TV Review: Teen Wolf: Monsterous(4.10)

                                                 Teen Wolf: Monstrous(4.10)Review

• I liked how Brett was willing to die for Clarke, I'm not sure what their relationship is other than pack but it's clearly a close one. I liked how Kira saved Brett and Clarke from the hunters.
• I liked how Scott as soon as her heard from Kira that she found Satomi's pack that he was ready to jump into action to go protect them and I liked how it took him a moment to get why Liam wasn't just following him.
• I liked how Liam told Scott that he doesn't thinking that he can be like him and his friends because he's too afraid of dying and I liked that Scott didn't shame him in anyway for being afraid but instead told Liam that not all of them are still alive and that he should at least let him drive him home.
• I liked how Stiles didn't want to stay at the hospital and get a CT scan since they still hadn't paid for the last one and I liked that Melissa made sure that he stayed because that is what is best for his health.
• I liked how Lydia questioned whether or not Meredith was even competent enough to be charged and I liked how the Sheriff pointed out that if she really is the Benefactor than she is competent enough to do a lot of things.
• I liked how when Scott first saw Kira that his first two questions were about whether her mom was okay and if she was okay.
• I liked how Satomi and her pack knew who Scott McCall is and that they showed him a great deal of respect.
• I'm curious about the strange strain of wolfsbane that Chris seems to keeping in one of his vaults.
• I liked how Lydia refused to leave the station until Meredith started talking and gave them some real answers.
• I liked how Malia actually went to Stiles after she heard that he almost died and I liked how odd it is that they had a conversation about how they heard each other almost got killed shows how dangerous their lives are.
• I liked how Melissa locked Stiles and Malia in the room so that they could sort out their relationship problems. I also liked how Stiles and Malia used the whole door locking thing as a way to talk about their problems without directly talking about their problems and I liked that they kiss and made up.
• I liked how Scott brought Satomi's pack to a warehouse that is owned by Chris and I found it interesting that Satomi and Chris knew each other before Satomi was peaceful and before Chris started protecting werewolves rather than killing them.
• I liked how Stiles and Malia listen to the tape of Lydia's grandmother over and over again in order to figure out something about the deadpool and I liked how Malia figured out that the answer had to do with the record player at the lake house.
• I liked how Lydia tried to get Meredith to talk and I was surprised to find out that she would only talk to Peter.
• I liked how Scott called Derek to teach Satomi's pack how to defend themselves and that Derek called Braeden for that same reason.
• I liked how Derek laid out a plan about how they call out anyone who thinks that they can kill them for money and put them on their own deadpool.
• I liked how Lydia told Peter that Meredith is more dangerous than she looks because she is a banshee.
• I liked how during the interrogation that Parrish and the Sheriff were still pretty protective over Meredith when it came to dealing with Peter even though she is the one whose the suspect.
• I felt really bad for Meredith when we find out that the reason she made the deadpool is because Peter had the idea for it as a plan of revenge that he came up with while he was in coma after the fire and his thoughts were in her head for weeks when she was in the hospital.
• I liked how Lydia, the Sheriff and Parrish did put the blame for the deadpool on Peter after hearing that explanation even though they knew that they couldn't charge him for it.
• I liked how Malia and Stiles figured out that the deadpool was coming from behind the walls of the lake house and was made from computers from the 1970s.
• I liked how Stiles, Lydia and Malia all worked together to find a way to shut down the deadpool and that they were able to do so successfully.
• I liked that Scott was able to stop himself from killing that one guy because I like that Scott is able to keep himself from becoming a killer despite the constant life and death circumstances of his life.
• I liked how Meredith explained that she made the deadpool because she feels that too many people die because of the monsters and she feels that even she herself is one.
• I liked how Lydia said that "Not all monsters do monstrous things." and I liked how she cited Scott as an example and I liked how Meredith than said Lydia was also an example.
• I don't like that Peter is trying to kill Scott but I'm really not surprise that is his big evil plan.

Please tell me your thoughts on this episode.

