hey, you’re okay. it wasn’t real. i got you.”

the ghost riders taking you and you reuniting w stiles in the train station

“oh my gosh...stiles! tell me you know how to get out of here.”

“ i’m working on it.”

scott basically doing anything to get you back

showing up at the hospital when scott was going to fight douglas.

a very long kiss before scott went off to fight.

“i’m going to be the assistant coach this year.”

“i’m very proud of you babe.”

stiles calling you two a lot after he heads off to quantico

“it’s another hunter.”

“wow, we just can’t catch a break.”

having your suspicions about the new guidance counselor from what mason, liam, and corey had told you

comforting liam after brett and laura were killed

being deemed pack mom

warming up to theo...kinda

a lot of beacon hills avoiding you bc you hung out w the supernaturals.

losing your job at the bakery you worked at

“it’s because of me.”

“no, scott, it’s because people are being manipulated and they’re scared.”

going w argent to find derek bc scott wanted you away from beacon hills for awhile

kate almost blowing your head off, but derek took the bullet for you

“how is she still alive?”

knowing that things were going to get a lot worse in beacon hills which scared you

“you don’t have to fight, y/n.”

“you didn’t just say that to me. scott, have i ever not fought w you? no, and that’s not about to start now.”

being w scott when monroe shot him

“i’ll kill her.”

“you sound like malia.”

you were turned to stone by the anuke-ite

“i can’t believe you almost ripped your eyes out.”

fighting against monroe and the hunters

“alec, this is my girlfriend y/n and these are my friends...my family, my pack.”

being proud of the man scott became despite the loss and all the battles he had to fight

“one day, after we’re done with all this supernatural mess...i’m going to marry you.”

“i love you, scott mccall.”

#teen wolf fandom #teen wolf fanfiction #teen wolf #teen wolf imagines #scott mccall x reader #scott mccall #tyler posey #stiles stilinski #derek hale #peter hale #isaac lahey #liam dunbar #kate argent #chris argent #gerard argent #allison argent #malia hale #lydia martin #stiles stilinksi x reader #derek hale x reader #scott mccall imagine #jordan parrish

[asterekmess]

honestly, my fury at the lack of werewolf culture/history/worldbuilding is worthy of its own post. Let me know if by some ungodly chance, you actually wanna hear my thoughts on it // Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

ohmygod yes, pls, enable me.

SO.

I think I mentioned b4 that Teen Wolf hates werewolves.

