soldieronbarnes:sssssssim:I think we all need to take a minute to think about how evil Derek had the
soldieronbarnes:sssssssim:I think we all need to take a minute to think about how evil Derek had the potential to become. Villains always have a trigger. Derek ignored his and became a hero.#right#RIGHT??????#I WILL WRITE A FUCKING ODE TO DEREK HALE#we get all these villains with their sad little backstories#about how they’ve been wronged and abused and tortured in the past#and how that made them into the cold relentless monsters that they are#and we’re supposed to feel sorry for them#we’re supposed to go ‘aww i get why you are the way that you are now’#‘all those terrible things you went through totally excuse your behaviour’#WHEN IT DOESN’T#BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MUCH LIFE FUCKS YOU OVER#AT THE END OF THE DAY IT’S /YOU/ WHO MAKES THE CHOICE TO EITHER LET IT TURN YOU INTO A MONSTER OR NOT#IT’S /YOU/ WHO MAKES THE CHOICE TO EITHER GET OVER IT AND BECOME A STRONGER AND BETTER PERSON#OR TO LET IT RUIN YOU AND MAKE YOU EVIL#AND DEREK HALE HAS BEEN THROUGH THE WORST#BUT HE DIDN’T LET IT EAT HIM UP#HE IS STILL HAUNTED BY HIS PAST BUT HE’S NOT LETTING IT DESTROY HIM AND TURN HIM INTO SOMETHING TERRIBLE#DEREK HALE GETS UP EVERY MORNING AND SOLDIERS ON LIKE A /HERO/#GOD I LIVE A DEREK HALE APPRECIATION LIFE#my sun my moon my everything (via alphavenger) -- source link