Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-5405024-20140926150016/@comment-25222572-20140927111136

I'll agree with a lot of that. I've always thought that Peter fits the bill of the final antagonist of the series (if they don't give him a redemption arc, which they appear to be steering clear of), and he HAS been the catalyst for many events. Few others have affected the story as much as he has.

In fact, like the above poster stated, Gerard is quite possibly the only one who has had as much of an affect, albeit from the other side of the story, and less direct impact than Peter.

Also, just a little something I've noticed, Peter sometimes seems to bring a little meta to the table, acting not so much as the writer's voice, as the voice of some members of the community (whom the writers then slam).

Case in point, the final episode of Season Four. Peter called Scott on his refusal to kill, even when it would save others lives, and he called Malia on buying into Scott's whole "humanity = control" spiel (they're werewolves, and anger/the animal inside makes them stronger.......we learnt this in S1, and it has been reinforced throughout the series as being a basic rule of werewolves.....seriously, da fuq Scott). Things the audience has complained about quite a bit.

Then the writer's immediately made Peter act OOC, smacking around his own daughter, his own FAMILY, and grinning while he did it, taunting Scott in a very unPeter-like manner (things he didn't do even when he was the Alpha; he always seemed reluctant and even a little pained when he fought Derek, trying to convince him to join him), having Scott call him nothing but a monster, yet still sparing his life even though he believes he has no redeeming qualities and will continue to harm/kill/manipulate others, yada yada yada......basically reinforcing the idea that Scott is more Clark Kent than Clark Kent, and is both utterly incapable of seeing in shades of grey, and of taking decisive action to protect people, not just right now but in the future as well, while simultaneously undermining Peter's(/THE VIEWER'S!!!) extremely valid arguments.