Matt Daehler
almost 5 years
ago
Current
Matt Daehler
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"This doesn't have anything to do with [[Allison Argent|Allison]], does it." - Matt to [[Jackson Whittemore]]
"Jackson is my fury." - Matt to [[Scott McCall]]
Series
Matthew 'Matt' Daehler is a student at [[Beacon Hills High School]], and a member of the [[Cyclones lacrosse team]]. Prior to the series, Matt almost drowned at a pool party held by [[Mr. Lahey]] and the beacon Hills high school swim team, to his trauma and humiliation. In [[Season 2]], Matt Daehler is a psychological stalker who fixates on [[Allison Argent]] and becomes the [[master of the kanima]], enslaving [[Jackson Whittemore]] after the latter transforms into a [[kanima]]. He takes command of the [[shapeshifters|shapeshifter]], goes on a killing spree, using the shapeshifter to kill Mr. Lahey and all former high school students who were involved in his near drowning and becomes a hidden quarry and foe of [[Scott McCall]], [[Stiles Stilinski]], Allison, [[Derek's Pack]] and the Argent family of hunters. Matt is eventually exposed as the kanima's master and the true culprit, but takes Scott, Stiles, [[Derek Hale]], [[Melissa McCall]] and [[Sheriff Noah Stilinski]] hostage. He menaces them, and confesses everything to Scott, his motive and all his experiences with the kanima. During the skirmish between all parties involved, Matt slips away, but is assaulted then killed by [[Gerard Argent]].
Personality
Matt initially appears and presents himself as afriendly,confident easy-going, cocky and confident everydayfriendly everyday high school student,school student and photographer, wanting to make friends and go out to parties with people.
Underneath this image of a well-adjusted teenager however, Matt is in truthcallous,callous psychotic and unhinged.mentally unstable. He displayed all the traits of a typical stalker, being obsessive, psychotic and intrusive. He inappropriately pursued herAllison by inconspicuously taking photoshots of her from everywhere without her consent. He also photo shopped himself into many of his candid shots of her, deluding himself into thinking he and Allison were in a romantic relationship. When he suspected Jackson was making a sex tape under the misinterpretation that it was for Allison to see, he proved to also be a peeping tom, viewing Jackson's video for himself, then even tried to sabotage Allison's secret affair with Scott in a very perverse manner.
As a result of his childhood trauma and keeping it secret for years, Matt's psyche is extremely compromised to the point of him becoming a murderer. He is self-righteous,aggressive,impulsive, irrational and demented. He persistently justified his murderous actions that the swim team 'murdered' him, reflecting on his near-death experience, that because of their role in causing his trauma, they were in debt to him. Matt's self-absorbed dementia was so far that he displayed no consequencesremorse in taking Scott, Stiles and their parents hostage.hostage and terrorizing them.
Biography
When Matt was 9 years old, in 2006, he went to the [[isaac's house|Isaac Lahey's house]] to make a first edition comic book trade with Isaac. At the time, [[Mr. Lahey]], [[beacon hills high school|the high school]]'s [[beacon hills 2006 swim team|swim team]] coach was having a pool party with his favorites, his elder son [[Camden Lahey]], [[Bennett]], [[tucker cornish|Tucker]], [[Jessica]], [[Sean]] and [[Kara Simmon|Kara]] to celebrate winning the state championship.
{{matt9years|size: medium; margin-left: 10px; float: right}}The teenagers were all drinking alcohol with Lahey's consent and Matt wound up at the middle of the party. Suddenly, a drunken Camden grabbed Matt and was about to throw him in the pool. Terrified, Matt yells out that he can't swim, but everyone was far too imbibed to listen, just having a great time and Camden throws him in.
Matt started to drown, swallowing water. He cried out for help, but everyone just drunkenly laughed. As Matt went under, Sean and Jessica feeling each other up as well as Tucker and Kara. Matt drowned, but then was rescued and resuscitated by [[Mr. Lahey]]. The coach berates Matt that his near-death experience was his own fault, because "what little bastard doesn't know how to swim." Lahey demanded that Matt say nothing, that he tell no one about what happened so no one finds out he let teenagers drink alcohol.
Matt obeyed keeping the incident secret. He caused himself trauma in the seven years that followed. He had nightmares where he's drowning and he would wake up gasping for breath. His parents thought Matt was asthmatic and even brought him an inhaler.
{{+Season 2|view: titled; float: left}}
"This doesn't have anything to do with [[Allison Argent|Allison]], does it." - Matt to [[Jackson Whittemore]]
"Jackson is my fury." - Matt to [[Scott McCall]]
Series
Matthew 'Matt' Daehler is a student at [[Beacon Hills High School]], and a member of the [[Cyclones lacrosse team]]. Prior to the series, Matt almost drowned at a pool party held by [[Mr. Lahey]] and the beacon Hills high school swim team, to his trauma and humiliation. In [[Season 2]], Matt Daehler is a psychological stalker who fixates on [[Allison Argent]] and becomes the [[master of the kanima]], enslaving [[Jackson Whittemore]] after the latter transforms into a [[kanima]]. He takes command of the [[shapeshifters|shapeshifter]], goes on a killing spree, using the shapeshifter to kill Mr. Lahey and all former high school students who were involved in his near drowning and becomes a hidden quarry and foe of [[Scott McCall]], [[Stiles Stilinski]], Allison, [[Derek's Pack]] and the Argent family of hunters. Matt is eventually exposed as the kanima's master and the true culprit, but takes Scott, Stiles, [[Derek Hale]], [[Melissa McCall]] and [[Sheriff Noah Stilinski]] hostage. He menaces them, and confesses everything to Scott, his motive and all his experiences with the kanima. During the skirmish between all parties involved, Matt slips away, but is assaulted then killed by [[Gerard Argent]].
Personality
Matt initially appears and presents himself as a
Underneath this image of a well-adjusted teenager however, Matt is in truth
As a result of his childhood trauma and keeping it secret for years, Matt's psyche is extremely compromised to the point of him becoming a murderer. He is self-righteous,
Biography
When Matt was 9 years old, in 2006, he went to the [[isaac's house|Isaac Lahey's house]] to make a first edition comic book trade with Isaac. At the time, [[Mr. Lahey]], [[beacon hills high school|the high school]]'s [[beacon hills 2006 swim team|swim team]] coach was having a pool party with his favorites, his elder son [[Camden Lahey]], [[Bennett]], [[tucker cornish|Tucker]], [[Jessica]], [[Sean]] and [[Kara Simmon|Kara]] to celebrate winning the state championship.
{{matt9years|size: medium; margin-left: 10px; float: right}}The teenagers were all drinking alcohol with Lahey's consent and Matt wound up at the middle of the party. Suddenly, a drunken Camden grabbed Matt and was about to throw him in the pool. Terrified, Matt yells out that he can't swim, but everyone was far too imbibed to listen, just having a great time and Camden throws him in.
Matt started to drown, swallowing water. He cried out for help, but everyone just drunkenly laughed. As Matt went under, Sean and Jessica feeling each other up as well as Tucker and Kara. Matt drowned, but then was rescued and resuscitated by [[Mr. Lahey]]. The coach berates Matt that his near-death experience was his own fault, because "what little bastard doesn't know how to swim." Lahey demanded that Matt say nothing, that he tell no one about what happened so no one finds out he let teenagers drink alcohol.
Matt obeyed keeping the incident secret. He caused himself trauma in the seven years that followed. He had nightmares where he's drowning and he would wake up gasping for breath. His parents thought Matt was asthmatic and even brought him an inhaler.
{{+Season 2|view: titled; float: left}}