Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-13965604-20140715134406/@comment-19765459-20140717013811

Paul.rea wrote: Scott allows? He has complete control over everyone else?

No. But he often makes CHOICES based on his personal motives. The Argent's were CRIMINALS, Kate especially. Guilty of arson, murder abduction, torture, etc....a whole laundry list of FELONIES. They are humans, not supernatural beings. So did he do what you are supposed to do when you know that human beings have committed such crimes - which is go to the police?

NO!

Why? Well, primarily it had to do with not upsetting his girlfriend's family, who already disliked him! That's right, Scott sat on the knowledge of that long list of felonies because he wanted to keep dating Allison!

What were the Argent's going to counter with? That Scott and the Hale's were werewolves? That might have helped them with an insanity plea, but not much else.

Likewise, he knew that Jackson was a killiing machine, and that he had no idea of how to control, contain or otherwise stop him (other than killing him). He opted to keep that one under wraps too, in fact going so far as to PROTECT Jackson from Derek!

What did that end up costing? About a half-dozen police officers?

Scott makes selfish decisons with that cost other people's lives all the time. It's not unusual at all. Much of it is youthful foolishness and idealism. But that doesn't change the cost. Sometimes, as was the case with the Argent's, it was simply desire not to rock the boat when he stood to lose something (Allison).