Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-64.231.137.240-20140709221435/@comment-13965604-20140710211919

64.231.136.245 wrote: Please guys, #1.

What was the point of killing Boyd and having Derek try to kill his pack if none of the predicted things even followed through (e.g. him wanting to kill other members after gaining new power from Boyd, him not even using the new power, him not even wanting power after, etc.)?

I think the point was, Derek wasn't like the other alphas in the Alpha Pack, and Deucalion underestimated him. Derek never really wanted to be the Alpha, he wasn't in it for the power, like the other alphas. He did it to protect people, Scott included. Scott wouldn't have handled being a murderer well at all, especially as it likely wouldn't have accomplished what he was hoping it would.

Deucalion thought he would like the power rush, because most alphas appear to become alphas for the power, but Derek didn't. He wasn't addicted to power already. Kind of like expecting that someone is an alcoholic, and buying them a drink and expecting them to not be able to stop after that first one, but Derek isn't an alcoholic, so he can stop at just one.