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scott appreciation week (day 1) → only if you don't learn

scott's behavior as an alpha vs other alphas (part 1)

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Pros of re-reading your own fic

a good time;

Has exactly the tropes you like and the characterization you want to read;

Gratification: yes you did finish a thing and yes you did do good;

just a very fun time all around.

Cons of re-reading your own fic:

Is that another TYpO

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What’s your favorite thing about writing fic about Scott McCall?

I appreciate the challenge of writing aspirational heroes.

Scott McCall is not just someone who stops the bad guys. He operates on clear and positive principles. While he can and does employ violence in his heroism, it is clear that he believes that violence, in and of itself, is not a solution. He couples that awareness with another extraordinarily difficult principle: every life has value. He believes in this intrinsically, extending it not only to the characters he likes or knows or has obligations toward, but even to the characters who hate him. Who hurt him. Who try to hurt and kill the people he loves. Characters like Peter Hale, Gerard Argent, Deucalion, or Tamora Monroe.

Even to characters whose deaths in many other media properties would be treated as simple but necessary narrative beats. For one example, Sean Walcott, the cannibal monster son from Muted (4x03). Sean tried to kill Scott's mother, whom Scott loves very much, and was holding Liam hostage, someone whom Scott did not know very well but felt obligated to. Yet, the first thing that Scott does is try to offer Sean assistance -- "We can help you!" -- and the second thing he does is save Liam's life. These are Scott's principles demonstrated by direct action.

A far more powerful (yet problematic to the fandom) application of Scott's principles occurs in the case of Donovan Donati. This character is even less sympathetic than Sean. Scott is there when Donovan threatens to kill the Sheriff; he's there when Donovan charges Stiles. Scott's witnesses first-hand the savagery of the transformed chimeras. Scott is fully aware of Stiles's physical capabilities, Stiles's lack of restraint when it comes to threats against his father, and the reality that Scott's decisions to protect Beacon Hills puts his friend in danger. Most importantly, even with Theo's vile manipulation, Scott loves Stiles. If there was ever a moment when it would be understandable that Scott might put aside his principles by condoning what he believes to be unnecessary killing, this is it.

But an aspirational hero can't do that, because they're not just about stopping the bad guys. They're about making the world a better place. Since Scott has decided to find an alternative to the endless cycle of violence, he can't make exceptions and remain a hero. He has to behave as if all life has value, period, even if behaving like it does hurts.

I call writing him a challenge because writing an aspirational hero isn't easy. You have to clearly establish the setting and the stakes. Emotional catharsis is often delayed, subdued or even, in the end, denied. An aspirational hero makes the world better by sacrificing the primacy of his own emotional needs. This doesn't always sit well with me as an author or a reader. Way too often, I see Scott, in both the production and in the vast majority of fanfiction, treated as if he doesn't have emotional needs or if he does, they are trivial or detrimental. For me, a balance must be achieved between the recognition of Scott's emotional needs and the sacrifices he chooses to make.

In other words, it's not a power fantasy. I was a teenager in the 1980s, and I was deluged with an onslaught of bloody anti-heroes: Wolverine, the Punisher, and more characters like them in comics; movies like Commando and First Blood; and other 'heroes' whose defining quality was the skill and ease with which they slaughtered anyone on the other side. Every cop show on television had the 'heroes' complaining about criminals getting released because of the dread "technicalities" (which I now know are human rights) instead of the punishment those scumbag criminals deserved.

As I watched more, as I read more, and as I began to think about what I watched and read, I began to realize that, aside from the fact that I would never want to live in a world where a 'good guy' was defined by putting a bullet in my skull if I made a mistake and chose the wrong side, that these anti-heroics were ultimately shallow. The catharsis they delivered was real, but it was transitory. There would always be another dehumanized villain for Rambo to gut because there was little context beyond the spray of blood.

This is what attracts me to Scott McCall and Teen Wolf. For all the dubstep, vague chronology, racist and sexist blunders, and decisions which others might call 'cheesiness', the show and its lead protagonist never wavered in their conviction that justice had to be more than just killing the bad guy. Chris Argent wasn't triumphant when he walked away from Gerard and Kate murdering each other; he was sad. Theo took Gabe's pain because he was learning to care about other people, even those who couldn't give him what he wanted. Scott's principles and his influence on other people are shown as the source of these scenes. I will add to his story as much as I can.

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Jaguars swimming

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“When other people treat you poorly keep being you. Don’t ever let someone else’s bitterness change the person you are.”

— Unknown

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The two times Damon was turned on hard by Elijah was when he saved him and when he choked him against the wall

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THE VAMPIRE DIARIES S04E20 - The Originals

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Okay, you know what? After reading this post, I jokingly said we should all just make a pact to reblog it five times a day forever. So I'm gonna do this louder for the people in the back:

AO3 WAS CREATED BY FANS, FOR FANS

AO3 IS RUN BY FANS (VOLUNTEERS, NO LESS)

AO3 IS PART OF THE NON-PROFIT, ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSFORMATIVE WORKS

AO3 IS NOT OWNED BY ANY COMPANIES AND DOES NOT EARN REVENUE

AO3 OPERATES ON DONATIONS FROM FANS

again:

AO3 WAS CREATED BY FANS, FOR FANS

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Yknow the thing where red pandas just lay down on a branch and let their legs hang and they’re just like vibing

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u/No_Boysenberry4755

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How to Get Free Electricity

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