Top 7 Underrated Contemporary and 3 Underrated Fantasy

1. It's Kind of a Funny Story: This book I don't really hear people talk about but I really love because of how the main character is struggling in his life with what seems to be depression mixed with anxiety. I really loved the first half of this book and it was shown that it was something as simple of not doing as well as he expected to do in school that caused him to start to spiral downward and I like that it was some over dramatic thing that happened to him that caused this but rather that he didn't feel like he had a real reason to feel the way that he did so he had no clue how to fix himself. I also enjoy the second half of the book were he stays at the hospital and starts to sort himself out and recover as well, I just love the whole book because I felt like it dealt with the topic in a realistic way rather than in the super dramatic way that it's usually dealt.
2. Perfect: I really love this book because it's a story told through four viewpoints and I love when there's multiple viewpoints in a book because I love getting inside as many different characters heads as I can. I love how this book dealt with the concept of perfection by having characters strive for it and either show how destructive it is or come to the realization that perfection isn't possible so they should strive for being happy instead. I love how this book had the characters stories loosely connected with each other and I loved three out of four the viewpoint characters which is pretty good although I hated one of them but he was a very hateable character so I doubt that's uncommon but other than his storyline I loved the book, on a side note I'd really love for Jenna to have a book with her point of view since she's a self-destructive enigma who I'm still super curious about.
3. White Oleander: This book is one that takes place over a large period of time and the character lives many different sorts of lives because she has to keep moving around due to being in the foster care system and she also becomes many different people so it was really interesting to see how much she changed through out the course of the novel. I also really loved the complicated mother daughter relationship that was front and center through out the book, overall this is just a great book and if you only saw the movie you should know they probably cut out about half of it and so you need to read the book because it's so much better.
4. Tricks: This book is another multiple viewpoint book by Ellen Hopkins which I loved this one I believe had five different points of view and the theme that linked the stories together was that having to sell your body. I really found all the stories interesting in this one and I actually enjoyed most of the characters despite them being in such situations that usually make you look down upon people but you see how they got to the point in which they are desperate enough to do so which while not the most cheerful of stories is certainly interesting. The thing is while had my favorite characters while reading the book the one I actually remember the most years later is Whitney who frustrated me to no end because she just kept making the most horrible life decisions so I just wanted to yell at her to value herself a bit more but now looking back I enjoy her storyline a lot more because I realize how her bad decisions just made me more invested in her characters, anyways I just really love this book.
5. Identical: This book is really interesting with how it deals with this really messed up family and it has two sisters who are both a totally mess but one is really open about it and is just very publicly showing all her damage and the other is just as messed up but is quiet about it and doesn't want anyone to see her as less than perfect. I also found how the sisters saw there parents to be interesting in that one hated and loved one parent and the other vice versa which lead to level of understanding of the parents that I wasn't exactly comfortable with but it was really interesting experience and really well written. I also loved how this book made use of the poetry with how sometimes the poems would be in shapes such as a razor blade or a wine bottle I just think that's a really great use of the style.
6. Tilt: This book is told in three points of view and is the last Ellen Hopkins book on this list although this book has three narrators the reason this book makes the list is because of one story which is Shane's. I really was surprised by Shane's story because I thought I had him and his storyline figured out right away in that I thought it would deal with his sexuality or drugs but then it really didn't instead it dealt with him having a crisis of faith and struggling with grief and I really hadn't read anything else like it and I loved it for how raw the emotions felt in his story. His story is one that isn't told very often and I really loved it because he spent so much of the later half of the book spiraling and he half wanted his mom to notice and half didn't want her to notice because he didn't want to burden her so I spent so much of the book just wishing that they could lean on each other rather than suffer in silence. Anyways great book overall and I really would love if you read the book to tell me how you felt about Shane's storyline.
7. Manic Pixie Dreamgirl: This book is one that I loved for it's honesty with how it didn't shy away from the fact that the main character is an asshole for having a girlfriend and being in love with the idea of another girl and not only is the book aware of it but characters through out the book call him out on his behavior and that his pinning isn't something that is seen as romantic when it usually would've been. I also kind often refer to this book as a more honest version of Anna and the French Kiss because of how the main Tyler's behavior is actually pretty similar to St.Clair's only the difference is that this book doesn't romanticize and excuse his behavior like Anna and the French Kiss did with St.Clair in regards to his dealings with Anna and Ellie(St.Clair's girlfriend for 90% of the book) so I recommend this book to Anna and the French Kiss fans because I think it would make you think about the book differently.

1. The Darkest Powers Series: This series has a bit of slow start but once it gets moving in the last half of the first book it gets really exciting and from then on the plot doesn't really ever stop moving which makes for a very exciting read. I also really love the main character Chloe because she's smarter than most heroine's in this genre which is refreshing and I also just like her a lot and her powers are interesting as well. I like that the romance is very much in the background of these books to the point that I would think that calling these books paranormal romances would be a lie because really it's more like paranormal action/adventure.
2. The Looking Glass Wars: This book series is by far the most interesting retelling of Alice and Wonderland that I have ever read. The world of wonderland being a really place that is full of strange magical things that are quite frightening and Aylss being thrown into our world and being seen as insane before she convinces herself after years of living here that her home world is a lie only to have to go back to it and become a bit of a warrior queen is an excellent twist on the classic tale. I also absolutely adore the relationship between Alyss and Dodge which is important in the story but by no means the main focus and I really wished there were more relationships like this one in YA in general.
3. Linger(Wolves of Mercy Falls): While the Wolves of Mercy Falls series is quite popular I don't think anyone seems to appericate Linger as much as I do since most people see this book as a filler book that contains mostly fluff. To me Linger is the character book which deals with the inter workings of the characters minds. This is the book that with Sam's storyline I like to call it what happens after happily ever after with how his curse has been broken but he can't quite believe that he gets to stay in his human skin like he always wished for but never dared to hope for. I liked how Sam still had plenty of flashbacks to the times when he was young and newly became a wolf and how messed up he was and how even though his curse his broken the damage that it caused is still there and I especially loved the moment when he admits to Cole how much of a mess he still is but that he's trying to improve. For Cole this book is when he's at his lowest point with how the whole reason that he's a wolf in the first place is because he can't stand being in his own head because he hate himself so very much. Also I love Cole because he's a deconstruction of a bad boy in that he's that asshole guy who sleeps around, does drugs and drags people down with him and he absolutely hates being that guy but he doesn't know how to stop being that guy so he decides that it's best that he stays out of his own head as much as possible. I love how we see Cole who's half charming confidence and half self loathing and self destruction and I also love this book because it's the one that got Cole to the point of figuring out that he can't runaway from himself forever and he might not actually want to. I also love this book for Isabel who is struggle with the guilt that she killed her brother when she was trying to save him and I really loved how the relationship between her and Cole developed with her seeing him as a means of self destruction and I especially love the moment when she sees that he's starting to heal and she resents him for that because she doesn't want him to get better before she does and I love that because it's so completely toxic and interesting. Anyways I love this book to the point that it's probably one of my favorites of all time and I would really wished people would look at the book more as a character study than a fluffy romance because the book is so much better when you do. Also I made a list a while back of my favorite moments in books and like half of the list was from Linger.

