Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24.130.28.230-20150721180826/@comment-13895380-20160130193853

Paul.rea wrote: Your getting into the weeds here. Let's see if we can carve a path out for you. Deaton, as a longtime druid, is an expert on Mountain Ash and other substances and the various effects it might have on various individuals. If he says only non-supernaturals can cross a mountain ash barrier, as an expert, we believe him.

The hunter's diary is written by different people at different times in history. The information is at times contradictory due to the fact that various individuals at various times would have various levels of expertise. If the show quotes the book, then we can believe the entry being quoted because they wouldn't bother otherwise but the mere fact that something appears in the book doesn't cement its status in canon. Deaton being an expert doesn't mean he's never wrong. And Chris brought Gerard back because he seems to know everything about the supernatural - all the stories, facts, etc. about La Bete. He even knows how to stop the Dread Doctors - specifically knowing their frequency. He knew more than everyone else about the Kanima.

You don't think the Argents, who have been protecting humans from supernaturals for years, know about mountain ash just as much as Druids? Surely, they do. They know what species of wolfsbane are most effective against werewolves in certain situations. They know so much about werewolves to the point where I think it was Gerard said that it could be considered scientific. The Argents have been passing down information through the bestiary for centuries. Not once have they said on the show that the bestiary is unreliable. In fact, they always use it as reliable information ever since it was introduced in season 2.

So being a Druid doesn't mean that he's always right, like how being a hunter doesn't mean that they lack knowledge of the supernatural. It should be the opposite, actually, as demonstrated by Gerard and Chris, who are long-time characters used for gaining information about the supernatural.

If the show quotes the book, then we should believe it? Doesn't that also mean that if the show says the bestiary is a book documenting various supernatural creatures, then shouldn't that be fact unless stated otherwise? Is Banshee in the bestiary?