Board Thread:COMPLETE BULLSHIT Forum/@comment-108.81.117.0-20140315000720/@comment-13965604-20140315160439

Grahamburglar wrote: Okay..... firstly, let's be real. Jackson coming out of the water was because Colton is hot and they wanted to take advantage of that. The scene was utterly nonsensical and the only reason it even dawned on Jeff that it might need an explanation is because people called him on it. By the time he said we were going to learn about that, most of S2 had already passed and people were still asking. If he had planned it out, he would have realized that you can't have a scene like that open your season and then not explain in that season. That's poor planning and terrible writing.

And while Scott may not be the type of person to learn everything there is to know about something.... Stiles is. And we saw Stiles pour over research about werewolves to help Scott. Multiple times. Not to mention we have resident werewolf-expert Dr. Deaton. It shouldn't have taken three seasons to learn about werewolf eye color because that info could have come from anywhere -- yes, we're learning things as Scott learns them (except not exactly because we learned about blue eyes before Stiles had a chance to relate that story to Scott :P) but even his best friend is, for some reason, just refusing to freely offer him interesting little factoids about werewolves? Are we talking about the same best friend who regularly describes barely relevant trivia, including the official name for the phenomena in question? ("It's called voluntary apnea", "it's called hyper vigilance", "it's called an unreliable narrator".) No, I'm sorry, it's complete BS that we don't know everything there is to know about werewolves by now.

I don't think Jeff has quite gotten used to the idea that he's not writing some corny little werewolf show anymore. That this a huge phenomenon, and people are invested in the world, and the lore, and the timeline he's creating. I can understand that, it must be mindblowing. But I think, unfortunately, that this means Teen Wolf is not likely to ever completely live up to its potential because, in some respects, that ship has already sailed.

Paragraph 1) Exactly. That was nothing more than titillation. And poor writing, because finding out a season later there's no answer that would make the wait worth the payoff. Personally, I tel myself that Derek deliberately tried to scare him off because Jackson is such a douche and He ran like a little bitch, Derek got caught up in 'the chase' bit him, and Jackson kept going, and hid in the stream to hide his scent. Works well enough for me. Get over it people. Makes up your own excuse, and move on, because we aren't going to find out now.

Paragraph 2) yes, Stiles is the perfect knowledge dropper. I mean seriously? He wrote an essay on the history of male circumcision for his Economics final. Sure he might use his knowledge in inappropriate ways sometimes, but he has the the researching bug and gets the knowledge. I can understand his knowledge being suspect, as the internet is the source, but still, any info is better than none. However, we didn't really know Deaton could be such a good source of info, but they did have Derek, whom they eventually knew wasn't a murderer or the alpha before the end of s1, so he would've been a good source.

Paragraph 3) I imagine it is overwhelming being a part of this mess. However, even when all he was writing was a corny little werewolf show he should've cared enough to build the lore at least, and the world. I can kinda understand letting the timeline slide for a 'corny little werewolf show' though, except if he didn't want to worry about timeline, he shouldn't have put a big timeline marker into the very first episode (hale fire 10 yrs ago no wait only 6) or set it in high school. High school puts certain timelines in to play, and personally, it caps how long they can viably stretch the show out. Especially if their yearly show only spans a few weeks with no time gap in between seasons. People only look like teenagers for so long before the suspension of disbelief fails. So timeline is crucial. It did have a ton of potential, but like you said, I fear it's too late to fix it so it can live up to it which is sad. But I will keep watching in the hope that it happens.

Also, I don't think he ever really wanted just a 'corny little werewolf show' with as quickly as he decided to go into other mythologies, and as many as he's done so far.