Lazywolf wrote:Lupin wrote:I would think that it would be the human form, since that the one they had "first" (before they got bitten.)
I agree. While the werewolf form is more powerful and better in almost every way, the human form was there before the bite.
Unless one was born with the virus in their system. Then what ever they were born as ( wolf, gestalt or human ) by that logic would be their true form.
Many different mythologys ( especially modern ), have different ways of handling this idea.
Traditional werewolf mythos, of teh older variety, just state that the werewolf is a human you is taken over by their beast.
So if we stick to somethign a bit more historical, then yes I can see the human form being the 'default' or 'true form'.., even for a birthed werewolf.
But...
If we take other considerations into play, things change drastically. The need to hide becomes more important.
Like in "The Promise"
( finished, great novel for a soft-core romance styled horror book. Lots of intresting ideas! ) the werewolf's true form is a wolf. They have no hybrid form, no middle form. Just wolf to human and back again. They are born as wolves, but singally.., no litters. There is also a huge span of time between births as well.
They have to hide their natures by "getting to the bodies first". Unless a MAJOR issue occurs, werewolves in that novel apparently can control where they will die to some extent. The way it was written, it seemed as though it wasn't often that they had to hide the bodies ( but it does happen ).
That and the bodies decay REALLY fast too.
In W.W. WWtA, the death-induced form takes on its breed form, as in that genre wolves and humans can cross-mate with werewolves. Their 'true form' is their birth form.
This then brings up the questiosn of how this particular movie is going to handle the "true form" aspect of things.
--> Does the virus change the body so drastically that they are no longer truely human anymore? From what I have read, it very well could.
--> Does the virus only change the body in such a way as to effect the "Change" and that's it? If its a wide spread of a virus.., then that doesn't make sense. But then again, this -is- a movie, so not everythign HAS to make sense ( I just preferr it. ;) *chuckles* ).
--> What of born werewolves, do they still need to be bitten to effect the change. Adding the "live" virus to their system even though the virus exists there upon birth?
--> What form would the fetus take as it developed? What does teh virus do to that? Does it even effect human biology on that level? See above questions.
--> CAN werewolves even breed. yers many of us would like that.., but what if the virus made them sterile? Thatwould solve a HUGE hole in biology and its not utterly unheard of. Makes it less fun, sure, but could be another reason why teh wereolves are so dern secretive and impartial. Who -becomes- a werewolf, who interacts with a werewolf.., etc.., could become even more important.., -because- werewolvs can't breed.
( Now I don't know about any on the rest of you, but I kinda like that idea. Its different, and I haven't seen it done anywhere else as far as I know. )
Answering some of these questions more throughly.., if the Pack feels its even warranted.., may help us solve the "true form" issues.
*grins*
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