User blog comment:Bigwolfonbase/Affirmative Action apparently it even applies to the pack/@comment-67.84.27.4-20130724163556/@comment-67.84.27.4-20130725153455

The electricity thing I think is just a matter of more power needed for and alphas durability and healing. Derek was a beta when alpha peter impaled him though so him surviving that makes no sense when boyd died from claws in the side