Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-14066471-20140114172238/@comment-19765459-20140116003140

LadyX wrote: I'm still confused about how you can be an Alpha if you have no subordinates.

The whole rank think seems to be poorly-developed. I won't even get started on the whole Betas/Omegas thing again. But the only one in the Alpha Pack with actual subordinates was Deucalion (and maybe Kali). Ennis, Aiden and Ethan didn't have any. Likewise, the canon seemed to shift back and forth in seasons one and two. Peter bit Scott and Lydia (the latter didn't take), but didn't seem to be in a hurry to bite anyone else to the extent that he seemed willing to wait for Stiles to really want it. But in season two Derek indicates that to be a "real" Alpha he needs at least three Betas and after the Bite seemingly fails on Jackson and Scott refuses to join his pack, he selects the three most emotionally vulnerable teenagers he can find.

Now, Scott is supposed to be a "true Alpha", even though it could be argued that he has only one Beta, Isaac, since Derek, Peter and the twins are all off doing their own things (but don't call them Omegas!). Nor does Scott show any evidence of feeling an instinct to Bite anybody and make more Betas for himself.