Scott McCall
| Character | |
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| Name: | Scott McCall |
| Occupation: | High school student |
| Relationships: | Melissa McCall (mother), Stiles Stilinski (best friend) |
| Fandom: | Teen Wolf |
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Scott McCall is the main character of the television show Teen Wolf. He is a high school student who was bitten and turned into a werewolf, and the show chronicles his adventures with werewolves and other supernatural creatures. He is portrayed by actor Tyler Posey.
Canon
Scott is an asthmatic high school sophomore at Beacon Hills High School in the fictional town of Beacon Hills, California. He's a social outcast and best friends with Stiles Stilinski when Peter Hale bites him and turns him into a werewolf. His new powers cure his asthma and make him fast and strong enough to be promoted to first line on the school's lacrosse team. He is the only child of single mom Melissa McCall; his estranged father is an FBI agent. The first two seasons of the show positioned him and Allison Argent as star-crossed lovers, torn apart by his status as a werewolf and her family's status as werewolf hunters. He is resistant to becoming a beta member of Derek Hale's pack, and Season 3 reveals that he is a True Alpha.
Following the tragic death of Allison in Season 3 at the hands of the Nogitsune, Scott spends Season 4 both mourning her death and learning more about being an alpha, while trying to protect his growing pack. He faces a new threat involving a 'Benefactor' and a Deadpool of targets (of which he himself is one, a highly valued one); navigates cross-border conflicts tied to the Argents and berserkers; and takes on a mentoring role with new beta Liam Dunbar, who Scott accidentally turns into a werewolf in the process of saving his life.
Season 5 pits Scott against the Dread Doctors and chimera Theo Raeken, whose scheming fractures the pack. Theo exploits Scott’s ethics and morals while planting suggestions, until Scott briefly doubts Stiles over an act of violence, prompting a major rift between the two which was a major story-line in the season, alongside the pack taking on the Dread Doctors. This was a notable source of fandom discourse that continued long after the show's finale. In Season 6, Scott leads his pack through the Ghost Riders' systematic erasure of the population of Beacon Hills, then the re-emergence of major conflict with the hunters.
Years later in Teen Wolf: The Movie, Scott reunites with most of his former pack when the Nogitsune threat resurfaces and Allison returns under unexpected circumstances.
Fandom
Despite being the protagonist of the show, Scott is not the most popular character in the fandom, nor is he part of the fandom OTP. There are concerns that this is related to racism in fandom, as the fandom favors two white supporting characters over the protagonist.
Shipping
In fanworks, Scott is most often paired with his first canon girlfriend, Allison, though their relationship is more often a background pairing in Derek/Stiles fanworks than the focus of fanworks itself. Other popular pairings for Scott are with Isaac and Stiles; the threesomes of Allison/Isaac/Scott, Derek/Scott/Stiles, and Allison/Scott/Stiles are also fairly popular. His canon relationship with Kira has grown in popularity since she was introduced, but like the relationship with Allison, it is more often backgrounded than featured. A fairly rare pairing for Scott is with Lydia.
Challenges
Example Fanworks
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Fan Fic
- Scott McCall Appreciation collection on the AO3. Maintained by amorremanet.
Art Gallery
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Everyone's Favorite Co-Captain, by Boa -
Alpha Scott McCall, by kreugan -
Scott McCall, by Paer -
Scott, by euclase
Archives and Links
- Scott McCall tagged works on AO3
- Scott McCall tagged works on FFN
- Scott McCall tag on tumblr
Resources
- Scott McCall at the Teen Wolf Wiki