Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-16047999-20140107140433/@comment-19765459-20140113180702

LadyX wrote:

While I agree with a lot of what you're saying, try to keep in mind, at least the first time it happened, Isaac was telling Scott to hit him. As a girl, I'm under the impression that that is a guy thing. 'I upset you, hit me, we'll both move on.' Werewolves just have more strength to put behind it, intentionally or not. The first instance I found funny, the second, and seeing his reactions with his dad, has me worried about his control. Which is very not funny. You'll notice that two of the abuse victims on the show (Isaac and Ethan), both have a thing for allowing people to hit them, which is in and of itself a little disturbing. Isaac is used to being hit for pretty much anything that annoyed his father, no matter how trivial. So he may think that inviting Scott to hit him would serve as an appeasement, as it usually did for his father (and perhaps prevent him from getting locked in the freezer). Ethan almost seems to like getting beaten, to the extent that even as an Alpha he allowed Isaac to do it.

Just FYI, no, it is not a guy thing. Guys do not usually invite other guys to hit us as a kind of emotional release. Indeed, that kind of thinking is what later leads to violence against women, because it promotes the idea that occasionally hitting somebody you're close to is a good way to vent tension or resolve issues. For those who do go for that sort of thing, it is usually done in a more formal venue (boxing for example).