| “ | Probably regret, Because I didn't really want to do this but I didn't have a choice | ” |
— Theo to Malia in The Sword and the Spirit
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The relationship between Werewolf-Werecoyote Chimera Theo Raeken and born Werecoyote Malia Tate.
Theo and Malia first met in Season 5's premiere, after Theo, who had just returned to Beacon Hills to join the pack led by his former classmate and Malia's close friend Scott McCall, helped them defeat the Werewolf-Garuda Chimera Belasko. It was then that Theo re-introduced himself to Scott and Stiles Stilinski and met Malia, Kira Yukimura and Liam Dunbar for the first time. Stiles was proven to be right about being suspicious of Theo when the latter was revealed to be secretly working with the Dread Doctors, the para-scientists who turned him into a half-Werewolf, half-Werecoyote Chimera when he was nine years old and with whom he worked out a deal involving Theo keeping Scott and his pack from their plans in resurrecting the Beast of Gevaudan while they helped him turn the members of the McCall Pack against Scott before Theo stealing Scott's position as Alpha of the pack.
Theo successfully tricked each member, including the suspicious Stiles, into letting him be a part of their pack while he caused rifts between the pack members' relationships and their ties to Scott throughout the first half of the season. He desired all the members of the pack, especially Malia, with whom he shared some sort of connection through their Werecoyote side, and Stiles, who was once possessed by the Nogitsune. Theo's plan ultimately failed because of two major factors: first, Liam was stopped from killing Scott and taking his Alpha spark, which would then allow Theo to steal the spark from Liam, thanks to the intervention of Liam's best friend Mason Hewitt; and he underestimated the loyalty that the members had to Scott that they refused to join his side. Theo moved to his back-up plan and stole some of the Doctor's green serum to resurrect four of the "failed" Chimeras so they could be his pack to help him in his new goal: steal the powers from the newly resurrected Beast of Gevaudan.
Malia held resentment toward Theo for betraying her, her friends and killing Scott, and despite this anger toward him, she allowed him to help her and Braeden in her mission to kill her biological mother and fellow Werecoyote The Desert Wolf but Theo once again betrayed Malia; this time, he had made a deal with the Desert Wolf to bring Malia to her in exchange for Belasko's Garuda Talons, which would help him take the Beast's powers. This betrayal angered Malia to the point that she never forgave him for leaving her to die at the hands of her mother and they never had any more physical interactions before Theo failed in killing the Beast and taking its powers (thanks to the alliance between Scott and Deucalion) and was dragged to an underground prison by his dead sister Tara thanks to Kira and Skinwalkers.
Theo and Malia reunited three months later in Season 6's Ghosted, after Liam and his girlfriend Hayden Romero used Kira's magical katana to bring Theo back so he could help them fight off the Ghost Riders and find a way to bring their victims back to Beacon Hills. Although Malia was not at all thrilled to see Theo again and wanted to kill him for betraying her back in Season 5, she and the other members of the pack were forced to cooperate with him as he divulged his knowledge of the Wild Hunt and Garrett Douglas, an Alpha Löwenmensch who desired the Wild Hunt as his personal supernatural army. Theo and Malia joined Scott and Peter Hale in a final showdown against Douglas and the Ghost Riders, though not before Malia made it clear that Theo was not a part of Scott's pack, much to Theo's chagrin.
Theo's redemption was further demonstrated in the second half of Season 6, when the pack found themselves at war against Tamora Monroe, Gerard Argent, and their growing Hunter Army. Theo proved to be changing to a better person when he helped the pack protect the orphaned Werewolves Jiang and Tierney and stopped Liam from losing control of his Werewolf side and kill someone. Scott trusted Theo the point of sending him to the hospital to help his mother Melissa McCall, Corey Bryant, Mason and Liam fight off the Hunters there. By the end of the series, Theo was shown to have redeemed and become a more selfless and empathetic person to make up for his past misdeeds, though it is unknown if his relationship to Malia changed for the better, but it is possible that it has.
Theo and Malia are often known as Maleo, or less frequently, Matheo, by fans.
In Creatures of the Night, Malia and Theo meet when Scott is attacked by a werewolf they both come to his rescue, Malia asks Scott whether he knows Theo, Theo then replies that he used to.
