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 Teen Wolf News 120112



 Stiles Hair will be...

...Short/Long/WE STILL DON’T KNOW!

Late on Friday, Jeff Davis tweeted the following –


 * @JeffDavis75 - As my last tweet, I will tell you we just decided fate of Stiles's Season 3 hair with Dylan making final decision. Pics on TW tumblr soon.

Of course, "soon" to Teen Wolf fandom is approximately 6.7 seconds after they finish reading the word “soon”.

It apparently means something else to Jeff.

We still don’t know but if you want to sit Shiva for Stiles' buzzcut point your browser to the Teen Wolf Tumblr Page.

 STEREK Fans are not Happy!

So according to Deadline Hollywood, Derek is getting a gal pal/possible love interest in Season 3.

According to a blurb posted Friday afternoon, Haley Webb has been cast in a “Major Recurring Role”.

Webb’s sort of a bad ass with a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

You might remember her from The Final Destination she got crushed by a flying racecar, then impaled and then later run over by a truck.

She seems like a pretty tough chick.

Then Deadline published something that sent some STEREK fans into hysterics and some others into mourning - the site printed a rumor that Webb’s part will be opposite Tyler Hoechlin on the Love Train.


 * “She will play rumored love interest for Derek Hale (Tyler Hoechlin).”

Note the use of the word “RUMORED”.

When they reported the casting news about the Twins and the other Alphas it was CONFIRMED.

This latest report is NOT CONFIRMED.

React accordingly.

 Jeff Steps in it on Twitter (and I help, sorta)

After news earlier in the week that female Alpha Kali would be played by a mixed race actress instead of an East Asian one, some fans on twitter took an accusatory tone toward Jeff Davis.

They implied that he didn’t know the difference or didn’t care about diversity and accuracy in casting because he gave the part to someone who was not East Asian.

They went on to suggest that Jeff thought that one woman of color was the same as another; that the races were somehow interchangeable.

The problem with this criticism is simply that the critics have zero first hand knowledge of the situation.

They are making judgments about people and a process about which they know absolutely nothing.

That’s not fair to Jeff, hell – that wouldn't be fair to anyone.

Jeff felt the need to respond. He defended himself and the folks who work for him by explaining that they tried to find an East Asian woman to play Kali, but it didn’t work out.

Now, as many of y’all know, Jeff responds to fans all the time on twitter.

He responds to critics all the time on twitter too, but, for some reason, this response drew ridicule as “thin skinned” and “defensive”.

Then I opened my big mouth.

I got involved because I tweeted something that I often say here on the wiki - That is that Teen Wolf is Jeff’s show and it is odd to me how many people think they know better than he how to run HIS show.

That led to attacks on me on Tumblr and even a mention of my name on a blog that purports to expose racism.

I’m pretty pissed about that last thing.

You don’t know me. Don’t judge me.

Of course, logically, I can see that out here in the real world none of this stuff matters.

Those critics on the internet don’t matter because their criticisms are not based on facts.

Jeff knows what is in his heart. The Teen Wolf Casting folks know what they went through to find the right actress to play Kali, and I know my mind when it comes to diversity.

What does matter is when the nattering nabobs of negativity brand someone as racist and the Hollywood gossip-driven media buys into it and repeats the baseless charges. That is damaging to everyone professionally, personally and emotionally.