Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-25333461-20150702155620/@comment-5705606-20150707123753

Paul.rea wrote:

As for Lydia not becoming a werewolf - the show has established that you can't be two things. You can't be a fox and a wolf. Lydia was already a Banshee - she can't be two things. Lydia became a banshee once she was bitten by peter... It isn't cannon that Lydia was a banshee prior to the Alpha bite as it was the bite that awaken her powers ... this was said by peter.. well he send something along the lines of it was his bite that sparked her fire.. which is why IMO  the bite that Lydia recieved from Peter reflected herself that of a banshee spirirt if you will. Before the bite, Lydia did not predict or exhibit any banshee powers so its not cannon to claim that she was a banshee before the bite.

Additionally the statement of you cant be a fox and a wolf refers to only foxes and wolves, we can add banshees in there because we feel like it... it is not cannon, in extention this statement was in reference to a nogitsune who was possessing a human

But again my point being... which i think you have missed... is that an Alpha bite/scratch doesn't neccessarily turn the bitten/scratched person into a werewolf ... as seen with kate who is a werejaguar and with lydia.