Okay, so, I was thinking about Stiles bring the researcher of the pack. He’s the one on the internet at all hours, looking things up, chasing down theories, combing through texts. They trust him to figure it out, and he’s good at it. Good at deciphering fact from fiction, good at separating legends based in truth from those meant to scare or titulate.
His research is what uncovers the truth of Scott’s new powers, and eventually, when Derek and his betas and Stiles and his friends are all pack, it’s Stiles’ keen research abilities that keep them on top of the supernatural threats and weirdness. He finds stuff that Derek doesn’t know, didn’t get a chance to learn. He helps Derek be a better Alpha (through this growing process, they obviously fall in love).
But, where does the information come from? The good stuff. The info that’s harder to come by, but so accurate it’s a little scary and a lot appreciated.
Answer: The majority of it comes from Talia Hale (and some from Laura, a little from Derek’s father and grandparents; basically, most of the relevant werewolf resources available are written by Derek’s family).
Weres are notoriously secretive, with good reason, of course. So for every online support group post for young weres, they purposely put a half dozen kooky theories and shitty “exclusive photos” to protect themselves. But at some point, the Hale family realized they were powerful, and that they had a responsibility along with that power.
So, they started writing journals. Lengthy volumes that they later digitized, detailing the finer points of building a pack, becoming a leader, how to protect your territory and defend against a litany of monsters. There’s a book that is essentially a letter from Talia to her children, full of little life lessons and family history. There are spells and runes for protection and healing. Stories about how to live among humans undetected, and cautionary tales detailing why that is necessary.
Laura writes about surviving receiving Alpha status after trauma, and how to balance pack dynamics and sibling relationships. About leaving your home behind and starting over, sharing territory with unfamiliar packs and negotiating for space, befriending other Alphas and playing politics.
There are volumes about the important role of humans in packs. How werewolves don’t always have were offspring, and how to include and protect non-were pack members, as well as some written by human members of the pack on adjusting to were behaviour and supporting and understanding your pack family.
These resources, the ones by the Hale pack, always just feel right when Stiles finds them; they feel like truth. He eventually recognizes that these things all came from the same source, different voices, but a unifying narrative, a feeling of honesty and it just works out, feels like advice from a trusted source.
He eventually even recognizes the bullshit stuff that the Hales put out there, they’re the funniest out there. They’re snarky and tongue in cheek, obviously written to poke fun at anyone who would buy it. Stiles appreciates the artfully constructed urban legends and their subtle sarcasm.
I don’t know if I even need them to discover that the wisdom they’ve been guided by, the information that has allowed them to become a strong pack, to grow together and thrive, has been from Derek’s family. Of course, it’d be beautiful if they did. Maybe Derek finds an old notebook of his mom’s and shows it to Stiles, who immediately recognizes the writing style and just gasps. He starts shaking and there are tears, and Derek is concerned and holding his arm, and Stiles just says “I need to show you something,” as he fumbles to open his computer and show Derek the parallels between the notebook and his saved references.
Just. Derek Hale getting to have his family’s guidance as he struggles with their loss and his crazy life in BH, through the unlikely but brilliant and compassionate conduit of Stiles Stilinski.
(Eventually, they use the resources to help them through raising babies)
Random Sterek idea
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