I love all TW characters but one of the things I hate about (all seasons but specifically) season 5 is Stiles getting pissed for Scott trusting Theo when Theo was manipulating him. Ever since Scott got bitten everyone around him (Derek, Argent, etc) have been manipulating him while forming trust between them. Nearly every single character has taught Scott that being manipulated is how he’s supposed to be treated, they’ve normalised it completely that of course he wouldn’t notice it.
I mean Derek (werewolf since birth) and Argent (who’s literal job is to deal with this stuff) keep weighing down Scott with all these issues and expecting him to constantly make the right decision despite the fact that he knows nothing about anything (because no one’s telling him) and he’s only a teenager! (And they’re grown adults)
And then people have the audacity to act like he’s stupid (Lydia and Kira when he’s in their AP biology class (I mean Lydia has the nerve to ask him if he knows what AP means)). They act like he’s an idiot but the second there’s a problem they expect him to immediately have the answer and solve it. They keep making him shoulder everything and then are shocked when he fails a class.
Moral of the story, no hate to the characters, they’re all trying, but Scott deserves better.
TMayNT day 15: I don't feel particularly strong about any of the Karais so I ended up drawing Shiraishi An from Project Sekai: Colorful Stage instead. They're both characters that are kinda doomed by the narrative but in the recent Vivid Bad Squad event she finally opened up about her insecurities with her singing partner Kohane.
She has uncanny similarities to Karai's story in 2012. Like how her family (and the town she grew up in) lied to her about how a prominent female figure in her life died. She's trying to surpass the impossible, with impossible expectations weighed upon her. And she's also Japanese lol. I'm way more attached to An because despite everything she's still an absolutely amazing friend. She's got a gigantic heart for literally anyone and everyone. She'll help people even if they've wronged her. An is literally the character EVER.
This is a redraw of the card from that event. Idk. I started a Niigo and Leo/need stan but ended up becoming the biggest VBS fan ever.
@tmaynt sorry I don't feel strongly about any Karai lol. please take my girl An anyways
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