#bi scott

[feathered-mushrooms]

Scott refuses to wake them up

[witsserviceablesubstitute]

I'm rewatching Teen Wolf to see if the queerbaiting was that bad and with six years of separation it's not as terrible in some aspects, worse in others.

The shows biggest weakness is the reliance on increasingly bananas plotlines, the inconsistent world and character building (Derek is 19 in the first season, 24 in the third), and its inability to hold onto actors.

The characters are strong though. The narrative allows parents to be people rather than archetypes, and Lydia discovering she's a Banshee is inspired and unique. It just— it doesn't know what to do with all those character threads and even Scott becomes a plot-puppet.

The story shines when it doesn't get too concerned with pairing off its mains into neat heteronormativity and actually takes interesting risks with character development. It needed to keep its pulse on the characters as the heart of the story because, unfortunately, the plot beats become way too erratic to keep audience interest without emotional investment.

The queercatching though...

It's still egregious but without BTS baiting it feels like Stiles has another— mostly unrequited— crush. Which is fair. They're fast and loose with Derek's age but he sees Scott and Stiles as kids at the beginning (who can blame him, with his past) and they are.

I'm not saying the show wouldn't, it absolutely would and has (only no one comments when it's a minor girl with a 23 or 223 year old supernatural man), I just don't think Derek would. Even if he gets himself reasonably together enough to acknowledge his feelings for Stiles are complicated and difficult to elucidate (which they are because of the queerbaiting), he'd let Stiles grow up without putting voice to it.

Stiles's bisexuality though.

The fact this is hinted at as strongly as it is within the text to the bitter end and is never fully realised fills me with a complicated anger, difficult to elucidate.

Other observations:

- Lydia is a bi magnet and maybe polyamorous. (And I'm also still completely in love with her).

- Scott is a better protagonist than I remember. Soft and sweet and imperfect. Low-key bi. (There's a reason he and Stiles find such a kinship).

- I still dislike all the Argents. They're fascists and you can't convince me otherwise.

- Jackson was a really fun asshole. Unrepentantly terrible, humorously so without being comically evil, vulnerable when needed, and a great foil for Scott and Stiles. Strong actor.

- There are many moments where it could be said Stiles has a crush on Derek (and Scott), but it's the last episode that's the linch for me. Him imagining himself as Derek's hero with BI emblazoned clearly on his chest. I mean. Come on.

- Derek's entire character; his emotionality, his journey, his expression... It deserved more careful building. Moments of lightness, time and space to work through the everest of pain the writing kept heaping onto him.

- I wish all the highschool characters were in university. The actors playing Scott and Stiles are 19 at shows start and they're the only ones passing as teenagers. It'd make some of the plotlines less uncomfortable too.

- Teen Wolf is both misogynistic and heteronormative but also queer and fleshes out its female characters in ways irregular for 2010s tv.

- Boyd should have had a backstory. So too should have Braeden. Industry racism is evident in how they're treated. Also, Scott and Derek should be informed by their culture rather than 'ambiguously brown' and 'read as white' (respectively).

- Kira is Scott's best love interest.

[rapture-in-red]

We were robbed

According to people who are at special preview screenings of Civil War, when Scott Lang first means meets Cap, much like Peggy Carter, he has to stop himself from touching Cap's pec.

Why, oh why were we denied this?

[thisdiscontentedwinter]

Actually, there's literally nothing in canon that supports Scott being anything other than an average, heterosexual teenager, no matter how desperately his stans try to ignore/erase/rewrite everything canon. Scott 'I LIKE GIRLS, COACH' McCall is canonically straight, and he's the only Teen Wolf character whose sexuality got explicitly stated in the show.

With the stans it’s very much a case of trying to make Scott better than Stiles at everything: academics, snark, and even potential bisexuality! If Stiles might be bi, then Scott must be a better bi! 

But that’s just the stans, and I don’t think the original ask was from a stan, TBH. Just someone with a different interpretation than mine of a particular scene.(Mostly because they didn’t attempt to say that Scott and only Scott was bi. They’re here for bi Stiles too!)

I do think that canon Scott is straight, but that fanon Scott can be whatever he wants to be! 

If people want to see Scott as bi, and write fics about that or create content about that, then that’s totally cool. Just because it wasn’t baited the way it was for Stiles, doesn’t mean it can’t be a thing. 

Scott stating his sexuality as straight? Sure, and he totally thought he was, right up until he met Isaac Lahey, right? 

[rapture-in-red]

Ant-man and The Wasp

I generally view fan declarations of "Character X is queer!" with a certain amount of skepticism, but Scott's about as straight as a slinky, isn't he?

[brotps-and-otps]

There's no way you can convince me Scott isn't bi.

[scottdelgados]

I remember being convinced they would explore Scott's sexuality in 3A with Isaac i mean, they had the perfect opportunity and they missed it. But there's still time. holding out for sciles!

Oh my god. Yess. Please come talk to me about bi scott. it means so much to me. When Isaac went to live with Scott after Derek kicked him out of the loft, I kid you not, I half expected the next episode to start with Isaac getting out of the shower the next morning, and stepping into Scott’s room with nothing but a towel to cover his man parts, and he’s still all wet, and it’s awkward cause Scott may be staring at Isaac a little longer than he should, and in places he shouldn’t, and Isaac’s just standing there, with the towel, half smiling at Scott’s awkwardness and the other half confused because he asked Scott a question and he hasn’t gotten an answer yet. Then finally Scott snaps out of it when Isaac reminds me that he doesn’t have any clothes to wear to school. So Scott gets up and he has this raging hard on, and Isaac just can’t help but notice no matter how hard Scott tries to hide it. Isaac just smirks again, and Scott blushes in embarrassment. Scott apologizes for staring, while trying to find some clothes that’ll fit Isaac, but Isaac’s not looking for an apology. “No need to apologize. I mean, it’s not like I haven’t thought about it before.” “Thought about what?” Scott asks, even though he knows exactly where this conversation is headed. “You… completely nude.” Scott chuckles nervously, then turns around to face Isaac, “Well, you’re not exactly completely—” Scott’s jaw drops when he notices Isaac’s towel on the floor. “-nude… you’re very… very nude right now.” Isaac moves in on Scott, getting so close but not close enough for their bodies to touch. Isaac reaches for something behind Scott’s back. Scott closes his eyes and holds his breath, then Isaac pulls up one of Scott’s hoodies and a pair of jeans that might fit him. “These’ll do me just fine. Thanks.” Scott opens his eyes, finally exhaling. He watches Isaac walk away, his eyes lingering down his back and lower, “Thank you… I mean, you’re welcome?” Scott hurries to the bathroom while Isaac gets dressed, to relieve some stress before he explodes.