Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4723271-20170821151406/@comment-4723271-20170905022430

Like I said, there's no shortage of werecreatures to choose from. Malia's only a coyote bc the Desert Wolf was a coyote. She didn't have to be. They could've made her anything, like a cheetah for instance. Yes, they created werecoyotes just for Malia's character arc, but it didn't have to be a coyote. That's all I'm saying.

They could've still done the ease of turning into a real animal and transference of power from mother to child, plus a lot more, without it being weird or not making sense. I just can't find the logic in introducing a creature so similar to the main creature.