Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-6383956-20150722022715/@comment-4091815-20160112175850

HolyDrumstick wrote: AlphaOfAlphas wrote:

But what I now don't get is how a chimera like Theo is trying to steal another werewolf's power? So the mountain ash rule doesn't work with him but the power stealing rule does? Shouldn't it be a supernatural rule as well? Determining what supernatural rules still apply to chimeras seems so selective just for the story. It should be all-or-nothing, IMO. It was actually said at some point that the idea of chimeras was to take the best qualities of each, while reducing the weaknesses. Not sure where, though.

However, this principle is seen in a ton of fiction, and not just in Teen Wolf.... so I don't see that it's a big deal. I would like to see SOME weaknesses, or maybe the same weaknesses halved. But, it's not like they're doing it JUST for the story, because it is fairly common in fiction, as I have said.

Actually, it's a fairly common principle in breeding irl, too. However, it's not as cut and dried, because you're just as likely to get all the weaknesses and none of the strengths. But, it's been done. Like the Blue Heeler, for example, which has Dalmation, Dingo, and some kind of herding dog mixed in. The dingo was bred into the Blue Heeler to reduce barking and make them bite the back of cattle's heels. See, sheep would respond positively to barking, but the cattle will just start a stampede. So, dingo was bred in, because they don't bark and have a tendency to bite. The Dalmation was bred in a little later to make the heeler a bit more friendly, intelligent, and give the dog's a stronger sense of possession. After a lot of breeding, we get the Blue Heeler... which is a great, energetic dog that can survive a day's work in intense heat, bites cattle's heels to herd them, and doesn't bark, causing a stampede.

Anyway... that's just my thoughts. I'd say collapsing into piles of silver goo, or a flock of birds, would qualify as a weakness. With Tracy, they were able to cut off a kanima tail. You couldnt do that with a real one. Theyre all terribly flawed.