User blog comment:Lupin505/The Thing About Sterek Is.../@comment-120.145.204.4-20130207020234/@comment-122.179.110.116-20130328154304

I totally agree. Sterek is adorable. Stiles needs to feel useful, to have someone to work for, to not feel lonely. Derek needs to protect someone, to "atone for his sins", to not feel lonely. In their own way, they work perfectly together.

What the show actually ends up doing is their business. I'm not writing it, so I can't make demands. But Sterek works, just like most other OTPs work.

I've never considered either one a "prince" or a "damsel in distress". One, that's sexist. Two, they can protect themselves just fine.

Which is why Stiles is so important to Derek. Stiles knows he can protect himself, and so does Derek, despite his "you're human" thing. But Stiles still lets him protect him, the same way Derek always gives Stiles research to do. He's completely aware of how useless you can feel when you loose someone you love.

I could go on and on, but I think my point is clear.