Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-11533671-20160225213751

By now we all are aware of the assumption that Mason is the teen that the Beast uses to terrorize the folks in Beacon Hills.

There are many different opinions concerning this with some liking the idea and others (myself included) hoping it is just a red herring and that the teenager will be revealed to be someone else. Regardless of which side you prefer, doesn't this just reek of lazy or burnt out writing?

I can't help but to draw comparisons to the entire Nogitsune / Stiles plot. Let's compare the two in one sentence:

Mason (Stiles) is unknowingly the host to a monstrous villain known as the Beast (Nogitsune) and must be saved from this "possession" or else they will die and the villain will then reign chaos and death onto everyone.

Isn't this the same plot? All they did was make it a different type of creature with a different back story. Mason is next-gen Stiles by all accounts and no one thought...."Hey, didn't we just do this same story complete with the twist of our bad guy using the good guy's BFF as a virtual sock puppet?"

Am I completely off base? Idk, tell me your thoughts. Why or why don't you like the plot of Mason / Beast? 