TV Review: The 100: Desolation of Earth(1.11)

                                          The 100: Desolation of Earth(1.11)Review

• I liked how Clarke and Bellamy talked about the upcoming war with the grounders in that they both knew it was coming but Clarke is really disappointed by the whole situation but knows that they have to fight this war and without any help from the Ark.
• I thought that the guy that kept making the fire bigger simply to piss off Octavia was jerk especially since this led to the group loosing almost all their food.
• I like how Raven was trying her best to be cool with her and Finn being over but in the scene when Finn kept trying to get her forgiveness it's obvious that she's still upset by the break up.
• I liked how Raven told Finn that her making bullets is to help them stay alive not too keep busy that he admits that was a stupid comment to make.
• I liked seeing that there were survivors on the Ark and I liked how Kane went around looking for all of them and just generally spent his time making sure that no one else dies because of him. I also just really love how much his character has grown over the season so far.
• I liked  the guy that had his arm stuck in the door that Kane found who when he found out about why the Ark was almost dead was because of Diane that his reply was "What a bitch my mom voted for her."
• I kind of liked that kid that was so excited about getting to go hunting with Clarke and Finn it was a shame that he was stabbed.
• I liked how Bellamy convinced Raven not leave camp because one he knows she won't survive out there on her own and two he needs her to come up with another great idea to save them all. I just really liked how Bellamy notices and values Raven's intelligence.
• I liked how Raven came up with the idea of walkie-talkies so that they could fight all together against the grounders and therefore would have a chance of winning against them.
• I liked how Clarke and Finn were brought to the grounders in order to save a girl who was badly injured by the bomb on the bridge because they no longer have a healer of their own.
• I liked that while we see that Clarke feels guilt about the role she played in the girl's injury she is also outraged that the grounders would be teaching someone who is still a child to fight because this kind of behavior just leads to endless war.
• I liked how Clarke had to get pretty creative with what kind of supplies she can use to save the girl because the grounders don't really have any real medicine or at least not the kind that she's use to.
• I liked that Monty was helping out with making the walkie-talkies and I find that weird radio single that he keeps finding to be very suspicious.
• I felt bad for Monty when Raven tells him that the Ark is most likely dead therefore his family is most likely dead as well.
• I liked how when Raven went to Bellamy's tent and they hooked up that he told her he wasn't the guy that would talk her out of making a mistake but him telling her he wasn't that guy in a way did give her chance to stop  and think about what she was doing but she really didn't want to do anything but try to forget Finn at the time.
• I liked that when the girl died that Clarke was sadden by not being able to save the girl and not just because of the threat to Finn's life and I liked that Anya who is almost always cold showed some saddens as well.
• I'm pretty worried about Finn since he was led off to be killed but since we didn't see him killed I'm sure he's still alive.
• I liked that Bellamy asked Raven if it helped after they slept together and I was sad for her when she said it didn't.
• I liked how Kane went to rescue the Chancellor and everyone that was stuck in the room with him after he told him not. I was also really glad to find out that Abby is still alive and on the Ark.
• I liked how Clarke escaped from the grounders by getting the grounder guarding her to give him as much information as she could get from him and having him lower his guard enough so that she could kill him and run.
• I liked how when Raven voiced that she felt in some way that things would be better if Finn was gone this morning and now he might be dead that Octavia told her that she didn't wish this into existence.
• I'm worried about Monty who just disappeared after picking up the strange radio signal once again.
• I'm worried about Clarke who was trapped by another grounder trap at the end of the episode.

Please tell me your thoughts on this episode.

Reasons why I think that fans of paranormal YA would enjoy Teen Wolf Part 1

If you frequent my blog in the summer time you may have noticed that I'm a pretty big fan of the show Teen Wolf and since I know that most of my followers are book bloggers I'm guessing that most of you have ignored those posts but I'm writing this post to tell you why I think that's a mistake. This post is about the reasons in which I believe someone who is a fan of paranormal YA books would specifically would enjoy the series, I've based a lot of the reasons on this list on things I've seen book bloggers complain are lacking or not done well in paranormal YA books or in YA in general therefore I will be referencing common trends in Paranormal YA and comparing them to the show. I also want to note that there's a lot of reasons that I love this series and not all them will be on the list because I'm trying to keep the reasons somewhat related to paranormal YA.

This show was one that I didn't expect anything from which is probably one of the reasons I ended up enjoying it so much but I feel the need to warn you that this show didn't start off great although I still felt it was enjoyable it took a few episode for me to really get into. The show can be pretty cheesy at times although nowhere near as bad as the movie and in the first couple episodes they put too much attention on lacrosse but soon they realized no one cares about lacrosse and show started to get good by that point. I actually rewatched the first season recently and I enjoyed it but I just feel the need to warn you it might take you awhile to get into the show but I think it's well worth the effort.


                       My  Reasons why fans of paranormal YA should watch Teen Wolf Part 1
1. Alison Argent: One of the main reasons that I decided to write this post is because of how many fans of  paranormal YA seem to be really frustrated by the heroines in every paranormal YA series and when I was reading about what people wanted out of heroine I was reminded of who Alison actually is so I found myself wanting to recommend this series to them but I didn't because people tend to be dismissive of this series. The complaints I was hearing about heroines were well a bunch of things but mostly they were damsel in distress who's life revolved around her love interest but Alison isn't like that. The type of character that most of these people wanted was someone who could defend themselves and had life outside of  her life interest which I feel that both these things are true for Alison's character.

I want to point out to people who haven't seen or even really know anything about the show that Alison isn't actually the main character and is in fact the main love interest for the main character but I assure you that there's a lot more to her character than being a love interest. The first few episodes we really don't see much of Alison so it takes a couple episodes to really get to know her although I have always really liked her but my love for has definitely grown a lot over the seasons.
Alison is from a family of hunters(of pretty much all supernatural creatures not just werewolves like the first season implies) which is something that she doesn't know at the start of the series and her family keep this big secret from her does contribute quite a bit to her storyline in season 1. Although she has no knowledge of her family's hunting ways it's something that it's implied that her parents were both hiding it from her and trying to prepare her for this role with how they had her get into archery when she was younger and considering that she said she sucks at all her other past hobbies I'm willing to bet that they discouraged those, I also think that this makes her weapons skills that she develops to be more believable since she was already good at archery pre-series and it makes sense why she did with her background. I like that a big part of Alison's conflict comes from her knowing her family is keeping something from her and that she doesn't really know who she can trust in her life and that of course ends up influencing a lot of her choices in this series in a way in which the audience can always understand her reasoning even if they don't agree with it.

