This is the place for discussion and voting on various aspects of werewolf life, social ideas, physical appearance, etc. Also a place to vote on how a werewolf should look.
canines (including wolves)do have an increased healing rate. its not outlandishly fast but it is still faster than a humans. case in point 1:one of my aunts dogs got nutered(if thats how you spell it) he lost alot of blood and almost died, 2 days later he's fine 2:my cousin's dog was bitten by a copperhead (for those who dont know, its a hghly poisonous snake, the bite didnt even affect him.
GRIFFON:I'm Griffon ,and I'm a werewolf
GIRL:your crazy!
GRIFFON:Perhaps I was too forward.
Anyway, in reply to the first post; who says realism doesn't involve healing? If you can grow an entire tail in a matter of minutes...
Well, technically, we already have a tail...
It's just that, in those werewolves who have tails, the vertebrae in the tailbone unfuse and grow bigger/longer.
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It's still a very large and quick change. The muzzle is an equally appropriate example. If shifting powers of that level exist, at the very least accelerated normal healing should be applicable.
Apokryltaros wrote:Well, technically, we already have a tail...
It's just that, in those werewolves who have tails, the vertebrae in the tailbone unfuse and grow bigger/longer.
I see where he's coming from, though. It's still a large increase in the mass and structure that happens very quickly.
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Yeah, anything under a 10 or so pounds would be more than easy enough to hide. I've gained and lost that much and never noticed until I stepped on the scale.
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Lupin wrote:Yeah, anything under a 10 or so pounds would be more than easy enough to hide. I've gained and lost that much and never noticed until I stepped on the scale.
Fat can be burned. Is that what happens to the tail?
I think, perhaps, the mass would distribute itself evenly.
Since noone's disagreeing with me, I'll just have to have an argument with myself, I guess .
Perhaps the shifitng abilities are relatively fixed, and largely inapplicable to injuries. Extrapolating from that, I could imagine only faster normal healing in any one form, and perhaps more major healing across a shift, depending on how exactly the shifting works.
Ralith Lupus wrote:Perhaps the shifitng abilities are relatively fixed, and largely inapplicable to injuries. Extrapolating from that, I could imagine only faster normal healing in any one form, and perhaps more major healing across a shift, depending on how exactly the shifting works.
I could see this. Injuries would heal faster, but only if the werewolf shifted while he was injured. If he didn't then they would heal at the normal rate.
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Ralith Lupus wrote:Perhaps the shifitng abilities are relatively fixed, and largely inapplicable to injuries. Extrapolating from that, I could imagine only faster normal healing in any one form, and perhaps more major healing across a shift, depending on how exactly the shifting works.
I could see this. Injuries would heal faster, but only if the werewolf shifted while he was injured. If he didn't then they would heal at the normal rate.
Now wouldn't that be dangerous? Imagine a deep wound. Or lots of tissue torn away. Wouldn't the muscles tear itself apart if he shifted?
@Lupin: At the very least, when one can't summon up the energy to shift, or if an injury is too immidiatley fatal.
@Akela: If the system's flexible enough to manage reallocation of mass, I think it'd take it from non-necessary areas. If an injury was too large to be repaired with the mass on hand, I can imagine needing to shift multiple times along with eating quite a lot to fully repair it.
Wouldn't healing like that cause more damage? If a bullet entered your lungs pushing it out wouldn't seem the best idea to me. You also wouldn't want your skin healing over a bullet wound with the shell inside, moving around could cause real pain surely.
Increased healing: Yes but not underworld fast. Imagine the amount of energy needed to produce the new cells in such a short space of time. IMO It just isn't the best way to heal.