#stanny?

So, the Jackson/Ethan thing. Obviously, I don’t give a pooh about canon in a general sense because I multiship & write dead characters alive etc. BUT the only way this ship makes sense to me is:

After the whole nogitsune thing & Aiden dying, Danny is forced to finally acknowledge that Beacon Hills shortens life spans of people he knows A LOT, and those who don’t die seem to get fucked over & fucked up (i.e. Jackson, Stiles, Lydia, and he knows this mess with Allison dying will get Scott AND Isaac). Danny likes being alive, however, and he Has Plans for his life, including actually making it to his 18th birthday.

Which means, he decides to take some time away from Beacon Hills to Figure Shit Out. Jackson has been pestering him to visit London, and this seems like the perfect time. Ethan tags along because he’s dealing with grief over losing Aiden, trying to figure out how to be a me instead of an us, and still handling guilt he’s got from the whole alpha pack thing. Danny cares about Ethan, thinks maybe it could have been love if the supernatural only existed in shows about hot sexy brothers hunting it down, but he can’t really seem to give Ethan what he needs.

Oddly enough, he notices how Jackson and Ethan DO seem to sort of give each other what they need. While in London, he watches & deals with some jealousy and some “polyamory is a thing...” thoughts, but both Jackson and Ethan have a ton of baggage, and Danny just can’t be their porter. So he accepts that his whole breaking up/“just friends” speech to Ethan is the best idea for both of them, reassures Jackson that he still isn’t Danny’s type, and he starts looking at colleges for early admission while they go on their first date.

Despite what cheesy sitcoms say, three isn’t company, it’s a crowd, especially when Jackson & Ethan become that couple and basically make him gag with their sappy happiness (and also become a little envious). In the end, he decides to accept an offer to start at Georgetown without having to ever return to the Hellmouth that is Beacon Hills. 

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Teen Wolf (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Danny Mahealani/Stiles Stilinski Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Danny Mahealani, Scott McCall, Kira Yukimura, Lydia Martin, Sheriff Stilinski, Allison Argent Additional Tags: post 3b, Hurt/Comfort, Healing, Coffee Shop, Insomnia, Danny finally knows Summary:

1) Danny joins the alpha pack, for better or worse.

I don't want this.  I love Danny, and if he did this, he'd be set against his team and classmates.  I don't want Danny as a weapon, I don't want him as a pawn.  If he was turned, as was implied as a possibility last night, he'd either join them permanently and somehow become an alpha or be turned, used, then thrown away.  Neither of those sounds good to me.

2) Ethan realizes he's in love with Danny and renounces the alpha pack to stay with him (ie, true love saves the day).

Ew.  This one is so trope-y and cliche, I'd cry.  It would be doing the two queer characters a huge disservice.  It would be doing the fans an even bigger disservice.  It's just so over the top cliche, I can't even talk about it.  Yeah, it'd be adorable.  Yeah, I'd love to see more of the twins, but this one?  Please no.  Also, I think this one is unlikely given the tone of the show this season.

like, obviously sterek is end game, OTP, always and forever. but...i would love to see stydia happen, just for a bit. i want stiles to get over lydia by DATING her and sleeping with her and realizing that he values her as a friend rather than a GIRL. and then i want him to hook up with danny. they don't even have to date. i just want danny to teach stiles everything there is to know about gay sex. i want him to be patient when stiles is awkward and fumbling and just dreadful (cuz let's face it folks, everybody is at first). and i want him to be kind of in love with stiles. because after lydia, stiles is going to need a bit of a self esteem boost. and someone as hot as danny being a bit in love with him would be perfect.

but then that ends. either they lose interest or something mutually non-painful like that. and now that stiles is single and ready to mingle, he starts noticing all of the signals that derek has been sending him that he's been ignoring for years, because how could someone like derek actually be attracted to him? but now that he has the danny-self-esteem-boost, he can actually fathom it (it's still beyond his wildest dreams, but...less impossible). and they start circling each other, like they always do, but with intentions. and eventually, after a painfully long build-up...it happens. and it's perfect and amazing and soulmates and forever.