Werewolfs and Diseases?
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Werewolfs and Diseases?
Okay one question I have in my head at the current moment. Would werewolves if they had any physical problems such as poor eye sight, asthma, or the like, would they need to still continue using glasses and the like when in werewolf form?
Why I ask this is because I have a diabetic character named Zack Lyell and he was bitten and turned into a werewolf, however the question is while in werewolf would he have the need for the insulin pump. Most likely I'm thinking yes due to the fact that diabetes can effect even animals, but then again there is the part of them being classified as mystical creatures. So I guess it could go either way. I redally don't know. I know I ask stupid questions.
Why I ask this is because I have a diabetic character named Zack Lyell and he was bitten and turned into a werewolf, however the question is while in werewolf would he have the need for the insulin pump. Most likely I'm thinking yes due to the fact that diabetes can effect even animals, but then again there is the part of them being classified as mystical creatures. So I guess it could go either way. I redally don't know. I know I ask stupid questions.
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I don't think it's a stupid question. Frankly, there don't seem to be any questions about it that are. After all, some people may be wondering the same thing.
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Anyway, it might depend on certain details but i think the werewolf power would override those problems. Hate to sound like i'm stealing this from Cumulus, but, o could be wrong. Any thoughts?)
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Anyway, it might depend on certain details but i think the werewolf power would override those problems. Hate to sound like i'm stealing this from Cumulus, but, o could be wrong. Any thoughts?)
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I believe that the most realistic truth on the matter is that it could go either why depending on the individual person. For some becoming a werewolf may cure any illnesses and for others it would not. I also believe that there can be more than one type of werewolf in the same reality. But this is just me...
Maybe I am wrong...
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It's not a bad question, but we do have a thread on sickness and diseases somewhere.
I think the overall argument from the original thread was that, though lycanthropy may or may not cure the disease, the constant regeneration effect would negate a lot of the damage caused by said diseases and enable werewolves to live with them.
Diabetes could go either way depending on what type it is.
I think the overall argument from the original thread was that, though lycanthropy may or may not cure the disease, the constant regeneration effect would negate a lot of the damage caused by said diseases and enable werewolves to live with them.
Diabetes could go either way depending on what type it is.
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Poor eyesight wouldn't likely be fixed by any type of lycanthropy that doesn't go "lol, magic" to explain how/why. A more scientific/biological type of lycanthropy wouldn't fix your eyesight. Aside from better night vision, wolves eyes suck. They see less color and are utterly blind after like, IIIC, 70 yards. Or some short distance like that. They're primarily users of their noses and ears rather than their eyes.
More magical lycanthropy might, 'cause magic lets you pull off illogical stuffs.
More magical lycanthropy might, 'cause magic lets you pull off illogical stuffs.
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How much energy the shift would take is what didn't come across my mind. I know much about diabetes, but then again taking into consideration what problems it would cause during a shift did not occur to me. However now that you state that it seems like it was staring me right in the face and that it was so logical. thanks.
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Depends if it's science, or magic. In PitW, the lycantrope's regenerative properties can take care of quite a bit (short of decapitation, and of course, fire & silver). But of course, old age catches up with everyone, and senility makes an old werewolf a doubly dangerous creature, to themselves and others. In PitW, it's usually up to the Pack Alpha, or Beta to 'put down' those few wolves that make it to such an advanced age. A lycanthrope that can't control it's change is a threat to both bystanders and to the secret of the werewolf.
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