Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-24398707-20140121231020/@comment-13965604-20140122011503

DManCO wrote: LadyX wrote: Except, Erica had an increased probability to die seeing as she was ill, and none of them showed any indication that they would know what to do in a fight, despite them being stronger as a full pack. Strength doesn't mean you know how to use it. If he insisted on teenagers for their convo ability and survival probabilities he would've been better off staking out an ROTC group or a moderately high leveled Karate Class. It's not hard to convince any teenager that something will make them better, stronger, faster.

Of them all, Boyd, who was Air Force ROTC, was the best candidate really, plus Derek probably liked his anti-social, standoffish personality (somebody to hang out with who doesn't want to talk, perfect). But Isaac and Erica never made any sense. Isaac was the victim of child abuse, raising questions as to how he would react under violent pressure. Erica, as you point out, was physically ill and thus at some risk of dying from the Bite. All of them were only teenagers, and as a rule teenagers tend to be less than ideal when it comes to getting them to do as they're told (God knows Derek himself was an obnoxious teen).

Regardless, the three of them plus Derek were never going to be strong enough to face off against super-Alpha Deucalion and his four-person, all-Alpha pack. Thus, I am not buying the idea that Jeff and the writers really were thinking as far ahead as season three, and the Alpha Pack, when they wrote the season two stuff. This is why we have canon inconsistency. They retcon, a lot. Canon is whatever the present episode (not necessarily season) plot requires, regardless of what has been shown previously.

This is why Scott seems perfectly comfortable around Peter and Lydia showed only minor surprise at seeing him again, without any anger or recrimination.

Agreed, I never thought too negatively of choosing Boyd, the other two, most definitely. And teenagers *facepalm* can't keep a secret, can't follow orders, give up when things get slightly difficult...but at least they're predisposed to pack dynamics.