Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-14066471-20140114172238/@comment-19765459-20140116144150

Bigwolfonbase wrote: LadyX wrote: I'm still confused about how you can be an Alpha if you have no subordinates. Being an alpha doesnt require any subordinates. Its just that extra spark of power that makes them stronger and allows them to turn other people. Everything is pretty up in the air except for that part because we've seen alphas without packs. Derek wasn't going for being an alpha when he was turning kids. He was already an alpha. He was trying to form a pack which makes him and them stronger. Though we never see anyone actually being stronger. Just like when he killed boyd we never saw him get considerably stronger lame. Derek could have been a little choosier if he wanted Betas that actually would have formed a strong, effective, pack. He should have gone for Stiles, which would have guaranteed Scott followed along, and probably Danny (you can never have too many teen geniuses, and Lydia was immune).

But the needing three Betas to be stronger still seems like discontinuity, since Derek did not really seem any stronger than Peter at any point, even when he had Isaac, Boyd and Erica (or Cora) as compared to Peter (who only, kind of, had Scott) or most of the Alpha Pack (who had none).