Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24.130.28.230-20150721180826/@comment-13895380-20150724143025

Paul.rea's logic does make sense through deductive reasoning:

- no supernatural can cross Mountain Ash

- Lydia can cross Mountain Ash

- therefore Lydia is not supernatural

However, this is correct only if the first statement is true. Scott crossed Mountain Ash before, and although it was a rare occurrence, it signifies that the first statement isn't fact. So if there is one exception known so far, it doesn't mean there can't be other exceptions.

Mgc26133's points are also right. Lydia has shown time and time again that she is an exception to normal supernatural rules: e.g. the bite, Kanima venom, etc. She was also on the deadpool which is by definition a hitlist of supernaturals.

So Deaton's words aren't concrete, especially if he doesn't state it as fact. "Should" doesn't suggest fact.

What most people are confused about is how Lydia cannot be a supernatural when all of her powers suggest that she is more than natural --> supernatural. But Paul.rea is saying that Teen Wolf's definition of "supernatural" is different from our own definition. Our definition of supernatural is "(of a manifestation or event) attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature". Teen Wolf's definition is "the inability to cross Mountain Ash". We just have to be able to distinguish the two.

And going back to this reasoning:

- no supernatural can cross Mountain Ash

- Lydia can cross Mountain Ash

- therefore Lydia is not supernatural

We can only conclude that Lydia is not supernatural. It doesn't conclude that she is human.

Basically, we could confirm that Lydia is not supernatural is we know that Deaton is right, but given that Scott (a supernatural) crossed Mountain Ash before, we simply don't know for sure whether Lydia is supernatural by this definition because the premise of this argument isn't sound...