chance to be a werewolf. would you do it?
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Just a thought here but wouldn't the constant shifting put "more" strain on your body thus shortening your lifespan as a werewolf?
Well anyway..... I was the guy who quickly picked yes but later thought "maybe that wasn't such a good idea"
Since we're assuming werewolves are in hypothetical existence for this question that brings up if there are any other were-creatures of 1 time transformation (permanent) creatures that are also existing. You know like a vampire because I dun wanna fight them forever....
Well anyway..... I was the guy who quickly picked yes but later thought "maybe that wasn't such a good idea"
Since we're assuming werewolves are in hypothetical existence for this question that brings up if there are any other were-creatures of 1 time transformation (permanent) creatures that are also existing. You know like a vampire because I dun wanna fight them forever....
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If there were enough one-time shifters (permenant anthro form) to create a legit minority in society, I wouldn't mind becomming an anthro-rabbit. Granted there would be those people that would discriminate, but I think the majority of americans would be enthusiastic about meeting an anthro-human. I sometimes wonder if that fantasy makes me a closet furry. I'm too much of a realist, and keep my imagination tied only to my art, so I guess not.
Keeping a lifestyle secret and shifting during full moons isn't my idea of a good time, so being a were is out of the question.
Keeping a lifestyle secret and shifting during full moons isn't my idea of a good time, so being a were is out of the question.
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Re: If you knew a werewolf and he offered to bite you..
Ya know, I may have done a knee-jerk "Yes" to this, but truthfully I would want to know some more too. Well put Vuldari!Vuldari wrote:I can't answer yes or no.Dreamer wrote:Would you accept?
BEcause, even though the advantages would be obvious, you'd have to deal with the feeling of isolation from society, not to mention the canine instincts.
I don't know about you guys, but my answer would still be yes.
"It Depends..."
It depends on how much I know about this particular version of Lycanthropy...how it works...what I would look like...how much it would effect my mind...how much control I had...what other physical side-effects there may be...and all sorts of factors that are hard to think of on the spot.
I can imagine versions of Lycanthropy that I would almost certainly accept and allow myself to be bitten and changed on purpose (after a great deal of internal debating...I don't make decisions like that on a whim).
...but I can also imagine other versions of Lycanthropy that would be nothing but a terrible curse, which could be fates worse than death.
If it was to my liking, SURE ... ( screw those people who might shun or hate me...they suck anyway. I'm not afraid of being a social outcast...I've been one most of my life ) ... but there are just too many variables for me to answer a definite YES or NO.
However, if I were to consider every well known lycanthrope from film, mythology, legend and other popular fiction and average out my Yes's and No's ... 90% would likely be NO's.
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Hale yes
Given the Following: That I knew the Wulfen well enough to trust his/her description of what the Crossing is like, and that they could show that they retained control in their Fur (being chased by angry peasants is a major turn off-been there, done that) and that the framed Werewolf Healing capacity really worked as advertised...I'd get bit.
Why? I've done what a lot of people see on the screen: I was a Ranger in the Army and I've been places I still can't talk about. I've also been injured a lot more then the usual suspects: comes with the terrirory. I lost two inches of height just jumping out of perfectly good airplanes over places where the aforesaid peasants would chase me. Thank God for Morphine Styrettes.
As a result, my body is a mess. I'm in pain more times than I'm not, and a lot of things I used to do are just plain impossible: my body won't do it anymore.
That's why I'd let myself get bitten, go through the Dangerous Crossing, and wear the Wolf's skin; just so I could be normal... again
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Why? I've done what a lot of people see on the screen: I was a Ranger in the Army and I've been places I still can't talk about. I've also been injured a lot more then the usual suspects: comes with the terrirory. I lost two inches of height just jumping out of perfectly good airplanes over places where the aforesaid peasants would chase me. Thank God for Morphine Styrettes.
As a result, my body is a mess. I'm in pain more times than I'm not, and a lot of things I used to do are just plain impossible: my body won't do it anymore.
That's why I'd let myself get bitten, go through the Dangerous Crossing, and wear the Wolf's skin; just so I could be normal... again
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Also one of those "it depends" people. If I ended up looking like the American Werewolf In Paris ape thing, no. Let's face it: most renditions of werewolves are ugly...
Instincts I could deal with. I'm pretty feral anyway. I'd just like to know what type of werewolf I'm going to be before the guy bites me.
Instincts I could deal with. I'm pretty feral anyway. I'd just like to know what type of werewolf I'm going to be before the guy bites me.
If I did (and that's a big "if", and would mainly depend on how much control I had and how much of my own brain I kept), it wouldn't even come close to the most stupid things I've done because someone thought they were a good idea at the time. (Loading Windows 98 on a perfectly good computer is an example of the latter).
Temp'... you make a very good point about tattoos. I've been looking for close to two decades and still haven't found a design I want tattooed on myself yet.
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Temp'... you make a very good point about tattoos. I've been looking for close to two decades and still haven't found a design I want tattooed on myself yet.
RedEye... also some very good points. I haven't had anything even remotely resembling an interesting life but I've still managed to acquire a set of joints that are currently telling me in no uncertain terms that this week's cold snap is merely the harbinger of a harsh winter.
