Me When Theo Raeken Analysis

me when theo raeken analysis

I found something in two Thiam fics that really fucks me up and that is ✨️theo being incredibly smitten✨️

“It’ll be nicer if it’s just us,” Liam nervously whispers, hoping Theo gets the hint (not that Liam really knew what he was trying to hint, but Theo is smart, so Liam’s confident he’ll catch on). He keeps his eyes trained on the ground, and ooh, look, a five dollar bill, awesome!

"Yeah?” Theo murmurs, and when the beta finally does look up, the chimera’s eyes are wide with surprise and something else Liam can’t pinpoint. He swallows roughly and clears his throat. “Okay, yeah, I think so, too.”

Guardian -morgana_moonlight

“Do you think–” He pauses, glancing back pointedly. Tries not to focus on the way Theo’s eyes linger on his face. Liam smiles at Corey and Mason, notes how they’re tangled together, and is just suddenly a lot lighter. He turns back to Theo and his smiles dims a little, not any less real, just more subdued. More uncertain. “Do you think you could give us a ride?”

“Huh?” Theo stares at Liam’s face for a few moments. The exhaustion must have really been hitting him. He snaps back into reality before Liam can say anything else. Can begin to ask the question whirring around in his brain. “Yeah? Yeah. Okay, sure.”

the stories told at a funeral for the living -yikeshereiam

theo, hanging on for dear life: where the fuck did you learn to drive like this?

liam: mario kart.

theo raeken and tragic hero essay... thing (idk what i'm doing)

in this... essay, i will talk about theo raeken as a tragic hero, because why the hell not.

tragedy as a literary genre goes all the way back to the 5th century BC, and is still written about today. it is a genre of drama focused on stories of human suffering, where a human flaw/weakness/choice leads to devastating events, traditionally ending with death. examples of tragedies include 'romeo and juliet', 'a streetcare named desire', etc etc.

so, anyways, tragedies have multiple components, with an introduction, a middle and an end, dramatic events, a character that is usually the tragic hero, and it all leads to catharsis (catharsis being the purging of emotion).

the structure would go more or less like that:

the tragic hero, central character, starts out in a good position (could be of high social standing, or maybe they're famous, successful, happy in general, etc), whose choices or weaknesses lead to a chain of events that end with their downfall. it could be oeudipus, killing his father and marrying his mother, and later being like 'oh shit'. because of their action or trait, the hero is now facing an inevitable ending, which is... tragic.

and that leads us to theo!

i consider that theo's tragedy starts with him watching tara die, and ends with him going to hell (we're ignoring season 6, sorry theo, maybe later), and would probably actually be composed of two parts (his childhood, and then him arriving in beacon hills again).

we have the tragic hero, theo, who, while he has good qualities, makes an error of judgement (that's an understatement) and lets his sister tara die of hypothermia, in order to gain power. that choice leads to his downfall, as he becomes the first chimera, being experimented on.

so we'll consider theo's hunger for power his tragic flaw (the 'hamartia' of the story, which is a factor that causes the downfall), that follows him all the way to the first episode where we see him.

then again, theo starts out great, but he ends up experiencing peripeteia; a reversal. while he was planning on taking over scott's pack, there is a reversal of situation, which means that it doesn't turn out how he wanted.

from then on, theo loses control over the story, kills part of his pack, loses the few 'betas' he had, becoming isolated, fails at everything he attempts, and, at the last moment, realizes what's about to become of him. before being dragged by tara into 'hell', he has a moment of 'anagnorisis' (recognition) of his fate, and tries to fight against it (pleading to be helped, trying to hold on something).

however, a tragic character, while they might fight against fate, cannot reverse it, which is why theo gets trapped in hell.

so in my opinion, theo shares traits with tragic heroes, and part of his story follows the concepts of tragedy.

where it lacks, however, is the fact that you probably don't relate or pity theo's downfall until you've watched season 6 and started liking theo (which doesn't go along the idea of the tragic hero being relatable), and thus there is little catharsis, except for general satisfaction at his tragic ending. theo also escapes, in a way, his tragedy, by later being released from hell (his ending is reversed).

anyways, the story has a tragic hero, a tragic flaw, some sort of catharsis, peripeteia, and some late anagnorisis, so i'll consider it a tragedy :).

(sources are

https://www.supersummary.com/tragedy/

https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/a/agamemnon-the-choephori-and-the-eumenides/critical-essay/aristotle-on-tragedy

https://literaryterms.net/tragedy/

https://www.britannica.com/art/tragedy-literature

https://teen-wolf-pack.fandom.com/wiki/Theo_Raeken)

The Hairy Mycena!

How I think Monopoly with the dead poets would go:

Meeks is immediately elected banker because he's the only one they all trust enough to not cheat (he is definitely not above cheating but he never has to because he's just annoyingly naturally good at games like this). Throughout the rest of the game he gets repeatedly harassed by everyone when he takes a second too long to give them their money, and he has to slap Charlie at one point for trying to rob the bank.

Knox buys everything he lands on, forgets to call rent, gets really unlucky, and becomes bankrupt 15 minutes in. He is an incredibly sore loser and spends the rest of the game sulking, after asking if he could be banker now he's out and being yelled at immediately.

Neil takes pity on all the shit, low-value properties than no one wants and buys up the really crappy side of the board, taking his responsibilities very seriously. It turns out to be a great tactic and he ends up with an unassuming wall of death with hotels left right and centre, and everyone hates him for it. (He makes sure to be distracted by something and not call rent when someone lands on his properties who's doing badly.)

Cameron takes way too long deciding how to spend his money, and is also constantly referring to the rules, despite loud objections from Charlie. He likes to correct the way they're playing but nobody listens to him. He also constantly ends up in jail, which he is not amused by in the slightest, but which the others most decidedly are.

Charlie causes the game to be at least 60% more chaotic than it would be without him, by aggressively throwing money at people he owes, denying that he owes anything at all, moving houses on the board around when nobody's looking, demanding he be paid only in $1 bills, flicking his piece across the board in the vague direction he's supposed to be going, and chucking the dice at Knox's head at various intervals. He is also the cause of many tears in the paper money and the whole board being flipped at one point. Nobody even knows how well he's doing because he mainly just sabotages other people.

Todd is either ridiculously good at this game or just gets really lucky because he manages to get all of the really expensive properties and have loads of houses on them all. He calls rent in the most polite way possible but Meeks still has to stop Charlie from lunging himself at Todd when he calls rent on him. Todd and Neil have the most civilised business interactions ever, and are always thanking each other for their hospitality when they land on each other's properties, and promising to visit again.

Pitts doesn't know what's going on. He doesn't understand the premise of the game until about half an hour in. He has to be repeatedly reminded which counter is his, and what he owns, which is very little. Eventually he lands himself in jail with Cameron and just decides to stay there and everyone lets him.