This is a show about werewolves like, yeah, sure, they do other plots and stuff. But the main character is a werewolf. The vast majority of the cast are werewolves (at least in the first half of the show). But think about it. What do we actually know about werewolves? They uhh, they shift on the full moon. But like, what about the full moon? Cus’ Scott gets handcuffed to a radiator and he doesn’t shift and break out until the moon comes out from behind the clouds and he screams like it’s excruciatingly painful for him. But then Derek and his Betas are underground during their full moon, and they shift like it’s all fine and dandy (they’re furious, but there’s no pain) and it doesn’t matter whether they can see the moon or not. They, uhh, they’re allergic to wolfsbane/it’s poisonous to them (btw it’s poisonous to literally everyone, just the scent of it is enough to cause seizures and hallucinations in humans. It’s a whole other frustration that they won’t make up their fucking minds abt it. It’s one thing to say that this is some parallel universe where wolfsbane doesn’t poison humans (bc lydia makes them hallucinate with the punch but injesting that much wolfsbane should kill you, and Stiles straight pulls a plant out of the ground; should’ve caused itching, burning, a cough, nausea, fever, headache and More hallucinations) and yet Jackson has to see a doctor and gets told he’s got Aconite Poisoning. So WHAT IS THE TRUTH?) but apparently not enough for Derek not to be able to plant a wolfsbane plant and massive cord of roots (which he would’ve had to tie together himself) in a revenge spiral around Laura’s body. But just being around it causes wolves to lose control. But also there’s supposed to be different strains that do different things? And also sometimes you burn the wolfsbane and it becomes the cure, or you have to burn it out of them or you just cut it out of them? Make UP Your MIND or at least ACKNOWLEDGE that different strains do different things. They get stronger on a full moon. But does that mean they get infinitely stronger with every full moon they experience? Does that mean they get weaker during new moons? They’re stronger in packs. Okay, but they never establish what the fuck a pack is. Is it an agreement? Is it a magical bond? Scott just sort of says people are in his pack. Does that mean they are? Do the humans he knows make him stronger? Just how strong is this bond? Derek makes a claim that “You have your own pack now” so is that a joke, was he mocking scott? Or is he saying that there’s no need for an Alpha and just being a beta with some friends counts as a pack? Apparently they have some kind of...animal magnetism or mind control? Derek uses a funny voice and a guy wakes up from a near coma to look at him with seemingly no control. Peter can force Scott to shift up. Derek forces Isaac to shift down. Derek has an insane amount of control over dogs and makes one lose its fucking mind from like a hundred feet away? Scott makes one calm down, but derek sends attack dogs running with their tails between their legs. Is it actual control or is it just a persuasion? Is it just intimidation? I haven’t even gotten to culture. You’re telling me that we get an entire episode of Allison discovering the entire story behind the Argent clan’s origins as werewolf hunters, why they started, how her name means Silver and apparently that’s where the entire myth of silver hurting werewolves comes from, but we don’t get to know anything about the first werewolves? Where they come from? If they’re a form of evolution or just straight magic or if it’s a curse or a gift from the gods? There’s an entire hidden werewolf population with packs all over the world, but somehow there’s literally no wolf culture? No moon worship? No specific terminology (Alpha, Beta, and Omega are terms used by a really fucking stupid biologist who studied frantic wolves in captivity and cast aspersions on the entire species. He’s been disproven a Thousand Times. NONE of that Alpha, Beta, Omega shit is right. Packs aren’t Hierarchies of Dominance. They’re families. They’re led by two wolves, yes, an “alpha pair” that’s literally JUST THE PARENTS. THE ‘BETAS’ ARE THEIR KIDS. This terminology makes sense if used by HUNTERS who consider werewolves to be mindless dumb animals. WHY THE FUCK would werewolves use it to DESCRIBE THEMSELVES?) besides the absolute minimum of ‘I caught a scent?’ Are you serious? Then there’s werewolf ages. Oh my god that was so fucking lazy. Saying that werewolves don’t age like humans, but that Cora is seventeen “by human standards” WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I’ve seen theories that go so many different ways. The idea that Werewolves live really long lives because of the superhealing. The idea that they live really short lives because their healing just burns through their body really quickly. The idea that their lifespan is directly correlated to the amount of damage they take because they can only heal so much, so wolves who get hurt a lot age faster than wolves who don’t. There’s NO explanation! You’d think it might be an interesting point for Scott to find out that he’s gonna live to fucking 200 years old. (How old is Satomi again?) That sounds like something a Teenager would be daunted by. We see them make fun of Stiles a few times because he believes werewolf myths about silver, and then because he believes Peter when Peter tells him he lives in a series of underground caves. But like...why not? THESE ARE WEREWOLVES why did you just make them humans with extra facial hair? Where are the traditional mating rituals (or even the concept of a mate/life partner, can you imagine how interesting that would’ve been? If Scott found out Allison was his mate? Or if he suddenly had all these weird urges around her, like rubbing their foreheads together or cuddling her way too much or wanting to bring her food? That would’ve been fascinating and hilarious as subplots for their romance!) where are the full moon runs or pack get-togethers? Where are the aversions to perfumes or cologne? Where are literally any animal behaviors besides AGGRESSION? Where is the den-making? Can werewolves eat fast food or does the grease bug them? Talia was a famous Alpha bc she could full shift. Does anyone know why she could do that? “Evolution” is a bullshit answer, let’s be real. It’s shitty writing and it put Derek through so much