| “ | Argent: "You could have killed me last night. Or worse, Melissa. But I can help you." Malia: "Aren't you the one who shot me?" Argent: I come from a family of Hunters. It's our job to deal with situations that an ordinary person... Malia: "...Job stress?" Argent: "You know that bloodlust you felt? I've seen that look before. When I was your age, I saw someone control and slaughter an innocent. And I did nothing." Malia: "I'm not that Werewolf." Argent: "It wasn't a Werewolf-- it was a Hunter. She made excuses, and invented a convincing case... that lethal force was necessary. But it wasn't. If I had done something that night... maybe my sister wouldn't be the monster she is today. Malia: "Kate." Argent: "Animals lose control. You're not just an animal, Malia. You're also human. You stay like that when you get involved." |
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The relationship between Hunter Chris Argent and Evolved Beta Werecoyote Malia Tate.
Though Argent and Malia have existed in the same social circle since Malia's induction into the McCall Pack in Season 4, the two did not have very much interaction with each other until Season 5, due in part because of Argent's brief absence from Beacon Hills while assisting the Calavera Family of Hunters in tracking down his sister, the Hunter-turned-Werejaguar Kate Argent. Upon Argent's return to assist the pack in dealing with the Dread Doctors and the Beast of Gevaudan, he and Malia got to know each other and began working alongside each other through their involvement with the pack.
However, it wasn't until Season 6 when Argent and Malia became closer and developed a relationship closer to that of friends and allies than simply acquaintances with mutual friends. It began as a result of Malia's lack of control over her Werecoyote transformations, which were due to the fact that her anchor, Stiles Stilinski, had been captured and erased from reality by the Ghost Riders, causing her to forget all of the memories with Stiles that allowed her to learn control after almost a decade of living in the woods in her coyote form and existing only as an animal.
Seeing a chance to right a wrong he made by not helping his sister Kate when she was similarly bloodthirsty (only worse, as she was a human and motivated by hatred, not a lack of control), Argent began mentoring Malia and gave her an opportunity to put his lesson about connecting to humanity (by getting involved in protecting her fellow citizens, in this case, the Beacon Hills High School students who were marked by the Ghost Riders during a party at the McCall House) by helping protect the targets of the Riders by fortifying the Argent Bunker.
They continued to work together throughout the rest of Season 6, with Malia even intervening in an arms-deal-gone-wrong in order to protect Argent, though she didn't know that he was already anticipating this ambush. Their relationship became closer due in part to their respective relationships with the McCall Family, as Argent and Scott had been close allies for years at this point, and Argent had developed a romantic relationship with Scott's mother Melissa McCall while Malia herself had entered into a romantic relationship with Scott, as well. By the end of the series, Argent remained a close ally of the McCall Pack, of which Malia was still a member and the girlfriend of Scott, its Alpha.
Throughout Teen Wolf[]
In Smoke and Mirrors, Argent and Malia were both at La Iglesia in Mexico during the battle between Argent's sister, the Werejaguar Kate Argent (and, by extension, her Berserkers) and the Calavera Family of Hunters, but they did not have much interaction.
Malia (along with Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Braeden, Liam Dunbar, and Peter Hale) arrived first and spent all of their time trying to locate and rescue Scott McCall and Kira Yukimura, who had been captured by Kate, and then later focused on turning Scott back into his True Alpha Werewolf self after Kate turned him into a Berserker. Meanwhile, Argent (who had been seriously injured by Peter Hale the previous day) arrived later with Jordan Parrish, both of whom joined the Calaveras in fighting against Kate and the other Berserker directly.
After the battle had ended, Malia and the rest of the McCall Pack congregated outside of La Iglesia, where Argent addressed their concerns and promised that he had made a deal with the Calaveras to ensure that the Mexican Hunters would leave the pack alone in exchange for him leaving with them to help them track down Kate.
In Raw Talent,
In After Images,
In Face-to-Faceless,
In Triggers,
In Broken Glass,
In The Wolves of War,Trivia[]
- In another supernatural TV series called The Secret Circle, their respective characters Diana (played by Shelley Hennig) and Isaac (played by JR Bourne) were enemies. Ironically, Diana was a witch and Isaac was a witch hunter, something similar to their Teen Wolf counterparts Malia (also a supernatural creature, in this case a Werecoyote) and Argent (a human Hunter). The difference is that in The Secret Circle, Isaac wanted to kill every witch (including Diana), even teenagers, simply for their existence, while in Teen Wolf, Argent wants to protect innocent humans and supernaturals, especially children; even when Argent was following the original Hunter Code, it had a strict stipulation about not harming innocent supernaturals, including and especially children.
- After Stiles was erased from existence by the Ghost Riders, Malia began to have problems in controlling her own supernatural powers. Seeing this and realizing the danger to herself and others it could cause, Argent offered her help in finding a balance.
- He later admitted that he was partially motivated because he could see similarities between Malia's bloodlust when she was out of control and the bloodlust he saw in his sister, Kate Argent, and he wanted to prevent her from becoming the killer that Kate became.
- Argent's friendship with Malia is further proof that he had changed his perception toward supernatural creatures, a change that was met with disgust by his father, Gerard Argent, in the second half of Season 6, when Argent acted as a messenger for the McCall Pack when speaking to Monroe's Army of Hunters as a whole.
- At first he saw shapeshifters as rabid dogs that needed to be put down, but after the events with his father, the Kanima, and Kate and Gerard's attempts to turn his daughter Allison into a darker Hunter like themselves, he realized that it was possible for shapeshifters (e.g. Werewolves and Werecoyotes, etc.) to still have their humanity and that they are willing to use their powers for good reasons instead of to kill humans.
- Both Argent and Malia showed their concern about Lydia's life and safety:
- Argent was afraid that Lydia after being bitten by then Alpha Peter Hale would cause her to be turned into Werewolf. ("Omega") He continued to look out for Lydia throughout the rest of the series, due in part to honoring the wishes of his late daughter Allison, who was best friend and vice versa.
- Malia became best friends with Lydia throughout her time in the pack. Malia was afraid that Lydia would die in Eichen House, which led Malia into helping her pack in rescuing her before this could occur. ("The Sword and the Spirit"), ("Amplification"), ("Lie Ability")
- Both also have very close friendships with Derek Hale and Scott McCall:
- Argent is one of Scott's father figures and Derek's ally and close friend. Argent is also in a relationship with Scott's mother Melissa.
- Malia is Scott's Beta and girlfriend and Derek's cousin.
- It's unknown if Chris is aware that Malia is a member of the Hale Family.
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