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DManCO wrote: LadyX wrote: This whole beta discrepancy also kind of throws a wrench in the whole Triskelion alpha/beta/omega symbolism Derek talked about. How does an Alpha fall to Omega if it isn't connected to actually having loyal Betas and how do they fall to Beta if you have to kill them to become the Alpha? The twins haven't answered this to any degree of satisfaction.

Nobody has. When Derek used up his Alpha spark to heal Cora, Scott was not yet an Alpha. Shouldn't that mean that Derek (along with Isaac, Peter and Cora) were now all Omegas since the Hale spark no longer existed in anyone? Or does that sort of thing not really matter, since we have conflicting definitions of what an Omega is?

What is interesting is that, like Alphas, Omegas seem to be a special (if undefined) category of werewolf. Because every werewolf who is not explcitly an Alpha or an Omega is referred to as a Beta by default.

See, I've been unsure of whether Derek 'burnt out' the Alpha power when he healed Cora, or if he passed it on to her. It's been so long since I've seen the episode that I don't remember the answer, or if it was even addressed at all. But as it stands, I would think if it was burnt out, I would consider them omegas. The conflicting definitions doesn't matter to me. Until they discount the first definition on air, then the second definition is just an addition, not a replacement.