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IblisPendragon · Post by **IblisPendragon** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:34 am

NB! MIGHT CONTAIN SPOILERS

So obviously this is about the werewolves in Harry Potter..In the Half Blood Prince Bill gets bit or scratched by Fenrir Greyback,(excellent name btw) but not while he's in his transformed form. It is said, however, that Bill will not fully transform when the full moon comes, but he may act a bit wolfish and generally strange. And the wounds Fenrir gave him will not heal properly .....

Now, would any of this be true for "real" werwolves and their victims?

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:48 am

Depends on the setting, for 'magical' lycanthropy, like that in HP, then I could see partial effects like that. For a more 'biological' lycanthropy like in Freeborn, I figure it's all or nothing.

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 11:59 am

Lupin has a point there and I completely agree with him it all depends if lycanthropy is magical or a desease cause if it's a desease he would just be a full werewolf too.

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:02 pm

Fenrir wrote:Lupin has a point there and I completely agree with him it all depends if lycanthropy is magical or a desease cause if it's a desease he would just be a full werewolf too.

or an evolution

you forgot that

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 12:06 pm

If it were an evelution it would be imposible to spread. So bill would just have been mauled

Aki · Post by **Aki** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 2:21 pm

And the wounds Fenrir gave him will not heal properly .....

If the scientific Lycanthropy, the wounds would have to heal. Magickal is another case.

The body isn't stupid. Wounds are damage. You heal damage, otherwise you can't function properly.

Figarou · Post by **Figarou** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:08 pm

Aki wrote:
And the wounds Fenrir gave him will not heal properly .....
If the scientific Lycanthropy, the wounds would have to heal. Magickal is another case.

The body isn't stupid. Wounds are damage. You heal damage, otherwise you can't function properly.

"Danger, Will Robinson!! Danger!!"

Fenrir · Post by **Fenrir** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:33 pm

Oh no a lost in space pun

warning warning

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 4:37 pm

Aki wrote:
And the wounds Fenrir gave him will not heal properly .....
If the scientific Lycanthropy, the wounds would have to heal. Magickal is another case.

The body isn't stupid. Wounds are damage. You heal damage, otherwise you can't function properly.

I think what it was is that Bill's wounds healed, but there was a lot of scarring (when normally there is none.)

Aki · Post by **Aki** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:48 pm

Lupin wrote:
Aki wrote:
And the wounds Fenrir gave him will not heal properly .....
If the scientific Lycanthropy, the wounds would have to heal. Magickal is another case.

The body isn't stupid. Wounds are damage. You heal damage, otherwise you can't function properly.
I think what it was is that Bill's wounds healed, but there was a lot of scarring (when normally there is none.)

Ah. I haven't read that far...

Some scarring makes sense, but for the sense of hiding scarring seems like something that would be healed quickly. Otherwise when you want to find Werewolves, you look for the guys with claw and bite scars.

Lupin · Post by **Lupin** » Sat Jul 30, 2005 10:05 pm

Aki wrote:Ah. I haven't read that far...

It's mentioned that he's scarred a couple of pages after the incident.

Aki wrote:Some scarring makes sense, but for the sense of hiding scarring seems like something that would be healed quickly.

Well I was talking about Bill specifically. Since he was bitten by a werewolf, (and lycanthropy is magical) the wounds are cursed and they can't heal them properly. I'm not sure regular werewolf bites are like that.