Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4091815-20170918183706/@comment-128.119.202.174-20170918193128

Paul.rea wrote: 128.119.202.174 wrote: How does one become an emissary/spark? Is it hereditary? Is there any sort of training? (My mind always assumes a Jonah/The Giver type scenario but if so many packs supposedly have emissaries, there must be many more.)  There is no such thing as a "spark" in Teen Wolf. This was just Deaton offering a poetic explanation that only humans can handle mountain ash and generate its innate property of creating a barrier. The "spark" thing is just fanon.

All pack "emissary" are druids. This tradition dates back to the original werwolves Lycaon and his sons. The relationship between Druids and Werewolves is symbiotic. The druids offer advice, healing, and other knowledge, the werewolves offer protection.

Again, it is fanon that Stiles is the emissary to Scott's Pack. While he fills the advice and knowledge role in some instances, He's actually just a human member of the pack and Scott's best friend. I feel deep shame that fanon influenced my memory about this and would like to sincerely apologize to all those involved in this incident.

I never thought Stiles was an emissary but the fact that Deaton and Morrell both functioned as such at certain points in the series probably made me think it's more of A Thing than it is in canon.