Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-59.178.177.108-20140225141627/@comment-25156746-20140709043905

My thoughts:

1. An alpha is made better by 'his/her' pack. Scott does technically have a pack but they are mostly human (Stiles, Allison-dead, then Kira-born a fox, Malia-born a wolf/coyote, Lydia-bitten by Peter, Isaac-bitten by Derek). I don't think we ever saw anything specific showing where he formally accepted Isaac as his Beta. All the other were-creatures in his pack were turned by someone else and simply chose to follow Scott due to his stance and beliefs/friendship.

2.  I wonder if we will actually see his power increase now after actually making his OWN Beta with Liam. He will be forced to control Liam at times to keep him from hurting someone and therefore we should start to see some of his real alpha power.

3.  I think he is not only holding back for fear of what he may become but also looking out for everyone else due to all the death he has seen. He places so much regard for others than he does himself that it interferes with his ability to fight. He can't fight for real without looking over his shoulder trying to protect others.

4.  He was only bitten and turned a 2-3 years ago based on the timeline of the show (not sure how it works). Whereas all the other alpha's we have seen and some of the Beta's had been wolves for far longer. They had developed their fighting skills from fighting so many others. Even the twins fight better but I think it is more instinctive to the other wolves whereas Scott doesn't let himself go, he stays in control the entire time. We haven't seen him let lose on someone yet. However, he has had enough skill to easily defeat all of Derek's wolves. Boyd only beat him because he got the drop on him. Scott was able to easily beat and even control Isaac at times (when Issac when nuts and tried to attack Allison, or when Issac was attacking one of the twins on the lacrosse trip). He easily beat Erica as well. He impressed Boyd to the point that Boyd told Derek he wanted to be like Scott (at the ice rink).

5.  We haven't seen Scott get really mad in a fight yet. To quote Hulk, "You won't like me when I'm angry". I bet if he ever gets truly hacked off in a fight he will rip someone apart.

To sum it up, in order for Scott to show his power he needs : develop a stronger pack of his own, release his control, train (against Peter and Derek), get angry, and learn to trust his friends that they will take care of themselves.