Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4091815-20150521201341/@comment-13965604-20150609121930

JEK wrote: LadyX wrote: There's no way to make up for this travesty. The Hale's are the back bone of the show, IMO. Agreed. I mean, the only season to date that hasn't revolved around the Hale's to some extent has been 3B. Literally, the ONLY one. What happened to them, how they reacted, these things instigated the events of the whole series, and they've consistently remained major players in the story.

The argument could be made that 3b revolved around Derek and his reaction to the Stiles situation. Even though there were no physical interaction until the finale (and that was only a dream sequence) some of The Tumblr refers to it as the season of Sterek. The ones that ship it, and the ones that just enjoy their scenes. For what the echo chamber is worth, I've only seen the Scott/Posey-stans not refer to it as such.

But yea, either way. They've totally driven most of the story for the show to some degree or another. I can't help but wonder if they wouldn't have been the actual focus if the show got picked up by a more general audience or adult geared station, instead of one primarily for teens. I've read in the pilot Derek was supposed to be 19 originally (until they realized the ridiculous implication of an older woman seducing either a 9 year old (going Stiles first time reference) or a 13 year old going by the subsequent six year reference. not that the later at lest couldn't or hasn't happened, I just understand them not wanting to mess with that land mine as opposed to a 16 year old being seduced. So he very well could've started off as the Teen of Teen Wolf, on a different network.