Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-2187922-20140218213657/@comment-13965604-20140220223609

Ravensong77 wrote: Malia was the oldest chiild (I think)...Peter could have been involved with Mrs. Tate before she was married. Peter lost his memory of her and simply dropped out of her life leaving her alone and  pregnant or with a young child. Thinking he abandoned her, she moved on, met Tate, married, and expanded her family. Mr. Tate may actually know that she is not his biologically but not know who the father is...there are a lot of ways they can go with this...and yeah she could be adopted by one (Mr. Tate) or both parents...nothing is concrete yet.

I do wonder how Mr. Tate really feels about her though...for her to be in the mental institution with Stiles feels like a red flag moment to me. I would think knowing how long Malia's been missing that a truly caring father would get private counseling for her rather than put her in an institution (just my gut)...then again maybe she shifted and killed him and got locked up...who knows?

I think they are opening the door for her to be alone (without family) so Lydia will feel that she has no choice but to tell Peter who she is. I mean Lydia probably does have some insight into how difficult it is for someone to not know who they really are since she was with Jackson...if he ever talked to anyone about how he felt not knowing who is real parents were I think it would have been her. And it was said that Lydia had a love/hate relationship with Peter...I think she'll eventually come around and tell him who it is given a little time...or at least before the season is over...please Jeff don't drag this out...please.

I've mentioned it before, probably to you actually, because this seems really similar to when I answered it, but there are a lot of explanations to her being in the institute already. If she went around insisting that she was a coyote for years to her dad and psychologist, especially if she got violent about it, they might've locked her away. Clearly she has violence issues, look at the extended promo, punching Stiles. Or the psychologist might've just decided the best way to integrate her would be in a controlled environment. Or, he might not be able to afford good outpatient care. Sometimes it doesn't matter what you want, it matters what you can afford. Especially where insurance is involved.