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Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 3:12 pm
by Spongy
:o Very nicely said there, Scott. 8)

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 7:01 pm
by Vuldari
spongypants23 wrote::o Very nicely said there, Scott. 8)
Agreed...I think that is the best summary of the popular, middle ground consensus I've heard so far. Image

Everyones personal preferences generally vary from this in one way or another, but I think that comes as close as one can to an "Average" werewolf concept, (in terms of popular opinion).

Clear, to the point, and far less excessively verbose than I would have written it. Very nice. Image

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:17 pm
by Silver
Lessee

Me no Lycan either, Fig

Scott, the best description I've seen of the Freeborn character. Pretty much on the money.

What do they call themselves? Jack, Donna, Max, Zane, etc. They don't call themselves anything, really. How often do you and your friends refer to yourselves, in particular, as humans? Not a lot. It kinds seems obvious to the people who know you. So in the general course of their lives, they don't really refer to themselves, other than as themselves.

Some of them have blonde hair, some of them have blue eyes, and some of them are jerks and some of them are nice. They are who they are.... furred or smooth.

Me, were I one, I'd be wanting to sing it out in the woods every full moon.

:howl:  :oo :howl:  :oo :howl:  :oo :howl:  :oo :howl:  :oo

Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:32 pm
by Figarou
Silver wrote:Lessee

Me no Lycan either, Fig

Scott, the best description I've seen of the Freeborn character. Pretty much on the money.

What do they call themselves? Jack, Donna, Max, Zane, etc. They don't call themselves anything, really. How often do you and your friends refer to yourselves, in particular, as humans? Not a lot. It kinds seems obvious to the people who know you. So in the general course of their lives, they don't really refer to themselves, other than as themselves.

Some of them have blonde hair, some of them have blue eyes, and some of them are jerks and some of them are nice. They are who they are.... furred or smooth.

Me, were I one, I'd be wanting to sing it out in the woods every full moon.

:howl:  :oo :howl:  :oo :howl:  :oo :howl:  :oo :howl:  :oo

Oooo.....I like how you explain things, Silver. :o

I am SO glad you, and everyone else involved, knows what they're doing in this project.


Heh...and you used my little "lycan" joke. HA!! :lol:

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:06 pm
by wolfsangel
ok, im going to look like an idiot for asking but... what ethnic group are they. i mean ethnic as in heritage (ie. irish, german, itailin, and such like that.)
until then all standard werewolf is good.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 9:44 pm
by Spongy
Ethnic group of the werewolf would depend on where they are from...just like humans.

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 10:14 pm
by Kaebora
Very nice sum-up there Scott. I'll definately end up quoteing that post in the future... if you don't mind. :)

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:05 pm
by Scott Gardener
Go right ahead, Kaebora. Perhaps I should advocate the term "consensus werewolf" to describe our emergent archetype. Granted, it opens up a forum to debate as to what's consensus and what isn't, and thus the floodgates once closed re-open on a great many things.

As for werewolf nationalities, in Freeborn, the impression I get is that there's a strong Celtic influence. Silver would be more the person to ask, but, since I happen to have seen her and know that she's a Celtic red-head, I think my theory has strong support. Celtic lore certainly has its fair share of shapeshifting, and there's several Celtic heroes that sound awefully lycanthropic--Cu Chullain, for instance, was described at some point as a warrior who in battle underwent a bizarre and terrible transformation. Heck, Fin McCumhail's band of warriors, the Fianna, were made into a major werewolf tribe in a certain role-playing game.

But, as Gerald Wilson will point out during a stand-up comic improv some time around 2030 in my timeline, one of the great things about being a werewolf is that no one even thinks about nationality any more. You stop being black, white, or Hispanic, because people are just a little too busy noticing the fur or the teeth. You can be gay or bisexual, worship Pagan gods to your heart's content, or how about even voting Libertarian? Once they know you're a werewolf, it doesn't matter, because they want desperately either to get bitten or run away, screaming.

Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2007 9:49 pm
by Spongy
*applause*
Another 3-paragraph reply by the great Scott. (Great Scott! Haha..get it? No? Too bad.)