Another big thing I think that fans of paranormal YA will enjoy about Alison is that she hates the idea of ever being the damsel in distress and that she actually seeks out ways to make herself stronger and really their are very few times in which she needs be rescued and as of season 3 she's probably the most badass character on the show. One of the things have I always loved about Alison is that she seems to have this self hatred when it comes to feeling weak which is something that has led to some pretty great scenes and makes her character very interesting to me. One of my favorites is after she had been in a situation for the first time when she thought she was going to die and she still had no clue about the existence of the supernatural she had this lovely quote "That night in the school, I felt utterly weak like I needed someone to come and rescue me. I hate that feeling. I wan to feel stronger than that. I want to feel powerful." I just love how Alison being faced with mortal peril made her go out and find away to empower herself rather than just make her want to run away or just accepting the danger like most YA heroines and I love that over the course of the series Alison continues improve herself and that she is more than capable of taking care of herself.

Something that I really enjoyed about Alison is that the reason she's involved in the supernatural world isn't because of her boyfriend (although he happens to be a werewolf) but because of her family. I like this because you know how dangerous being involved with the supernatural is usually dangerous in this type of series even if the guy your dating would never hurt that doesn't mean that someone else from that world wouldn't so knowing that Alison would've become part of that world regardless of who she dates makes it easier to understand why she would choose to be with someone who's part of that world. I also liked the conflict it created with her having a family of hunters who do have a code about who they do and don't kill that's supernatural but only her dad really follows it and that leaves the rest of her family killing or at least trying to kill a whole lot of innocent people who happen to be shape shifters so although her family calls themselves protectors they're really just killers. On the other hand at the same time Alison starts her hunters training she's also working with Scott trying to keep everyone safe, I really love that because of her relationship with Scott she was able to view werewolves as people rather than just animals or monsters like most other members of her family did and I think that this empathy that she developed towards the supernatural through that relationship is a very important thing because it keeps her seeing them as people and not targets which is something that keeps her from becoming a psychotic killer like other members of her family did. I also like that Alison was doing more good working with a werewolf than with her family who were suppose to be protecting against the supernatural.

Towards the end of season 2 Alison ended up going to a pretty dark place after loosing someone close to her and being manipulated when she was in an extremely emotionally vulnerable place, while I didn't like Alison's actions when she was in that dark place but I liked that she was able to go to the dark place and able to come back from it. To be clear by dark place I mean villainous place and I'm sure you've noticed that going to a dark place like this is something that's fairly common for the male love interest to do in Paranormal YA but have you've ever noticed that if a female character goes to a dark place like this she is considered to be evil and is never redeemed. Well I really loved that with Alison she was able to go to a dark place but did come back from it and was able to be seen in a heroic light once again.

 I also really loved that at the beginning of season 3 that Alison wanted to basically prove to herself that she was still a good person even though she had done bad things, I liked that her redemption arc(if you can call it that since it isn't really in the traditional sense) was all about proving her worth to herself not to anyone else. I love that Alison refused to stay out of the conflict in season 3 because she saw that her friends where in danger and she knew that she could do something to help them and she did what she could to help save the most people with both of the season 3 plots. Also what I loved most of all was how Alison changed her families code from "We hunt those who hunt us." to that of "We protect those who cannot protect themselves." I really loved her taking charge in general but I especially love the emphasis she puts on protecting others rather than eliminating a threat like the former code did.
While I could probably write more about my love for Alison Argent I feel I already said a lot but basically I think that she's the type of character that most paranormal YA fans are looking for someone who is part of a romance but also a hero in her own right, someone who is strong but still vulnerable.
2. Mythology: I find that in most paranormal YA series that the mythology is either very simple or just never fully explained to reader because it either is something that main character wouldn't need to know so the reader isn't ever told it or it's something that the main character does know and therefore doesn't explain it in great detail. Giving a mythology info dump is something that often slows down the pace of a story and can be rather boring and since novels are only a few hundred pages long it's easy to understand why this would be an area in which the author would want to shorten but it's one that I think is needed. Teen Wolf isn't perfect with giving out mythology stuff always but it has given us quite a bit of information on quite a few supernatural species over the seasons although it was given gradually it was still pretty effective to me at least.
Werewolves: The main supernatural creature of the show is of course werewolves and before I started watching the show I thought that werewolf mythology was simple and boring. I originally thought that the only thing there is to know about werewolves is that they turn into a wolf on the night of the full moon, have heighten senses and maybe something involving packs. This show turned out to expand quite a bit on the werewolf myth while the moon makes a werewolf want to shift it's not usually into a full wolf(which seems to be difficult ability that few have mastered although not a lot has been said about it so far) it's this partial thing where the werewolf face grows hair and there eyes glow a certain color(more on that later) and their nails become claws but after a werewolf learns control they can stay in normal human form even during a full moon. Also werewolves don't only shift on full moons in this series but whenever their heart rate raises which makes the whole being a werewolf thing more interesting and useful(or rather a bigger problem) than I originally thought it was going to be.

In this series an important part of the werewolf mythology have to do with pack structure which means that werewolves are divided into three groups alphas, betas and omegas. The alphas as I'm sure pretty much everyone already knows are the leader of their packs, an alpha's eyes would turn the color red when they shift, their the strongest type of werewolf because they gather the strength of the rest of their pack and to become an alpha one usually has to kill the last alpha to steal their power but this isn't always the case. Alphas are also the only kind of werewolf who's bite can make a new werewolf. It should be mentioned that the bite of a werewolf either kills you or turns you so it's pretty much fifty percent chance you won't survive the bite. Betas are werewolves that are part of packs and omegas are the ones that aren't and are known to be the weakest type. Betas and omegas either have gold or blue eyes those with blue eyes have killed someone while those with gold eyes haven't.
In this series werewolves can have wolfs bane and mountain ash used against them. Wolf's bane is poisonous to werewolves and if it gets into their bloodstream it will kill them but if werewolves inhale or drink it they will only experience hallucinations. Also worth mentioning that it seems like no matter what species you are if you drink wolf's bane you will hallucinate but only werewolves will hallucinate if they just inhale it, I don't know why that it is. Mountain ash at this point has mostly been shown to be used as a barrier to keep werewolves out of or trapped in a certain area.
The abilities that werewolves in this series seems to have are the ability to shift, increased strength, heightened senses, increased speed, extremely increased healing abilities, can take other living beings pain away from them and although not mentioned very often can apparently sense emotions. It should be mentioned that if a werewolf feels that they don't deserve to heal or something that this may cause their healing abilities to stop working.

