There’s this weird thing within the Teen Wolf fandom where, in order to talk about one’s love of their own favorite character, they have to put Scott down while doing it.
There is no consideration or grace given to Scott despite the fact that he’s a sixteen year old boy, when the show begins, no consideration for the fact that his life was altered without his consent or control, nor an understanding that his initial distrust and borderline resentment towards werewolves, in the beginning is very much warranted.
It’s common to see fans bending themselves into all sort of crazy shapes, to justify why Stiles’ response (or lack thereof) to his best friend getting murdered was okay because: “he was going through the trauma of having killed someone!” and “his dad was dying!”
So much justification to absolve Stiles of all responsibility, while simultaneously not giving any grace to, not only Scott, but to the other characters in the show who have also gone through some, and at times, the same level of trauma as Stiles. (Take Lydia for example)
And don’t even get me started on the narrative surrounding Chris, Peter and Derek. Grown ass men who have a. lot. of blood on their hands, that are given chance after chance, after chance, to prove that they can be better and can change. (despite some of them never doing so. Like Peter, for example)
And yet somehow, that same grace isn't extended to Scott in away way despite him being the one to give them second chances. He's blamed for his own murder, and nobody checks in on him after the fact. (I firmly believe that Lydia would have if she could have)
He's told to be strong, to be the 'true alpha' and is never once told that it's okay to hurt and be broken. He's told to make his pack whole again, despite Theo being the catalyst as to why it fell apart in the first place, and it just so happened that Scott's willingness to trust and believe in everyone, or to, at the very least, give them the benefit of the doubt, is what got him killed in the end.
The point is, Scott McCall is by no means perfect, but he’s a child. A child with the weight of a man on his shoulders and he deserves a whole lot more grace and care than the majority of this fandom has ever given to him.
And frankly, he’s someone that no one else in the show can be.
I debated on posting this for a while because I usually don’t find it necessary or important enough for me to do so, but I’ve seen a lot of anti-Scott discourse over the last few months, more than usual, and I don’t know if Tumblr for some odd reason thinks that I want to see it (despite the steps I’ve taken, NOT to see it) or if the universe is trying to tell me something.
