Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-201.244.250.159-20140909105603/@comment-11533671-20140910004316

99.170.226.119 wrote: ^ while peter may not have lost complete control. His alpha form was Defiantly a sign that he was losing control. As even the twins implied that he did.

~ Sean

Just my opinion but:

What is the purpose of saying he didn't lose "complete" control? That implies at least "some" control. One either has control or one doesn't.

I like to think of it like the shut-off valve on a water pipe. The valve is your control. Unless it breaks, you still have control over the flow of water. You can shut it on or off in varying degrees of pressure however you'd like.

I believe that the twins used Peter as an example because he is a sociopath, an example of a valve that is dangerously close to being broken and because Scott feared becoming a "monster" like Peter.

Hasn't the show also shown us that losing control means that you are stuck in that form and unable to shift like Malia was? She couldn't shift until Scott gave her a shiny new shut-off valve and taught her how to operate it.

Peter was still able to shift back to human, his valve may have been on the verge of breaking and he may have been getting closer to being overwhelmed, but it still worked.

I do admit, even after having said all this, that there is a valid argument for his losing control in the S1 finale. He could have given over all control in a final push to win, while on fire, but that fire also seemed to make the animal side recede as he was more human just before Derek leaped in to finish him off.

Just my personal take on it though.