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Teen Wolf; The Argents

I have a lot of Argent family feels. A lot of them. They're probably my favourite part of Teen Wolf (barring maybe Danny). I love all of them for different reasons. They're family through thick and thin, even when they bring it on themselves. They're messed up but they don't let that stop them. I feel like the show had so much potential with every single member of this family and wasted it all. And so here's to the Argents and hoping Chris & Allison get more good moments next season (let this also serve as your warning that this mix contains three canon character deaths).








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Teen Wolf is a show about inhabitants of the town of Beacon Hills. Many of whom happen to be teenage and/or werewolves (hence the name). Scott McCall gets the bite from Derek Hale, and just as he meets and becomes enamoured with new student Allison Argent, he realizes that her father has tried to kill him: he is one of the hunters that has recently come to the area to track down the werewolves causing the town's new rash of suspicious animal attacks.

The mystery of the first season involves the history behind the Hale family fire as well as who killed Laura Hale. We gradually learn that Kate Argent set the fire that burn down the Hale house with most of the family still inside. Though Derek initially suspects that Kate is also responsible for Laura's death, he finds out that she was innocent of that particular crime and that it was in fact his uncle Peter Hale who killer his niece to become the Alpha of the pack. As the rest of the characters learn of Kate's involvement in the fire, so does Peter who eventually kills her for it. Derek then kills Peter (or so we think) and things go back to as normal as they can be.

Allison Argent starts out as your typical new student. She has no knowledge of werewolves or of her family's history with them. As the first season progresses, her father and her aunt gradually teach her about their family's history as hunters as well as various skills in addition to the archery she learnt growing up. Though she disagrees with them frequently, she does trust that her family has her best interests at heart.

Chris Argent is Allison's father. He's very protective of his daughter. He fiercely sticks to his code, to the hunter's code; he does not believe in killing the innocent regardless of species. He keeps an eye on everyone's favourite group of werewolves but does not harm those that have given him no proof of guilt. He's strong-minded but very warm and caring towards his family.

Kate Argent is Chris' sister and Allison's aunt. Also a hunter, she is more vengeful and bloodthirsty than her brother. Unlike Chris, she takes on their father's warped sense of the code and assumes all werewolves to be mindless monsters that cannot be controlled. She is brave and arrogant, though she truly cares for her niece and brother even though she lets her thirst for the hunt cloud her judgment when it comes to keeping their best interests at heart. She has a thing for fire.

Victoria Argent is Allison's mother. She can be cold and decisive and has no mercy for werewolves. Her sense of morality is defined by what she will do to keep her family safe and is not above doing anything her husband wouldn't to achieve it. She tries to kill Scott when she discovers he and Allison are still seeing each other and is bitten when Derek stops her. She then commits suicide to prevent herself from becoming the thing she works to protect her family from.

Gerard Argent is an opportunistic bastard, and well Chris and Kate's father as well as Allison's grandfather. He first comes to Beacon Hills for his daughter's funeral. He stays in town to avenge Kate's death and declares that there is no other code than to kill all the werwolves in town. After Victoria's death, he emotionally manipulates Allison (as one can assume he did to Kate growing up) into his way of hunting. He is not above killing his own family to survive.

