Talk:Derek Hale/@comment-108.46.240.108-20120612044151/@comment-198.228.200.160-20120613210953

From other articles, it seems he's working his way up to a full transformation (the bigger his pack, the stronger he gets, and the more fully he can transform into a wolf). If that's the case, Scott joining his pack would probably be that extra push he needs to turn full wolf given that Scott's pretty strong on his own and his strength would make a considerable contribution to Derek's. The only other possibility as mentioned above is that he has control over the stages of his shift as an Alpha. His uncle was psychotic and angry and didn't care to control the degree of his shift, but rather went full tilt to kill those who killed his family. Derek is just angry and bitter, but not psychotic, and would have more control. Plus, I think despite the conflict they have, he cares about Scott. He displayed surprise and possibly disappointment when Scott refused to join his pack, pride and amusement when Scott beat the other betas into the ice, and saved Scott when he was trying to free that Omega when he could've saved them both, and at least added that Omega to his pack.