Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-201.76.133.29-20140726172901/@comment-19765459-20140727193956

There have already been hints to the effect of Stiles being able to manipulate probability in his favor. When he was making a barrier of Mountain Ash around the rave to contain the Kanima he didn't have enough powder. Until he stopped to think about it, and then he did. At the lacrosse finals he was struggling, until he seemed to get his bearings and then became an unstoppable scoring machine. The motel room where Ethan was about to kill himself had a locked door. Until Stiles heard the power saw, and then he was suddenly able to open the door easily. Plus, holding up the entire roof of the collapsing root cellar with a (hollow) aluminum baseball bat? It seems like when he really needs to be able to do something, he can.

Not that it's consistent of course, otherwise his life would be perfect. But it may reflect innate magical potential. He instinctively makes things work a certain way when he needs them to. Whether this could be translated into a more reliable ability is up to the writers. But there's plenty of precedent for this kind of probability manipulation in fiction. He might not be able to telekinetically throw werewolves through walls, but he might be able to make them trip over their own feet at a bad moment. Or make sure that every single round fired from a gun misses its target. Or that anything he throws always hits.