Vuldari wrote:
Perhaps a werewolf born of two werewolf parents would have irreversable social incompatabilities with normal human society because of their unusual upbringing, even if they themselves did not shift at all as children.
Personally I think this would fit better. Because of the unique social situation they have, KNOWING they are werewolves, their parents would act differently.., even on a sublt level.
Now its well know, and documented, that even infants can pick up on faint, sublte social cues. Its how they learn.
Now if I remember reading correctly, in another post it was noted that werewolves can occur from bitten ( majority ) or birthed ( minority ). Two different instances can occur in behavioral changes.
1 ) Child born of 2 WW parents, who doesn't change right away ( ie 'normal human' ) for the first portion of their life, would have issues with school 'friends' and the like.
Social cues from the parents, and 'odd' behavior patterns that don't mesh what the child learns of in school ( about his/her 'friends' parents ) would lead to discomfiture and instability in the child's mind.
Behavioral cues picked up from parents, which in some cases could be more wolf-like ( less human like ), would also make the child stand out more in a public school envrionment. Making the kid the butt of everyone's jokes, ostricized ( we all KNOW how horrible kids can be
grr ), etc.
Now some of these behavioral cues need not be extreme instances of wolf-like behavior. Since human and wolves -do- exhibit some -simialr- ( though not totall the same ) behaviors, some of these could overlap. So say the 'pack minded' behavior of a kid forces them instinctualy to find 'friends' who 'understand' him/her. They defend their 'pack' from all kinds of stuff mundane, are a bit over-friendly towards those in his/her 'pack', and perhaps ( depending on how the kids respond to the dominence-mind of teh wolf-born child ) either overloards teh group with one or two favorites ( more so then 'normal' ), or considers his/her self ( the wolf-born ) omega.
2 ) A werewolf-born child could possibly run into issues with changing at an earlier age then bitten. The virus is already in their bodies, a part of their cellaur makeup from day one.
If so, they'd adapt and accept ( perhaps ) werewolf 'culture' at an earlier stage in life. After a certain age, they learn to keep secrets very well. ( as young as 6-8 years ) So they could easily led a hidden life.
They'd understand werewolf culture better then most bitten.
Now as for the shift of mind-set. One one hand it -could- be argued that when a werewolf shifts, the chemical imbalance in the mind changes certain ebhaviors, attitudes, and mindset.
Also, the 'freedom' associated with shifting also could change the mindset (like how football players get 'hyped' before a game, their whoel attitude and mindset changes to something that they aren't normally when outside of game ).
On the other hand, there is a lot of push to keep the 'human mind' inside teh wolf body. This is in some ways, so that, the werewolf can 'enjoy' their change, the freedom of their form, and the power of their body.
So there are arguements for both sides, -as- well as for the social repercussions of what happens to those around them
The Psychology behid growing up, rasied by werewolves, gives so much to play with. XD
I don't think they'd be 'stunted' like the truely wolf-raised kids are. But there -would- be a social in-equality invovled.