Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-201.244.250.159-20140909105603/@comment-25267424-20140910010233

To answer the original question about why Peter wanted to kill Scott, it wasn't for his alpha spark.

Yes, Peter wanted power, but he also wanted to get rid of those who had taken the power that "rightfully" belonged to the Hales. In this way, Peter and Kate were very similar and had the same reasons for wanting to off Scott. Peter sees himself still as an alpha, but the kind of alpha who is a leader and power figure, not necessarily a literal red-glowing-eyes alpha.

Scott was an insignificant teenage boy that Peter bit to up the ante of his own alpha power. Obviously this only works if Scott were to actually follow and join Peter's pack. Scott never did this, and instead went on the attract a lot of attention, and became a True Alpha. According to Peter, Scott doesn't deserve this power because he is "morally weak" and "unwilling to end those who need to be ended", and he doesn't deserve to undermine the authority and power of the Hale clan.

Peter was trying to do was what the deadpool assassins couldn't: kill Scott and restore authoritative power to the Hales, specifically, to Peter Hale.