Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-186.155.123.122-20140418042426

So in many posts i have seen people saying that Kate can't be a werejaguar or that it wouldn't make sense because the Kanima is the "werejaguar" of teenwolf.

So this are my arguments against it:


 * Kate actress said she was a werejaguar, she looked similar to a panther (a mutation of a jaguar) or other feline when she transformed, werejaguars or even just jaguars are an important creature in latin folkore (one of season 4 topics to this point). This indicates this is the most probable answer to what Kate is.


 * The kanima in the show was never called a werejaguar by any "good source". It was just something Stiles researched but for example the bestiary never said werejaguars were synonim of Kanimas.


 * In real world Mythology, the Canaima or Kanaima is an evil jungle spirit of revenge and sickness, not a werejaguar. The cofussion is due to this entity taking the form of dangerous animals, like jaguar snakes or alligators, to kill people. So this leaves the "werejaguar " spot free, as the kanima wont be one.


 * In any case, this could mean they are 2 types of Kanima. Some that take a more reptilian appearence and some that take the feline form. We see something similar in werwolves and kitsunes, as we seem to have 2 werewolfves types (Werewolf-Werecoyote) and  we have the 13 Kitsune types.

Because of this i believe Kate being a werjaguar is still an option depite the Kanima thing and apart from it is also like the biggest possibilitie. 