Board Thread:WARNING ALL USERS False Info\Spoilers/@comment-75.109.132.34-20131231131940/@comment-19765459-20140110203009

Bigwolfonbase wrote: Since theres no explanantion given in show then Derek could have gone beast. Jeff says Derek could have gone beast so therefore he could. Peter turned Scott therefore there was already a mental connection and since Derek never needed to influence his betas that way we dont know if he could have and weve already seen Alphas can influence the shift because Deucalion did it to Scott. We honestly dont know anything about anyone being a mediocre fighter because theres never been any straight up fights on equal footing. The closets ones were between Derek and Scott which Derek one because he was older and more experienced. Scott vs Erica and Isaac which Scott won because he was more experienced. Kali vs Derek are probably the best test of skill but since theres supposedly a power boost when you kill off your betas Kali had the advantage. As far as lore goes what has Peter told us that no one else has and Peter even stated the mind meld wasnt an alpha only ability just ones that they were better at because they had more control. So he knows somewhat more than derek which is to be expected becuase hes older than derek.

That was kind of my original point, if you read back up a few posts. Derek was not a really knowledgeable or experienced Alpha. Most of the time he was just improvising, and consistently got his *** kicked whenever he was fighting anyone that was not explicitly weaker than him. Kali mopping the floor with him had less to do with special power boosts than the fact that she had taken the time to learn an actual fighting style (Capoeira from the look of it) rather than just relying on waving her arms around like most of the werewolves on the show do.

Also, on what basis do you think that Derek did not need to influence his Betas? Heck, two of them literally walked out on him and the third was seriously considering it! In terms of either mental powers or just mundane leadership skills Derek was sorely lacking!

The simple fact is that we never saw Derek use any of the special Alpha powers. That means that his ability to use them is non-canon. No, what Jeff says during Q&A's does not count, because Jeff often says a lot of stuff that is contradictory or untrue.