Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-108.81.117.0-20140703065006/@comment-13965604-20140718145128

Jackson Van Kleeck wrote: DManCO wrote: Jackson Van Kleeck wrote: You make some good points, but many people define a hero as something else.

For example, some people think a hero is one who makes a personal sacrifice for the benefit of others. Derek does fit that definition due to the fact that he gave up his alpha status to save Cora, but I can't think of an instince in which Stiles has done the same.

Derek has given up any notion of a personal life in his mission to protect Beacon Hills! That puts him ahead of even Scott by my measures!

It's not an entirely fair comparison though, since Stiles has nothing equivalent to an Alpha Spark to give up. He has put his life on the line, repeatedly. Most dramatically when he walked into a puddle of gasoline to pry a lit flare out of Scott's hand. He could have ended up dying a horrible, painful death there! Mind you, that was the same night he helped save Boyd and Isaac. He even saved Ethan, at the time an enemy, by bravely trying to wrestle a circular saw out of the hands of the possessed Alpha werewolf! Thank you for refreshing my memory.

A hero also has to make tough decisions sometimes, which Stiles has proven he's willing to make when Scott isn't, like the Jackson Kanima situation. Stiles was willing to make the tough call of 'kill him, it'll protect people' and Scott wouldn't do it.