Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-207.254.224.12-20140717193212/@comment-110.22.5.114-20140719145009

just my 2 cents.

reason viewers think Scott is weak (which he sort of is...)

-loses almost all 'fights' he participates in

-too much hype about "true alpha"

^so basically creates an impression that he has failed to be quite as "powerful" as he is supposed to be and it's disappointing/frustrating to watch him getting his ass kicked when we are expecting his strength to be much higher. tbh, the true alpha stuff didn't really help at all. It went from "Scott is weak, and that's okay because he is still a beta/inexperienced" to "Scott is now an alpha, and not a normal one but a True Alpha (much hype. He must be so improved now)...yet is STILL losing fights badly and there's not much difference to Beta!Scott"

Also, this weak stuff is also relative. Since the abilities/strength of the latest villians are increasing, Scott's abilities should also be getting better proportionally...but that doesn't really seem to be happening. By doing so, the show can continue to have villians that cause major trouble to the pack but not have the villians be so overpowered/power difference between Scott and the villians is so big that there is absolutely no chance of winning. Being a TV show, however, Scott must always win the final 'battle' and it gets kind of lame if his power range is not even comparable to the villians yet he still wins via lame methods (that are meant to be "smart". i.e tricks etc) OR gets some 'luck' OR external help...

TLDR; Scott is weak. His abilities/strength is too low in comparision to the 'average power level' of villians. His abilities should be only slightly worse than the villians or else the viewers will not only feel frustrated at his constant 'fails' but feel cheated when he manages to win via some 'luck'/'trickery'/'external help'/new and unexpected plot twist which makes everything easier and saves the day...

-Jaeger