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Post by Gylfie Murdoch on Jun 24, 2010 0:47:20 GMT -5
In some way or another, we've all been touched by the Twilight phenomenon. Some of us (like me) may have read the books, just to see what everyone was raving about. Now, I can't recall exactly what happened in Twilight, but I do remember what happens when the wolf pack boys shift.
Your job is to tell me which of these you would believe more. It's not too hard.
(A) The wolf pack boys can only shift when they're angry (or frustrated) or when they want to. They can only change when they want to once they have gained control over their bodies. This could take years. When they actually start to shift, the wolf boys blur and vibrate and go all shivery, then they explode out of their clothes, revealing themselves as giant wolves. As humans, they are inhumanly hot, strong and beautiful.
(B) The mythical werewolves, however, experience a world of pain, as do our 'shifters. They can feel every dramatic change their bodies make as they 'shift from man to beast. Usually, they can only change when there is a full moon. During this time, they turn into gangly man-beasts. They are covered in tufts of fur and the tattered remains of their clothing.
My own personal opinion is that the man-beasts (B) are more believable. They're changing from one form to the next, so surely they experience a world of pain? Right?
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Post by Matteo De Luca on Jun 24, 2010 8:00:12 GMT -5
I feel as if it's a mixture of the both. By this I mean that shifters can shift if they feel intense emotions such as anger, by which they can't control their shifting, however through experience they can control it. However, as they shift, they can feel every bit of their body change to the animal they shift to.
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Post by TETRIS on Jun 24, 2010 11:12:24 GMT -5
Haha, it's a bit ironic for me to be saying this, considering that I'm on a shapeshifting roleplay site, but ...
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... I don't really suscribe to the whole shapeshifter thing. It makes for a great roleplay, don't get me wrong. Particularly since my characters tend to be more feral/primitive/bestial than the average human.
But on the whole, I think both options wolf-pack boys and man-beasts are completely unbelievable. My critique: (A) First, I don't really think they're hot. Neither the actor, nor the description in the books. I'm not a fan of over-muscled body-builders. But it does make sense that if they do turn into giant wolves, their human bodies would have to be large and strong. (B) Though it's practically werewolf canon at this point, I don't understand why werewolves shift with the moon. It's not like "moon rays" are anything special. The cycles of the moon is due to position of moon circa earth circa sun. Moonlight is reflected sunlight. I don't see why more of it would cause changes. So the whole full-moon-shifting thing makes no sense anyways. As far as tattered clothing goes, um, well, Twilight wolf-packs destroy clothes too (and normally don't wear shirts) so it's not really fair to bring tattered clothes into the argument.
That aside, my personal brand of werewolf would be the sort of psychologically/emotionally/spiritually torn character seen in Harry Haller. Steppenwolf, anyone? ;p
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Post by Jasmine Moore on Jun 24, 2010 14:24:07 GMT -5
Peach, you know my werewolves since Katarina was (and is, even though she hasn't been used in forever and a day) one of them, but I'm going to answer this anyway. ♥
I take my werewolves from Terry Pratchett. Able to shift into wolves at will, kind-of like the Twilight werewolves (only not caused by extreme emotions and they're not unnaturally muscular and gorgeous as humans), and wolves around the full moon. The Discworld werewolves are supposed to be a wolf for a whole week, but I prefer to simply have them be more wolfish for that week and only forced to shift on the night of the full moon. It's not really painful for them to change, but certainly not comfortable either.
Crimson does have a point, though - the whole moon thing doesn't make sense. And I guess feeling a whole lot of pain would be sensible as well. But then again, I've never been a fan of things that make too much sense.
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Post by Gylfie Murdoch on Jun 24, 2010 19:59:23 GMT -5
Crimson, you do make an excellent point about the full moon argument, as 'Jasmine' mentioned. I've never been a major fan of mythical werewolves, so I haven't studied as to why they change during the full moon. I think I will need to be doing some personal research soon!
Jasmine, Katarina was awesome. The perfect mix of werewolf, if you ask me.
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