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#teen wolf#teen wolf meta#so yeah#hunters are fucking terrifying#they're legit a cult#if you're bitten you have to die because it's better to die human than live as one of Them#and if you don't kill yourself then we'll kill you instead#how is that not DEEPLY fucked up???#the whole situation with allison's mom is another great example#allison puts it all on derek#like bitch please#YOUR code says she had to kill herself instead of be a werewolf#YOUR family allowed her to do that#YOUR dad helped her do it#and besides the fact derek only bit victoria in the process of saving YOUR dumbass boyfriend#who your mother was trying to kill in a honestly disturbing way by triggering his asthma and letting him suffocate#victoria would have been fine! the bite took! she could have lived and still been your mom‚ just a little furrier once a month!#but nooo. your family's fucked up idea of honour killing says otherwise#isn't it insane that the werewolves teach their children more humanity than the humans?#these are creatures with the ability to one-hit KO a human and their reaction is to run away and hide somewhere safe

I am Tired, so Thoughts may not manifest in Words correctly rn, but find it so Interesting how hunters and werewolves interact on Teen Wolf, not just in direct conflict, but in how they're taught by their elders to deal with each other.

Hunters are taught no hesitation, no mercy.

Werewolves are taught to run away and hide.

It's just. A lot. And a very good example of "what we're told" vs "what we see" as viewers. Because the hunters try and pull this cloak of moral righteousness around them, they're protecting humanity, etc., but in spite of what they say, what they do is teach their children to torture and kill without remorse, to dehumanize.

And werewolves teach their children that being a predator doesn't mean being a killer. If you are pursued by hunters, run away. Don't engage. Hide. Heal. Protect yourself.

It's about a full squad of adults armed with crossbows, shotguns, and semi-autos loaded with toxic ammunition, and a scared 15-year-old and his uncle huddled in a literal hole in the ground hoping they won't be found.

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Favorite Tumblr phenomenon is when a 13 notes posts has tags going "investing early" and 'this is a 10k post to me". Sorry guys spell failed you rolled a nat 1

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I think that it's so funny when people act as if Stiles is like... a super loving and caring person. because yeah, while he'd do pretty much anything to ensure that his loved ones stay safe, he isn't the most intrinsically kind-hearted dude; that's Scott. Scott is the one who cares about people without needing a motivator, the one who shows mercy and compassion, even to those who don't deserve it. Stiles, on the other hand, is like the little red demon perched on Scott's shoulder that hisses, "murder murder murder," into his ear whenever they run into a problem. kind of like a cat.

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I need my stiles to be as feral and angry as Derek if not more. Like it doesn’t matter what scenario or au you put them in stiles has to be just or more insane than Derek.

Like in canon even though stiles was “afraid” of Derek and others werewolves he still squared up. He’d fight god if he could and honestly I’d put money on stiles if he’d had enough prep time, maybe even without it.

Like I’ve read a fic when Derek was a bully (???) and stiles let him get away with hurting him? Stiles would punch him in the face same as he did Jackson and if that doesn’t work cause you know the whole werewolf thing— stiles would hit Derek over the head with a baseball bat.

Please stiles is unapologetically himself and not to be fucked with

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After just having finished Teen Wolf for the first time, I can't stop thinking about Sterek. I am just so fucking fascinated by the phenomenon of this ship.

What is fascinating about it, is that there is BARELY any textual support for the ship at all. These two characters pretty much stop interacting after 2 seasons. If I'm being honest, their chemistry isn't even anything that wild. Any overtly shippable moments between the two can be counted on one hand.

What is fascinating, is that I firmly believe this ship exists due to the meta-textual context surrounding the show. Imo there are 2 main parts to this:

1. Sterek is a perfect example of queerbaiting in the original sense of the word. Because despite not having seen the show at the time, I vividly remember the boat video circulating. If you don't know what boat video I am talking about, just search YouTube for 'Sterek boat'. It is probably the most insane marketing stunt I've seen for a show.

And, after looking into it, it seems that the creative forces behind the show actively encouraged fans to ship Sterek through Asks here on Tumblr and other social media posts.

If this marketing hadn't happened, I don't think Sterek would've ever been as big as it became.

