Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-24.187.28.16-20140826070754/@comment-25222572-20140827135304

99.170.226.119 wrote: ^ yes we will!

~sean Well, it's rare. But we don't really know what it means. It could be merely that a True Alpha's extra abilities (e.g. that one time Scott forced his way through a mountain ash circle), is not so much indicative of their True Alphahood, as some inherent strength of their own, as a person. Meaning,  that thing that allowed them to become a True Alpha in the first place, rather than just possessing the spark of a True Alpha.

So the question becomes, is that extra something transferable, or is it just an extension of that individual's inner strength? Really, this whole plot to take Scott down, AFTER he has begun to give in to the beast and become stronger, only works if the former is correct. If the latter? Then this is just another instance of plot dumbing down formerly intelligent characters.