Talk:Kanima (Beacon Hills)/@comment-69.196.129.153-20120805145400/@comment-4091815-20120805165012

Jackson begged Derek to bite him at the end of Code Breaker (last season finale)

He apparently did bite him since they've spoken about it in Season 2.

according to the kanima legend - the bite turned Jackson to Kanima instead of to werewolf because he has unresolved emotional issues in his past.

Phyiscally we observed him rejecting the bite (the black ooze during the first couple of episodes) which could have be his body rejecting the bite due to his exposure to Lydia who is immune or his wolfsbane poisoning from Derek's scratch.

I hope that doesn't muddle things up too much for you.