Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-78.0.215.197-20150202084809/@comment-26137998-20150224125810

Magic is not at all involved in teen wolf. Derek was aged backwards by a ritual which involved the nagual god or something. Technically a divine force does not mean it involves magic. Same was the case with Jennifer. Jennifer made sacrifices to a god too. It was more of a diety involved ritual that gave her powers and not some magic. The oni was simply a force of nature and calling them a magical force would be absolutely wrong. The oni are sort of some spiritual warriors that maintain balance. And the nogitsune was just an evil or trickster spirit which comes under the category of supernatural and not magical. In fact the very essence of teen wolf is based on science and genetics. When a beta kills an alpha,he takes his position,powers and pack. This is very similar to actual wolves where when a beta wolf challenges the alpha and if victorious takes the pack under his control. The only difference is that the alpha in the case of teen wolf has a surge in power but it comes down to the same thing. He gets the same power to lead. It is a genetic thing. Also when a wolf forms a pack,no one gets a power boost or something. It is just that they get people who are willing to support and take care of them. The fact that werewolves lose control on a full moon is also a science thing. The gravitational pull of the moon causes the water in water bodies to rise and fall. However on a full moon,it has a lot more effect than the other days because of the more extent of the moon. So the pull of the moon(on a full moon)causes the blood(blood has 90% water) to rise and fall at a faster pace thus increasing the heart rate. Incase of werewolves this leads to transforming into their wolf forms and losing control more easily. As for the mountain ash barrier,it is nature's way of keeping the wolves and supernatural creatures away from humans. Call it nature's way of creating a balance among the human and supernatural population.