Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-31079951-20170130191122/@comment-31206614-20191020212607

AlphaOfAlphas wrote: SuperSaiyanLabRats wrote: I'm not sure if this is considered a plot hole, but one thing I remember always bothering me is... how come Scott was stabbed by the Oni and didn't die but when Aiden was stabbed he died? I believe Aiden's character wanted to leave the show, so they just let him die. Scott is also an Alpha, so he should have better healing abilities. It reminds me of how Boyd died by getting stabbed by claws (really...). A possible explanation is that it takes longer for a beta to heal from wounds inflicted by an Alpha, but in season 1, Peter (an alpha) stabbed Derek (a beta) to the point where blood was gushing out his mouth...but he still lived. At the time Aiden was stabbed, the Oni's swords were poisoned by the Nogitsune. Had the nogitsune not been destroyed, anyone who was "branded" by the Oni's swords would have died. Since Aiden was stabbed through the chest, his injury was more severe than the others and essentially didn't make it through.

As shown several times, a werewolf has the ability to control wether or not they heal from an injury. After being electricuted by the water, Boyd was in a weakened state when Derek stabbed him with his claws. If they go deep enough it's possible for a werewolf to die from it as shown when Scott was "killed" by Theo in season 5A after being weakened by Liam and the wolfsbane. When Derek was stabbed by Peter in season 1, he was completely healthy and had years of experience over his healing ability. Even though he was stabbed with blood gushing from his mouth, it was an injury he could heal from with time and control.

The other thing with Boyd, he may have allowed himself not to heal as we saw with Scott several episodes prior and in season 6B when he couldn't heal his eyes. Scott went at least a day without healing because he believed himself to be responsible for Derek's death and until his mind was tricked into believing he was healing, he allowed himself to die as well. He also couldn't heal his eyes until he focussed enough on it through Malia's kiss. When Boyd was stabbed, he probably allowed himself to not heal and die so he could be with Erica again.