Honestly I don’t think a lot of people even realize there’s an age difference, since the twins posed as high school students throughout season three. I couldn’t even tell you what their ages are supposed to be, and I doubt the showrunners/writers, themselves, even remember that they’re supposed to be older.

But… ugh, yes I just have so many issues with Ethan’s rebranding. He was a villain, and not just because of his hand in murdering Boyd (though, that too) but because of his longterm and unrepentant deception toward Danny. This is completely unforgivable in my eyes because it’s unrepentant, because the show didn’t make any effort whatsoever to acknowledge it as a problem, because the actor himself is currently trying to twist the blame around on Danny instead of his own character. I can’t say that Aiden was better because I don’t know that he would have confessed to Lydia if she hadn’t been a part of Scott’s pack and found out on her own, but I absolutely don’t view Ethan as the “good twin” just because he faced no fallout from his own deceptive relationship. In fact, seeing his brother struggle to become “good” and earn Lydia’s trust back, seeing how hurt Lydia had been by Aiden’s betrayals, should have, if anything, pushed Ethan to realize how wrong his own deceptions were and work to make them right.

I should be writing a paper right now, but I’ve decided that I need to address this because it is important. I wrote Rejected in an attempt to bring this issue to light, but I’m a nobody, so I doubt it will make a difference. I’m gonna try anyway.

The blatant sexualization of men is something I’m coming across more and more. Women bitterly complain about being objectified and sexualized, but at the same time, they turn around and do the exact same thing to men. That is not equality.

Tyler Hoechlin is a beautiful man, not just aesthetically speaking, but he has been treated deplorably. I don’t blame him in the least for leaving the show. The character of Derek Hale had so much more potential than was explored beyond being used as a sexual object to attract a female audience.

The male cast of the show was subject to a strict beauty and workout regime that included waxing body hair because chest hair was considered to be unattractive to the female audience. Talk about an unhealthy standard of beauty. At one point, Tyler was told to lose weight and muscle mass because he was getting too bulky and muscular, which was seen as unattractive.

In the original pilot, Derek was nineteen when he met Stiles and Scott. I’ve seen the script. His age may have changed later, but regardless, he would have been around sixteen when he was sexually abused and manipulated by Kate Argent. This is often addressed in the fandom along with the loss of autonomy as his body is used repeatedly without his consent throughout the show.

But let’s go back to the sexual abuse for a moment. The first time the relationship between Kate and Derek is brought to the attention of the audience, the situation is sexualized with Derek, who has barely reached adulthood, is stripped down and chained while tortured and emotional tormented. The fact that he would have been sixteen at the time of the original abuse wasn’t even addressed. Here, Derek, and subsequently Tyler, is reduced to an object.

When Derek became the Alpha, Tyler gained nearly 15 pounds of muscle mass. I applaud him. It was an impressive feat that showed dedication to his character and craft and was important to the progression of his character, but I have questions.

Why was it necessary for Tyler to be half naked in the opening credits?

Why did Derek have to battle and flee his house shirtless?

Why did Kate chain him up half naked? Or the Calaveras?

Why did the dream sequence after Peter’s resurrection require him to be naked and glistening?

Did he absolutely need to wander around half naked with a gun when he was human?

As amusing as it was to see Stiles parade Derek around in front of Danny, it was also heartbreaking. Both Tyler, as a person, and the character of Derek were treated like a piece of meat without a significant character arc or plot throughout the show. 

The fandom saw potential in Derek where Jeff Davis didn’t. We have thousands of fanfics, pieces of fan art, and headcanons that prove just that. 

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Nothing I can say will justify the mess that was that relationship, because I just cannot believe Derek would’ve suddenly go for this mercenary girl who he does not know or trust and who he hired to find his worst nightmare and didn’t even try to do it once, and... honestly I could go on about how much it doesn’t make any damn sense. I tend to ignore that season because Derek was really OOC for the most part of it.

But for the sake of trying to understand this mess of a show *sigh*, my theory is that he did it because he knew he was dying, he was losing his powers and the one person he trusted and loved so much he made him his anchor was in a relationship himself, so Derek took it upon himself to, after all that Kate did to him and after Jennifer, finally enter a relationship he had control over, with someone who he didn’t trust but also didn’t manipulate him into sex and then use him to kill people, and to finally be with someone after so many years who he gave consent to.