User blog comment:Godechaud/Questions raised with the start of Season 3/@comment-8038513-20130703062952/@comment-8038513-20130704124113

actually it just hit me that, when derek became an alpha, he didn't have a pack to start with, yet he was still an alpha. so they don't technaclly need a pack to be one. they'd just be a weak alpha and if alphas simply get stronger with a pack, then maybe killing their betas just raise their base line power. meaning they're able to loose a beta without losing the power that having a beta gave them. dang, now my brain hurts...