Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-5322646-20140908132711/@comment-5322646-20140908134734

"   But won't Derek suddenly finding balance seem a bit out of the blue, considering his lack of actual character development this season?"

He has actually had a lot of development, just not all of it shown. It's been hinted or mentioned in interviews that shift requires a balance of the human and wolf halves. Derek has had control anf all that with his wolf side but he never really learned how to be a normal human. Thats why I think he is going thru a 'human' arc to teach him about that other 50%