Hunters: Through out YA paranormal series there are quite a few examples of people who fight against the supernatural and I have to say that there are a lot of different versions of what that means through out the genre. I also noticed that it differ from series to series whether or not the hunter was a type of supernatural or not.  In this series hunters aren't a supernatural species themselves but they have a long history and set of traditions that they follow. There are apparently a whole network of hunter families in the Teen Wolf universe but the only one really see is Alison's family the Argents whose last name means sliver in France and they seem to be primarily known for hunting werewolves but have hunted all different sorts of supernatural creatures. The Argents have a code that they only hunt those who hunt us, but the only person that seems to really follow that code is Alison's dad so it's not all that effective. Another code that it's implied that all hunters have is that if they get bit by an alpha that they will kill themselves rather turn into a werewolf. Hunters in this world seem to use all kinds of weapons whether it be guns, crossbows, knives or tasers everything seems to be used during hunting. Also apparently women are the leaders of hunting families which is why Alison was able to change her family code at the ending of 3A.

Kanima: The kanima is something that I'm pretty sure I've never encountered in any other series that I read especially since it's the word that took me the longest to learn how to spell and my first reaction to it when I saw it was what the hell is that. The kanima turns out to be this wer-lizard that can paralyze people with it's venom and is pretty much impossible to kill seriously it has got shot in the head several times through out the season and just got right back up. The kanima's is a weapon vengeance and is basically a werewolf gone wrong brilliantly the reason they basically said that a person would become a kanima is because their an asshole and this shape reflects who they really are inside although later on they might've changed the reason to identity issues.
Druids: Sadly we haven't gotten a lot of details on what a druid is because all the druids on this show so far have been pretty mysterious therefore we don't know a whole lot about their abilities. What I do know is that druids have magic but it seems to be a pretty limited form of magic so that their magic can't be used as just an easy way to destroy all their enemies in the series. The abilities that the druids seem to have is mostly based on their knowledge of how to use certain herbs to combat the supernatural as well as having a unique effect on them do their abilities as well as a few ceremony type things it seems. Druids also are known to be advisors for the alpha's in werewolf packs and they offer advice on how to proceed in a certain situation and their primary goal seems to be to maintain a certain status quo in the supernatural world.

There is also a dark druid in this series known as a darach who seems to have a lot more magical power mainly due to using blood sacrifice to gain these powers. The type of sacrifice that is used to get this powers is human sacrifice and the darach draws power from virgins, warriors, healers, philosophers and guardians.
Banshees: Another group of supernatural species I don't see often and before this series I kind of thought that a banshee was either dead or a type of fairy neither of these things seem to be true in this series. Banshees are mainly known for screaming when death is near and that part is true in this series but it seems to be a bit more complicated than that with it being sometimes the scream comes as the person is dying and sometimes it happens before and that means that they death is actually able to be prevented and sometimes the scream seems to be for something that isn't death is sort of close and finally it can be used to lure someone back since banshee screams are extremely loud to werewolves like they can hear it from across down and still feel the need to plug their ears. Also it seems that banshees are haven't lured to places by their abilities to find dead bodies or clues that will lead them to a dead person for reasons that the banshee could not explain. Banshees other main part of their ablility seems to be their hearing ability which leads them to able to hear things by coming in contact with certain objects and the accuracy of what they hear seems go up with the closer  the connection they have to the person and it seems that it has to be related to death or near death experiences to work. While it hasn't be touched on clearly it seems that banshees can hear and sometimes even see the dead in some way but since the only banshee we know doesn't really understand her abilities or know how to control them it's a bit unclear of what all of them are since banshees seem to be pretty rare in this world seeing that it took everyone so long to figure out that she is one.

Kitsunes: A kitsune is a benevolent fox spirit who is still a trickster and they seems to occur naturally in this world through family lines. Kitsunes come in seven different types and therefore each type has different abilities. The one that we really learn about kitsunes from is a thunder kitsunes and was able to suck up a bunch of electricity and have a sort of lightening power that can repair a sword. It seems that being a kitsune gives the ability to be good at using a sword as well as having healing abilities that allow them to live an incredible long time and I think increased agility. Kitsunes also have tails and the older the kitsune the more tails they have they can have up to nine tails and by breaking the tails the kitsune can summon oni(demons)to do their bidding which in this series was to find and destroy the nogitsune.

