faded-mind reblogged
I heard a rumour recently that Isaac would be killed off in this episode, and my immediate reaction was “NO!!!" because a) Isaac has endured constant torment for two solid seasons now, and b) why kill him? It would be cold hard proof that Jeff Davis is indeed Voldemort. However, I wouldn’t necessarily have been annoyed with it as a writing decision, because it would’ve been in keeping with Teen Wolf’s overall tone as a show where bad things happen to good people, and everything is tragic and dismal all the time. However, killing off Boyd struck me as total bullshit.
Since the introduction of the three new betas, Boyd has always been the one with the smallest amount of useful screentime. Until last week he had almost no backstory, and overall he’s been given fewer lines and less agency than almost anyone else in the cast. This season he’s had maybe three good moments, including this episode’s electrocution plan and last week’s revelation about his sister. And in the light of his death, this now makes it seem as if he was written to be a disposable character. Which surprises me, because Teen Wolf’s M.O. is to torture its audience by torturing its characters, and it’s kind of difficult for the audience to get attached to a character when he’s rarely given anything to say.
…Who was Boyd? Do we even have a solid idea of his personality and life goals? Why on earth did he tell Derek that the bite was “worth it" when a couple of weeks ago, he was telling Stiles that he’d just lost his only friend? All of these issues are exacerbated by the fact that out of all the Teen Wolves in Teen Wolf, the two fatalities so far have been the sexy blonde girl and the black guy who never got much dialogue: two crappy old horror movie tropes that Teen Wolf should really be trying to subvert rather than copy. Of the three betas, the girl got to be sexy and then dead, the black guy got to be silent (and occasionally threatening) and then dead, and the white guy got a ton of screentime and a tragic backstory.
(via hellotailor)
#i don't want to talk about it#wasted opportunities#they could have been so much more#they could have been the twist of the blonde bombshell and silent black guy tropes#but nope#let stick with the classics and kill them off#if the actors wanted out#i would have wanted erica and boyd to run off together and go on a wild roadtrip#rather than that#also the line about 'it was worth it'#is 200% bullshit#what was worth it#to die young after losing your only friend#just for a few moments of feeling powerful?#what is the point of his storyline#what does it tell us#ugh#bad writing#fandom : Teen Wolf#erica reyes#vernon boyd