Teen Wolf News Update - While I was editing this week’s Back to Beacon Hills, I got a piece of new information about the Teen Wolf Movie Cast.
A source close to the production tells me contract negotiations with Dylan O’Brien have ended and he will not be reprising his role as Stiles Stilinski in the New Teen Wolf Movie.
As I reported on December 26, two sources told me high-level discussions were taking place with reps of Dylan O’Brien and executives at MTV Entertainment And Paramount Plus.
While both sources reported the discussions were taking place, neither had direct access to those meetings and calls.
However, one of my sources now says those discussions ended without a contract for Dylan O’Brien.
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Hello there.
I’m Paul Rea from the Official Teen Wolf Wiki and today we’re talking about hellhounds.
Specifically, I’ll get into how they deal with Mountain Ash. But there is also kind of a major
mistake some fans make about a specific hellhound situation that also needs to be cleared up.
If you are wondering why I sound like this. I had oral surgery back in November that seriously
effed up my jaw. Two additional surgeries later and I’ve lost a bunch of teeth too.
While I am now recovering, I still can’t speak clearly so I’m using
this voice clone from descript.com so I can keep producing content.
There it is!
The hellhound in all it’s flaming glory.
If you saw my last video about how Scott beat Mountain Ash, you know I mentioned
Jordan Parrish and his ability to deal with the supernatural barrier-making tree dust.
While it may seem pretty obvious that fire destroys wood,
it is never that simple on Teen Wolf.
It's time to pitch the merch store. In case you hadn't noticed, I'm a terrible salesperson. And
since I'm not using my voice anyway, here's someone who is a better sales person than I.
Don (AI) - In a world where the Back to Beacon Hills represent.com store is up and running,
Paul is supposed to at least mention the Back to Beacon Hills Merch in all the
videos. But he doesn't like bothering people to get them to support the channel. So he's
using artificial intelligence trickery to make it seem like I like the designs.
They're not bad I guess, if I had a body, I'd wear one.
There are three currently. Go look at them. Maybe you'll want to purchase
one of them. the link to the store is above and in the description.
First, what is mountain ash? It’s a tree, more of a shrub really, but it’s made of
wood and wood burns. Hellhounds are fire so they can easily burn wood.
But, in the teen wolf universe, mountain ash is wood with properties that can block supernaturals.
Deaton: This is some of what you'll use to create the barrier. It's from the Mountain Ash tree,
which is believed by many cultures to protect against the supernatural.
A hellhound’s fire is supernatural so,
shouldn’t the supernatural fire be blocked by the supernatural-blocking barrier?
See, this is what I’m dealing with. That sentence would sound perfectly
sane and logical if I was able to use my real voice to put the emphasis where it belongs.
This voice clone is good, but it’s annoying sometimes.
Dr. Fenris: You didn't think you were all going, did you? Scott: It's Mountain Ash, isn't it?
Dr. Fenris: Everywhere. But heavily concentrated down here.
At Eichen House, the mountain ash is used in the construction of parts of the building. It’s everywhere,
like, it’s insulation, and each door frame in the special ward is a full circuit barrier.
There’s so much of the stuff in that building that
Scott and Kira could feel it even outside the special security area.
Scott: Must be the Mountain Ash. Kira: I feel it too. To be honest, I feel a little weak
Scott: Yeah, it's like being sedated.
That discomfort is a key factor to how mountain
ash can passively block bad behavior by supernaturals.
Deaton: This office is lined with ash wood making it difficult for someone like Scott to cause me any trouble.
A lot of people ask me how Scott could work inside the vet clinic
if the whole place was lined with mountain ash.
The fact is, Deaton’s been working with the werewolves for years.
He has just enough ash in place to make them docile but not enough to make them feel sick.
Peter: Mountain Ash.
That's an old one.
The full mountain ash barrier at the vet clinic is only in force when he lowers this
part of the lobby counter.
Morrell: Open the gate Alan.
Closed, the circuit is complete and supernaturals can’t get through.
Open, and everyone can come and go as they like.
