Talk:Derek Hale/@comment-174.54.176.189-20121111025213/@comment-98.204.49.46-20121117171222

Ok...here's my whole thing about "Sterek". I've heard numerous arguments for and against it, ranging from loud and senseless from both sides: "OMG they're just so cute together, so many feels!!!!! If they aren't made an actual couple, I kill myself", "The two of them together will ruin the show" to some that actually have some logic "They parallel each other in very important ways and it could go a long way towards legitmizing a potentially well developed relationship between two men on television" "It works better as a bromance because they're learning to respect each other and could develop into an epic friendship". Personally I'm for the bromance aspect of it. Observing the both of them, I can see it being a very important friendship on the show. Derek does not at all trust humans near as I can tell. He'll interact with them, he'll deal with them, he respects they can be dangerous to him and other wolves, but he doesn't trust them, and honestly, with everything that happened to him, can't really blame the guy. And outside of the members of his family who were human and killed, whose left? The hunters....he trusts they'll kill him if he so much as blinks wrong or any other werewolf for that matter, which is one of the main reasons he wanted Scott in his pack so badly. With the personality he displays, I think he sees humans as inferior and outside of the hunters, probably require protection because of their inherent weaknesses. He'll turn a human to a wolf because he sees being one as a gift and probably as better than a human existence. Stiles is by all standards frail, goofy, awkward, but also fiercely loyal and brave. He'll face supernatural danger knowing he can be killed easily but does it anyway. He even saved Derek on a couple of occassions despite the threats, intimidation, and abuse. I think as an Alpha, Derek needs to understand both compassion and strength in all of its forms. Compassion for his pack, compassion for himself, and respect for the strength that all people, human and wolf, carry. Friendship with Stiles will teach him that. That humans can be just as strong as wolves in their own way and that there are humans that can be respected and trusted in a healthy manner. They don't necessarily have to be romantically involved, but if they end up in a romantic relationship, then I imagine it will be because it helps facilitate the best story possible. If it doesn't happen, then so what....the show will still be awesome. It'll be what the writer feels is what's best. If people want to ship Sterek, let them, although I can understand the concern over the rabidity that a lot of those shippers go at the concept with and the concern over the bashing that a lot of those who don't like the concept present. I'll admit my preference is the bromance direction and personally I don't see either of them as even remotely gay (Derek's mannerisms, behaviors, and gazes if anything seem just like a wolf's, predatory and calculating and if you do something that taps him wrong, he'll either maim or kill you and Stiles is just going through that period all teenagers go through of trying to decide who they're going to be as a person and establishing their self-esteem). Derek's a wolf and believes he should be feared because of his power, Stiles sees that, acknowledges that and even to some degree fears him, however he realizes that despite all that Derek has human traits and frailties. He could actually end up being the best friend Derek has, but if they go the other way it could be a healthy relationship,and so then I'll grit my teeth, keep an open mind, hope its done logically and tastefully and continue watching what the writer decided would be a step toward the development of richer characters. Sterek is a possibility, but truly a necessity. For all we know, they could somehow end up on some Superman and Lex Luther ish as each other's greatest enemy and be presented as the greatest rivalry to ever be shown on TV...what then, lol. Watch the show, enjoy it, both sides of the equation calm your tits, and let it be. The outcome could very well be something no one expects, imagines, fantasizes, or sees coming.