Kelpten wrote:I picked four legs because I just don't like the idea of the Gestalt form all together. My image of the werewolf is a human that changes into a wolf and vice versa, with no blending of the two forms. Of course you're all welcome to disagree.
Good for you.
That's really what werewolves were supposed to be about anyway...this whole upright wolfman thing is just because someone thought that would be a scarier thing to have to fight off.
There are just not enough fans like you here
Kelpten who see it that way...far too many are purely set on werewolves that look like Anthropomorphic Cartoon characters.
Personally...I choose both, because I like a little of all of the above.
I like the Vintage Hollywood 'Wolfman' which can only walk on two legs...I like what
ScottGardener calls the "Consensus" werewolf ,which is capable of both...but I also think that
Traditional 100% Human transformed into 100% Wolf,
(minus the tail in some legends) Werewolves will never be 'obsolete'.
...there is just something about the idea of a Human, not just changing into something that closely, or vaguely
resembles a wolf, but actually leapfrogging the species barrier and fully becoming a full blown WOLF...furry, carnivorous, instinctual and four legged
(like a REAL wolf...Not just a mindless killing machine with a taste for human children, but a tactful, territorial pack hunter) that is fascinating and inspiring in ways that big, burly, monstrous 8-Foot Tall "Gestalt" werewolves are not.
...on the other hand, Traditional Werewolves are not quite as intimidating, or primed for entertaining
Mayhem as "Gestalt" Style Werewolves are.
It all depends on what kind of story I'm in the mood for.