Board Thread:Legitimate Canon Questions/@comment-85.180.143.168-20150702014633/@comment-13895380-20150715115031

JEK wrote: 85.180.143.97 wrote: Why would Scott hold back??? They solved this whole I don't wanna be a Monster problem in Season 4. I mean that's what it was all about right. And Scott proved to be extremely powerful without becoming a Monster in the finale. The writers just made a mistake by letting Scott use his true alpha powers too soon. Now they don't know what to do with it. Just imagine how easily he would have kicked everyones ass in season 5 so far. It's a shame. They didn't really SOLVE anything, though..............they raised a lot of questions, teased Scott's transition to monster, talked about whether or not killing was justifiable, and then...........nothing. Seriously, nothing. Scott having a major power boost for a brief period doesn't really accomplish anything other than prove that he CAN be powerful without turning into some kind of sadistic freak who gets off on killing (which SHOULD have been obvious to him almost from the beginning, but Scott's kind of slow on the uptake, as we all know).

He didn't have some big revelation, some epiphany that changed his worldview and allowed him to tap into his power...........he just randomly took hold of it. By instinct, I suppose? Meh. Very confusing stuff. I thought they did solve it? That was the whole point of the season, and the main difference between Scott, the True Alpha, and Peter, the monster.

"Not all monsters, do monstrous things." - Lydia

"You're not a monster. You're a werewolf. Like me." - Liam

This, by the way, was the only statement that got Scott to break free from being a Berserker.

"You were never an Alpha, Peter...but you were always a monster." - Scott

Just seems like at the end, he learned how to have power far beyond Peter's while still being in control. Even with the big werewolf dude at the first episode, he was still very powerful in how he broke the guy's arm so easily...although he got his ass handed to him before then so other characters could have a chance to fight the dude (e.g. Kira, Theo) and so we could see the talons work on him. *cough* plot *cough* Scott should have beaten him much sooner but got the shit beat out of him for these reasons.