Nogitsunes: A nogitsune is a malicious fox trickster spirit that unlike a kitsune doesn't occur naturally but rather is a spirit that needs to possess a human host in order to be able to survive. The nogitsune feeds off of chaos, pain and strife therefore it will be causing a lot of those things once it takes over it's host completely and while uses those tactics to take over their host as well. The nogitsune seems to be associated with flies for some reason and can also use those to manipulate or even take control over people who it is not possessing at the time. The nogitsune often plays tricks and will use things such as what the relationship it's host body had before it took over it with the people around it and use that in order to get it to protect him or give him either chaos, pain or strife in some way. The nogitsune is for most of the season the only thing that can destroy the oni but still seems to be afraid of them probably because they are getting stronger. The nogitsune seems to be something that can't be fully destroyed even after it leaves it host but rather it has to be trapped.
3. Friendship: One of the things that I find paranormal YA does the worst is friendships especially friendships that existed prior to the beginning of the series this is largely due to two major things. 1. Most paranormal YA series are romance centric which leads to everyone but the main character and the love interest falling out of focus or 2. Said friend isn't supernatural therefore never finds out about the supernatural stuff which causes distance in the friendship and for said best friend to be easily forgettable due to having no importance to the plot and rarely being around or even mentioned by the main character. Teen Wolf on the other hand doesn't do this at all even though there is romance it's not to the point that it takes over the whole series and Stiles found out that Scott was a werewolf before he did and he's been helping with werewolf problems ever since. The friendships are one of my favorite parts of this show because friendships are an aspect that is so often ignored in all teen series so it's nice to see a show that values it.
Scott and Stiles: The friendship between Scott and Stiles is probably the biggest reason I decided to watch the second episode of this show because I just loved every scene they had together and I still love pretty much all their scenes. These two have one of those friendships in which they have been best friends forever and I've always found it believable that they have been which something that I can't say for a lot of other series that try to sell life long friendships. I really love that from the first episode it has always been Scott and Stiles working together to figure stuff out and while this does tend to lead to whole lot of the blind leading the blind type of situations it strangely seems to work for them.

I really love the constant use of we between them because it shows that to an extent that something doesn't just effect Scott or just effect Stiles it effects both of them in a way since they are so close to each other. I like that after Scott had went through his first full moon as a werewolf that Stiles told him "We'll get through this." like it was the most natural thing in the world there was never any question about it because Scott being a werewolf didn't really change the way that Stiles thought of him. I love that Scott and Stiles are almost always together and that it's often assumed by multiple characters  through out the series that if one of them is around the other is close by. I liked that they seem to think that as long as they're working together that they'll be able to solve all their problems even though neither of them are really equipped to handle the things that they have to do and often times have no clue to what the answers to their problems are but working together and being beside each other gives them a certain level of comfort.

I really love how the idea of them hurting each other seems utterly incomprehensible  to them even when the they know the other could be in a state in which they are not really themselves therefore there's a good chance they would do things they would never do otherwise. I love that they just truly believe that the other would never hurt them and that when circumstances make one lash out the other in some way they just seem completely shocked by it. I'm sorry for being so vague with this part but it would be a really long explanation that would be filled with spoilers which I'm trying not to have too much of in this post.

Another thing I love about this wonderful friendship is that they can't imagine their lives without one another and I loved that when Scott was driven to suicide by supernatural forces that Stiles was the one that talked him down from it by telling him that he was going to do this that he would have to take him with him, it was a very moving moment and the fact that Scott was snapped out of it by the power of friendship rather than the power of romantic love just shows how this shows recognizes the importance of friendship. I also love that for most of the second half a season 3 was Scott doing everything he could to find away to save Stiles and I kind of loved his line in the final "The plan is to save you that's the only plan I'm going with." I really love their friendship which is delightfully entertaining, has a lot of depth to it and has also made me cry on multiple occasions, I know I probably said too much about them for a post like this but I love their friendship so much I just couldn't help myself.

Alison and Lydia: The friendship between Alison and Lydia is quite a bit different from that of Scott and Stiles since it is one that's a lot newer with it having only started in the first episode of the series and there's a bit more conflict within the friendship since they obviously haven't known each other as long but it is still a great friendship. One of the reasons I think this friendship is important is because there's nowhere near enough strong female friendships in paranormal YA and I know that this is something that most fans of the genre wish there was more of and this friendship is a good example of how friendships can be done in this genre. Another reason I love this friendship as much as I do is because I believe that this friendship does have quite a bit to do with both characters development with how Alison lets Lydia know that she doesn't have to hide her intelligence get people to like her and how Lydia shows Alison that being girly doesn't mean your weak, I just enjoy that these two help each other at least start to overcome some of there deepest insecurities simply by being friends.

I like that there are plenty of scenes of the two of them confiding in each other and that there are times when they work together to figure things out as well. I love that the team of them are very clearly protective of each other although in different ways considering that they have very different skill sets. I just really love the amount of love that this two girls have for each other and I love that their friendship didn't fall apart like I thought it was doomed to in season 1 but stayed strong until the end.

 

There will be probably at least two more parts to this recommendation but since this post is something I've been working on for like a year now and it's already pretty long I have decided that it would be best if I posted it in parts so that I could finally give you guys this post I've been promising you for so long. I have several more reasons to watch this show already listed but if you guys think of anymore things you want me to talk about regarding YA and Teen Wolf I'm very open to suggestions on what else to write about, please leave me a comment on your thoughts on the post whether or not you're a fan of the show, just interested in it or haven't  even heard of it before reading this.

TV Review: Reign: Liege Lord(1.17)

