Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24732895-20140910035928/@comment-25222572-20140919165522

Paul.rea wrote: So um, to bring up Malia again (cause I know you love that):

Spock is an Alien. Some aliens have green blood.

Malia is a Werecoyote. "Feral" Werecoyotes are able to quickly reintegrate into human society. Not to choose sides, rather merely in the interest of doing my due diligence, but Paul? Technically speaking, you can't say that. You cannot discern a pattern from a single point of data, so you cannot say all Werecoyotes put into that particular situation would semi-reintegrate extremely quickly.

What you COULD/SHOULD say, is that Malia, who is a Werecoyote, semi-reintegrated into society from a feral state at a rate that some (such as Grahamburglar) would find ridiculous, when put into the context supplied by real world examples of such phenomena.

Whether or not she should/would have if she was a normal child in the real world, is not necessarily relevant. It could either be a sign of sloppy writing, or merely the suspension of disbelief required when dealing with supernatural beings. Personally, I err on the side of the former, but that doesn't mean that I can't let it go and enjoy the show without worrying about the social/psychological issues a feral Malia SHOULD be suffering from, but apparently is not (at least not to the extent she should consistently be suffering).