2. Derek as a character has no real purpose in the plot of Teen Wolf, except in the 1st and maybe half of the 2nd season. He is there mainly for the gratuitous nudity and objectification. Tyler Hoechlin is shirtless in so many scenes that frankly, it's a little ridiculous. In most other YA shows from the same era, he would occupy the love interest role for the main character... Except, Teen wolf's main character is, unlike most other fantasy/ya shows at the time, a guy. More importantly, the male main character Scott's entire motivation in the first few seasons revolve around his own love interest, Allison. So obviously, Scott isn't available to pair Derek up with. That leaves Stiles. Stiles isn't technically the main character, but he is the closest after Scott.

Stiles is also queer-coded like crazy. I don't know how the fandom reacted to the S3 moment where he talks to a bisexual girl, but if I had been in the fandom at the time, I would have taken it as explicit confirmation that Stiles is bi. There is no other way to interpret that scene, and no other purpose for it to be in the show.

So we have a classic, hot love interest character with no obvious romantic partner, and a queer-coded, almost-main character. The logical result is Sterek.

So like. Without the marketing or the context of similar shows of that time, there really is no reason to ship Sterek other than a vague "their dynamic is fun" that could be equally applied to many other pairings on the show. Which, for the record, is a completely respectable reason to ship something, but it would never have resulted in one of the biggest ships on Ao3 (at one point, it was second to only Destiel) on its own.

I'm not even gonna apologize for how long this post turned out because if I could, I would write an entire academic research paper on how this ship came to be. It is genuinely a fascinating case.

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collecting my little teen wolf moving images to put in a pile and rearrange and it's insanely funny how rarely stiles smiles like he means it. he's like Smile i'm making fun of you Smile i look dead behind the eyes Smile i know you know i know i'm getting away with being a massive bitch right now Smile i feel nervous. this guy is like a bug to me. maybe a jerboa with genuine anger management issues. let him wear steel toed boots he wants to kick shins.

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thinking about the japanese racehorse who was such a failgirl she became a folk hero for losers

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On my local weather channel theres this small 20 somethings guy who does the minor weather and my family is so enchanted by him. He wears the most egregious suits and ties that make my grandparents go off the rails. Sometimes he blends in with the green screen and my grandparents go farther off the rails. My entire family calls him "sheldon" because any skinny white geeky guy is Sheldon Cooper to them. There is currently a huge tornado on the way and they sent Sheldon to go check it out. Sheldon sounds like he's crying in the middle of this horrible rain and my grandparents are so upset about it. Sheldon could die out there. Why did they have to sacrifice him? Sacrificing their young. My grandmother has started a grudge against the main weather man for abusing poor poor Sheldon. I will update if Sheldon survives.

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Sarenka the Cow is literally smarter than ChatGPT because she has the capacity to have opinions on things

Obligatory AI hate post bc I intend to be even more annoying about this

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People should be having fun making genre films. They should be having the time of their lives. They should be so into it and they should talk fondly about their time working on it. Superhero movies started going awry when everyone stopped having fun and started talking about Stepping Into the Legacy

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like whack a mole

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please pray for our american hero

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Talking with writers online

Their stories: Amazing grammar, soaring vocabulary, beautiful imagery and prose which flows like a river.

In chats: no capitalisation or punctuation, swears like a sailor, misspellings everywhere, acronyms and abbreviations every five words, idek

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"Why is it a problem if students use AI to get through college"

Because if you demonstrate to me that you're willing to set aside concern for truth, evidence, and verifying things with your own eyes whenever it happens to be inconvenient for you, I have a solemn responsibility to make sure you don't get into medical school.

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URGH. Emmerich Holyblade and I just went to The Ceremony to receive our RPG Job Titles, and he OBVIOUSLY got Chosen Hero Sword Saint. So now he's gonna set out to kill the Demon Lord of Darkness.

Me? I just got Dark Mage. Honestly, it's pretty rare, but the job opportunities are also limited. You either get into covert assassination or dungeon raiding.

God, just because we're the only two kids in The Village, Emmerich Holyblade automatically assumes this makes us friends. He doesn't even realize I hate him and his stupid smug swordsman ass.

URGGHHHH he just asked me to join his Grand Hero's Party. fuck. I can't just say no if the Grand Holy King himself is gonna payroll us to do this shit. Whatever man. Let's rock till the Demon Lord of Darkness is dead, and then I can retire and never see Emmerich Holyblade again.

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By using antibodies from a human donor with a self-induced hyper-immunity to snake venom, scientists have developed the most broadly effective antivenom to date, which is protective against the likes of the black mamba, king cobra, and tiger snakes in mouse trials. Described in the journal Cell, the antivenom combines protective antibodies and a small molecule inhibitor and opens a path toward a universal antiserum.

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