                                                    Reign: Liege Lord(1.17)Review

• I liked how this episode opened with Kenna and Bash both telling each other why they were disappointed with being married to each other. With Kenna saying how Henry promised her someone titled, noble and wealthy and Bash really finds it awkward that Kenna is notorious for sleeping with his father.
• I liked how both Bash and Kenna agreed to try and keep their distance from Mary and Henry due to their history with each other and that they might not love each other but they should at least find a way to like each other.
• I liked how Mary and Francis discussed how Henry being mad his going largely unnoticed by the court and how Catherine is secretly running France behind Henry's back and that Penelope is a really good distraction for Henry and therefore a blessing in disguise.
• I liked hearing that Lola had been courted rather nicely by Julian since last episode and I liked how direct she was with him about what she wanted and that was the same and liked that about her.
• I was worried about Lola when Julian confessed that he never wanted children but I did like when he proposed to Lola.
• I liked that it was explained that Catherine has an elite set of ladies in waiting who sleep with noblemen in order to find out political secrets and I liked that this one refused to sleep with a mad king and asked Mary for help getting out of the country and revealed to Mary a secret about her wedding contract.
• I thought that it was pretty horrible and scary for Mary that the contract said that France got Scotland if she died before having an heir, also I liked that Mary was more concerned about Scotland than her own life and Francis first concern was that they could have Mary killed in order to get Scotland.
• I liked how Mary went to Kenna to find prove of the document in Henry's chambers and I liked that although Kenna was frightened and didn't want to break her promise to Bash she went to Henry's chambers in order to save Scotland.
• I was really rather frightened for Kenna when Henry walked in when she was in his chamber and I could tell she was scared too.
• I found it sad that Mary's own mother betrayed her and Scotland for some money. I also liked how Mary came up with the plan to get word back to the Scottish people because it would cause unrest and it would mean that the contract would have to be burned in order to prevent a war.
• I liked how Mary invited every Scot within a 100 miles so that Catherine couldn't figure out her real reason for throwing such a party.
• I found it disgusting how Henry bragged to Bash that he was with Kenna earlier that day.
• I loved how Mary gave the speech to the nobleman and his men about her marriage contract and what it means for Scotland and how she will die before she lets anyone take Scotland from her and then they all bowed down to her.
• I liked how overwhelmed Mary was at being bowed down to and being seen as a real queen and I liked how impressed by her Francis was as well.
• I'm glad that Bash learned that Kenna only went to Henry for Mary and protect her country and he felt like a fool for being upset with her.
• I liked that Lola told Julian about her being pregnant and I liked that Julian agreed to marry her anyways because she still the girl he started to fall for.
• I was upset and a little surprised that Catherine had all the Scotsmen killed after she figured out that Mary knew of the contract. I liked that Mary was so angry at Catherine for what she did and that she slapped her.
• I liked how Catherine made a speech about how many men will lay down their lives for the queen and how it never stops so eventually you just have to stop caring so much about them because it's part of the job.
• I liked that Francis comforted Mary about her loss of the Scotsmen.
• I liked how Bash was able to save Kenna from Henry and I liked that he had went looking for her because he was worried about her and that felt that it's his place to protect her because she's his wife.
• I loved how Mary got Catherine to burn the marriage contract by threatening to tell several nobles that the Kings mad and that would result in a civil war which Catherine wasn't willing to risk happening.
• I liked how Mary told Francis that she would always choose Scotland over France no matter the consequences and I liked that Francis seems both frightened and impressed by this.

Please tell me your thoughts on this episode.

TV Review: Reign: Monsters(1.16)

                                                    Reign: Monsters(1.16)Review

• I felt bad for Olivia when she was having nightmares about her experience in the caves and I found it a bit disturbing that a tooth from the darkness was found in her wounds.
• I continue to be disturbed and frightened by Henry going mad especially since he started off the episode by pouring wax in a nobleman's ear. I think that Catherine has the right idea of keeping  Henry away from the public and I think he should be thankful that she keeps motivating people to keep quiet about his episodes.
• I liked how the Queen of the Bean was explained as a contest were one servant girl gets to become queen for the day and that Catherine used to hide it from Francis when he was younger which is why Mary doesn't remember it because Henry often sleeps with the servant if she's pretty.
• I liked how Francis mentioned that Bash and him used to run off to the woods when they were younger on that day and I liked how Mary told Francis that it's okay to miss him.
• While Greer's fiancé Lord Julian seemed nice and good looking enough I think it was pretty obvious that Greer still longed to be with Leith instead but knew that marrying Julian was what she should do.
• I liked how Castleroy could tell that Leith was looking after Greer longingly in much the same way he is and I liked how he asked if he'll miss it here.
• I completely understand why Lola is so frightened about not having a suitor soon because she really doesn't have much time until she'd be ruined.
• I liked how Catherine and Nostrodamus came up with the idea to put Henry in a coma so that no one learns that Henry has gone mad.
• I liked how when Bash return he surrender his weapon right away and tried to tell the guards and Henry about the threat of the darkness but I'm sad that no one listened to him and that everyone thought that he was just their for Mary despite him not mentioning Mary or making any move to find her upon arrival.
• I'm glad that Bash was eventually able to convince Mary and Francis that he wasn't actually back for her but because he wants the help of the castle's guards to defeat the darkness because he doesn't want anyone else getting killed by it.
• I liked how Catherine tried to find away in which she could use Penelope to get the vile into the Henry's drink.
• I liked how Greer admitted to Leith that despite there being nothing wrong with Julian she's still unhappy with him because she loves him and I loved their kiss as well.
• I liked that Leith tried to take all the blame for the kiss in order to save Greer's engagement with Julian after he walked in on them kissing.
• I liked that Greer told Julian that it wasn't Leith's fault because she didn't want Leith to be too harshly punished but this changed nothing in Julian's mind so he calmly ends their engagement.
• I liked that Nostrodamus informed them that the darkness is in fact human and I liked that both Francis and Bash went together to find it even though things were still pretty bad between the two of them.
• I felt so bad for Greer for feeling ashamed that she loves Leith and that she disappointed her family and because of the way gossip works she knows that pretty much no one will want to marry her now which I think is terribly unfair but that's probably true about how things worked back then.
• I liked how all the girls comforted Greer when she was crying and I liked how Kenna told her what she did was less shameful than her relationship with the king. I also liked that Lola told the other girls about her being pregnant.
• I liked that Castleroy had made sure that Leith was freed from jail and was instead able to join the military.
• I liked how Mary felt so clearly creeped out when Henry tried to get her to come onto Penelope and that she tried to get both of them out of that situation but Penelope ended up staying.
• I liked how Penelope was able to handle Henry by making him feel like him being the one tied up was a reward for him.
• I liked how Bash pointed out that it's a bit ridicules of Francis to be so threatened by him an exile bastard and I liked how Francis admitted it was more because Bash was his brother he always looked up to and trusted that he felt so hurt by his relationship with Mary.
• I liked that when Francis thought that there was a threat near by he gave Bash his sword because he feels that Bash is better at using one.
• I liked how Mary and Greer arranged for Lola to be Julian's new suitor and I liked that Lola worried about Greer's feelings despite her desperate situation but in the end agreed to the match.
• I liked how desperate Bash was to save Francis when he fell through the ice and I'm so glad that he was able to save him.
• I felt bad fro Greer when he said the gossip about her and Leith is the first interesting thing he heard about her but I liked that Kenna said that's horrible thing to say but I disliked that Henry then said she should be grateful because it gets the attention off her although I'm glad that it's clear Kenna certainly doesn't see it that way.
• I liked how Greer accepted Castleroy's proposal because he's a nice guy who clearly cares about her and doesn't think badly of her for having feelings for a servant, while I wish there was a way for Greer to be with Leith I know it's not practical.
• I liked how Olivia rejoined society and I liked that she wanted to dance with Nostrodamus but I was sad that he didn't dance with her.
• I loved that Francis and Bash finally made up and that they now both know that the other doesn't want them dead despite what happened with Mary.
• I wasn't surprised to learn that Henry was the one that order Bash to be killed but I was disturbed by it.
• I liked that Francis talked Henry out of killing Bash and I liked that he was completely horrified by his father's actions.
• I found Nostodamus's backstory about how he was married with small children once but they were all killed when the plague came through to be very sad.
• I was sad when Greer saw Leith off and she wished he would look back and then he did and it broke my heart to see those two separated.
• I was surprised that Penelope was able to play Catherine and that she put the vile in Catherine's drink instead of Henry's. I'm glad that Catherine found Mary and told her to get Nostrodamus before she passed out.
• I liked how Bash described Henry's plan as a sort of horror show and informed Francis and Mary that their invited on pain of death.
• I thought it was terrible cruel that Henry forced Bash and Kenna to marry each other and I understand why Kenna was so upset because Henry had promised her someone noble and titled not his bastard son but on the other hand I kind of shipped these two since like episode three so I enjoy this development even if the circumstances are really screwed up.
• I liked that Bash used the nonsense titled that Henry gave him to give the guards orders to hunt for the darkness.

