Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24447558-20140701205038/@comment-24447558-20140702183810

Okay this conversation has devolved entirely. Stick to debating the facts of the situation in regards to the show. Leave personal attacks out of it. The fact of the matter is that there is a HUGE portion of the fandom who firmly believes that the relationship between Kate and Derek was predatory and justifiably able to be defined as statutory rape. I'm in this boat, too.

The fact of the matter is that Jeff Davis didn't have a show bible until well into season 3 and he didn't realize this little issue until it was entirely too late and then had to retcon by changing the way werewolves age, to sort of mince around this issue and avoid the unfortunate implication made in season 1. But the truth of the matter is, if we boil it down to its nuts and bolts, whether Derek was "of age" or not legally speaking at the time he was with Kate, their relationship was predatory because of Kate's agenda: Killing the Hales and doing so outside the specifications of the Code.