nous chassons ceux qui nous chassent; alors nous nous chassons

LION'S  TEETH  | THE MOUNTAIN GOATS nobody in this house / wants to own up to the truth I crawl in shotgun and reach into his mouth and grab hold of one long, sharp tooth and hold on for dear life, I hold on                                                  ➳ Kate was always Gerard's favourite. In a family where the women lead he raised the one that'd be useful to him. Kate was always eager to learn. Even at a young age, she wanted to hunt, she wanted to be a part of the family tradition and she ate her father's teachings right up.	THERE, THERE KATIE | JACK'S MANNEQUIN oh and Katie, Katie be happy this world can be ugly / but isn't it beautiful but you've got the strength that I've lost who'd of thought you would be carrying me                                                 ➳ Chris loved being an older brother. He loved being protective and he loved showing Kate things, letting her in on his ideas. But he looked up to her. She was tough and fiery and everything he wanted to be.	IN FACT | GREGORY AND THE HAWK step one: light me on fire/step two: walk clean away I won't burn long and evidence of your done wrong will be gone In seconds I swear                                                ➳ After a while Kate stopped being able to tell if they were her feelings or her father's. He had convinced her for so long that they were the problem and they had to be dealt with. Every time one wolf did something it was a testament to all of them. So she set out to get all of them.
LA POUSIERRE | CARACOL je serai sans pitié dans le jardin fragile / je suis la branche tordue sans logique apparente / tendue vers l'infini la poussière va tomber / un de ces jours                                                ➳ Kate was the best. She took pride in it. She was a damn good hunter and no one was going to take that away from her. She ran on rage and ruin and fire. It never occurred to her that the ash was bound to fall eventually.	WILDFLOWERS | FIECE BAD RABBIT wildflowers on this dusty road in desolation somethings will grow so build a fence here and call it your own that loaded shotgun well you always be left alone                                                ➳ Allison loved her aunt. Her aunt understood her; she just got her. Understood her need to not feel helpless. She learnt from Kate, and Kate was as much a role model to her as her parents were.	NOTHING LEFT TO SAY/ROCKS | IMAGINE DRAGONS the lines keep getting thinner my age has never made me wise but I keep pushing on and on and on and on I've come too far to see the end now                                                ➳ Chris had his code. His one constant. And he had his family. The line between the two just got thinner and thinner. He hadn't noticed Kate's blatant disregard for the code, but he wasn't about to hurt his sister. So he kept pushing on the best he could.
CONCRETE WALLS | FEVER RAY I live between concrete walls In my arms she was so warm eyes are open the mouth cries haven't slept since summer                                              ➳ Allison felt numbed. Kate was dead. The aunt who had taught her everything was gone. The same aunt had also apparently murdered ten people and set fire to a house. She was suffocated, trying to reconcile her love and grief for Kate with what her aunt had done.	POMPEII | BEAR'S DEN please just don't cry / hold your head up high, she would want you to / she would want you to. Don't you know I miss her too I miss her just as much as you.                                              ➳ They  grieve. Chris smiles at the image of a ten-year-old little sis' reminding him to tough it out. Allison chooses to remember the Kate who taught her to fend for herself. They hold their heads up high because it's the best way they can think of to honour Kate.	VIBRATIONS IN AIR | JOSH PYKE regret is like a filter/that colours all your endeavours once put on becomes a feature of your current works what i fear / is that all of these things I hold dear never become more than vibrations in air.                                              ➳ Victoria wonders if they missed out as a family. No family outings to the zoo, the constant moving. She's tough on Allison because she loves her. She wants to see her grown into a strong woman, she wants to see her safe. So she's hard on her.
RUST (EULOGY) | AUTUMN WOLVES i've burned the bridge above the ford, behind the fog, beyond the rusted door. it's getting cold outside/the house is burning down i can't shed this like a skin but i'm making peace with the rust.                                              ➳ Chris could let himself be consumed with rage and anger over Victoria's bite-suicide. And to a certain degree he does; he holds those responsible, responsible. Mostly, he  makes peace with it. He's seen where vengeance leads for the Argents and he doesn't want to go there. He doesn't want Allison to go there either. So he makes peace with it.	IN FACT (CAROUSEL REMIX) | GREGORY AND THE HAWK step one: light me on fire/step two: walk clean away but if you got time anyway / why not watch me hurt and nothing is sweeter than needed revenge oh that's right / I did nothing and you were the mean one                                                ➳ Allison has a lot of Kate in her. She's got fire and recklessness and she cares so much. Gerard gives her a place to put her rage and so she does. They deserve it. She's lost so fucking much to werewolves and she's tired; she wants it to be over.	GRAVITY | EMBRACE oh the way that gravity turns on you and me and then I looked up at the sun and saw the sky the way that gravity pulls on you and I, on you and I you hear my heart beating/can you hear that sound cause I can't help crying/and I wont look down                                              ➳ Gerard gets what's coming to him. It still feels weird losing yet another Argent, even given the circumstances. Allison's not sure what she should do. Chris isn't really that sure either. They're what's left. They have their pain to make peace with, and their lives to rebuild. And they still have each other.
Je vis près de la rivière où tu m’as donné vie. Loin de l’amer, loin de l’ennuie. Je vis près de la rivière où tu m’as tout appris pour que jamais je ne t’oublie.	LA RIVIERE | BEARS OF LEGEND	➳ They go on. They manage. Argents are built pretty tough. Allison takes what her mother and her aunt have taught her with her. Chris remembers to learn from Allison. They piece together the good things and the bad things. They're nowhere near normal as families go, but at least they're something. And that's okay.

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Comments

[sentbyfools.livejournal.com]

This is such a perfect mix omg. Your song choices suit the family so well. The songs hurt in a good way. And I love that you chose a couple of French songs for them. I can't wait to give this a listen.

[hbics.livejournal.com]

thank you ♥ i was a little worried about how this one was going to turn out but it's become one of my favourites

[sentbyfools.livejournal.com]

I listened to this mix, and I have to say it's one of my favourites of yours as well. Excellent job!

[renrenren3]

I absolutely love the layout you made for this mix.

[hbics.livejournal.com]

IT TOOK ME SO LONG BUT IT WAS SO WORTH IT ♥

[margottenenbaum.livejournal.com]

I actually do not watch this show, but I love the layout you used here! So unique. And the mix itself looks great, a really interesting mix of songs.

[mizz_destiny]

GEEZE. LOOK AT THIS DETAIL. AND LAYOUT.

this fam seems epic ;)

[hbics.livejournal.com]

they are. fucked up, but epic.

ty ♥

[mizz_destiny]

I keep meaning to watch it! I know I'd like it :D

[rehia-gessev.livejournal.com]

God, your layout is gorgeous. I love all your song choices, especially how you repeated In Fact with a remix.

[hbics.livejournal.com]

thank you!

I was so happy that that song had a remix because it's so true to how Gerard treated both Kate and Allison, and it would have felt really weird to have it twice in the mix or having to choose which of the two to use it for ♥

[amoama.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. This is fantastic. That first line, god, so nuanced and perfect the way the lyrics and your little explanations combine to pull out the truth of these people and their relationships.

I love me some fucked up Argent exploration and this was awesome! <33

[rachelroberts.livejournal.com]

This looks perfect! The cover art is amazing and I love how you have it all set up with the songs/pics and lyrics. Wow. Thank you so much for sharing! Can't wait to listen to it!

[impala-chick.livejournal.com]

This comment is beyond late but I was going through the tags of this comm and this playlist is just amazing. So well thought out and so epic. The Argents deserve nothing less. All of these just *fit* together.

[hbics.livejournal.com]

thank you ♥

its funny because while making it i was kind of discouraged that it wasn't that great, but the more I listened to it the more i ended up loving it and to this day i still consider it one of the best ones i've ever made so it's stood the test of time a lot better than some of my others.