Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-25055570-20140830230740/@comment-13965604-20140830234603

My headcanon says that there is some sort of line of succession that if an Alpha dies by 'natural' means, it passes on to the next most suitable person. I figure if Peter had been in a fit state it would've went to him, but he wasn't. Plus, the story is that Laura and Derek were at school when the fire happened, so it wouldn't make much sense (as if that matters to these writers) for Laura to have happened to have shown up in time to kill her mom so it would pass to her. Also, pretty morbid, and a lot to expect a teen/early 20something to do.

I don't think he 'predicted' his demise so much as he knew he was killing silly illy and that it would draw hunters, or the wrath of Derek for killing Laura. It was just smart having a backup plan.

Derek didn't really kill for power. Revenge? Definitely. To stop a bunch of killings that brought hunters down on all of them! Yes. To keep Scott, a traumatized teenager, from becoming a murderer on top of his other problems on the off chance that killing Peter might turn him back to human? Certainly. Power? I don't think, that was just a by product of doing the right thing.

I am curious about the Hale family. Especially seeing as Peter and Talia were both Hales, meaning they took the woman's name. Was that because she was a woman, or because they take the Alphas name? Was Derek's dad even in the picture? Did they all have the same dad?