Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-24412321-20140112033314/@comment-24412321-20140112040755

DManCO wrote: Actually, when you really stop to think about it, Stiles is already way more useful to Scott than "Dr Cryptic". Also, we're still waiting for Deaton to prove that he is special in any way other than his extensive knowledge of paranormal botany.

That's the thing, we don't actually know much about an Emissary's actual abilities. We know they are supposed to advise the packswith their knowledge but we don't know much about their actual powers. We don't know how much Jennifer could already do and how much was the result of the sacrifices she performed. Heck, the way the Alpha pack spoke about what she was doing we don't actually know if the sacrifices actually made her more powerful or if she was just delusional. At the very least we know that the glamour of her appearance and controlling animals and insects is something she could do before she ever performed a sacrifice. And Deaton having a knowledge of herbs is to be expected as the Druids work very much with nature and the natural order. And as for the "Dr.Cryptic" thing, that too is very much in line with the actual historical Druids. They were a very secretive and cryptic order, only those in their ranks could know the knowledge they possesed and they never shared of it freely. They didn't even write any of it down, it was all orally transmitted. I get the sense that Deaton doen't want anything to do with the supernatural world anymore. Talia was his friend and I think he feels like he failed in his duties to the Hale pack. But you are right, Stiles has been way more useful overall, but that's why I would like for him to offically be the Emissary to Scott's Alpha, but to do that legitimately he would need all of Deaton's secret knowledge.