In Parasomnia, When Stiles and Malia discussing weather or not to trust Theo, Malia jokingly says to Stiles "I mean I see why you won't really hot he's got great hair perfect body I mean you should definitely feel threatened" They soon see Theo arriving at school and he gives a polite smell and waves at Malia and Stiles
In A Novel Approach, Malia is joined by Theo in the library who sits across from her, They share some glances, later Malia begins packing up her stuff to leave and Theo offers her a ride. She says she'll take the bus and he tells her that the last one left an hour ago. He soon brings up her drivers’ ed class and how she almost ran over a sophomore. She then tells him that "the sophomore shouldn't have had been standing there", Theo laughs but then offers her his keys so that she can practice, He then throws her his keys and they smile at each other. Theo playfully mocks Malia for driving the speed limit and for the way she holds the steering wheel,He then gently moves her hand lower on the steering wheel the two then stare at each other, Well driving Malia starts has a panic attack and goes and collapses in the middle of the road an oncoming car comes and Theo pulls Malia out the way and she tells him he remembers The Desert wolf was trying to kill her.
In Required Reading, Theo is working out in the school gym when he senses Malia coming. He strips off his shirt and continues his workout as she comes in. Malia question's Theo on why he hasn't told Scott about her panic attack and regaining her memory about the car accident,He tells her he figure she didn't want him to tell, Theo tries to seduced Malia but she shakes it off and Malia grabs the Butterfly Press, holding the weight in place and threatens him, She demands to know what he wants. He says he wants in the pack. She says it's not up to her. He says if she wants to tells Scott, she should tell him he continues to say “If you’ve got something else in mind, I’m okay with that too.” Malia releases the butterfly press and it snaps back. Theo rubs his chest after the machine caused some strain and smiles, They soon work together along with Scott to find a new chimera.
In Ouroboros, Once Theo had saved Liam and Hayden Malia is grateful and hugs Theo, which he reciprocates.
In Status Asthmaticus, Theo tracked Malia down to her old coyote den, Where he shape-shifts in front of her, While naked Theo offers to teach Malia how to shift, he also offers to help her kill the desert and he tells her about Hayden current condition that the chimeras need her help, While talking to Stiles, Theo state's he came to Beacon Hill for a pack, One of the pack member's he wanted was The Werecoyote (Malia) the one who's first Instinct is to kill.
In Codominance, Theo is in class when he see Malia in the hallway, he smiles and stares at her before she walks away,Malia heads to The Animal Clinic, She rummaging through the clinic. until Theo appears and tells Malia that she won't find Deaton. He tells her that Deaton's probably dead and that Scott will blame Malia's for it. Malia gets angry and attacks him. Whilst strattling him Malia punches Theo several times, even breaking his arm but he continues to smilie. When Malia is about to break his neck, Theo tells her that he can help her find Deaton and the Desert Wolf by using the Dread Doctors.
In The Sword and the Spirit, Theo and Malia meet in the locker room at the high school. Theo explains to Malia about the device in the Dread doctors operating theater that can help find the desert Wolf. After using wolfbane to render Malia unconscious.In Ghosted, Scott and Malia, return to the McCall house to find that Liam and Hayden have freed Theo after having a conversation with Scott Malia walked into the kitchen and noticed Theo's presence. Theo even more scared once Malia walked in, anxiously joked, "You aren't still mad about the whole shooting-thing, are you?", causing Malia to become angry and partially shifted and roared while lunging at him.
Trivia[]
- Theo wanted to help Malia kill the Desert Wolf, but then double-crossed her.
- Both have killed their sisters.
- Though Theo indirectly killed his sister by not giving her aid while she was dying ("Ouroboros"), ("The Last Chimera"), Malia actually directly (albeit accidentally) killed her sister by attacking her during her first Werecoyote shift on her first full moon following the car accident caused by the Desert Wolf. ("A Novel Approach")
- Theo accepts her true nature and initially tried to draw out her darker impulses.
- Malia once remarked that he was "really hot." ("Parasomnia")
- Theo and Malia are the only two of the teenage pack members to have been shapeshifting into their respective wolf and coyote forms since they were kids.
- Malia first shifted when she was 9 years old. ("The Last Chimera")
- Theo was turned in a Chimera when he was 10 years old. ("Anchors")
- They are both Werecoyotes, though Theo is only part-coyote, and is an unnatural form of it due to being a Chimera, while Malia was born a Werecoyote.
- Malia was the first of the McCall Pack to trust Theo, though, according to Theo, she didn't know why at first, and Theo attributed this to the fact that they are both Werecoyotes. ("Status Asthmaticus")
- Theo wanted Malia to join his pack. ("Status Asthmaticus")
- Malia and Theo have both stolen power from people.
- Malia stole her mother, the Desert Wolf's power using talons. ("Apotheosis")
- Theo stole Josh Diaz and Tracy Stewart's by killing them. ("The Beast of Beacon Hills"), ("Apotheosis")
- Shelley Hennig said in an interview that Theo is definitely new to Malia.
- Theo offered to teach Malia how to shapeshift into her full coyote form. ("Status Asthmaticus").
- Cody Christian said in an interview that there's definitely tension and chemistry behind their relationship.
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