Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-11533671-20140912050918/@comment-19765459-20140912160909

Even one murder is legally a felony! Supernatural-themed shows tend to overlook that fact a lot.

For example, it was only some perceived tradition of maintaining The Masquerade that kept Derek and/or Scott from going to the police over being assaulted/harassed by the Argent's. Ironically, this extends even to human characters. The Hunters routinely commit crimes against non-supernatural beings or break the law generally. They believe that the supernatural nature of what they are involved in excuses them from having to abide by the laws of human society. Notably, they have the ability to prove the existence of the supernatural to the proper authorities, but refrain from doing so because they would very likely be told to stand down their vigilante behavior and leave things to the police, FBI, etc... That would denying them their thrill-killing, torturing, property-damaging fun!

So, is Peter evil? Yes! He does a great many things for personal benefit that are either detrimental to others or else flat-out illegal.