Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-16083651-20140722215813/@comment-13965604-20140723211119

I think an outsider would look at Derek as belonging to Scott's pack. And we have yet to see a normal, functional, pack. It might not be unusual for members to come and go, or to be sent off on missions. They wouldn't know the inner workings of whether Derek 'asked permission' to travel or something. Which brings us back around to not knowing anything about this universe's werewolf mythology/hierarchy because of poor writing.

But yea, I absolutely agree, this has to be a terribly odd situation. I can't blame any of the packs in the area taking a wait and see approach. However,there being other packs in the area makes it strange that Derek knew the Omega in s2 was an Omega. Surely if there were other Packs in the area he would've known about it? He never was close enough to smell whether he had a pack, he just assumed. It created a plot hole that didn't exist before, unless they retcon it when we meet this other pack, or alpha, and he was actually sent on a scouting mission.