User blog comment:MrAnonymous/Why is Scott being such an ass with Derek?/@comment-190.177.251.168-20120612142520

Scott pretty much nailed it on Ice Pick (S2E3), Derek isn't doing things out of altruism. Derek is doing it to become powerful and (possibly?) get revenge on the Argents. It's all a personal vendetta to him, and he doesn't care if it gets Isaac, Erica or Boyd killed in the process (since he can just replace them, after all). He's acting like some armchair general sending out troops to get killed for his goals.