Thread:Paul.rea/@comment-5237598-20140618084428

Hey Paul. I reread the werewolf page and a few questions came to mind.

Under "Becoming an Alpha" two ways are listed, stealing the alpha status by killing another alpha, or becoming a true alpha. If I recall correctly, there is a third way: Alpha Status can be inherited. Laura did not kill her mother. I don't remember the exact words, but in Season 1 Derek explains to Scott that when an alpha dies, the strongest or fittest packmember inherits the Alpha Status.

The second topic I want to discuss is the Alpha pack. On the werewolf page, it is stated that there can be a pack of alphas... To me that's not entirely true... We're very close to speculation here, BUT I think it's worth the discussion. The Alpha pack basically defied all the TW werewolf laws... We then learned that they actually each had a pack of their own and killed their betas in order to steal their power. This explains how an alpha can keep his status even without a pack since he basically absorbed his pack by killing it. But doesn't that make the Alpha pack an "Association"? People working together towards a common goal (or in this case Deucalion's goal). I'm not sure that the alphas actually grew stronger by belonging to the Alpha pack... This issue brings me to my next point which is actually very close to the previous one. Lydia, Allison and Stiles are listed under Scott's pack. Is that entirely true? I know Derek said it in Season 2, Scott has his own pack... but was he saying that in the "werewolf sense"? Theoretically, you can't draw power from humans, at least it was never mentioned. Furthermore, Betas are sort of sired to their alpha, which humans don't seem to be...

Maybe we should revise the pack definition:

The traditional werewolf pack: Alpha + Betas

The "extended" version: Alpha + Betas + Members that work for the pack, who are not necessarily werewolves or betas who don't provoque an increase of power for the werewolves.

Please let me know what you think. 