okay breaking some of this down:
"now derek, although harsh, was trying to do what was best for both his pack and Beacon Hills, whilst scott was busy screwing allison at every possible opportunity, including when he was supposed to be keeping watch for the kanima"
Breaking News: Sixteen y/o Boy Horny. Eight Dead, Four Wounded. No but jokes aside, yes that was irresponsible timing on the sex, however in the scheme of things I'd argue that Derek freshly turning three teenagers just before a full moon with no experienced werewolf backup was also pretty irresponsible. Speaking of screwing at inconvenient times, what about when Scott was literally dying of guilt because he felt responsible for Derek's death at the same time Derek's rolling around the sheets with THE MAIN VILLAIN OF THE SEASON? Everyone fucks up, and Scott not being perfect 24/7 doesn't equate to him being an overall bad person.
I'd also argue that Scott invested a LOT of time and energy into defending Beacon Hills and protecting innocent people. Almost died doing it, too.
"now derek, although harsh, was trying to do what was best for both his pack and Beacon Hills... In every scene you can tell he's doing it for their own good, and they (the betas) are learning from it. now, he's not perfect, but his methods w o r k e d."
He broke Isaac's arm for talking back to him and flirted with Erica (a minor) to entice her into taking the bite. Effective? Yes. Morally okay? No. Basically what's being said here is "abuse is okay as long as it achieves your goals!" which is...?? an interesting take to say the least.
"three bitten wolves, one an abuse victim, one an epileptic who was bullied all her life, one who'd lost his sister and never had a real place"
Fair point. However it's heavily debatable how much of that was out of the kindness of his heart considering:
a) Such vulnerable teenagers weren't in a position to refuse the bite and he probably realized that
b) He gets an Alpha Power Boost by having more betas. He directly benefits from them taking the bite.
c) He handed these poor kids power then immediately turned them into his own personal killing squad and put them in the line of fire right between a kanima and the oldest hunter family in the world. Not cool.
"isaac has so many issues with authority, and pairing him with scott, his so-called alpha, who demands loyalty and utter subservience, who will literally physically attack him for daring to like scott's EX"
So-called alpha? He is one, that's just fact, though whether or not he's strictly Isaac's alpha is up for debate. A beta's "biological" alpha (their sire) vs. the "adoptive" one they choose... which is more important? I have a theory, but there's no concrete answer.
Having said that, where does Scott demand "loyalty and utter subservience"? A lot of Scott's "leadership" isn't necessarily him taking or demanding power so much as his friends naturally looking up to and respecting him as a leader. I can only think of one time Scott used an "alpha roar" (*kid from shrek voice* do the roar) on Isaac - at the bus stop in 3x05 when Isaac was beating Ethan bloody, and in that case I think a little bit of oomph was needed to break through Isaac's tunnel vision. It's also possible that what stopped Isaac wasn't any kind of alpha powers, but the simple fact that he doesn't want to disappoint the one guy who's shown him real trust and respect.
As for the scene where Scott throws Isaac into the wall...yeah that was fucked up. But considering it was probably originally written as a comedic one-off (not a character-defining moment for scott), I think we can give him a little leeway. Writers' intent is an important thing to take into account when genuinely criticizing a character. Also, why was Isaac in the woods with the girls? Following Allison? You can't condemn Scott for his weird behavior when he has a crush, but then not acknowledge that Isaac was also being a lil creepy here.
Scott McCall stans will claim that Isaac “deserves better" and then pair him up with the toxic, abusive asshole who repeatedly assaulted him just because Isaac liked his ex girlfriend…
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usually i don’t respond to these in depth (not because i don’t love them but i’m usually a bit pressed for time) but actually you know what? this deserves a long post
so, what do we have. isaac lahey, victim of domestic abuse by an authority figure, who is tossed into a wall twice by his current authority figure (although that’s a bit tenuous, considering scott wasn’t even an alpha and frankly never should have been)
now look, derek made mistakes, right. (believe me, jeff made sure he PAID for those mistakes viciously). but he, at least, was trying to help his betas. he was trying to find the kanima so that no one else died, and he was r i g h t.
he grew up in a werewolf pack, and so we can assume that those methods (the pain, healing, anchors, chains on a full moon) were what he’d been taught. and in every scene you can tell he’s doing it for their own good, and they (the betas) are learning from it
now, he’s not perfect, but his methods w o r k e d.
look at them. all three of them have near perfect control within days of first being turned, whereas scott took weeks to learn how to keep the shift in his pants (and during that process assualted his best friend twice, nearly wolfed out at a lacrosse practice, stalked his crush, and threw about sixty temper tantrums)
now derek, although harsh, was trying to do what was best for both his pack and Beacon Hills, whilst scott was busy screwing allison at every possible opportunity, including when he was supposed to be keeping watch for the kanima. you know. the incredibly dangerous supernatural creature responsible for many deaths.
derek taught isaac the way HE had learned, and it fucking WORKED. isaac only lost control once canonically, on the full moon, and what do you know, derek was there to make sure no one got hurt. isaac found his own (however fucked-up) anchor after derek taught him how, and had almost impeccable control after that.
not to mention he was finally free from the abuse of his father and had a real place, a real pack.
and you know, we don’t love the hale pack because it was perfect, but because it had so much potential.
three bitten wolves, one an abuse victim, one an epileptic who was bullied all her life, one who’d lost his sister and never had a real place, all in a pack together. led by derek hale, the last known survivor, who lost his entire family and pack and is STILL, somehow, determined to do the right thing to help people.
and look, scisaac is a cute ship in theory. it’s funny, it’s adorable, it’s got canonical evidence - but look beneath the surface and it gets dark.
isaac has so many issues with authority, and pairing him with scott, his so-called alpha, who demands loyalty and utter subservience, who will literally physically attack him for daring to like scott’s EX, is wrong on so many levels. that ship has never sat right with me, and while i don’t think there’s a basis for it in canon, it DEFINITELY wouldn’t work without a whole lot of fanon interpretation and retconning.
thanks for sending this in!
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