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*pictures a werewolf with a poodle cut*
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Trimming would only be necessary if their fur is more similar to human hair than to fur. Last I checked, wolves don't need haircuts, they just shed. Granted, these are werewolves we're talking about, so they might get some Chewbacca action going on.Terastas wrote: Well, that would involve the fur growing continuously, and that would require werewolves to stop and trim themselves, like, once every ten minutes. Not very practical in terms of evolution, so I'd say that if you cut, burnt or otherwise damaged a werewolf's fur, it would likely either grow back at a normal rate, or would be restored by the werewolf shifting to and from human form again.
*pouts* not even with practice?Scott Gardener wrote:...though one cannot suddenly pop out a $400 professional Hollywood hair style.
Scott Gardener wrote: I'd be afraid to shift if I were to lose control. If I just looked fuggly, I'd simply be annoyed every full moon.
Don't forget to send pictures of the results...cjkrythos wrote:*snickers* soooo... who wants to confirm that guess? *gets out an electric razor and giggles insanely*
Well not instantly, but still more quickly than either counterpart.Morkulv wrote:I don't think werewolves should heal instantly to begin with.
Wolves don't have this ability, and humans don't have this ability, so I don't see why a cross between both mammals would be any different.
Sure I understand that a werewolf is a unusual story to begin with, but I don't see what makes extraordinary healing abilities so important for a werewolf, and why they would have it in the first place.Terastas wrote:Well not instantly, but still more quickly than either counterpart.Morkulv wrote:I don't think werewolves should heal instantly to begin with.
Wolves don't have this ability, and humans don't have this ability, so I don't see why a cross between both mammals would be any different.
Don't forget that the core of what defines a werewolf, the shift from human to wolf (or at least something in between) is pretty extraordinary by itself. Compared to that, enhanced regeneration doesn't sound unusual at all.
But yes, it shouldn't be absolutely instantaneous. The most I would envision it being like would be something like in Dog Soldiers, where it healed unnaturally fast, but still over the course of a few hours. Any faster than that might be stretching too far into the hyper-romanticized Twilight zone.
Scott Gardener wrote: I'd be afraid to shift if I were to lose control. If I just looked fuggly, I'd simply be annoyed every full moon.
To better the werewolf's chances of surviving the shifting process.Morkulv wrote:I don't see what makes extraordinary healing abilities so important for a werewolf, and why they would have it in the first place.
One short story I read required the werewolves to eat something absurd like 25,000 calories daily in order to maintain themselves. Going by my calculations you would need to rig up some sort of feed bag and wear it at all times.Temperance wrote:If such rapid regen can happen during the shift, why not all the time? Why would such extreme and advanced healing only happen during those moments? And what about human forms? Sure, the body shape is different, but the ultimate and general spectrum of the person's biochemistry would remain unaltered, including one's metabolism rate. Would a werewolf, no matter their form, be able to heal quickly, and if they could, how would this affect their ability to remain under the radar? How would they find enough energy (mainly in the form of food?) to feed that regen? Seems tricky XD I have to say, if the skeptics are ever proven wrong, and werewolves do come to light (if they even exist in the first place) the hand that created them has a far better head on him then I do!
God help you if Obelix gets infected.Wingman wrote:One short story I read required the werewolves to eat something absurd like 25,000 calories daily in order to maintain themselves. Going by my calculations you would need to rig up some sort of feed bag and wear it at all times.Temperance wrote:If such rapid regen can happen during the shift, why not all the time? Why would such extreme and advanced healing only happen during those moments? And what about human forms? Sure, the body shape is different, but the ultimate and general spectrum of the person's biochemistry would remain unaltered, including one's metabolism rate. Would a werewolf, no matter their form, be able to heal quickly, and if they could, how would this affect their ability to remain under the radar? How would they find enough energy (mainly in the form of food?) to feed that regen? Seems tricky XD I have to say, if the skeptics are ever proven wrong, and werewolves do come to light (if they even exist in the first place) the hand that created them has a far better head on him then I do!