Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-98.87.38.84-20140731045322/@comment-25222572-20140929040051

^ So you've never had a friend (to clarify, I'm not saying that Peter thinks of Scott as anything close to a friend, merely hypothetical) who persists in doing things that you think are so stupid, it's damned near criminal, no matter what you say about it? Does that mean you hate them, or that you'd rather they just shut the hell up and listen to you, before someone gets hurt somehow?

And I'll agree that it's possibly just the placement of his fangs that he appeared to be smirking, but he also said something condescending, along the lines of "Oh, I'm so sorry sweetheart, we'll talk about this later". Which makes me reconsider giving Peter the benefit of the doubt in regards to taking pleasure in hurting her. And that pleasure is what I was calling out of character, as Peter has NEVER shown real pleasure in hurting his family, even when he thinks he has to (go back to that fight scene with Derek at the hospital; no anger, no satisfaction, just regret and patience......which is kind of terrifying when you think about it....).

It's not the fact that he was willing to do it, he's proven over and over that he'll cause them pain if he thinks it necessary for his plans, but he never takes pleasure in it, and when it's not necessary, he tends to fight to protect them (sometimes even selflessly, like Cora in the hospital; though, I'd think if he was actually in danger of dying, he'd leave her. But still, he had no reason to stay and fight for her at all, not that tied in with any grand plan. She was just his family). It's quite possibly Peter's only real redeeming quality, his love for his family (as a whole; I think he considers individual parts expendable, but it's doubtful that he'd enjoy their deaths), which has been shown throughout the series. That's it. That's all he's got. Hell, even the Paige situation was motivated out of his love for Derek. He may have manipulated him, but he seemed to honestly believe that it was the best thing for both of them, and was shocked and appalled when Paige died.

So, retconning his only thing that ties him to his....ummm, "humanity", for lack of a better term, is out of character, and suggests that they had other reasons for doing so, as I stated above. Speculation, but speculation based off interpretations of specific events from the series.