Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-4723271-20161207204553/@comment-11533671-20161227004320

What I meant by personal distractions was simply that they were beginning to question more of how how they deal with threats and had conflicting opinions. There was more individual assertions being made and all of the past events were leading them all to question Scott's leadership. Theo just exploited those conflicting opinions.

We could compare Theo with Peter all day long and find a lot of similarities but there are also a few key differences.

Scott won his battle against Peter via plot armor, we've all agreed to that. Let's say he won it fair and square though. In this case, Peter wasn't attacking a defeated and weakened Scott. Scott had just overcame the Berserker influence with his packs' help and wasn't alone. Did Theo do that?

Peter brought the fight to him man to man and even handled Liam. He wasn't fighting a mountain ash and physically beaten Scott. He was fighting Scott, the Alpha with his pack there for support and who just broke the spell of the Berserker control. Peter has also never pretended to have Scott's best interest in mind.

Theo may be more of a threat than I credit him for but he is, or was, himself, nowhere near the threat Peter was. Theo's plans relied heavily on the mountain ash inhaler, the supermoon, exploiting Liams' anger issues, and echoing what everyone, Scott included, was already questioning- Scott's leadership abilities and the protection he provides for others.

Theo did what a hacker does: exploit the flaws in the system. He didn't originate the ideas, he just encouraged the deteriorating state the system was in at the time. Was it a decent plan? Yes. Was it a smart plan? Yes, until his own arrogance and lust for power made him forego using the talons on Scott and instead try to go after the bigger fish, ie - the Beast.