Talk:Derek Hale/@comment-5164450-20120612033200/@comment-174.54.177.74-20120612193425

I have to admit I AM a little jealous of Erica in a couple of scenes (the ones with Derek of course!) but I mainly feel bad for her.

I kind of wanted to not like her at first, because it looked like she was manipulating Derek and Scott, trying to get between Scott & Allison (which she did try, & I don't like her for that), punching Stiles (THAT got an 'OH HELL NO' out of me because no one should hit Stiles! I definitely don't like her for that), and just stirring up trouble in general.

But now we know her backstory:

She suffers (suffered) from epilepsy and the medication she takes (took) causes weight gain and acne. As a result, she is a “pariah” at the school and thinks she is not pretty.

I don't have epilepsy like her but I do have asthma (like Scott before he was bitten!), so I know what its like to not feel powerful. I 'm not the most popular, but I also personally don't care about popularity, I just want to be with my friends, who are the awesomest people in the world!

I could definitely understand her new attitude especially to the people would made fun of her. I don't think I'd be like that, though If I'm being honest, I would want to get back at them a little, I just wouldn't do anything illegal or violent.

When she was climbing the rock wall, I felt bad when she started crying, that must have been really tough for her. Then everyone was laughing at her? Not even kidding, I thought my heart was gonna break, it was so upsetting.

I thought she was really brave (but also kinda stupid, too) for trying to climb it again and without a harness