Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-190.27.43.13-20140708231921/@comment-19765459-20140711201425

LadyX wrote:

You can't take anything before the end of 3a into account because the Nemeton wasn't activated yet.

I'm of the camp that it's not a magnet, and more of a 'hey, here we are' people who seek power would be drawn to that, or even stuff that are curious about whats in the area. Or it might be sort of magnet like, but not a compulsion. Actually, the Nemeton was sort of reactivated when Derek killed his girlfriend under the stump. That's the power that enabled Jennifer to survive after Kali mauled her. It simply got more power from all the later sacrifices, especially the surrogate self-sacrifices that Scott, Stiles and Allison performed to find their parents.

Just as an aside, I am always touting that I don't trust Deaton because I think he's manipulating everyone through omission and selectively handing out information. But I also think that he wanted to fully re-empower the Nemeton and that he manipulated Scott and friends to that end. It was never plausible to me that a druid who has lived in town for any length of time would not have mapped out all the telluric currents and place(s) of power in the area. Heck, Danny, a teenager, mapped the telluric currents! So 16 hours in ice water seemed like an awful waste of time to find such an obvious location.

I agree with the notion that it's renewed energy is more of a "beacon" than a magnet. Deucalion came to town looking for a True Alpha (originally it was supposed to be because of the Kanima, but then Colton left), and because of the threat posed by the Darach. He couldn't seem to care less about the Nemeton, and left town once Jennifer had been dealt with. However, other supernatural creatures may be drawn to it, like bugs to a bug zapper (an analogy that fits given the fatality rate of coming to Beacon Hills).