Lydia Martin
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| Name: | Lydia Martin |
| Occupation: | High school student |
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| Fandom: | Teen Wolf |
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Lydia Martin is a main character on the television show Teen Wolf. She is a high school student and a banshee. She is portrayed by actress Holland Roden.
Canon
Lydia is a high school student at Beacon Hills High School and the girlfriend of lacrosse team captain Jackson Whittemore at the start of the show. She is very intelligent, but hides her intelligence to maintain her popularity. Stiles Stilinski has had a crush on her since they were children. When Allison Argent moves to town they quickly become best friends. Over the course of the show she is bitten by Peter Hale, but does not turn into a werewolf because she has some sort of immunity. Nonetheless, the connection to Peter allows him to use her to resurrect himself after his death. She begins being drawn to other deaths, and discovers that she is a banshee and psychic.
Fandom
Lydia is one of the most popular female characters in the fandom. She is tagged more often than any other female character in Teen Wolf works on the AO3.[1] Many works focus on her friendship with either Stiles or Allison rather than a romantic relationship.
Shipping
Of her two canon relationships, Lydia/Stiles is by far the more popular, and is also her most frequent pairing overall, though like many canon relationships it is often simply a background relationship in Derek/Stiles fanworks.[2] Her most popular non-canon relationship is with Stiles,[2] and her most popular femslash relationship is with Allison.[2] Allison Argent/Lydia Martin is the most popular femslash pairing in the fandom.[3] Less frequently, she is paired with Peter Hale,[2] and her most common threesome is Derek/Lydia/Stiles.[2] Rarer pairings for Lydia include Scott McCall and Lydia Martin/Jordan Parrish.
Crossover pairings also appear for Lydia, including (but not limited to): Lydia/Peter Parker and Lydia/Barry Allen
Fanworks
Fanfiction
- An Algorithm for Mistakes, by fleete (link) - Lydia/Stiles future fic set in college. (26k words)
- We're Friends When You're On Your Knees, by narceus (link) - Allison/Lydia future fic where Allison and Lydia negotiate a BDSM relationship while at college.
- supervixi series by Siria - Lydia character studies. (3 fics, 3,825 words as of 27 July 2014)
- Filthy Perfect, by theaeblackthorn - Derek/Lydia/Stiles developing relationship, Lydia POV. (13k words)
- he pushed inside and made me new, by tigerlady - Lydia/Stiles fuck buddies fic, Lydia POV. (11k words)
- The Inside Job by alocalband, podfic by sir_yessir - Allison/Lydia. "Lydia wakes up as Alpha and takes to it like she takes to everything. Perfectly."
Vids
- Voices In My Head
- DOLLHOUSE
- i survived
- I was so sure
- The story of a banshee
- "It's getting louder"
- My eye is my Sanctuary (Lydia/Peter Parker - The Amazing Spider-Man crossover)
- you know i'm gonna find a way (Lydia/Barry Allen - The Flash crossover)
Art Gallery
For Lydia Martin Appreciation Day by Finduilasclln.
Lydia by avtekken.
Lydia Martin for queer deer by Sudjino.
Ginger Fabulous: Lydia Martin by Daunt.
LydiaxIndependence: My new OTP by XJustADoodlerx.
Archives and Links
- Lydia Martin tagged works on the AO3.
- Lydia Martin tagged works on FFN.
- Lydia Martin tag on tumblr.
Resources
- Lydia Martin on the Teen Wolf Wiki.
References
- ^ As of 26 July 2014 the numbers are: Lydia-12,416; Allison-10,491; Erica-7,379; Melissa-3,625; Laura-3,041; Cora-2,885; Kate-1,482; Kira-1,394; Talie-1,067; Malia-693; Marin Morrel-416; Braeden-127.
- ^ a b c d e As of 25 July 2014, the number of fics for each pairing on AO3 is: Lydia/Jackson - 2,407; Lydia/Stiles - 1,227; Allison/Lydia - 804; Lydia/Peter - 474; Derek/Lydia/Stiles - 64.
- ^ As of December 2018, AO3 has 1800+ works tagged Allison/Lydia, versus 7500+ for Malia Tate/Kira Yukimura and 550+ for Cora Hale/Lydia, the next two most common femslash pairings.