Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4091815-20160202180218/@comment-5379216-20160203061404

Paul.rea wrote:

As to the Theo issue. I have explained the logic of the situation.

Werewolves cannot easily transform into full wolves. It is a rare ability among their kind.

Werecoyotes can do it. They can do it so easily in fact that a child could do it from instinct alone with no apparent training.

Theo is a chimera and possesses both werewolf and werecoyte elements. He can transform fully into an animal.


 * Malia - How did you do that?
 * Theo - You want to learn? I could show you.
 * Malia - You're showing me plenty right now.
 * Theo - I've got nothing to hide.

He could show Malia because she is quite capable of doing it as werecoyote. He could not show a werewolf how to do it because, as we've seen and been told many times, it is not a learned trait. I know all that all, Paul. Saying that Theo is able to fully shift into a wolf and a coyote because of his werecoyote side makes sense, but it's not canon. It hasn't been explained why Theo can turn into 2 different animals. Yes it's a good and plausible theory, but it's also possible that the Dread Doctors gave him this shapeshifting ability and that it doesn't come from his werecoyote side. We simply don't know and therefore can't state canon on anything about why Theo can fully shift.