Hypable attended The Bite Convention earlier this month and will be bringing you a recap of the Teen Wolf convention for each of the three days. Here’s day one!
About BiteCon
BiteCon was a fan-run convention exclusively for Teen Wolf that started as a distant dream, but quickly became a reality. Inviting cast and crew members from the show, the staff behind BiteCon pulled together the convention in record time and created a memorable event not only for the fans, but for many of the people behind Teen Wolf as well.
Hypable and Not Another Teen Wolf Podcast were there each of the three days in order to moderate the panels, and even host a few of our own. We’ll be giving detailed reports on each of the three days the convention was operating so you won’t miss any of the important information that came out of the con. And when we’re all done, we’ll have some giveaways as well!
Day One – Full of emotions
The cast and crew of Teen Wolf have been to conventions before, but many of those conventions do not focus strictly on that single show. BiteCon was the first exclusive Teen Wolf convention to be planned for the United States, and the first one to be carried out by fans of the show.
On day one, several stars showed up to talk about their characters, whether living or dead. Highlights included Orny Adams’ hilarious solo panel and Eaddy Mays’ emotional panel about fandom and fanfiction.
The Good, the Bad, and the Mildly Terrifying
The first panel included Seth Gilliam (Dr. Deaton), Brian Patrick Wade (Ennis), and Gideon Emery (Deucalion). Though both Wade and Gilliam talked about what it’s like to be on set with a bunch of younger people, it seemed that the focus was on figuring out some back stories and even wondering what sort of relationship Deaton has with Scott and his pack.
One of the most interesting questions of the night was to Gilliam when he was asked if he had any insights into what his character was like when he was younger. “Yeah, anything I would have to say now is all my own imagination because Jeff [Davis, series creator] hasn’t given me anything specific about Deaton’s make-up as a younger guy,” he replied. “But I imagine that the way in which he speaks to Scott that he made a lot of mistakes. I imagine Deaton being a complete screw-up when he was younger. I see him doing things wrong more often than he was doing them right. He seems to be very much a learn for yourself, do it by mistake, trial and error type of teacher.”
And speaking of headcanon about various characters’ past, we asked what sort of relationship both Deucalion and Dr. Deaton might’ve had with Talia, Derek’s mother. Gilliam answered first, saying, “Well I was told by Jeff that Talia and Deaton had a history. He wouldn’t go into what the history was. He just said they have a history. So I use that to imagine that like a woman, she took his heart.”
“I imagine that it was intense,” he continued. “I imagine that it was passionate. I imagine that it did not end well. Because that’s just more fun to think about.”
Emery weighed in as well, saying, “I don’t know if it went down that deep with my own imaginings. But, yeah, there was obviously some history. We did know each other. Yeah, I just sort of went with this, you know, great, great respect, and like, man, whenever I’m in her presence I’m a little bit in awe.”
In a related question, a fan asked if Gilliam thought Deaton was Scott’s emissary or if there was more of a tie to the Hales still. “I’m not clear on that, you know?” Gilliam answered. “I, the actor, want to lean towards still having some remaining allegiance to the Hales just because I like working with Tyler Hoechiln a lot.”
“But I would say structurally,” the actor continued, “you know, as far as the stories go, I would say that Deaton is probably at this point Scott’s emissary in the McCall house. But I would hope, though, that the thing with Talia and the Hales and whatever feeling Deaton may have toward [her would be fleshed out more].”
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