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If the werewolf was to my liking for appearance, and things like never getting sick or something, being able to shift at will (not by the full moon), if I could hide the fact I was one, and have both an anthro and a full wolf form, then yes. Without a doubt.
If not, then absolutely not I'd hate to wake up not remembering anything.
Point is, there'd be so many things I wouldn't want. And I'd actually love to be able to turn into a small cat or a bird or a fox, too, or a bat, so I could go in animal form wherever I wanted.
Other point is, it depends obviously on what we think a werewolf could be...if I were the species I had created, I'd definately say yes.
Then I could play many, many pranks!
If not, then absolutely not I'd hate to wake up not remembering anything.
Point is, there'd be so many things I wouldn't want. And I'd actually love to be able to turn into a small cat or a bird or a fox, too, or a bat, so I could go in animal form wherever I wanted.
Other point is, it depends obviously on what we think a werewolf could be...if I were the species I had created, I'd definately say yes.
Then I could play many, many pranks!
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I would have to agree... I would not want to become a mindless killing machine like they can be depicted as, rather I would prefer to keep my own mind when I transform thank you very much. Other than that, I would have no objections to lycanthropy...Kirk Hammett wrote:If the werewolf was to my liking for appearance, and things like never getting sick or something, being able to shift at will (not by the full moon), if I could hide the fact I was one, and have both an anthro and a full wolf form, then yes. Without a doubt.
If not, then absolutely not I'd hate to wake up not remembering anything.
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well i would definitly go for it but my job in the state would probably be a bad idea, the government checks your background to your grandparents just so you can change your name( im trying to soon) so you can imagin them finding out one way or another. but it wouldnt effect my life cause i am ussualy alone and im a society hates me and my lifestyles so yaeh, bite me...no really bite me right here on the arm(sticks hand out)
...or will i just be singing right here by myself.
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Yes. There is risk in everything. Heck, considering the car crash death rate, becoming a werewolf would be a walk in the park. Breathing, running, walking, sleeping, sex...it is all dangerous, and there is a significant chance that you could drop dead at any moment during any of those activities. I'd rather be able to choose the time and place of my death, and if I die while I'm trying to become something greater, why not?
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Yes that is very true.es. There is risk in everything. Heck, considering the car crash death rate, becoming a werewolf would be a walk in the park. Breathing, running, walking, sleeping, sex...it is all dangerous, and there is a significant chance that you could drop dead at any moment during any of those activities. I'd rather be able to choose the time and place of my death, and if I die while I'm trying to become something greater, why not?
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When Anubis said "a significant chance", I thought it would be more like 90-95%
If the chance was like 60-65%, and I wouldn't transform into a vicious, man-eating, bloodthirsty beast....
I THINK I would do it.
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Im not gunna go any farther than to say what I have said. People don't need to believe me. I don't care bout names. You can call me lycanthrope, therian, werewolf, I don't care. They all pretty much mean the same thing. If I don't give any proof you wont believe me, and if I do give any "proof", you may still not believe me. So why should I even say anything?
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"May not" is better than a definite "not", so that's not good reasoning for not giving any proof. Not to sound rude, but I'd say that your real reasoning is much better: You can't get proof of something that isn't true.
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Proof would be like a photograph, or, better yet, a video. I see no reason to just believe something so far-fetched on somebody's word, particularly when they admit to liking attention.
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This may sound a bit carefree and selfish but I think I'd go for it no matter what. I have always tried to imagine what it would be like, always wanted to know. I I had the chance, I would rather take the risk and live the experience than regret not doing it.
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I would need to know details of something before jumping right into it. I'd need to how I'd turn out beforehand, like a general image of how I'd look, my mental stability after changing, whether the transformation is permanent or if I'm able to shift freely between forms, and so on...
If I wasn't able to know anything like that before becoming a werewolf, then I'd only consider it in certain situations (like if I was going to die anyway of a disease, or something happened that would make the rest of my life suck).
If I wasn't able to know anything like that before becoming a werewolf, then I'd only consider it in certain situations (like if I was going to die anyway of a disease, or something happened that would make the rest of my life suck).
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Simple. Get a digital video cam, install it on yer computer, turn it on, record the change, and send the vid ta whoever wants proof.Motsiewolf wrote:I don't really care I have my personal people who believe me and that is good enough for me Why is it so important to have "proof" anyway? And how would one get the "proof"? That would be kinda hard to have someone to get.
Better yet, fly down here ta Phoenix, knock on my door, say "Hi, Templar, lookie what I can do!" an' do yer thing right there in front a me.
Do that, an not only will I compensate ya fer the flight down here, but I'll also pay fer yer flight back. Plus a hundred bucks. That, and ya get da pleasure of seein' my surprised and defeated face when ya prove me wrong.
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Yeah. C'mon, Motsie, an' anyone else here who says they're real bona-fied tooth an' claw werewolves. It's free money! ya get to rock my sense of reality and my bank account!Silverclaw wrote:Yeah Motsiewolf; take Templar up on that offer! lol
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Course, if ya show up here an' don't deliver, I get a good laugh and you get a door in either the face or the a**.
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