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:29 am
by Kzinistzerg
I think just sticking with "werewolf" is good. There's no need to make it extra fancy.


Edit: or, zqfmgb. That's a great name.

Zqfmgbs of the world, unite!

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:58 pm
by Scott Gardener
I don't know; Zqfmgb is kind of hard to pronounce unless you've got the hiccups. Maybe if I drink more coconut...

"Zi-kwuf-ma-gib" maybe.

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:41 am
by Midnight
wonders if a ZQFMGB is any relation to a MGBGT

Re: Zqfmgbs of the world, unite!

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 8:28 am
by TakeWalker
Scott Gardener wrote:I don't know; Zqfmgb is kind of hard to pronounce unless you've got the hiccups. Maybe if I drink more coconut...

"Zi-kwuf-ma-gib" maybe.
"ZUKH-foom-a-gub"

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:24 pm
by Silverwolfman
then i guess the decision is final dont ya think just call them werwolves. better then calling them something else then the people watching will be like what are those i havent seen them yet how do they look like even though they'd be talking about the 'wolves on screen. so put it simply put my count down for werewolves only

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 5:37 pm
by Kzinistzerg
Midnight wrote:wonders if a ZQFMGB is any relation to a MGBGT
It's a reference to Calvin and Hobbes, in which they play scrabble...

[Calvin and Hobbes are playing Scrabble.]
Calvin: Ha! I've got a great word and it's on a "Double word score" box!
Hobbes: "ZQFMGB" isn't a word! It doesn't even have a vowel!
Calvin: It is so a word! It's a worm found in New Guinea! Everyone knows that!
Hobbes: I'm looking it up.
Calvin: You do, and I'll look up that 12-letter word you played with all the Xs and Js!
Hobbes: What's your score for ZQFMGB?
Calvin: 957.

Scientific Progress Goes "Boink" p76
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bill_Watterson

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:13 am
by Midnight
That was just me being silly... a MGBGT is a little British sports car.

Don't know that particular Calvin and Hobbes quote... read the strip in the morning paper if I see it but don't have any collections of it. Some of them are classics though... the one where his father tries to explain how they work out what sort of weight a bridge is rated for...

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:55 pm
by Jessie-Simone
Maby safe werewolfs.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:37 am
by ChaosWolf
Kzinistzerg wrote:I think just sticking with "werewolf" is good. There's no need to make it extra fancy.


Edit: or, zqfmgb. That's a great name.
fhqwhgads.

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:12 pm
by Vuldari
ChaosWolf wrote:
Kzinistzerg wrote:I think just sticking with "werewolf" is good. There's no need to make it extra fancy.


Edit: or, zqfmgb. That's a great name.
fhqwhgads.
"Everybody to the Limit!" Image

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:24 pm
by Scott Gardener
OK, now we're being silly. Back to topic, everyone!

Nothing to see; move along...

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:20 am
by JoshuaMadoc
Choice 1: Lycanthropes.

Choice 2: Werewolves.

Choice 3: Therian.

Choice 4: Anima.

Choice 5: [nationality here] Dog-man.

Choice 6: Atma. (Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner)

Choice 7: Demon. (Shin Megami Tensei series)

Either one is fine for me. They all sound cool.

EDIT: I forgot, this is Freeborn-related. DISREGARD THAT, I CAN'T READ.

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:27 am
by Kirk Hammett
I'm happy with any name other than 'Lycan'

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:37 am
by Templar
They are da Wolvez Who Say "NI!"

Actually, they just changed it. They are now da Wolvez Who Say "Icky-icky-icky-waKAng-zoom-BOinger-ound" (Ni!)


Yes, apparently I am posting idiotic $&!t at da moment.....

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 12:48 am
by Spongy
Templar wrote:They are da Wolvez Who Say "NI!"

Actually, they just changed it. They are now da Wolvez Who Say "Icky-icky-icky-waKAng-zoom-BOinger-ound" (Ni!)
Roffle. (Rofl). That is from...Monty Python right? I love that.

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:16 pm
by Morkulv
You can call them Mary for all I care.