Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25126455-20140711135215/@comment-19765459-20140713024057

LadyX wrote:

DmanCO never said anything about when Derek was healing Cora. He talked about when Derek was dying in Motel California which was long before the Cora thing. Exactly. When Derek was injured, and on the edge of dying, it was from accumulated wounds during the battle with the Alpha Pack. This would have been very similar to his mother's death, where there was no single werewolf that killed him in combat, and thus would get his Spark. Even though Laura was at school when the Hale House fire happened, her mother's Spark still passed to her. So an Alpha's successor clearly need not be physically present when they die.

Since Derek had no children (that have been revealed thus far), that leaves the question open as to who his Spark would have gone to had he died from his injuries. There is no clear canon about how the succession works. However, (and I'm speculating here), I think it can be assumed that the Spark would not have gone to Peter, because if it would then Peter would have been constantly trying to put Derek into life-threatening situations!

That means the Spark would probably go to a Beta. Again, we have no canon explanantion of how this works. Jackson is technically Derek's first Beta (despite the scaly sidetrack). Then it is Isaac, Erica and Boyd. One of them might have gotten it. But my sense from the show was that even though Scott persistently refused to join Derek's pack, Derek (and all his Betas except fro Jackson) seemed to hold Scott in the most esteem. Given the lack of clear canon, it seems believable that Derek's probable successor under those circumstances was Scott. Which is why I personally think Scott was having Alpha hot flashes every time Derek's condition seemed iffy. The Spark was getting ready to jump to him.

Deucalion seemed to want Scott to become an Alpha and part of his pack. He was less clear on the details. Morrell (in a rare moment of candor) indicated that Deucalion couldn't decide if he wanted Scott to become a True Alpha or not. But she explicitly state that if Scott killed then it would ruin his potential to become a True Alpha, and Deucalion was keeping that option open. In the end, if he could have gotten Scott to kill Jennifer, and then Derek, Scott would have still been an Alpha. Just not a True Alpha.

Plus we still have the question of what Peter was up to, since you brought up Cora. He's not the kind of person that tries to encourage selflessness, and he certainly did not seem overly fond of his niece. It was odd that he would even suggest that Derek expend the Hale Spark healing her (since Derek didn't even know he could do that until Peter told him). Peter already sacrificed one niece to become an Alpha, it was weird that he would do the opposite. Also, if you watch the scene, he has a smirk on his face when Derek heals Cora.

This is a dangling plot thread. I think Peter was up to something tricky here. Unfortunately, we have been sidetracked by Japanese demons, Peter's illegitimate interracial daughter, Mexican hunters, Berserkers and other Beacon Hills problems that have sidetracked us from that storyline.