Prince Escalus' Words

I love this ask, thank you so much for this!!

for @scottappreciation week 2026 (day 7: dealer's choice) and to match with allydia

au info under the cut!

and california never felt like home to me, california never felt like home california never felt like home to me, until i had you on the open road — drive, halsey

stiles: oh my god im so stressed, college deadlines are so hard to manage and im constantly arguing back and forth with this TA about the legitimacy of the sources in my writing and the RA in my building is a total nightmare who wont stop telling me im pissing too loud and i have no money and textbooks are like $600, this is so hard-

malia, living off that hale dynasty dime, having fallen into volunteering with a wildlife charity preserving native species in the preserve who treat her like an oracle because of her faultless knowledge of the preserve's terrain and her ability to smell rare birds nests and mysteriously disarm bear traps with her bare hands:

— wolf, halsey

my tragic hot girl

It's fairly common to see people talk about representation issues or bigotry in fandom as simply an inevitable result of the original media. If there aren't women or people or color represented in fanfiction, it's because canon doesn't have many women or people of color, or they're boring, or they're poorly written. How can you blame fans for not including women who barely exist in canon?

And when I talk about issues in het published romance, the response is generally some version of "of course." Of course there's misogyny in it. Of course there's racism in it. Of course it relies in the idea of strict gender norms.

A woman writing a book about a man and a woman together? Of course it has all of those issues.

But a woman writing fanfiction about two white men, with nary a woman in sight? There's far more skepticism that there could be sexism in those fics, or racism.

I feel like there's often an unspoken idea that there are two distinct groups of people: Original Moneymaking Media Creators and Fan Creators, with the implication that Fan Creators, who create selflessly without looking for money, must be more progressive and Not The Sort Of People To Be Sexist Or Racist, while Original Moneymaking Media Creators are reflective of the normal society with all of its issues.

But even ignoring the fact that there are many fan creators who also publish or otherwise create original fiction for money, there is nothing separating fans from the rest of society in such a way that fan creators wouldn't reflect all of the same issues that other creators reflect.

The excuses for such exemptions can include (but are not limited to):

Fandom is for fun and not for profit, as if money changing hands increases the impact that works can have on community behaviors and attitudes (and that doesn't even touch the fanfic-to-tradpub pipeline that's been developing);

(a variant of the above) Fandom is a place to "escape" real world concerns and politics, as if fandom is somehow insulated from people bringing their biases in with them, and other marginalized fans are not also trying to escape the bigotries that affect them irl, but are thoughtlessly perpetuated by other fans;

(a more extreme version of the above) Fandom is where our wildest fantasies get to come to life and run wild, as if our ids are not also shaped by implicit biases and mainstream media isn't also filled with the wish-fulfillment fantasies of their creators (look at the Fast and Furious franchise and tell me that isn't wild fantasizing!);

Fandom is just reflecting the biases of the source media, as if fans are just empty mirrors devoid of agency who don't frequently reject things like the heteronormativity of source media and magnify racism and misogyny;

Fandom has a smaller reach than mainstream media, so its impact is negligible, as if AO3 doesn't have millions of users and harming a smaller number of people with unchecked bigotry is somehow "acceptable;"

Fandom creators are often from marginalized communities, as if marginalized people cannot perpetuate bigotry nor be held responsible for same;

Fandom is filled with bad actors who've "weaponized" discussions of representation/implicit bias in fandom for their own ends (usually involving bullying, harassment, and/or attempts at censorship) and so the whole line of inquiry is now invalid by association, as if that hasn't been a philosophy used to silence progressive thought/analysis since its inception.

Anyways I’d like to point out the difference between Scott and werewolf Scott, and it’s not about his form.

There is an obvious change in demeanor in season 1

I lowkey might be crazy for this but trust me pls.

Compared to when Scott is normally mad you can still see there’s still a difference, and this is why I still love the scene where him and Lydia are talking because if you pay attention, that is NOT Scott being normal at all, ESPECIALLY when they kiss

Idk how to explain it but it’s definitely in the eyes ✌️

That is not da baby

i'm afraid to feel like a burden, so i lie awake / try not to get too attached 'cause i know that they'll leave anyway — charades, halsey

lungs still working, heart still beating.

a s5 scott mccall fanmix

[listen on spotify] [youtube]

am i going to regret this? probably

for @scottappreciation day four prompt: the first i ever loved, the person i'll always love