run you clever boy

The show drops a lot of balls, but this is one I wish so much they’d explored.

Because, the thing is, we know Stiles isn’t in his original body anymore. Not unless the Nogitsune’s body wrapped around him like a cocoon so normal Stiles could spit himself out later. (Oh man, that whole scene was just so bizarre. Weirdly awesome, but bizarre.)

So, assuming the Nogitsune didn’t cocoon himself around Stiles so Stiles could spit himself back up later, that means that Stiles’ original body died in “The Divine Move”, possessed by Nogi, and Stiles’ mind is left in some kind of magically cloned body.

And we can only guess what that might mean. Would he be stronger? Harder to kill? If his body isn’t actually human, maybe he can’t die like a human.

Also, assuming we believe in spark!Stiles, what would something like that do to his spark? Would it be gone? The magic lost along with his “real body”? (And that could explain why it never came up again later in the series.) Or would this actually enhance it? Leftover magic threads weaving his body together like ley lines, giving him more power than any normal spark, making him and his pack a true force to be reckoned with.

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The other amazing things to explore here would be Stiles’ emotional reaction to all this. To wondering what this means for him. Is he even human anymore? Is he even himself anymore? The collection of small scars he got from growing up clumsy with a yen for adventure haven’t followed him into his new body, and he spends nights lying awake, keeping nightmares at bay by counting the empty spaces where they used to lie.