Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4815136-20140817115322/@comment-6383956-20140901221800

This probably came up in season 2 and I'm forgetting but.... have we seen what happens if a werewolf or someone touches mountain ash?

Because, like, Lydia said the whole lake house was built from mountain ash, but Liam was able to bust out the winow and Kira and Scott had no problem being in the building. So I'm not as 100% convinced that supernaturals can't touch the stuff, so much as it's just a protective measure against them. But, again, maybe this was addressed really early in the series and I'm forgetting.

As for Lydia touching it.... now, I'd lean more towards banshees being a creature because we haven't really seen druids having any innate powers. (Throwing powder in a perfect circle is a pretty lame power and -- pretty sure because of Melissa and Stiles' use of it -- it's more of a property of mountain ash than of druids. Jennifer's powers were drawn from the Nemeton. None of that seems innate to me.) But I suppose that it's possible that, because banshees aren't monstrous or violent creatures, they're not effected by mountain ash or are less effected. Think about it, do you really need to ward yourself against Lydia's power?