Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25176701-20150818031151/@comment-26601629-20150823070837

Paul.rea wrote: There's no evidence of "empaths" within the Teen Wolf Canon.

As has been stated here previously, the chemosignals combined with the Werewolf hightened sense of smell allows characters to intuit feelings but there's no indication of true empathetic abilities seen in other fictional universes. I'm aware there are no natural empaths on Teen Wolf. But doesn't mean they don't have empathy. There is no right way, or correct way for a power to be acheived. Empathy is the power to determine the emotions of people (unnaturally), how this is achieved really doesn't matter, different media would use different ways. For the werewolves, It's not a direct power, just a determinant one. It's like someone who controls air as their only power, but by manipulating the air, gain the ability to fly as a determinant power. The werewolves on teen wolf like you said through their sense of smell, can achieve empathy.