Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25052252-20140726224324/@comment-162.200.2.64-20140729065848

@ Trent22

Picky about their masters as in: not just anyone can be a master.

Matt was a master, but was killed by someone else. The Kanima recognised this and joined with the person that did it. Kanimas could choose to follow those on "the winning side" so to speak. Gerard killed Matt, which proved in some instinctual way for the Kanima, that Gerard was stronger than Matt, and thus chose to ally with him.

As to how he isn't transforming or killing people:

Kanimas without a master, as you keep pointing out, have no motive to kill. Parrish would be without a master, therefore no reason to kill, which means no deaths.

Jackson didn't have control when he shifted. He had literally only just gotten his Kanima powers, so he wouldn't even come close to being able to control it. Assuming that Parrish is indeed a Kanima, he would have been one longer than Jackson, and somehow gained control over it.

You keep saying that a Kanima needs a master. In the TW 'verse, a Kanima is a malfunction of the werewolf bite.

Werewolves thrive better in a pack, yet there are those without packs, either by being kicked out of a pack, having their pack slaughtered, or simply choosing not to have a pack.

Kanimas could also follow this logic. They do better with a master, but do they really need one? At least after becoming an alpha Kanima? We don't know. We're going off of what Jackson's Kanima form has revealed (and that was only the beta phase), but the show is very vague when describing some of the mythos they introduce (an example would be True Alphas (can they kill after becoming an Alpha or will they just be regular Alphas? Again, it is never stated), The Banshee, heck, even Malia as a Werecoyote (how does one become a werecoyote anyway? We know Peter's her father, so that should have made her a wolf, not coyote. Again, not explained at this point) and the list goes on).

Our information is based on a Bestiary that may not even have complete data on the numerous species stored in it.

There are many things that could happen once the Kanima reaches its Alpha stage. It could lose the need for a master, thus acting in any way it chooses. If it wants to be evil and kill, then it will do so as it pleases. If it doesn't, then it doesn't.