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giandujakiss... shut up ...
I'm struck by the dramatic difference between the fic and the show, and, in particular, the way it's different.
I guess the fic was mostly written at the end of S1, and the really noticeable thing about it is an ongoing "families-we-choose" sort of vibe. In most of the fic, all of the teens (plus Derek) end up as "pack" - they may snark and bicker but they are, essentially, a family. The romances have to do with shuffling around roles within the pack, to the extent there's adventure and physical danger it comes from outside threats. Even the Argents - a family of humans who hunt werewolves - have agreed to tolerate the situation and allow their daughter to become a human member of the pack.
On the show, however, there's no sense of family/pack at all. Instead, especially as Season 2 develops, the story is about Scott - a werewolf who doesn't want to be part of a pack - caught between extreme warring factions, i.e., the Argents and Derek. There is no hint that "pack" - or even Derek - are good things; Derek is less murderous than the Argents but he's not necessarily heroic and the show itself seems to valorize Scott for his determination to stay independent of a pack/family structure.
Basically, it just reinforces for me that fandom values are not the same as mainstream media values.
Also, I was surprised at how little Derek and Stiles interact. Considering that seems to be the main 'ship.
I'm struck by the dramatic difference between the fic and the show, and, in particular, the way it's different.
I guess the fic was mostly written at the end of S1, and the really noticeable thing about it is an ongoing "families-we-choose" sort of vibe. In most of the fic, all of the teens (plus Derek) end up as "pack" - they may snark and bicker but they are, essentially, a family. The romances have to do with shuffling around roles within the pack, to the extent there's adventure and physical danger it comes from outside threats. Even the Argents - a family of humans who hunt werewolves - have agreed to tolerate the situation and allow their daughter to become a human member of the pack.
On the show, however, there's no sense of family/pack at all. Instead, especially as Season 2 develops, the story is about Scott - a werewolf who doesn't want to be part of a pack - caught between extreme warring factions, i.e., the Argents and Derek. There is no hint that "pack" - or even Derek - are good things; Derek is less murderous than the Argents but he's not necessarily heroic and the show itself seems to valorize Scott for his determination to stay independent of a pack/family structure.
Basically, it just reinforces for me that fandom values are not the same as mainstream media values.
Also, I was surprised at how little Derek and Stiles interact. Considering that seems to be the main 'ship.