The thing with Stiles that bugs the shit out of me is people keep writing him as this immensely kind, caring, and generous person.
The thing is, I think Stiles *is* that person- but only for a very, very, VERY select group. At first, it's his Dad and Scott. No one else. Derek gets worked in bc he's Derek and intense and interesting and Stiles clearly likes that, so there's... an orbit that happens, maybe. Their relationship is not caring or kind at all, and in s1 at least all about Scott, but again, I could see it *getting* there. I can see Stiles as pack-mom and not just bc I find that trope adorable. I just don't think it's as simple as most of the writers who do it think it will be for Stiles.
Stiles, by his nature, is not generous so much as possessive. He'll do anything to keep you, and keep you well. He'll also do a lot of shit that he shouldn't to accomplish those things, because Stiles isn't *nice* either.
Not without you meaning something to him, anyway. Then he can be.
I dunno. Fandom always goes for facets of characters rather than the whole of their personalities. That's always the way it is. I can see why packmom!Stiles bugs you, and personally I love when he's a little darker, a little more of a jerk the entire time, but I dunno. I can see it, too. Just... he has to *get* there first.
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The thing is, I think Stiles *is* that person- but only for a very, very, VERY select group. At first, it's his Dad and Scott. No one else. Derek gets worked in bc he's Derek and intense and interesting and Stiles clearly likes that, so there's... an orbit that happens, maybe. Their relationship is not caring or kind at all, and in s1 at least all about Scott, but again, I could see it *getting* there. I can see Stiles as pack-mom and not just bc I find that trope adorable. I just don't think it's as simple as most of the writers who do it think it will be for Stiles.
Stiles, by his nature, is not generous so much as possessive. He'll do anything to keep you, and keep you well. He'll also do a lot of shit that he shouldn't to accomplish those things, because Stiles isn't *nice* either.
Not without you meaning something to him, anyway. Then he can be.
I dunno. Fandom always goes for facets of characters rather than the whole of their personalities. That's always the way it is. I can see why packmom!Stiles bugs you, and personally I love when he's a little darker, a little more of a jerk the entire time, but I dunno. I can see it, too. Just... he has to *get* there first.