Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-85.180.143.168-20150702014633/@comment-26601629-20150715161024

Sp here is something I think people might be considering, that scott holds back because he doesn't want to become a monster. The problem, this doesn't tally.

We have seen people like, Liam exhibit more strength than scott without "becoming a monster" Like when he put up a better fight against Lucas, we have seen Malia heal "a lot" faster than scott, or more accurately seen scott heal just a teeny bit faster than a regular human from the venom. Now most of the alphas shown have been able to reign in on any beta that have been shown to fight, and they have been able to do this on most occassions without even turning, or at the very list low-mid difficulty. Scott is the only aplha we've seen beaten by a beta. If the excuse that he's holding back because he doesn't want to become a monster holds true, then given the level of power he is currently exhibiting to reign himself in then it is one of 3 reasons

1. Scott is super-weak that for him to exhibit the level of power that other alphas have been shown to exhibit casually, he'd have to become a monster, meaning he is weaker than all alphas

2. Deep down he is sadistic, and just enjoys holding back his strength that he can easily demonstrate until all of his friends have gotten their ass kicked or he's a masochist and just enjoys taking a beaten and leave his friends that should be "weaker than him" to handle the problems

3. Bad Writing

The thing is, the problem isn't that scott doesn't kill, that is fine, it's that he is too weak. And on TV shows/anime/movies, there is nothing worse than an idealist that is super weak, because they end up putting everyone in danger. If you are going to go with the mantra of protect beacon hills be a good guy, save everyone, then at least put in the effort to become freaking strng to do it. Look at everyone who are of the mindset, save everyone, they train themselves vigourously to achieve this.

The conundrum that Jeff Davies established in scott is annoying, he has the personality of an idealist that wants to save everyone, but then he goes that he wants to be a normal teenager and go to school. You can't have it both ways they are in direct opposition. No-one says he can't go to school. Look at Buffy for example, she pretty much had to throw away the notion of being a normal teenager from Season 1. yes go to school, but if you really want to save everyone then make an effort..

Sorry for the super long rant. It's just each new episodes just seems to remind me why I dropped teen wolf the first time. It's super frustrating when the power levels is this irregular.