Hello there. I'm Paul Rea from the official Teen Wolf Wiki. And today I'm talking about
the, nogitsune again, specifically the timing and the process it had to go through to take
over Stiles. Regular viewers might remember this video from several weeks ago.
Well, that video did really poorly, hardly anyone watched it. So I wasn't planning to
do a follow-up, but then someone reminded me this week that I had said I would do a
nogitsune timeline thing. And since I don't have another idea burning in my brain, I guess
we're going to do the nogitsune timeline thing.
Noshiko: With time slipping through my fingers, I knew I was making a terrible decision.
But I could not die knowing they would get away.
So I called out to our ancestors
for Kitsunetsuki, possession by a fox spirit.
We all know how the nogitsune arrived on our plane of existence.
Noshiko called it to possess her so she could take revenge on the U S army for the atrocities
at Oak Creek.
Nogitsune answered on the first ring, but it chose to take over Rhys' body instead.
Now, I guess, because controlling a corpse is just easier than controlling a powerful
Celestial kitsune no matter how willing she claims to be.
Anyway, it had complete control of Rhys' body from the start and just ran amok.
Amok, in this case, left lots and lots of corpses, which led to the big Wolf and Fox
superhero team up and nogitsune ends up in a jar.
And that's where it sat for 70 years. Then along comes Jennifer Blake and her earth-shattering
storm powers, the jar breaks and nogitsune is free once again.
So here you are, a thousand year old trickster spirit with the whole world to choose from.
There's a morgue full of corpses nearby. If you want to go that route again, but maybe
that's how you ended up in the jar in the first place. A dead man just did not provide
the level of life-energy that you really need in order to secure your place on this
plane of existence.
So here you are, a nogitsune lost in the spiritual and literal darkness and who should cross
your path, but this hunk of man. Okay. This spindly angst-ridden kid, but still Stiles
is here. And he has something that only one other person in this collapsing root cellar
could offer a way in. You see, Stiles had just died for a little while, sort of died.
Okay, symbolically died. This whole ice cube baptism opened Stiles , Alison and Scott to
another plane of existence. That opening allowed nogitsune to slip right into Stiles uninvited.
And yes, nogitsune can control other people without this sort of crack in their soul.
But that control is temporary and limited.
Stiles' inner-most being was open during this period, which is why nogitsune was able to get
such a strong hold right from the start. Of course, Alison and Scott also had openings.
Nogitsune couldn't take over Scott because it knows the legend as well as anyone
void cannot be two things. It cannot be Fox and Wolf.
So Scott was not an option, but why not Allison, a strong, competent and highly skilled hunter?
I don't know for sure, but when I look at my choices as a parasitic spirit form, wanting
to hide and gather strength, I would probably go into the least likely suspect. Also, Alison
is so strong-willed and stubborn, even when she's 100% wrong.
She's so stubborn that nogitsune, might not have been able to manipulate her as easily
as it did Stiles . Also hunters tend to kill themselves instead of becoming supernatural.
So that has to be a consideration. Anyway, for whatever reason nogitsune, chooses Stiles
and begins working him in an effort to get control.
At this point in the story, it could really only use Stiles' body when he was unconscious
or semi out of it. That's why his perceptions were so off for those first few weeks. It
was effing with his brain wiggling in and setting up house. Now, once it was all cozy
inside Stiles , it sent out a fly to William Barrow and began growing a tumor in his gut.
It then fed on all the chaos caused by Barrow's escape, chaos, both at the school and more
intimately among Stiles' close friend group.
Coach: If I was four years younger, I'd punch you!
The electric shock Stiles got at the end,
the one that magnetized his bat, was a great big cherry on top of all this. Nogitsune really
feasted in this episode and got a big boost to its strength and control.
Now, I don't want to give the impression that Stiles was just letting all this happen. Detective
Stiles had already started working out that something was up with him, way back in illuminated.
Stiles: How would I get phosphorus on my key?
Caitlin: Have you been handling chemicals? Stiles: No, I don't think...
He was piecing it all together, but not quickly enough to really take any action.
Melissa: Are you all right?
This is also when nogitsune cranked up Stiles' dementia symptoms.
Causing him so much pain, help it feed on his fear and angst.
And in turn all the people who love Stiles, his dad, his friends, they all started feeding
the nogitsune with their worry and concern for Stiles. This is one reason why
he is the perfect host. Stiles is beloved and any threat to his wellbeing will generate
a lot of misery that the monster can feed on.
Stiles: Melissa?
It is at this point the nogtisune becomes strong enough to exert more control over Stiles
, even when he's awake.
This was the period just prior to Riddled, when nogitsune was setting up the disaster
at the hospital and a few other tricks, but it still wasn't in complete control.
Stiles would have to agree. And instead he fought it. He ran off into the woods in an effort
to keep Void from hurting people.
Stiles: [screaming]
Unfortunately, the effort to fight actually fed the monster
even more with the entire police force,
all his friends and family completely freaked the F out.
So by the time we get to the MRI
scene, Stiles is exhausted. And when nogitsune threatens those closest to him, he knows
in his heart that he can't stop it. So he agrees to let it take control. Now, this is
the first time it had complete control and in one night it doesn't overly complicated
Wiley coyote series of tricks and traps.
Derek: Lose something?
Scott: Hey coach!
Parrish: Jared, it would be very helpful if you could resist throwing up on the potential explosive device.
Derek: Get down!
But thanks to Dr. Deaton and the wolf lichen it's control this time was short-lived.
The injections, put the fox part of Stiles to sleep and gave him enough control to check
himself into Eichen House. But here again nogitsune proved too strong and was able to
manipulate the situation to place Malia in danger and force Stiles to let it in again.
Stiles: Let her go please!
Nogitsune: Let me in Stiles!
Let me in.
If you let me in, I'll let her live.
This is where it finally had complete control. As we saw inside his brain, it was
able to keep Stiles distracted and out of the way while it did its dirty work.
But at this point nogitsune had to know these people, weren't going to just let him have Stiles.
So he came up with a plan to create a new body steal Stiles' life force, take over
the Oni and escape once and for all.
It was a good plan.
Cartoon Villain: And I would have succeeded if it weren't for those meddling kids!
But now the Nogitsune is back in a box fully contained and last seen on its way to Paris
in the very capable hands of Isaac Lahey.