Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25222572-20150608135325/@comment-25222572-20150617050328

^Eh. I don't think he'd have been able to go through with it, even if he meant it at the time.

And I wasn't saying that Peter's actions were justifiable in the same way as Scott's father's. An FBI agent weighing the situation and killing a man moments before he murders an innocent boy doesn't exactly stack up against the rage-induced revenge plan against the people who burned you and most of your family alive. I'm saying that Peter's actions are understandable, and that a lot of people would wish to do the same thing in his shoes. It's just that most people aren't werewolves mostly lacking in empathy...........

And yes, Peter is selfish and manipulative, and puts his own well-being above everyone else's, even his family. The difference between him and Gerard is, that Peter might not be willing to sacrifice himself for his family, but he's shown himself to be loyal to them up until that point (like when he fought the Twns to try and give the others time to get Cora out; or even when he convinced Derek to turn Paige. He genuinely thought that it would work, and that his nephew would be happier. Mainpulative and callous, but weirdly thoughtful............). Gerard merely used them, twisted them. He even sued Kate's death (which he brought about) as justificatio for a crusade which was intended not to avenge his daughter, but to capture Derek so he could be turned and preserve his own life. And this is AFTER he told Mama Argent to kill herself rather than turn, and used her death to send Allison on the warpath.

He killed Laura for the sole purpose of gaining the power necessary to enact vengeance, a task which she failed to accomplsih. I'm certain that he felt bad about it, but in the end, Peter seems to care about the family as a whole, more than the individual members (with Derek being the possible exception). He's a total narcissist, and he see's himself as the only one capable of leading their family, which is why he manipulated Derek into giving up his power to save Cora. And you could see how he reached that point, if he really did predict the Argent's turning on them, and tried to warn his sister. Prior to that, he seems to have been completely loyal. Presumably he's lost faith in anyone but himself.