#jackson meta

[darachmoon]

I was rewatching the second season of teen wolf and during the first episode when Jackson's nose is bleeding there were a couple of shots where you see the blood, but it looked a bit metalic. I'm wondering if Jackson was a fetal experiment (and since it was planned to lose Jackson) or if the Dread Doctors have been in Beacon Hill the whole time, but either no one noticed or they had their memories taken. What do you think?

Like I rambled on in this post a while back I think everyone could be a chimera/experiment. And I definitely think it’s very possible Jackson could be an experiment. 

Let’s look at the oddities

He was bitten by a werewolf but turned into a Kanima. 

They explain away this by the fact that he has issues with his birth parents and doesn’t really feel like he has an identity. Remember this is all speculation on their part. No one ever asked Jackson about this. We know from his wolfsbane hallucination that parentage is something that weighs on him, possibly something he fears.

We also get the stuff about “sometimes the shape you take reflects the person that you are”. Again, not really something concrete to base stuff on. A bit to “fairytale” for my liking.

We have Jackson mysteriously coming out of the lake in 2x01, and he also looks a bit zombie like when he stands on the shore after. We know the doctors seem to operate in close proximity to water since they have their lair at the water treatment plant (the same in Russia). Did Jackson incubate in water instead of a hole?

Jackson experienced weird hallucinations connected to scary looking medical equipment in season 1 when he went to see Dr Fenris.

Was this memories trying to resurface.? Or is it Peter’s memory of being experimented on?

Jackson is infected with wolfsbane poisoning after Derek jammed his claws in just like we’ve seen Peter, Scott and Theo do to access memories. We also know it can erase memories. Peter also messed with them at the video store in 1x05. After that Jackson seems to be under Peter’s control (or whoever controls Peter). He starts going after Allison, he’s affected by Peter’s howl in 1x07, falling to his knees and clutching it.

And they glowed faintly of bluish purple when Peter messed with them. Not the vibrant blue of the chimeras, but we know he had aconite poisoning - aka wolfsbane in his system. Peter is the closest we’ve been to someone resembling La Bete, which would suggest he’s affiliated with the dread doctors at the time, perhaps unwittingly. Did he “infect” Jackson also? Mark him as another candidate. Did the aconite poison in his body start a process of inducing supernatural abilities in him..? 

Is wolfsbane the secret “ingredient” the doctors use? 

Let’s see what Stiles’ research back in season 1 said about wolfsbane

Wolfsbane has long be ascribed with supernatural powers in the mythology relating to werewolves and other lycanthropes, used to either repel them or in some way induce their lycanthropic condition. Aconite was often an important ingredient in witches’ potions and brews. Aconite was also said to turn a person into a werewolf if it is worn, smelled or eaten.

Would you look at that? Used to induce lycanthropic condition. Could turn a person into a werewolf if worn, smelled or eaten.. How about that? Does it also work for other kinds of supernaturals I wonder? 

We know it can give hallucinations and that is exactly what the doctors seem to be able to inflict as well. Scott’s inhaler was full of it, making him weaker and easier for Theo/Liam to kill. But was it also beneficial for the doctors? I do wonder…  I wrote a lot about this possibility in this post. 

What about the snake Jackson hallucinated going in and coming out of him? Oroborous? 

And at one point he even thought he saw the beast alpha claws coming out of his mouth? Was Jackson a promising chimera? 

What I do find extremely interesting in hindsight is how Jackson’s parents died and how he was born. Because Erica dug up the insurance report and Jackson’s mom died 

Stiles: Whoa, look the dates. Erica: “Passengers arrived at the hospital DOA. The estimated time of death - 9:26 P.M., June 14, 1995.“ Stiles: Jackson’s birthday is June 15th. It means he was born after his mom died - by c - section. They had to pull him out of her dead body. Allison: So was it an accident or not? Stiles: The word all over the report is "inconclusive.”

So Jackson was cut out of his dead mom at least two and half hour after she died. And they ruled it inconclusive - meaning they perhaps wanted the parents dead, or out of the way. Could Jackson also possibly have been a fetal experiment? Malia was adopted, her birth mom tried to kill her and now wants to hill her again. Peter didn’t know she existed. Stiles’s mom went crazy, 

This was a very incoherent post and jumbled post, I could probably have organized this better. I do think it’s entirely possible that Jackson was experimented on. I even wonder if the stuff Deaton gave to inject him with in 2x08 wasn’t just to paralyze him, but to boost him further. It didn’t take him long to recover and he soon after Jackson went into another “incubation” evolving to something with wings.

