Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-68.204.189.179-20140112024603/@comment-19765459-20140112230827

Paul.rea wrote: The "affair" with Kate didn't change because of our knowledge of Paige - it simply was what it was.

Again, you're building in motivations, Kate's in this case, that are not in evidence.

The Kate relationship didn't play out on screen, there is no indication what her "moral convictions" were. She was looking for information and got with Derek and teased Adrian Harris to get the information she needed.

This is the problem with folks blaming the production when things don't match their head canon. None of what you describe actually happened - it's what you imagined happened and since the writers didn't follow through with your imaginings...

This production has a single problem when it comes to keeping up with established canon and that is the time element. The mythology has yet to contradict itself.

That's exactly the problem. If the writers were doing a better job then we wouldn't need all this head canon!

We have it mostly because the onscreen canon is so weak. Truly crucial conversations between characters often happen between scenes or episodes. Stuff that needs to be clarified does not get clarified. Character motivations are not well-explored, and often (deliberately?) left open to adience interpretation.

Often, when the writers do put in some exposition, they contradict it later. For example, two separate explanations of what Omegas are have been given by Gerard and Ethan respectively. They were complete opposites of each other. Gerard said they were wolves without a pack. Ethan said they were the lowest ranking wolves in a pack. Either or both could be true, but the writers have not bothered to clarify that fact. Mountain Ash does not, in fact, protect against the supernatural generally (since Jennifer was able to snatch Deaton right out of his protected clinic), but only against werewolves apparently. And despite speculation going back to season one, Deucalion proved in episode 311 that werewolves can throw things through a Mountain Ash barrier.

This can lead to problems. For example, Scott's dramatic breaking through of the barrier in 312 marked his ascension to Alpha status. But it was also rendered pointless, because the same spear-cane that Deucalion used to impale Morrell in 311 was laying nearby, and Scott didn't even need to be present. As soon as he got his wits about him Deucalion could have speared her like a fish in a barrel!

There are LOTS of instances of plot holes like this. I could go on a great length about them.