User blog:Dry63/Character Journeys: Chris Argent

Hello fellow Teen Wolf fans, Dry63 here. With Teen Wolf's final 10 episodes coming our way this summer, I think it's fair to look at individual characters in the shows and look their stories over the course of this 6 year journey.

This series will have an analysis of the character's growth and development during their tenure on the show. I'll do random characters at a time, but I'll also accept requests in comments below. Our first character to examine is none other than our favorite hunter, Chris Argent.



His Story
In the beginning, Chris was a villain of sorts. He hunted and harassed werewolves like Derek Hale, but he held the Hunter's Code in high regard and refused to kill werewolves without cause. Being raised as a Hunter also meant he had to know how to survive deadly situations on his own without emotion compromising him. This made him an antihero to an extent. When it came to finding The Alpha Werewolf in Beacon Hills, he wanted to keep his daughter, Allison, safe and out of the family business as long as possible.

When his sister. Kate Argent, returned shortly after the move, she subtlety showed Allison what the family does outside of selling guns. Finding out his daughter was dating a werewolf was icing on the cake. Before any real action was taken, however, Stiles Stilinski reveals Kate's involvement in the Hale fire. This sets his honor code into play as he saves innocent Scott from being Kate's next victim.

After Peter Hale's defeat, he forbids Scott from dating Allison lest the teen wants to die. Only when his bloodthirsty father, Gerard, comes to town and removes the code does he begin to question his position and what side he's on. After the death of his wife and seeing his daughter become corrupted by Gerard, Chris switches sides and helps stop a Kanima and his father's twisted plans.

To get a fresh start, he retires from hunting until Scott shows him what happened during a rampage by Boyd and Cora Hale. He brings himself back into supernatural to help protect those who cannot protect themselves when it came to dark druids, demons, and of course more werewolves. Season 4 started showing him a little less but he still had an interesting arc. Clearly, he was still grieving for Allison. It took Araya Calavera and Jordan Parrish to push him back into his badass mode to stop his resurrected sister from completing her revenge scheme. It seemed by the end, we would see the last of him...NOT.

Scott called him back to Beacon Hills when the Dread Doctors appeared. He repays Parrish's strength last season by reassuring him that Parrish he can control his power and stop the resurrected Beast of Gevaudan while also preventing Gerard from becoming another problem.

When the Ghost Riders came, he and Melissa began a relationship as they investigate a werewolf that has perfected his killing abilities. After being trapped in the Wild Hunt, he proves that he is still the best gunslinger even if it's against a ghost.

My Analysis
Chris Argent is a standout character that earned his spot as a main character. He grew and developed to the point where he didn't his family to give a reason to be in the show. His personality, sense of duty, and his Desert Eagle handgun make him one of the unique characters to come out of this show. Who knows what other moments we'll have with him in these final ten episodes.