Lydia Martin

Lydia Martin is once of the three deuteragonists (alongside Stiles Stilinski and Allison Argent) of the Teen Wolf franchise, serving as a major character in Season 1-3, one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Liam Dunbar) of Season 4, the tritagonist of Season 5, the deuteragonist of Season 6, and a major character in the 2023 Paramount+ sequel, Teen Wolf: The Movie.
She is a banshee whose powers were activated when Peter Hale bit her. She is the daughter of the estranged Mr Martin and Natalie Martin, the primary love interest of Stiles Stilinski, and the granddaughter of Lorraine Martin as well as the best friend of Allison Argent, Scott McCall, Kira Yukimura and Malia Tate. She is also close friends with Mason Hewitt, Liam Dunbar, and Corey Bryant, a good friend of Derek Hale, Noah Stilinski, Meredith Walker, Melissa McCall, and the ex-girlfriend of the late Aiden Steiner and Jackson Whittemore.
Lydia was introduced as the most popular girl in school before making bonds with the three main characters. At the end of Season 1, Lydia is bitten by the then Alpha Peter Hale; this bite does not turn her into a werewolf. Instead, it activates her banshee powers, abilities she inherited from her paternal grandmother.
She is a member of the McCall Pack, a former student at Beacon Hills High and the MIT and a worker at the San Francisco's Energy Company.
==History==
Lydia Martin is a Banshee who was born on March 19, 1995. She unknowingly inherits her Banshee powers from her paternal grandmother, Lorraine Martin; however, Lydia will not come into these powers until she is bitten by then-Alpha werewolf, Peter Hale. She had been a classmate of Scott McCall and Stiles Stilinski since the third grade, where the latter harbored a major crush on her. However, Lydia paid no attention to him. (Formality)
At some point during her academic career, her IQ was tested, and she rated a genius-level score of 170. ("Unleashed")
Growing up, Lydia was very close with her grandmother and they would often read "The Little Mermaid" together. Because it was their favorite fairytale, Lorraine nicknames Lydia "Ariel" after the titular mermaid. When Lydia was in elementary school, her father had Lorraine admitted into Eichen House; while Mr. Martin believed his mother to be mentally ill, Lorraine was a banshee. (Time of Death")
One day, Lorraine performed trephination on herself while in the bathtub at Eichen House, which caused Natalie to be called to help deal with it. Though the young Lydia was told to stay in the car, she eventually got bored and followed her mother inside, where she found Lorraine surrounded by a pool of blood. Lorraine saw her in the doorway and stated, "They're coming, Lydia. They're coming for all of us," but for some yet-unexplained reason, Lydia repressed the memory until she read Gabriel Valack's novel The Dread Doctors, which was intended to trigger suppressed memories, specifically those that were suppressed by the Dread Doctors themselves. Horrified, Natalie immediately rushed her daughter out of Eichen House, while Lydia had no memory of this happening ("Required Reading").
Because of the constant fighting between her parents, Lydia becomes a queen bee, a mean girl persona, and one of the most popular girls in school. (The Tell)
Lydia also has a string of relationships; however, she never loved them. (Frenemy).
At some point, she began dating Jackson, Captain of the Lacrosse team. Over time, Lydia grows to love him, unlike her other boyfriends (Frenemy; Master Plan)
Despite her intelligence, she acts dim-witted around him to make him not feel insecure. (Magic Bullet; Pack Mentality).
At some point, Lydia's parents went through separation and gave her the option to live with either her dad her her mom. Ultimately, Lydia chooses to remain with her mother. Excelling in high school, Lydia began demonstrating exceptional leadership qualities, surprising Natalie and Mr. Martin. (The Tell).
===Season 1===
===Season 2 ===
===Season 3A===
After Jennifer's unsuccessful murder attempt, Lydia is admitted into Beacon Hills Memorial. However, due to the power being knocked out due to a severe thunderstorm. Lydia is transferred to the hospital in the next town over with the rest of the evacs. In her absence, Jennifer abducts Melissa and knocked Derek out, Scott joins Deucalion and the Argents, Isaac, Peter and Cora escape the hospital .
===Season 3b ===
===Season 4===
===Season 5===
===Season 6===
===The Movie ===
After having a relationship with Stiles, Lydia separated from him after having visions of his death with her in a car accident.
==Personality==
Lydia used to be vain, shallow, ditzy mean-girl who flaunted her popularity around. Despite this, Lydia was actuality one of the most intelligent people at her high school. She mainly kept up this appearance so her then-boyfriend Jackson Whittemore wouldn't feel like the odd one out. In the first two seasons, Lydia maintained this appearance. After coming across one of Peter's crimes scene, Lydia became distraught and misses a daddy of school. She tries being a beauty queen by immediately putting makeup on herself after seeing her mascaras run, putting back on her mean girl attitude back on. By Season 3, however, Lydia no longer puts on this face and starts embracing herself. For example, she refuses to let her mom cover up the bruising around her neck because Lydia wasn't afraid to show people that she was strong even Jennifer tried to kill her.
