Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25038237-20140902101517/@comment-6383956-20140909141450

JEK wrote: Grahamburglar wrote: LEANDRO23 wrote: Personally, I think it makes things much more realistic. You don't just suddenly wake up and know how to use your kitsune abilities. She's a thunder kitsune, as well, so how is she supposed to train with that element? Creating thunder storms? No. She has to learn as she goes, and I'm glad they're making it that realistic. I would agree, in some respects, that it can be more realistic to arc things out like Jeff Davis likes to do.

However, there's been some instances where it hasn't been and I think Kira's powers are one of them -- as is Lydia's banshee powers. Lydia, who learned archaic Latin because she was bored, hasn't bothered to investigate her banshee abilities or why she became a banshee in like five months?

Same with Kira. She found out she was a kitsune, and I agree she wouldn't have had a chance to learn much about her powers in 3b. But then there was a four week time gap, and she wasn't spending too much time with Scott, nothing was keeping her from learning about being a kistune. And she seems so eager and curious, it kinda bugs me.

But, conversely, take Parrish. He's something and we know that much. But he doesn't have any idea what, and he doesn't know what his powers are, and neither does resident expert Derek. Even if Parrish spent all his free time trying to find out, it could still believably take him a long time. Did they bother to ask Deaton/Argent yet about Parrish? Of course not, don't be silly. :P