Werewolfism 101

Lyve · Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 2746 Location: USA

I think it is funny when a moderator does not bother to read a thread before commenting.
Shows just how screwed we all are, huh?
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CountVladDracula · Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 8151 Location: USA - NY

I'm actually kind of hurt. I went through a lot of trouble creating this thread so people who were being told they can't call their creature a werewolf would know it's okay to still call them werewolves...

Lyve · Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 2746 Location: USA

It is okay, do not let the bad baddie mod upset you.

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RaggedWizard · Joined: 05 Apr 2010 Posts: 585 Location: USA - NY

I'm going to assume it was an honest misunderstanding so I'm just going to go to go back and try to make the thread's purpose more clear on the first post.

I have just added an opening two paragraphs to the first post to try to make my intentions more clear. And I have also slightly altered a follow up post where I mention the famous Wolfman poem. The change was to acknowledge the future variations of the verse.

badboy · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 4:58 pm Post subject:

My question and statement were on topic.

I never said anyone in specific was trying to lord their rule over everyone else, but you have to admit that it is a common practice in RP-land, in fact a lot of threads in this very forum talk to what is and is not acceptable.

Making fun of others because they are not conforming to a specific driven format.

Talking down, or talking badly about someone who takes an opposing position is just another symptom of exactly what I was talking about. So is exclaiming bias or ill intent to make the opposition "go away".

That's exactly my point. Rigid RP... where is the fun in that?
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MinhyrdinWindrose · Moderator Joined: 13 Mar 2007 Posts: 15682 Location: USA

... I am reading 4 series with 4 different origins of werewolves. Yet another series speculates on how the "myth" of the werewolf could have started. One series has two different types of skinwalkers (who appear alongside and different from werewolves). One is the traditional one you outlined; the other is an inaccurate name for an avatar (of say Coyote or Wolf or Firebird).

Considering that even the legends and myths of werewolves disagree and sometimes outright contradict (never mind all the fiction written about them), the very idea that there could be a "canon" werewolf is ludicrous.

Anyone encountering such silliness in game should treat it with the same (lack of) respect as they would hearing the pronouncement that "All Scots are redheads! Everyone knows that! There is no way your (Scottish) character could possibly have dark hair." It would make equally as much sense.
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CountVladDracula · Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 8151 Location: USA - NY

Lyve · Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 2746 Location: USA

I think it is fine for the GM of a rp to say in this roleplay all werewolves are like this as long as they are upfront about it. If your character does not fit in then go somewhere else. Every game is not made for everyone. People just need to be nicer about it.
If someone is running a rp sololy for a werewolf outbreak, and all the werewolves would be infected from one wolf then it would only make sense that they were the same type. The thing is, the gm would have to state what kind the are upfront. It would save people from a lot of drama and annoyance.
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CountVladDracula · Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 8151 Location: USA - NY

OssianQuinn · Joined: 21 Jan 2012 Posts: 9 Location: USA - TX

OssianQuinn · Joined: 21 Jan 2012 Posts: 9 Location: USA - TX

And on teh subject of werewolves..

We are watching the tale end of Van Helsing, where he's a werewolf, and Anna dies.. so he holds her and howls..

Now my 2 year old is walking around howling LMAO

CountVladDracula · Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 8151 Location: USA - NY

OssianQuinn · Joined: 21 Jan 2012 Posts: 9 Location: USA - TX

Oh, I know.. I love how close minded people can be. Let's not forget the WoD vampires, Gangrel.. they turn into wolves or big cats, or even bears. (Though wolf is the most common cause they tend to hang out with the Garou... the only leeches that the Garou are comfortable around heh.)

I think next time someone wants to knock my character, I'll turn around and poke holes all through their demon-angel-dragon thing.. -nods-

CountVladDracula · Joined: 07 Oct 2010 Posts: 8151 Location: USA - NY

Here's another thing that I see forced on people.

People think being a Dhampir automatically means you have to hate full vampires and that full vampires have to hate Dhampirs. When I brought this up someone said to me "Well, it's not like a full vampire would ever accept them or offer to make them a full vampire. That just doesn't happen." Umm... Why not? Not every Dhampir is Blade. But that's a topic for another thread.

A similar one dealing with werewolves is when people actually get angry at me for not having Dracula hate werewolves ("Lycans"). More than once they would look for reasons to resent what he says or take offense and they get surprised and even offended if I tell them "You know... Dracula likes werewolves." Many of them think it's always been this way, that vampires and werewolves hate each other in fiction and folklore and though I understand the logic behind the idea it hasn't always been this way. And I'm not re-writing Dracula to suit the trend. He likes wolves. "Listen to them. Children of the night. What sweet music they make." He could communicate with wolves, he could take wolf form. He compares himself to a wolf. He likes wolves. I'm not retconning that because of what's popular.

In short, just because you are a vampire and someone is is playing a werewolf or just because you're playing a werewolf and someone else is playing a vampire does not mean you have to play them as being at war or has hating / resenting each other. This is still a very new concept.

OssianQuinn · Joined: 21 Jan 2012 Posts: 9 Location: USA - TX

My vampire likes werewolves. She finds them to be quiet useful, and sometimes entertaining.

Which I would get heat for in some VtM games, but I don't care. She's my character, and that's how I wrote her.

Oz is my character, I wrote him with three forms. He was born this way. If people don't like it, too bad. I may not like their demon-angel-dragon but I'll RP with them if they have a clue.