Teen Wolf 412
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katikatStuff I liked:
Stiles & his dad & Malia, those bits were wonderful
Derek’s transformation, him finally winning a fight as a were, and against a berserker, too!
Scott’s True Alpha powers in his fight with Peter
Kira’s first tail
Braeden being a BAMF yet sweet and caring with Derek, multi-faceted women, yo!
Braeden mentioning the Desert Wolf
Lydia and Mason, what an unexpected twosome
the action
the music
What I didn’t like:
What I suspected and dreaded would happen, happened: Liam brought Scott back and Stiles was a mere background noise the whole ep long. The second mantra? Derek knew it too, he could’ve told Liam. Bringing the katana to Kira? Liam could’ve done it. And that’s all Stiles did. I think that’s why there were the scenes with his dad, to give Stiles at least a semblance of importance, actually something to do. The writers knew that Stiles HAD to go to Mexico, anything else would’ve been OOC - at the same time, they had absolutely NOTHING for him to do there. Well, he looked pretty, that’s a plus, I guess.
Overall, I would rate the finales: S3B »»»»» S4 » S3A » S1 » S2.
My overall opinion of S4? Eh. The only thing I hands down adored was Stalia. What miffed me the most was the absolute lack of any kind of storyline for Stiles that wasn't Scott's, Lydia's or Malia's by proxy. It felt like after S3B which was Stiles centric, they said, "Well, that was enough. Let's take three steps back and make him just the sidekick with no arc of his own again while everybody else is getting stronger, better, greater." Because literally every other main character became more... something this season. Just Stiles turned once again itno a simple prop for everybody around.
This reminds me so much of Dean in SPN: in 9 cases out of 10, the story was about Sam and when Dean finally got an arc, it was actually Sam's by proxy. In TW, Stiles is basically there to help Scott become the Werewolf Jesus. God forbid he had a storyline that was NOT linked to Scott - in S3B, he did have his own arc and it was the best rated and best reviewed and most popular season yet. So what do the writers do? Make a 180 and turn Stiles into a background noise again. Good job.
Stiles & his dad & Malia, those bits were wonderful
Derek’s transformation, him finally winning a fight as a were, and against a berserker, too!
Scott’s True Alpha powers in his fight with Peter
Kira’s first tail
Braeden being a BAMF yet sweet and caring with Derek, multi-faceted women, yo!
Braeden mentioning the Desert Wolf
Lydia and Mason, what an unexpected twosome
the action
the music
What I didn’t like:
What I suspected and dreaded would happen, happened: Liam brought Scott back and Stiles was a mere background noise the whole ep long. The second mantra? Derek knew it too, he could’ve told Liam. Bringing the katana to Kira? Liam could’ve done it. And that’s all Stiles did. I think that’s why there were the scenes with his dad, to give Stiles at least a semblance of importance, actually something to do. The writers knew that Stiles HAD to go to Mexico, anything else would’ve been OOC - at the same time, they had absolutely NOTHING for him to do there. Well, he looked pretty, that’s a plus, I guess.
Overall, I would rate the finales: S3B »»»»» S4 » S3A » S1 » S2.
My overall opinion of S4? Eh. The only thing I hands down adored was Stalia. What miffed me the most was the absolute lack of any kind of storyline for Stiles that wasn't Scott's, Lydia's or Malia's by proxy. It felt like after S3B which was Stiles centric, they said, "Well, that was enough. Let's take three steps back and make him just the sidekick with no arc of his own again while everybody else is getting stronger, better, greater." Because literally every other main character became more... something this season. Just Stiles turned once again itno a simple prop for everybody around.
This reminds me so much of Dean in SPN: in 9 cases out of 10, the story was about Sam and when Dean finally got an arc, it was actually Sam's by proxy. In TW, Stiles is basically there to help Scott become the Werewolf Jesus. God forbid he had a storyline that was NOT linked to Scott - in S3B, he did have his own arc and it was the best rated and best reviewed and most popular season yet. So what do the writers do? Make a 180 and turn Stiles into a background noise again. Good job.