So yeah, definitely possible :) 

[darachmoon]

Mona, there's been a lot of talk about Jackson coming back, and I just read an article that basically confirms it (although I'm not sure about the validity of the article or the source, honestly). How do you think Jackson would fit into the narrative if he did come back? I can't picture his character in the current context of the show. Also, if he does come back, do you think the rumor that he was originally supposed to be Peter's son will come into play? Maybe he and Malia are siblings?

Hey, first of all, i’ve seen a few of these articles and most of them are just pure speculations. No confirmation as of yet. But we might not even get one - perhaps this is one of those things they want to contain and spring on the fans, like they did with young!Derek last season? 

There was a time last season I think when I felt the chance of Jackson returning was more likely since Colton was spotted on set a few days. But then there was that article a while back where he more or less suggested he didn’t leave the show willingly, which did seem to burn some bridges. 

I’ll answer the question anyway, despite the lack of confirmation. I can think of two possible angles at the top of my head, there’re probably more

1) Jackson simply returns to Beacon Hills. 

He’s not dead. The character lives in London and by now he’s turning 18 and can do what he wants. And perhaps he wants to return to Beacon Hills and his one true love?

Colton is no longer on Arrow, which means his schedule is probably wide open (except some PR for that new movie of his). And there is also that little tease about Lydia’s love interest this season being someone we won’t expect. And everyone expects it to be Parrish, so it’s clearly not him. And then we all started getting excited about it being a girl, but if this is true then perhaps it’s Jackson going all “surprise, bitch!”?

2) Jackson has reverted back to a kanima and is locked up in Eichen House

That right there is a Kanima hand. Here’s a BTS pic of the hand, which leaves little doubt in my mind

What if Jackson was sent to London, but without Lydia as his anchor he reverted back to his Kanima state, and has been shipped to Eichen House ever since. 

(my other theory is that it’s Matt. There is a kanima at eichen house, that i’m sure of) 

So yeah, basically two ways Jackson could return to the show. Please add other theories if you have it. But please, let’s not get too excited before we get confirmation

[poseysprostate]

Idk I mean I can see Jackson as a bottom easily but a slutty bottom....eh I just don't see it like with his abandonment issues going off with some strange guy them having that guy leave I s sorta triggering in my opinion but to each his own I guess

I think Jackson truly has some toxic and self devaluating mental states.  But I do think his default approach to intimacy values quantity over quality and as long as Danny comes back for him, I think he'd be very happy in anonymous cock universe.

I think he tries to hide his need for approval as much as possible, and within canon I don't believe that extends to his view on sex.

[obsessionisaperfume]

Reasons I love Teen Wolf: silent storytelling

reposting for my own records...

One of the things I love most about this show is that Jeff Davis hides important story stuff in plain sight, stuff that's definitely relevant to the narrative, but that you might not notice on first (or second, or third, or, heck, fifteenth) viewing.

There's the way we see how Jackson's story is going to unfold over the whole season in the opening credits.

And how Lydia may not seem to be showing any effects from Peter's bite, but looks can be deceiving.

Not to mention the fact that I'm 99.999% certain that Derek did not actually bite Victoria and it is completely possible for her to actually not be dead. (Maybe not easy, but canonically possible.)

[obsessionisaperfume]

Another look at Jackson and Lydia in the opening credit sequence

I was thinking about osointricate's post about the season 2 opening credit sequence, and what the black werewolf ink means, and how much we see it in the credits.

So I went back and watched the opening credits again (oh, the hardship of watching Tyler Hoechlin bursting out of the ash, my life, it is so hard...) and I noticed something. (Well, a few things, but they'll be separate posts.  One of which is actually about the black goo.)

This shot

is the only time we see Jackson's unobscured face in the credits. And we're the only ones who get to see it, too.

It's not a coincidence that the other times we see Jackson in the opening sequence, his face is obscured by the lacrosse helmet--very few people this season have gotten a glimpse of the real Jackson, even the audience, because as the season goes on, Jackson is being controlled more and more often by Gerard. (I have more to say about that, too, later.)

In this shot, they're both sitting. Lydia seems to be nestled on a black cloud--we can see one foot clearly, but the other one is hidden by the black.  Jackson has isolated himself from Lydia; look how he's giving her his back and is turned at a slight diagonal to her, so that she can't see his face clearly. No one can see the real Jackson, not even the most important person in his world, and, from the look on his face, he either doesn't realize or won't acknowledge that Lydia is there beside him, touching him.  Holding onto him.  

Because she's his tether; she may be sitting on a cloud, but there is absolutely nothing that Jackson could be sitting on, because we see the speckled background showing directly underneath him. The only thing that appears to be keeping him from falling is Lydia; even though he's apparently rejecting her, she never lets go.  Davis straight-up showed us how Jackson's arc was going to play out.