Ok, Iām watching Teen Wolf for the first time properly. (Before this Iād only ever watched s1) and Iām currently watching the end of s2 and I canāt understand Allison at all.
I thought her character was somewhat sympathetic in s1, I thought she was a bit pick-me but generally okay, but how easily she was swayed by Kate drove me insane. Then again, she had a bond with Kate, so at least there was somewhat of a foundation of a relationship there that could be used to manipulate her. S2 threw any sympathy right out the door.
I think my biggest issue with her is how thereās absolutely no consequences for what she did to Erica and Boyd. She not only attacked them, but willing handed them over to be tortured, knowing full well thatās what was happening. They had nothing to do with her motherās death, and even if they did, they were teenagers. She was happy to kill kids the same age as her without blinking. Thatās not manipulation.
Yes, she was manipulated. Both by Kate and Gerard. But manipulation only goes so far, and manipulation canāt make a person completely abandon their moral code. Not the manipulation Allison was subjected to anyway.
And again, Allison has never shown any remorse for her actions. Not what she did in s1, and definitely not in s2. Not even what she did to Issac.
Or, something I havenāt seen anyone mention.
Now, Jackson was a tool. He was a dick and self-important and prickly as all shit, but Allison was shown to have a connection with him. They talked, they flirted and they were fond of eachother. There was enough of a relationship between them that if Jackson being another person wouldnāt give her pause, then that previous relationship shouldāve given her pause at the idea of just killing him. Lydia and Scott are the only two that still treat Jackson as a person, though despite what he says I doubt Stiles was really willing to actually kill him.
I think it just shows that Allison has no regard for human life, unless itās of value to her, which is Scott, for the most part.
Also, when it comes to her Mum, Scott had previously gone to her about concerns regarding her mum. Her mum was willing and ready to kill a sixteen year old, and I hated that the show tried to then show her killing herself as something sympathetic. She was a bitch, and yet Allison didnāt even spend five seconds to work out why Derek would attack when theyāve mostly been leaving eachother alone. Even finding out the only reason Derek did anything was to save Scottās life, she still sees herself as superior.
As if Kate didnāt decimate his entire family.
Scott kinda annoyed me here too. Mainly in his inability to hold Allison accountable when heāll do it to anybody else, like Stiles and Derek. Even if he wasnāt angry at Allison on his behalf, he shouldāve argued for Derek. Derek didnāt have to go in and save him, but he did, and that deserves a bit of gratefulness, which Scott has never shown.
For me, Allison is all too willing to kill and torture other people her own age and younger the second she can justify it to some extent.