Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24732895-20140622230817/@comment-11533671-20140626130039

LadyX wrote: ...My point was Stiles didn't need a spell to make the mountain ash expand, Jennifer didn't need a spell to make it fall in a perfect circle. It expanded for Stiles because he believed it would. I just finished watching that scene over and over again and your position that the ash expanded 'because' Stiles believed it would is purely subjective and really not canon. Stiles calls Scott, who is unconcious from Allison's mom hitting him with her vehicle, and says: "I have 50 ft. of ash left and I don't have enough." If you watch closely the beginning of the line of ash is just past Stiles' jeep.

Stiles then looks at the Einstein quote on a bumper that says "Imagination is more important than knowledge." Stiles then closes his eyes and walks forward while releasing the ash slowly. When he opens his eyes he is surprised that he made it. He is standing at that point where the beginning of the line is as shown when he pumps his fist in the air and hops up on the white car that is past his jeep. I think that you want to believe it expanded instead of the much more real possibility that Einstein's quote was meant to give him confidence that he had enough to complete the circle and by calming himself he was able to make it work. I think too that ppl forget that he said he had 50 ft. left of ash, the distance between him and the beginning of the line seemed to just be around that length if you watch the scene carefully enough.