Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24.130.28.230-20150721180826/@comment-4091815-20160130042337

I'm talking about the fact that we don't need a specific classification for each character when we have a blanket rule for a general classification.

We know, through information presented on the show, that Melissa is human. She was able to employ Mountain Ash in one of those amazing perfect lines that happen just by throwing it into the air. Does that make her magic? No. The Mountain Ash performs that way for anyone who can wield it. We don't have to question her status because we have a blanket rule that covers what we saw.

We now have the same level of certainty about Lydia's place in the world. She can wield and cross Mountain Ash. No supernatural creature can do that. Lydia is not supernatural.