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Jestermonkey4u wrote: ^ Totally agree with everything you've stated. I love Peter's character. I really hope that we are never given an episode wherein he becomes as despicable as Gerard. Despite this though, I'm beginning to believe that his true nature was in that last scene. I think he keeps that part of himself well hidden. He may not commit as many atrocious acts as Gerard has but that is only because he has had no desire to do so. I sort of hope I'm wrong to be honest, but either way it is going to be great to see how everything pans out through the series. I kind of wonder if the nature we saw in the finale is not something that we will find out all the characters have in them this season...Jeff talked about the main group dealing with their darker side in 3b. Honestly, I think everybody has a dark side imo...the question is what allows some people to restrain themselves from acting on it while other give in.

And I guess for me the question would be what pushed Peter to the point that he began to act on that darker nature...was it the fire or something else (something before that). I mean in the flashback he was still cocky and manipulative, however after seeing that as young Peter he seemed genuinely upset for what happened to Paige, I don't think he influenced Derek with evil intent.

For all we know at this point he might have been merely manipulating Derek to see if he could actually influence Derek to the point of controlling his actions. I think Ian Bohen stated in an interview that Peter wanted to make Derek his minion. The way I see it young Peter may have been testing the waters to see how much influence he could have over him.