Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24040319-20140815044812/@comment-6383956-20140815171130

I mean.... I see both sides here.

Like, on the one hand, it doesn't make sense that beta Derek is so much stronger than Scott. And he has grown to place where he's much better suited to being an Alpha.

On the other hand, the story we're getting now is about Scott growing into his wolfhood, and Derek learning to be more human. Making Derek an Alpha would basically undo a lot of the character development -- and doing it now (still relatively soon after his losing his spark) would seem a lot like saying "we didn't mean to do that nevermind!" instead of telling a cohesive story.

I think I'd be more on board with it next season, as opposed to this one.