In her relationships Lydia appreciates those with raw talent. For example, she started paying attention to Scott because he improved his game on the lacrosse field. Even before his breakup with Allison, Lydia sometimes flirted at him and later kissed him in "Lunatic." However, as time went on, Scott and Lydia developed a brother and sister relationship. She was later attracted to Stiles Stilinski because he was an intelligent individual in his own right after he recognized her as just as smart. However, the fact that they had been best friends for years prior to their relationship also factors into this. After her breakup with Jackson, being attacked by Peter and being kept in the dark, Lydia became somewhat secluded. She was tormented by Peter Hale's spirit and became more distant from her friends when Scott, Stiles and Allison were hiding something from her.
After becoming aware of the supernatural and developing closer friendships with Scott and Stiles, Lydia started becoming more compassionate and caring. Theo Raeken noticed how close she and Scott were and knew how impossible it would be to turn her against him. However Lydia had self doubts in her powers and abilities because of the Banshee powers she didn't want. Even after Peter had left her consciousness, she has still regularly been traumatized by the deaths she would come to witness and the corpses to which she was drawn as a result of being a Harbinger of Death. At the end of the series, she becomes more confident in her abilities, especially after the trial she endured at Eichen House and being trained by Meredith Walker. She learned to accept her role and help Scott and their friends whenever they need it. Additionally, after being best friends with Stiles for two years, Lydia finally realized her romantic feelings for him, especially during his absence. Along with Scott and Malia, Lydia was successful in bringing him back to the trash world. However, it was also her memory and love for Stiles that truly allowed him to cross back over.
==Abilities==
*Genius Intelligence: Even from the start of the series, Lydia was considered a child prodigy and genius. Because of her intellect, Lydia was accepted into Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Lydia has an IQ of 170, having knowledge in mathemetics, chemistry, physics, medicine, psychology, history, mythology and foreign languages. She investigates supernatural crimes, due to her academic knowledge and Stiles' understanding of law enforcement.
*Charisma
*Multilingualism: Lydia is fluent in Latin (both Archaic and Classical), Spanish, and French in at least a conversational capacity.
*Skilled Artist: Lydia drew a very detailed picture of the Nemeton's roots she initially mistook for a tree. However they realized this must have been the place where Jennifer was holding the Sheriff Stilinski, Melissa McCall and Chris Argent hostage.
*Combatant: Lydia was trained by Jordan Parrish
== Relationships ==
===Family===
*Natalie Martin (Mother)
* Mr. Martin (Father; estranged)
*Lorraine Martin † (Grandmother)
*Stiles Stilinski - Love Interest, Packmate, and Ex-boyfriend
*Maddy † - Step-Grandmother
*Natalie's Sister - Aunt
===Friends===
*Scott McCall - Best Friend/Alpha
*Allison Argent - Best Friend/Packmate
*Jackson Whittemore - Ex-Boyfriend and Friends
*Derek Hale
*Malia Tate - Best Friend/Packmate
*Liam Dunbar - Packmate
*Mason Hewitt - Packmate
*Kira Yukimura - Former Packmate
*Melissa McCall - Close Friend
*Deputy Jordan Parrish - Former Love Interest
* Meredith Walker - Fellow Banshee/Former Enemy
*Cora Hale
* Chris Argent
*Isaac Lahey
*Vernon Boyd †
===Romances===
*Aiden Steiner † - Packmate and Former Boyfriend
===Neutral===
*Peter Hale
*Theo Raeken
===Enemies===
*Peter Hale (formerly)
*Jennifer Blake
*The Nogitsune (formerly)
*Meredith Walker (formerly)
*Dread Doctors
*Gabriel Valack
*Sebastien Valet
*Ghost Riders
*Gerard Argent
*Tamora Monroe
*The Anuke-ite
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==Trivia==
*Lydia Martin is the second charcter to appear in more episodes, behind Scott McCall's actor Tyler Posey.
*Lydia has had the most love interests in the series: her love interest, Jackson Whittemore in Season 1 & 2, kissing her best friend Scott McCall in "Lunatic," the many flings she had over the summer, Aiden Steiner, Jordan Parrish, and Stiles Stilinski
*A few hints that foreshadowed Lydia's powers and abilities as a Banshee: 
**When she and Jackson go to the video store, Lydia screams Upon seeing Peter Hale (in Alpha form) crashing out of the window. Not to mention, he killed the rental store owner, foreshadowing Lydia's banshee abilities.
**Mr. Martin questions the teacher if Lydia is suffering from irrational behavior, foreshadowing how he believed his mother, and Lydia's paternal grandmother, Lorraine, was ill and sent her to Eichen House.
**After Peter attacks her, Lydia is immune to the bite, doesn't heal quickly, Kanima venom, mountain ash barrier, etc.
**Seeing wild Hallucinations and being drawn to death.
** The fact that the Season 3 opening has Lydia screaming.
*None of Lydia's banshee screams are real and are digitally created
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