Please tell me your thoughts on this episode.

TV Review: Reign: The Darkness(1.15)

                                                 Reign: The Darkness(1.15)Review

• I felt bad for Kenna having to deal with Henry becoming creepier and kinkier in there relationship and her feeling like she can't say no to the new things he wants to try while still feeling uncomfortable about it.
• I like that Mary is trying her best to find Lola a husband but I feel bad for Lola that Mary doesn't seem be putting much of any thought into Lola's happiness with the match.
• I liked that Greer and Leith are seen to be very happy with each other's presence but I find it terribly sad that they both know that they can't be together. I liked how when Greer asked when will you grow tired of kisses that lead nowhere that Leith answers when you stop wishing they would.
• I liked that when Bash saw that the door of the villagers home he has been staying at has been marked that by the darkness that he decided to stay because he wants to fight off the darkness.
• I felt bad for Olivia as she told the story about how the darkness locked her in a cave and fed on her for months and that she was only able to escape because she was nearly starved to death so she could then slip out of her chains.
• I liked how Kenna told Catherine about how she woke up in bed with a dead girl and how she believed the Henry was the one that killed her.
• I liked that Francis was concerned about Phillip courting Lola because he knew that he could never truly love her and he as her friend wants her to be happy.
• I felt so bad for Lola with how she could clearly tell that Phillip only wanted to marry her because he needed it for his inheritance but felt like she wouldn't have the chance to wait for someone better.
• I liked how when Leith approached Greer with an invitation that she assumed it was from him although it turned out that it was from Castleroy.
• I find it frightening that Henry seems to be loosing his mind and refuses to admit it because he's afraid of seeming weak.
• I liked how Greer and Leith kept looking at each other all through out her dinner with Castleroy.
• I liked how after Leith had saved Castleroy from being set on fire that Greer asked about their health but seemed more concerned with Leith's that Castleroy clearly could tell that Greer had feelings for Leith and although this saddened him he wasn't mad at either of them for it.
• I liked that Francis ended up admitting to Mary that him and Lola slept together and that he was sorry that it happened.
• While I understand why it was so upsetting for Mary having to lie to Francis I think it was completely unfair for her to demand that Lola marry Philip right after she learned that he was gay and therefore could never fall in love with her.
• I liked how Olivia said she too ashamed to come back to court because the last time she had been their she was there to betray people and she left them when she needed them most and now feels that she's evil, I just like that she feels guilty about her past wrongs not that she thinks herself as evil.
• I liked how Leith told Greer about how he had a new job opportunity in Spain that would bump him up to the merchant class and how she tells him to take it even though she doesn't want him to leave her but knows their relationship had to end someday, I also like that Leith tells her that he loves her.
• I understood why the villager girl had subdued Bash to sacrificed for darkness but I didn't like that she did it. Also I was glad the darkness didn't kill Bash but I was sad that it took and most likely killed the girl.
• I liked how Francis filled his Mary's room with candle and reminded her that he doesn't sleep with her just to make a baby but because he loves her.
• I liked how it was revealed that Greer arranged for Castleroy to give Leith the job in order to help her soften the blow in ending their relationship.
• I liked that Nostrodamus cleanse Olivia and told her that evil isn't something you are but something you choose and that she only has to be what she chooses to be.
• I liked that Mary said sorry to Lola about trying to force her into a loveless marriage and I liked that Mary made clear that her fears was that relationship between her, Francis and Lola would turn out to be like the relationship that Catherine, Henry and Diane have and I like that Lola assures her that it wouldn't turn out that way.
• I was a bit sad to learn that Greer is all but engaged to some guy she's never met before.
• I'm glad that Catherine saved Kenna from having to go with Henry because I believe that he would have killed her if Catherine hadn't have stepped in.
• I find it disgusting and disturbing that Henry seems to be killing women because he had been outplayed by them through out the season and now kills them to regain dominance over them.

Please tell me your thoughts on this episode.