Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-28130419-20160404182833

The continuous absence of Derek Hale is so profoundly disappointing! This season seems to be heavy on special effects and doomsday feel with no humour and no Derek (yet again). What I always liked about TW was how instead of focussing on the bad guys (there were some kickass bad guys here) it focussed on how different characters reacted to the situation, their interchange, sometimes playful, sometimes angry, often scared and how they evolved through it all. Scott may be central to the story line, but he is too much of a goody two-shoes to bring out the complexity while it was Derek who was at the heart of it. He left the show for his diminishing role (thanks to Jeff Davis who did it only to bring out the 'true alpha' Scott vis-a-vis a Derek). Derek does't deserve to be sidelined and so it is better he is not there at all instead of doing cameos. But seriously, how awesome it would have been if the new Derek (who can now turn into a real wolf) had suddenly appeared to fight with the new enemy, saving Scott's ass, yet again!  