Teen Wolf

After not seeing it for about 10 years, last night I watched the movie Teen Wolf. When I got to the part where the school and town became accepting of that hairy little fellow, I started to realize something that I hadn't noticed before; those silly bastards only liked him because he was good at basketball. If that man-wolf had not been on a sports team, he definitely would not have been as cool...I'm pretty sure people would still be afraid of him. If you saw that hairball just perusing the hallways of your school, would you run up to him and say hello to him because he was good at basketball or would you run the other way?!? I mean, it's not like in the movie Teen Witch, where she places a spell on the entire school to be the most popular girl. You can't fight a spell, but you can certainly choose to run when you see a pubescent wolf boy coming your way.