I love how Prince builds a whole headcanon about Derek luring Scott out into the woods so the hunters can attack him (despite the fact that presumably they’d attack Derek too), based purely on this: 

LURE. 

It’s the smoking gun, or, in Prince’s case, the dripping water pistol. 

Read the rest, Prince urges. So I did. And here’s what I found: 

She’s safe. From you. 

Prince makes a whole entire case about how Derek does nothing to help Scott, and yet somehow manages to overlook the fact that Derek took Allison home, and then lured Scott away from her, preventing Scott from shifting and harming her. I mean, we can’t be totally sure he’d try to harm a girl he likes the first time he shifts, can we? I mean, he only tries to murder his own best friend later on, right? I’m sure Allison would have been totally safe. 

Scott’s voice is deeper, strangely demonic. 

Isn’t is fun how Prince reads the word “lure” and assumes it’s proof of Derek’s nefarious intentions, and totally skips over the part where the writers use the words strangely demonic for Scott? 

Also, to circle back briefly to this headcanon Prince has where Derek is luring Scott out into the woods for the express purpose of the hunters attacking him... if that was true, why would Derek put himself in the firing line like that? Why wouldn’t he just let Scott chase after the hunter’s daughter, reveal himself in front of her since he has zero control at this point, and let Chris Argent take care of it? All Derek had to do at this point to harm Scott is to do... nothing. Yet somehow it makes more sense to Prince for Derek to come up with a convoluted plan like this one... 

Occam’s razor really isn't Prince’s strong point, is it? Or maybe he’s just so irrationally blinded by his own bullshit that he can’t possibly conceive that Derek is doing exactly what he says he’s doing: he’s keeping Allison safe, from Scott. 

https://thehollowprince.tumblr.com/post/625040555279351808/imagine-if-stiles-stans-did-a-mere-fraction-of#notes

I myself wrote several Stiles-centric things back in the day, because I wanted to be included. But they never were fully realized projects because I quickly lost interest. I realized that the reason behind that was that I didn’t really care about Stiles. 

Wow. Imagine not wanting to write fics about a character because you really just don’t care about them... 

And yet when other people don’t want to write fics about Scott, somehow the only explanation is racism, lol! 

Aw, that’s cute. Look at Prince pretending he doesn’t know that MAGA hats are red, as though he’s not a white-middle aged Republican male who lives in Indiana. 

And there it is, in black and white. He won’t leave other writers alone. His opinion is so important, of course, that he will push into your fandom spaces, whether here or on AO3, and yell in your face about how bad you are for not including Scott in your Sterek fic. 

And he still doesn’t see the irony in calling Sterek fans entitled. 

Isn’t there a hospital somewhere you should be blockading with a gridlock right now, Prince? After all, you have a right, don’t you? And your right to be an asshole is apparently more important than anyone else’s right to go about their business free of harassment. 

Except it’s really, really not. Because even if Gerard hadn't got the bite Scott was still killing him because he took away his cancer meds. 

Prince likes to paint it like some amazing scenario where Scott uses Gerard's own evil ambitions against him and Gerard is the architect of his own downfall--which is the sort of scenario we all know and love, right? 

Except that's not what it is, because Gerard is already a dead man whether he acts or not. Scott has already decided to murder him--he just chooses to do it in a way that's messy, drawn out, ultimately doesn't work anyway because of supernatural fuckery reasons, and also happens to shit all over Derek's agency.

It’s a dumb fuck plan that doesn’t even work. But we’ll agree, Prince, that it’s still probably the smartest thing Scott could have come up with. Because, well, you know... Scott. 

DW: Well, of course not! He makes statements of “fact” that directly contradict canon, so he’s not going to admit that! He needs to maintain the structural integrity of his echo chamber. He can’t do that if you people are just going to keep giving him canon examples of how wrong he is! 

Prince says he’s open to discussion, because, just like his hero Scott McCall, it’s what you say and not what you do that counts! Right, Prince? 

“The problem really was that Stiles didn’t have faith in Scott. If Stiles hadnt lied to Scott for weeks, then there wouldnt have been a problem. But its Stiles lies to Scott, and Stiles betrayal of Scott by conspiring with Theo that led to Theo being able to murder Scott" 

and AGAIN: https://liliaeth.tumblr.com/post/184799264106/theo-really-manipulated-scott-into-thinking-that

"Basically the real problem was Stiles lies. If Stiles hadn’t lied to Scott. Then there wouldn’t have been a problem. Even after Stiles lied to Scott for weeks, and started avoiding Scott, abandoning Scott to Theo’s manipulations, Scott still gave Stiles a chance to explain. Yet instead of saying it was self defense, Stiles instead attacked Scott, lashed out at Scott, and dehumanised Scott. And yet even aftet all that, still all Scott did was to ask Stiles to go talk to his Dad. Whom they both know would do anything for Stiles. My heart broke for Scott in that scene, and I was just so damn pissed of at Stiles after he said ‘some of us are human’, knowing Scotts fears in that regard… It’s why even though I’m a sciles shipper, I did and still do want Stiles to apologize for his betrayal of Scott. One of the worst things the show did, it’s that Stiles was never once held accountable for his behavior. I’d probably like the character better, if he’d shown some understanding that what he did, aka lying to Scott and conspiring with Theo, was wrong" 

No wonder true self righteous hypocrite & petty dictator wannabe Scoot "B-B-B-BUT IT’S NOT SELF DEFENSE ANYMORE!!!!”~“I HAD YOU BEFORE!!!!” McBadCall is liliaeth’s personal fave tbh. He’s literally her fictional stand-in 

DW: This is legitimately hilarious though. 

