Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-544940-20160830143333/@comment-544940-20160901070636

Godechaud wrote:

544940 wrote:

Paul.rea wrote: Peter had to be selective. You either die or you turn and if you turn Peter is stuck with you messing in his business. He wanted Derek onside with Scott and might have progressed from there had he not been killed. Could he have not been more selective we've a few others? I mean he randomly bit Scott in the woods, I doubt he knew if he'd live or die when bitten there. In my opinion, another reason for Peter's selection process was the secrecy of his Alpha Status. If you guys recall, nobody knew who the Alpha was since Alphas can hide their sent. He was still a Patient and officially almost brain dead. He wouldn't respond to anyone, he kept his Scars (he kept himself from healing) in order to maintain his Alpha identity a secret. Creating more betas would have bin a risk in my opinion, especially since new werewolves have very strong "Anger managemen" issues. I think Peter would have had a very hard time keeping them in check and together while still pretending to be in a wheelchair. He only asked Derek to join when Derek and Stiles got on to him. As stated in my response to Killer Kev I do think he would be capable of handling a few Beta's if he was to make them but your point is pretty interesting and makes a lot of sense.

I do think if he was to have created more beta's he would probably have changed his plans slightly and revealed his idenity quicker.