Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4091815-20150711180618/@comment-4091815-20150714151059

Godechaud wrote:

Paul.rea wrote:

Godechaud wrote: Jeff's answer actually pisses me off, because it's no answer. I too want to see Scott unleash his true power! What if there is no "true power" to unleash?

Consider for a moment that everything we've seen Scott do, walking through mountain ash etc., is not a function of the label but because of who he already is, his willpower and inner-strength.

It is a chicken and egg scenario - walking through Mountain Ash wasn't because he is a True Alpha - he's a True Alpha because he had the willpower to walk through Mountain Ash.

Maybe stop thinking about this as a Pokemon power up, that Scott is somehow a new creature, and instead use Green Lantern as the closest parallel. The stronger the willpower the stronger a Lantern's green-light constructs.

Scott makes Scott powerful - not a label. I get your point, but still. If there's nothing more to it than: "he didn't have to steal the alpha status from someone else", what's the point of the whole true alpha thing? His moral superiority? Kind of boring don't you think? Actually the green lantern parallel would confirm my theory... "Normal alphas" have great but limited powers but a true alpha can bend the "rules" if his will is strong enough, meaning that he is actually capable of far greater things than a normal alpha if he puts his mind into it... Furthermore there is no consistancy... Why would Deucalion, the Demon Wolf, fear Scott's abilities? There must be something there, no? It does not make a lot of sense to me otherwhise. Another thing that's not really related to this thread which is another example of inconsistancy on this show is when Deaton told Scott that a beta of his own making could steal his powers... In Season 1, Derek told Scott that to reverse the effects of the bite, Scott has to kill the Alpha who bit him. Don't get me wrong... I love the show, but this permanent contradictions irritate me. I never read that much into titles. Demon Wolf was just self-hype. True Alpha just means the potential emerges naturally from the individual. I never expected it to come with a cape or a crown of thorns.

Much has been made of Deucalion "fearing" Scott. But Morrell described his psychology as far more complicated than that as it relates to Scott.

The beta thing is natural. What would happen to the True Alpha's pack if he died? It would seem, from what they're saying, the power would go to a beta of his own making.

Scott CAN do things that others can't, like pushing through the Mountain Ash, but it is incredibly hard and, in his words, almost killed him. He did it because he had the will to try and would do anything to save his friends.