No, Lil, the real problem is that Scott is a dumb fuck who thinks that a human can take down a chimera with a wrench. 

The real problem is that Theo spins this story of Stiles being so angry and out of control that he manages to beat a chimera--a being with supernatural strength--to death, and Scott doesn’t once go, “Huh, well that doesn’t make sense.” 

And no, Scott did not give Stiles a chance to explain, because the whole “self defence” had already been addressed and dismissed by Scott in a previous episode. Is there a chance he’d change his mind for his best friend? Maybe, because Scott’s moral compass in incredibly dependant on whether or not a deed benefits him or not, but it’s also as wobbly as a drunk barfly at closing time, so who knows? 

I mean, Jesus, the one time the writers actually foreshadow something, and you biscuits miss it completely? Here’s the foreshadowing part: 

Stiles:  Okay… Wasn’t he just trying to kill you, though? I mean, that just sounds like self-defense. 

Scott: It was more than that. I mean, she nearly took off his head.

Stiles: Maybe she had no choice? There’s gotta be a point where self-defense is justified. Tracy killed her own father, and Lucas would have killed you.

Scott: They’re not the bad guys. They’re the victims. We shouldn’t be killing the people we’re trying to save.

Have a read through that again, actually take note of where it positions Scott, and try to keep it in mind as the context when we get to Lies of Omission. Here’s how the confrontation plays out in that, BTW: 

Stiles: Hey, sorry… I had trouble starting the Jeep again.

Scott: That thing’s barely hanging on. 

Stiles: I couldn’t get in touch with Malia or Lydia. 

Scott? Where did you get that? 

Scott: This is yours? Why didn’t you tell me?

Stiles: I was going to. 

Scott: No, but why didn’t you tell me when it happened? 

Stiles: I couldn’t. 

Scott: You killed him? You killed Donovan? 

Stiles: Well, he was going to kill my dad. Huh? Was I supposed to just let him? 

Scott: You weren’t supposed to do this. None of us are. 

Stiles: You think I had a choice? 

Scott: There’s always a choice. 

Stiles: Yeah, well, I can’t do what you can, Scott. I know you wouldn’t have done it. You probably would’ve just figured something out, right? 

Scott: I’d try. 

Stiles: Yeah, because you’re Scott McCall! You’re the true Alpha! Guess what? All of us can’t be true Alphas. Some of us have to make mistakes. Some of us have to get our hands a little bloody sometimes. Some of us are human! 

Scott: So, you had to kill him? 

Stiles: Scott, he was going to kill my dad. 

Scott: But the way that it happened… There’s a point when it’s… It’s not self-defense anymore! 

Stiles: What are you even talking about? I didn’t have a choice, Scott! You don’t even believe me, do you? 

Scott: I want to. 

Stiles: Okay, all right, so… So, believe me then. Scott, say you believe me. Say it. Say you believe me. 

Scott: Stiles, we can’t kill people that we’re trying to save. 

Stiles: Say you believe me. 

Scott: We can’t kill people! 

Stiles: Do you believe that? Well, what do I do about this? What do you want me to do? Okay, just be… Scott, just tell me how to fix this, all right? Please, just tell me, what do you want me to do? 

Scott: Don’t worry about Malia or Lydia. We’ll find them. Maybe… Maybe you should talk to your dad.

So where exactly in here is Scott giving Stiles a reason to explain? And how many verbal cues like “You think I had a choice?” and “What are you even talking about? does he have to steamroll right over in order not to ask what happened? 

Isn’t it funny how in Season 1, Scott tells Derek that the Argents “must have had a reason” to kill all the Hales? Like, he’s defending the family of a girl he barely knows at this point, because he loves her and wants to believe that her family–not even her, but her family–could never do something so vile.

And yet roll around Season 5, and when Theo tells him Stiles killed Donovan, Scott isn’t only so fucking dumb he doesn’t realise Stiles should be incapable of beating a chimera to death, he also doesn’t once say “He must have had a reason.” And, when he confronts Stiles, he doesn’t ask, “Hey, what was your reason for killing that guy?” He just assumes the worst.

I feel that this is the main reason I could never ship Sciles. Because clearly Scott would have approached the entire situation differently if he’d wanted to put his dick in Stiles.

Also, lil, Stiles didn’t “conspire” with Theo. He was blackmailed. There’s a difference.