This may seem like I’m wandering off topic, but there’s a method to my madness.
We saw with Peter at the clinic that supernaturals can pick up
and toss things through a Mountain Ash Barrier.
But, we saw with the Oni that holding stuff in your hand and
hitting the barrier isn’t all that effective.
This is actually a poor example because the Oni got through eventually.
But they are spirit-form creatures and things work differently for them,
which I guess, I’ll have to explain at some point. But not today.
So, you can throw stuff through the barrier but
if you’re still holding the thing it can’t pass through.
Now back to Parrish.
A hellhounds directed fire is actually blocked by the barrier because the fire is supernatural,
and it’s still connected to him.
If all my speculation is true, how then does he break a mountain ash barrier?
It turns out, he’s not burning the ash directly. He’s super-heating
the air outside the barrier until the wood itself ignites and creates a gap.
This actually isn’t a great shot because they started the scene after Parrish’s
foot crossed the barrier, but you can see exactly what’s happening.
The air is hot, the mountain ash line is burning away.
This is my best science-based guess at how it works.
We’ve seen that hellhound fire melts through this metal mesh, which is either steel or wrought iron.
Either way, that’s 28 hundred degrees Fahrenheit or nearly 15 hundred Celsius.
Heating the surrounding air up to just 700 degrees Fahrenheit would be enough to ignite flames on
almost any type of natural wood. I could go down another rabbit hole and discuss the differences
between American Mountain Ash and the variety native to Europe, but we don’t actually know
which one Teen Wolf is using so, we’ll just assume it’s a hardwood that burns like other hardwoods.
If Parrish can generate instant supernatural flame at more than 28 hundred degrees,
a pile of supernatural-blocking- wood-dust just isn’t going to be a problem.
Liam: How's he going to get through the Mountain Ash?
You can actually see the barrier exerting force on to the flames that are touching Parrish's body.
But, the mountain ash barrier must remain whole to maintain its power.
And Parrish is heating up the air around the steel doorframe just enough to burn
away the mountain ash inside the frame and the surrounding mountain ash insulation.
He doesn't have to set the building on fire, he only has to burn enough tree dust to break
the connection and the barrier. He can do that without directly touching anything,
because the air gets hot enough to do the work for him.
Okay, I hope it all makes sense. Now on to something that keeps coming up
and really annoys me so I'm going to have to address it.
Liam is a cool guy. I like Liam and his whole little puppy pack.
I take no pleasure in knocking the guy, but Liam never beat a hellhound in a fight.
Seriously, I get that at least twice a day anytime I’ve even mentioned strength
or hellhounds in a video. Let’s review the fight people keep awarding to Liam.
First, Halwyn and Parrish go at it for an indeterminate amount of time.
They’re both huffing and puffing by the time Halwyn sends Parrish to sleep.
Okay so, now we have Liam, adrenaline flowing due mainly to fear, rushing
into take on the fully tuckered out Halwyn. I’m not saying they don’t both get some good
hits and licks in, but even though Liam is fresh to the fight, Halwyn pins him pretty easily.
Halwyn: No.
Did you see that? That moment right there. Run it back.
This is the moment when the fight ended. As soon as Halwyn realized
Liam wasn’t part of the Anuk-Ite...
Halwyn: No, it's not you.
...he stopped trying to defeat him.
Mason apparently didn’t notice Halwyn had stopped so he jumped in and Halwyn
incapacitated him which then prompted Liam to start fighting all over again.
All Halwyn wants at this point is for the little werewolf to stop clawing at him,
but he is no longer trying to take out Liam.
Halwyn isn't trying to take out Liam because Halwyn is a good guy. And, as the good guy,
he’s only interested in taking out the bad guys.
Halwyn: (laughing)
Halwyn: It must be stopped. Nothing else matters.
So yes, Liam got in some whoppers but he didn’t beat a hellhound. The hellhound gave up way
early in the whole thing. You can't say you defeated someone when that someone literally
stops fighting, and stops using their superior strength and other advantages against you.
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