Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-99.240.40.84-20130814232807/@comment-11533671-20130815154122

Bigwolfonbase wrote                                                                                                Matt wasnt becoming a Kanima because he had mastered Jackson its stated he was becoming one because he broke the rules. He was only supposed to use the Kanima to kill murderers. No where is it stated that Gerard was becoming one and if he was he probably wouldnt have needed the bite to cure his cancer. Also there is a third option such in lydias case where the bite did not turn or kill. Also peter states that the reason jackson became one was because he was an orphan who didnt know who he was.

"The Kanima, a weapon of vengeance, is used to carry out the bidding of its master." (http://teenwolf.wikia.com/wiki/Kanima) A kanima is a weapon of vengeance, therefore Matt was using him as designed. No where is it stated that he was becoming one because he broke the rules and nowhere does it state that Kanimas are only supposed to kill murderers. There are no rules to break.

You are thinking about the priest the legend talks about and how he summoned the Kanima to deal with the murderers in his village. Eventually the kanima killed whomever the priest deemed unworthy. Although originally used to only kill murderers, this was what the Priest willed it to do, it is not a rule for the kanima. Matt wasn't becoming a kanima until after his will became the kanima's. This was the mastery of control. Once that connection happened is when  he started to become one.

Peter was offering Jackson's being an orphan as the reason because that would seem to indicate an unresolved past issue. The reason one becomes a Kanima is given in the show and this wikia, here it is again: "The Kanima is a mutation of the werewolf gene that cannot fully transform until it resolves that in its past which manifest it.” (http://teenwolf.wikia.com/wiki/Kanima)

As for Gerard, yeah he wouldn't need the bite if he were a kanima but he wasn't one YET. Maybe he didn't know about becoming one over time. Either way something is curing his cancer. As I said, the idea of Gerard being a kanima is just speculation and could be wrong. I'm not hinging any theories on it so no biggie.