Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-13965604-20140715134406/@comment-19765459-20140717001932

Paul.rea wrote: Blah, blah, blah. I said if he had stopped being evil for a minute - not if he stopped being evil forever.

In your scenario, no one should have taken any violent or potentially injurious action to stop a mad man. His was the least violent and required Gerard to go all in with the evil before it triggered.

No, I did NOT say that (no you're making stuff up)!

My point was that Scott's True Alphaness is either not linked to purity of motive (because it is proven that he can undertake to possibly kill someone if he chooses) or else he only retains such purity because other people bear the weight of sin for him.

I believe I have done this before, but nevertheless, here is a rundown of the Big Bads and their fates:

1) Kate Argent - Killed by Peter Hale

2) Peter Hale - Killed by Derek Hale

3) Victoria Argent - Assisted (by Chris Argent) suicide after contracting lycanthropy from Derek, who was rescuing Scott

4) Matt Daehler - Killed by Gerard Argent

5) Gerard Argent - Tricked into poisoning himself by Scott and Deaton

6) The Kanima/Jackson - Redeemed by Lydia Martin

7) Ennis - Killed by Deucalion

8) Kali - Killed by Jennifer Blake

9) Aiden - Switched sides, later died fighting on behalf of Scott

10) Ethan - Switched sides

11) Deucalion - Allowed to leave town by Scott

12) Jennifer Blake - Mortally wounded by Deucalion, finished off by Peter Hale

13) Noshiko Yukimura - No ramifications whatsoever

14) The Oni - Mostly destroyed/banished through various means, notably Allison's silver arrowheads (Note: not human)

15) The Nogitsune - Destroyed/banished by Scott (Note: not human. Also, only banished after conveniently separated from Stiles)

You might notice that Scott was not a factor in most of the items above. In a number of them he was either a passive factor (Kate, Peter, Victoria, Matt, the Kanima, Ennis, Jennifer) and in one instance (Kali) not involved in any way.

In short, Scott is almost never put in a position where he HAS to make a life-or-death decision to stop the bad. More often than not, somebody else takes the necessary action. Quite often, the villains actually kill each other, while Scott is either not present, not in a position to act or indecisive about acting. Fortuitous circumstances more than moral fortitude are Scott's main tool.

Because of this it is much easier to interpret Derek as the actual Hero. He routinely endures hardships that would crush Scott utterly, and is willing to take direct lethal steps to address threats.

Scott's moral purity is largely contrived and imaginary. In most cases he has not had to risk compromising his purity so long as he waits long enough for somebody else to step up and compromise their own on his behalf. Thus the True Alpha thing, at least presented a manifestation of strength of character, falls flat because numerous other characters (including all of Scott's friends) demonstrate equal or greater character and heroism. Which makes this a head scratcher, because it is really NOT clear WHY Scott is a True Alpha or what it means.

That we don't really see Scott struggling with being an Alpha so much as just being plain weak only makes it more confusing.