Would werewolves be able to read in wolf or gestalt forms ?
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Would werewolves be able to read in wolf or gestalt forms ?
The same virus that changes the shape of bones, increases and decreases certain senses, may also have an affect on the WW in different forms.
Portions of the brain, of which the mind is a feature, might be both enhanced and repressed. Wild wolves have no need to process images in the fashion that permits humans to read. And yet while their vision is not so hot, their sense of hearing and smell is superb. So, even if the basic intelligence and personality is relatively intact, I pose the following question:
Will werewolves be able to read or write in their wolf and gestalt forms and why ?
Portions of the brain, of which the mind is a feature, might be both enhanced and repressed. Wild wolves have no need to process images in the fashion that permits humans to read. And yet while their vision is not so hot, their sense of hearing and smell is superb. So, even if the basic intelligence and personality is relatively intact, I pose the following question:
Will werewolves be able to read or write in their wolf and gestalt forms and why ?
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If the wolf brain does not recognize something, then the human brain should have full comprehension. It'd be more likely that the wolf instincts would interfere with a human's comprehension when it is applicable, so since the wolf brain has no need for written language, the human brain can focus with no conflicting signals.
Writing, on the other hand, is a different story. I suppose a wolf or gestalt could theoretically write, but no doubt it would take a lot of practice readjusting to the shape of their gestalt hand/paw, or worse, holding a writing utensil in the full wolf's teeth. It's possible that they could with practice, but I imagine most people woudn't have the patience to relearn a basic skill all over again.
Writing, on the other hand, is a different story. I suppose a wolf or gestalt could theoretically write, but no doubt it would take a lot of practice readjusting to the shape of their gestalt hand/paw, or worse, holding a writing utensil in the full wolf's teeth. It's possible that they could with practice, but I imagine most people woudn't have the patience to relearn a basic skill all over again.
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Re: Would werewolves be able to read in wolf or gestalt form
Most of that image processing is pattern recognition, which brains are good at. Both recognizing words and comprehending language is a learned abilitly, so I would say as long as their mind is intact, they shouldn't have any problems reading.garouda wrote:Portions of the brain, of which the mind is a feature, might be both enhanced and repressed. Wild wolves have no need to process images in the fashion that permits humans to read.
In gestalt form writing would probably be easier with those big pencils you used in elementary school.
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Destroying and re-creating a brain would require a bit more than a scientific / virus approach. Even temporarily compressing the information into an archive of neuron clusters is weird enough that you might as well keep the speech centers, reading centers, and so forth of the brain intact, and have fun trying to talk with a muzzle and squint to read with nearsighted wolfy eyes that sees "31" instead of "87" on the color-blind test pizzas.
Taking a Gestalt approach, since it's the "in" thing...
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What if in Gestalt or Werewolf forms, one suffered from dyslexia ?Timber-WoIf wrote:So long as the human side is still concious, then i cant see any reason why not...
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I don't think that would even factor in, because I don't think a werewolf could see its nose. There's a definate advantage to not having part of your vision blocked.kitetsu wrote:I'd say that your muzzle could get in the way in hybrid form when reading, so, like, you'd need to tilt your head down a bit to read stuff.
I don't see any reason why they couldn't read.
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Set wrote:I don't think that would even factor in, because I don't think a werewolf could see its nose. There's a definate advantage to not having part of your vision blocked.kitetsu wrote:I'd say that your muzzle could get in the way in hybrid form when reading, so, like, you'd need to tilt your head down a bit to read stuff.
I don't see any reason why they couldn't read.
Mmm...I think they could probably see their noses. After all, I can see my nose, and it's much smaller than a muzzle.
But, I do agree with Set that I don't think it'd be much of a problem. I only see my nose if I make a conscious effort to cross my eyes and look downward at it, and in all other circumstances, I don't really 'see' my nose. I think a werewolf would probably be about the same way. That is, though their nose might protrude slightly into their field of vision, they wouldn't notice it unless they were trying to. I don't think the presence of a muzzle would affect their ability to read.
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Aff, a muzzle wouldn't be a problem at all. Except to newbie werewolves mabie. But my glasses have rims, i don't "see" them, even though they are even more in my line of sight. And when you wear goggles, or a helmit, or a visor, you don't really "see" those either, unless you're really not used to it.
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I think not. When you brutaly transform into a werewolf, reading a book is the last thing you think about. But aside from that, I think werewolves don't have the concentration to read a book.
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I hope they could read! If I was a werewolf. Perhaps in Gestalt form they can concentrate and read, but as a wolf, maybe they're a little too scattered unless they have some sort of really strong sense of control. If they retain control, then they will have the mechanisms to also read. Well I'd think so anyway, but it is fantasy so I will vote for yes, under controlled circumstances.
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Unless they were evil humans who took pleasure in power in animal form.
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As if werewolves as a concept in and of themselves is not in the least little bit silly ?Morkulv wrote:Its way to silly to see a wolf reading...
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What if the words were red, on green paper?vrikasatma wrote:I don't see why they shouldn't. Keep in mind that werewolves ARE NOT wolves. A wolf can't read, a werewolf could. (Or should...in this country six adults in ten can't read above the second-grade reading level and two in ten can't read at all)
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That would pose a problem under full spectrum light. Under filtered red, or filtered green light, the shades of gray should be different enough to read.Apokryltaros wrote:What if the words were red, on green paper?vrikasatma wrote:I don't see why they shouldn't. Keep in mind that werewolves ARE NOT wolves. A wolf can't read, a werewolf could. (Or should...in this country six adults in ten can't read above the second-grade reading level and two in ten can't read at all)
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