Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4091815-20160202180218/@comment-27547895-20160203000626

Paul.rea wrote: When Talia was introduced it was explained as a rare ability.

Derek had to die to get to that point.

It's not learned. It is aquired and, from everything we've seen, not easily.

According to your logic, every single encylopedia entry on this site is theory. You don't trust Deaton, so there goes everything he's ever told us and, if we can't trust him on supernatural lore, we can't trust any character on the show about anything.

The canon on this site is recorded from observations. You disagree with those observations, which is your right, but you don't offer any alternative except that the observation can't be trusted. Actually there are plenty of things that are canon. Just not this.

There is NOTHING, not a shred said or shown in the show, that can justify calling your take on this canon.

You can't say that Theo is able to change only due to his werecoyote half.

You can't say that this is the only reason Malia shifted as a child.

You can't say that werecoyotes can shift more easily.

Not on what we've seen.

You want an alternate? Follow your own rules. If it is in any way an assumption or based on untrustworthy information, it isn't canon.

You can JUST as easily record what has happened, and not place your theories in the mix. You can JUST as easily phrase things to make them accurate (such as saying "according to Deaton, no supernatural creature can cross mountain ash." This all makes things accurate. AND, if you were a journalist worth your salt, you'd already be doing this, because that's what journalists do... cover their asses (trust me, I know).

There's your alternative. A very reasonable, and easy to accomplish, alternative.

Here's ANOTHER alternative. Consider what other people have to say, as you are very clearly NOT doing here.