Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-27547895-20160203234522/@comment-4091815-20160203235434

This is not a canon question. It is a canon argument.

We have to gage which of Theo's chimera traits might make him able to shift easily into full animal form based on what we know about each of the real creatures in his makeup.

When we thought he was just werewolf, it was a complete mystery because we know how difficult it is for even real werewolves to make such a shift.

Once he revealed that he was part werecoyote, it began to make more sense. This fact combined with Malia's seemingly easy shift in childhood makes "werecoyote" the straightest line between the two points.