Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-190.27.43.13-20140708231921/@comment-19765459-20140712035219

It is sad that we have to lower expectations on the assumption that the writers are just winging it and have no real long-term plan isn't it?

The 16 hours seemed plausible to me if Deaton was trying to manipulate the situation, because that left the gang very little time to rush out save the day. It is clear that Deaton and Morrell were scared of Jennifer and wanted her eliminated. Leaving Scott under pressure to continue working with Deucalion offered the greatest chance of success in that, since Deaton knows Scott well enough to know that he would hesitate to kill even her, but Deucalion wouldn't.

Jeff and the writers, like any proper geeks in their age group, probably played AD&D. If so, they remember that druids were supposed to be True Neutral, and committed to a metaphysical Balance. Morrell has flat-out stated that is her motive. But for those familiar with the old game, that Balance means sometimes allowing/committing evil acts. With Morrell it is more obvious. She assisted with the plot to imprison Boyd, Erica and Cora, which included the possibility of either Scott and/or Derek, or else other people in Beacon Hills, being killed by crazed werewolves.

Given the way Deaton appears to withhold important information that he clearly knows, but conceals in order to give Scott the runaround, I suspect he has similar amoral motivations. He's been even worse with Derek, despite having supposedly been the Hale pack Emissary. Even though he knew Derek was never prepared or trained to be an Alpha, he offered him virtually no advice or help. About the only time he was more forthcoming was when it was his life that was on the line!