Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25338302-20140910015453/@comment-19765459-20140912013525

LadyX wrote: And they've actually quite downplayed Lydia's smarts, other than her sharing her notes with Malia, and being dismissive of her C- she hasn't really shown her intelligence for a while, other than jumping to random conclusions for the deadpool keywords. And Stiles is still curious, and 'adventurous' for lack of a better term in mind, but there has been nary a mention of long research binging or anything like that.

I'm sure next time they need a handy computer hacker Danny will be back, assuming Keahu is available. Oh! Maybe that's where he is, he's been in trouble for hacking before, maybe he's in jail/juvie

Making Scott look good has required hobbling his pack more than a little. Especially since he spent most of the season as a punching bag. This is also why I think the writers were happy to see the backs of the Carver's, because Aiden and Ethan were a little too high on the toughness scale relative to Scott, and would have had to have been written off regardless.

You'll notice that the new additions are less competent. Kira has no idea what she's really doing, and her mother is about as helpful as Deaton is to Scott. Malia is still half-feral at times. Liam is a scared puppy struggling to adjust. Exactly the kind of pack that wouldn't outshine Scott with their brilliance.

We already know that Scott won't go to Danny for stuff. For example, Danny mapped out the telluric currents independently of Jennifer and Chris! Instead of soaking in ice water for most of a day, they probably could have gotten him to calculate the location of the Nemeton in less time! But that would require that they pass on doing something risky, foolish and cool.

It's just like the fact that Derek never even considered picking up a gun himself, despite season of being shot at by others, until his werewolf powers went offline. Or that no werewolf on the show carries earplugs or any kind of gas mask despite the frequent use of sonic and gas weapons against them. You can't have characters do smart stuff or exercise common sense. It reduces the drama of having characters be stupid instead and needing to find a way out of their own stupidity. Even Chris Argent dismissed his small army of thugs and never recalled them, despite the fact that he could have really used the extra manpower without having to barter with crazy Mexican abuelas.

Danny is almost too useful to use! Thus he would have to be downplayed if he were brought back.