(This is super rambley so please bare with me) Prev I understand that but I think the strength of scotts moral compass comes in part from him being a werewolf. Its that he has the ability to do something and cares enough like melissa says. While the part of him that wants to help people obviously predates the bite, it being his primary motivation is something that comes about in s2 when isaac and the others get bitten and its s3 that he makes it his ethos. Even in season 1 the way he talks "I should have been there to do something" I can't protect you, I cant protect anyone" is all very tied to the responsibility of power. While I do think he would care deeply about what happens to people if he weren't bitten, he wouldnt have that same ability. Which what are the options we see from humans in this world? There are hunters, which I cant see scott doing even with the revised code, he was never a fighter even with all the power in the world and the knowledge aspect is something druids do to. And then there is the stiles approach which is essentially being a detective which is something we also see deaton do. Deaton in early season is retired (so not a proper druid) and in the later seasons is scott's emassery. I would argue he helps a lot. He is the pack's main healer which is half a vet thing but so is scott and I think scott would be good at that part. Plus in this au he could bond with and help melissa as both being "healers". He helps scott with all his plans, he advises him. He does more traveling for the greater good than anyone (he goes in solo trips to japan and I think canada) he negotiates like scott does and gets involved pretty frequently. He suggests using deucalion in s3 in a similar way scott says to use theo in s5. I wouldn't say he is properly neutral, not even as much as Morell. I don't know how much modern emasserys act like traditional druids or how kuch they have to/what are the consequences if not but that would be a fun storyline to explore. Scott is not a traditional alpha so I don't nessacarly think he would be a traditional druid which would mirror the conflict he faces as a werewolf. He is normally in a field that rewards his attitude (true alpha and all) it would be interesting what would happen if we put him in a position that doesn't nessacarly reward that. I could see a storyline with him and allison trying to change or push the boundaries of their respective fields. Under different training he might be slightly different or he might be the same, I think that would be fun to explore.
I sort of posted this as a like stiles gets bitten instead au and if I think about what scott would be to his pack (my head canon for stiles is he self-defense kills Ennis in the frayed fight and becomes an alpha around the same time as scott) and healer/advicer/strategin is what makes sense to me and that is what deaton is to scott. If neither of them got bitten then in my au for that is he ends up as Derek's emassery and same thing. I think in either situation he would be a moral adviser which we don't really see from druids but scott doesn't need it and the others don't want it and and emassery is a part of a pack so they fit to the alpha is some regard so I think he could fill that place for either of them.
Over the course of the show we see scott studying more and understanding more of the supernatural world and I think understanding the purpose of balance would be something he might struggle with but I can see him accepting and being good at (how much in internalized the regression to the mean thing). But maybe he would quit? Who knows? But it could be a big part of his character bc if he wasn't a werewolf we would have to rewrite his whole arc.
I completely understand if you disagree I just struggle to see scott as a free agent in the way stiles is and I think being a druid would give him a direct purpose like being an alpha does. Considering he would still be a druids apprentice which he already is in canon. I don't know I'm half thinking about him as a written character in a show that doesn't exist and half as a person with agency. Because if he wasnt bitten he would have probably with have found out through allison, who wouldnt have had a positive werewolf example in scott so I could see deaton stepping in to fix that if scott gains a negative opinion of the supernatural and like a deaton vs argent over scott thing like chris trying to make him a hunter. It could go so many ways but for me they all lead back to druid for me. Again sorry if this makes no sense
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