Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24.130.28.230-20150721180826/@comment-26879545-20160204180539

"While I'm here, totally off topic but, why did Malia comment how Kira has things (powers) she never deserved. I mean, what has Malia ever done. Like Kira, she was also born a supernatural creature. Who is she to reproach her anything (I didn't want to start a new topic for this)"

This is off topic, considering this thread is about Lydia and Mountain Ash, but hopefully noone will mind if I answer it here.

Malia was in her full shift for most of her life. After becoming a "human" again, she had to learn how to access her basic skills like "summoning" her claws. We even see her going to Scott and Stiles for help in one episode. She lost control on full moons, so Stiles was helping her learn to control herself during those times. Again, we see this on-screen. She had to learn how to force her body to heal, etc.

Whereas Kira picked up a sword and was instantly good at wielding it. She picked up active power lines from a puddle and sucked the power out of it with literally no training on how to do so. Sure, Noshiko was training her after the Nogitsune fiasco, but most of her feats came naturally to her. It's why Malia called her a cheater. Obviously, her Fox Spirit has gone rogue, but she can (seemingly) still use her abilities without using her sword and getting taken over by it.

In short: Malia was jealous because she had to work to master her powers and Kira just admittied that her powers just "sort of happened"