Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-11584966-20160128152215/@comment-4091815-20170723032510

He felt he needed to establish a pack, but keep in mind, he'd been a kid when he lost touch with that world. He actually didn't know all that much about the world and he failed miserably with his pack because he knew so little about it.

He needed the back up against a superior force. It's like TWD (rewatching that series now) Rick failed miserably trying to go up against the Saviors so he sought allies. The pack didn't actually help Derek, but he was a lot better off in the fight because they were there.

Just now realizing all the parallels between Negan and Deucalion. Mind=Blown