Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-24.187.28.16-20140814051503/@comment-6383956-20141117172545

40.132.220.198 wrote: "All those rumors I heard, a powerful new Alpha, one of the hales, building a pack. Do you know how long I waited to hear something like that?"

This suggests that Laura wasn't powerful or didn't build a pack. Perhaps Laura didn't build a pack (and then we have to wonder why not? Because wouldn't that have helped keep her and Derek safer from the hunters they fled from?), but we know she had the ability to turn into a full wolf and we know that commands a great deal of respect from other werewolves so the idea she wasn't powerful just doesn't work out. And we're supposed to believe an Alpha who could turn into a full wolf doesn't warrant rumors, but Derek who doesn't even have an Alpha shift does?