Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25170268-20150215131937/@comment-6383956-20150310215341

86.168.192.15 wrote:

Paul.rea wrote: The above post is strictly headcanon - you can't say "without any hint of his powers or nature being revealed" because there is nothing known about his time in the military except that he worked as part of the Hazardous Device Team. Read the news; the producers said part of season 5 will be the unravelling of who and more importantly what Parrish is. Ironic that an English fan cut off from the main body of the show knows a bit more that people who still have full acsess. .....except we're ALL aware of that, it's the entire premise for this thread.......

And Paul's right. Not a single "fact" from the post he was responding to is confirmed in the canon *or* in the words of the creators.

1) The Nemeton was rekindled and we were told it would draw supernaturals to it -- and yes, Parrish saying he felt drawn to Beacon Hills was our first clue to his nature. BUT he is the ONLY supernatural we've seen any sign was brought there by the Nemeton.

2) We literally don't know anything at all about his time in the military except that he was on the Hazardous Device Team (which is what Paul said.)

3) The only "major event" that we have seen awaken supernatural powers is the bite of an Alpha werewolf. We don't know that the fire awakened Parrish's.

4) Given that the only "werecat" of any kind that we've seen is Kate Argent, who totally betrayed the Argent Code in life and absolutely teamed up with her arch nemesis Peter Hale once she was a werejaguar, the evidence we have seems to indicate loyalty is not part of a "werecat's" demeanor. And we really don't know what IS part of a werecat's demeanor.

5) And also every were of any kind that we've seen was turned by an Alpha werewolf or born into a family of weres -- not a single one of them was randomly awakened into their nature by fire. Parrish was, as far as know, never affected or so much as touched by an Alpha.

So not only is Paul right that not one thing about that post was canonical, some of it blatantly flies in the face of canon. Ironic, isn't it?