Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-108.53.180.224-20140117032156

So there's been a lot of speculation about the big death coming at the end of season 3b. From what I can put together, my best guess as to who it will be is Derek. Please take everything with a grain of salt- not much has been said about the death, and the cast has been pretty quiet about who's coming back and who isn't. Just to be clear, this is not, by any means, me saying that I want Derek to die. Just that I think if someone major is going to die, I think it's going to be him.

Let's break it down.

It's been said that one of the characters isn't going to survive season 3b.

It has also been said that the character who dies is so central to the story that the intro needs to be redone. This narrows it down to Scott, Stiles, Lydia, Allison and Derek. This also means we can rule out Isaac, Kira, Peter, Aidan & Ethan, Mrs. McCall, Mr. McCall, Sheriff Stilinski, Danny, Coach Finstock, and Deaton.

At New York Comic Con, it was said by Jeff/TW Cast that Peter would not try to vie for the alpha role until season 4. Peter's safe until Season 4, so that futher rules him out.

It's been said that season 3b is going to explore Scott adapting to his new alpha status and learning how deal with everything. If this is, indeed, the case, there wouldn't be a huge need for Derek. Sure, sure, we need him removing his shirt at least 3 times an episode in order to keep our sanity. But plot wise, he would have served his purpose. If Scott can get a handle on things, Derek's role as a teacher is finished.

There's been some speculation that Stiles will die this season. Personally, I think Jeff Davis is too smart to do that. He's the mastermind behind one of the very few popular television reboots of the 2000s, and I think - I HOPE - he knows that killing off one of the most loved characters would be a terrible move. Dylan O'Brien is an incredible, versatile actor, and losing him would be terrible for the show. Sure, a record breaking amount of viewers might tune in to the first few episodes of season four to see the aftermath, but after that, the show would lose views faster than Derek loses his shirt.

Also, there's rumblings on the interwebs that Tyler Hoechelin (who plays Derek) may be leaving the show. He tweeted in December: "Got some very exciting news to share with everyone very soon! As soon as I can share, I will.." and Colton Haynes (who played Jackson) replied: "@TylerL_Hoechlin can't wait till we get to tell everyone! So stoked"... this has led to speculation that Tyler is leaving Teen Wolf for the CW show Arrow, where Colton currently is. If this is true (big if) it would make sense to kill off Derek's character. Sometimes when a character who was so instumental to a show leaves, it's best to kill them off rather than have them leave (examples include NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Revenge, Vampire Diaries, etc.) It brings in viewers and ties up a character's storyline.

The only other thing I can think of is that Stiles' jeep will be the one to not make it out of 3b. Never thought of that until I saw it floating around tumblr, but the death of the jeep would be almost as tragic as the death of dear, sweet, smoking hot Derek.

So, that's how I see it. While it'll be sad to see anyone go, I do think that Derek makes the most sense. Thoughts?

-Ella

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