Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-98.87.38.84-20140731045322/@comment-25222572-20140928235659

99.170.226.119 wrote:

71.179.183.227 wrote: Peter's big into survival of the fittest and he sees Scott's power and his choices regarding it, as a criminal waste and as a weakening of the species in general and the propogation of the same weakness he blamed Talia for while he was recovering from his arson induced burns in the hospital.

He doesn't hate Scott, but he sees him as unfit to lead in a world where weakness is exploited by the strong at every turn. You really can't blame him for feeling that way considering what happened to him and his family. Perhaps if Scott was more receptive to tutelage under Peter he might not feel that he is a danger to himself and to his species.

In Peter's mind it is his responsibility to be the Alpha, to be strong enough that no one will hurt him or his own again. Scott is simply a means to that end. I don't think he wants to kill Scott for any personal reason, but because it is his responsiblity to do so. I hate to bring up old arguments but....doesn't hate mean you dislike someone? Peter disliked the way Talia handled things & how she was alpha instead of him(plus didn't Jeff say in an interview that peter believes being alpha is his birth right). Scott (in peter's eyes)is no different from Talia. Even in the season final, the way he talked to Scott, his voice sounded like he had hate in it. Like he really hated Scott for becoming an alpha & being a nice guy.

~ Sean Peter did dislike the way Talia handled things. He thought it was foolish, and short-sighted, and would come back to bite their family in the ass. But he accepted it, because she was his sister, and his family's Alpha. Then came the fire. And he proved himself right.

I've said it before, and I hope I won't have to say it again, I don't think Peter hates Scott (and if you go by interviews, in one of them, possibly the one you're referencing in fact, they say that Peter actually likes Scott), but rather hates the way he acts. He's following the same path as Talia (except with even less violence and a lot more indecisiveness), and he's sure he knows EXACTLY, where that will end. So, he thinks it's his birthright, he thinks Scott doesn't deserve to lead/rule, and he believes, that taking over is necessary to the survival of his family. I don't think hate really plays that much of a part in it.

Oh, and in the finale, Peter was kind of OOC. Don't try and base any argument off that confrontation scene. I've brought this up before, but Peter has never acted like that before. Ever. Smacking around his own family (his own daughter!), and smirking about it? Nope. That entire scene felt like the writer's trying to dismiss his very reasonable arguments (by werewolf standards at least) by making him into even more of a monster than he already was.