Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24439517-20160312065026/@comment-11533671-20160318085517

Jeff has said, in earlier interviews, that he's always been a big fan of & envisioned his werewolves like the one from "An American Werewolf in London", which led to Peter's S1 Alpha form design.

The werewolves we've been seeing most often follow the design of the titled creature in "The Wolfman". Again, early interviews suggest that all Alphas have a full Beast form but due to budget constraints it simply isn't something they can afford to do often so we are given the "hybrid" form we've gotten used to along with the "form you take is a reflection of your character" trope to help explain the other differences.

Imo, relinquishing control to the inner Beast, as an Alpha, seems to create a more monstrous design as we've witnessed with both Peter and Sébastien while maintaining control gives us our "hybrid" form.

Deucalion's look seemed to reflect his inner evil & Peter's S4 look was designed as a mix between Deucalion & Derek's "look" perhaps because he wasn't an Alpha any more and couldn't shift like his S1 form.

Idk, take from it what you will. Interview answers aren't necessarily canon so all we really have to go on for canon is: the shape is a reflection of your inner self.