more than he deserved. THEY ACCIDENTALLY ESTABLISHED that ALL HALES can full-shift! IT’s NOT EVOLUTION. It’s BIRTHRIGHT. Talia fullshifted. Peter full-shifted (though his was distorted into the monster thingy. That wasn’t anything like Deucalion’s shift. It was a FULL SHIFT) Laura could full shift bc she did it after she died. No other werewolves on the show turned into full wolves after death, even if they died with wolfsbane in their system? MALIA could full-shift into a coyote. LITERALLY EVERY HALE except Cora and that’s bc she got booted back to South America COuld FULL SHIFT (and it never happened after they lost all of their wolf powers, that coud’ve been an interesting plot if they didn’t FUCK IT UP.) But still there’s no explanation, or even just acknowledgement? You don’t have to spell it out for us, but at least SAY “Hey, so the Hale family is really powerful and all of us can full-shift. Not sure why, but it’s neat.) I’m still stuck on rituals. Routines. Werewolf mores. Social cues. Are there certain smells they’re supposed to ignore? Is it polite to pretend you don’t hear someone coming up to your house until they knock? Do they have rules about waiting until the Alpha eats before they start eating (much like how lots of traditional households wait for the father to dig in, or whoever is head of household)? Is it tradition to homeschool werewolves for the first few years until they learn control? Are there seriously no rules about biting humans? You don’t have to talk to their parents or have a specific conversation with them? And if werewolves are so dominance/hierarchy based, then you’re telling me there’s no “second-in-command” or respectful greetings that are supposed to be used for an Alpha? There’s absolutely no form of werewolf government or ancient laws or anything except a big spiral that is universally recognized as a sign you’re gonna kill people? What was the wolfsbane around Laura’s body for? Why make the spiral out of that instead of just drawing in the dirt or something? We make a lot of jokes about Derek being bad with his words, but so is Peter and so is Cora. And they’re the only born wolves we interact with (except Satomi who ALSO isn’t a chatterbox) What if that’s not just because they’re all traumatized and cranky? What if they’re just speaking on a different level? Scents and body language are integral to wolf interaction. Like how we say that Peter has that conversation with Derek’s eyebrows? What if Derek’s so fucking pissed all the time because he hates talking to Scott because SCott ISN”T LISTENING to his body language and scent and chemosignals? He tells Scott to use all his senses, and Scott does it fucking once to say that Peter felt “Angry” and never again. What if Derek is Talking PLENTY (with his body and movements and reactions) but Scott just isn’t paying attention? Isaac seems to understand Derek just fine. Erica and Boyd never complain that Derek is lying to them or ‘keeping something’ from them? What if the reason Scott always thinks Derek’s hiding something is because he isn’t reading the rest of Derek’s conversation and he assumes that the empty feeling is Derek lying. Even STILES seems to understand Derek. He’s human, but he goes totally wolfy. He already uses body language a lot and while he gets mad at Derek he never has to ask what the fuck derek is saying or what he’s holding back. I digress. I wanna know why no other packs came to help Derek and Laura after their family died. I wanna know why Emissaries and Druids are so incredibly important to the supernatural/werewolf world but Derek barely knew they existed (Especially when it’s established that he know tons of lore about other species.) and even though every single pack should have an emissary, they never handle who is the emissary for Derek’s pack or for Scott’s pack (Once again, is an emissary bound to their pack somehow or is it just an agreement?). I wanna know why Derek knew Satomi and trusted her but for some reason never felt like he could ask her for help? Centuries of hiding and living amongst humans with almost no wolf behavior to their name, but none of these packs interact? There’s Druid Vets and Hunter cops and Emissary counselors. But no werewolf doctors? No werewolf teachers? Absolutely no werewolf society? If Derek was worried about Paige not accepting that he was a werewolf unless she became one, what does that say about his experience with humans? He says “there were people in my family that were perfectly ordinary in that house” who died in the fire. But wouldn’t he talk to a human pack member about his worries, if he had one? Or even a bitten pack member? He admits he doesn’t know how to train a Bitten wolf. He’s never been called out by a human pack member for using phrases like ‘caught a scent’ or for reacting to things he shouldn’t. Does this mean Derek’s family was entirely werewolves? No humans in the know? No bitten wolves? He has a huge thing about keeping the secret and never letting anyone in on it unless they get dragged into it. Did Derek’s pack have some kind of prejudice against humans? Was Derek raised to believe humans were weak or cowardly or something, that he thought this beautiful girl would automatically hate him and expose him if she were to discover the supernatural without being forced into silence by self-preservation.

Lots of times, it’s easy to forget in this fandom that so much is missing, because we’ve been filling in the gaps for so long that some stuff is practically canon. It’s generally assumed that the Hales were homeschooled before high school. It’s generally assumed that there’s some kind of bond that marks people as pack. We instinctively add in mentions of Scent and the use of the shift (growling, claws, a hint of fang, flashing eyes) as part of the casual communication between characters. We add in scent-marking and territory boundaries and specific roles in the pack. We do all of that and never think twice because it’s already in all the fic. But we did that. The show gave us nothing. It spent an entire season talking about the nogitsune and the oni and how they’re summoned and what kitsune fox tails are for, but we never got to find out why wolves can do the pain-drain (or even if it dissipates the pain or just transfers it to the wolf doing the draining) or if Derek Hale EVEN HAS A DAD.

#personal #rant #Meta Ramblings #it's not even anti-scott #Anonymous #go for it