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Just werewolves, or get a bit fancy an say wereLupines

I hate fancy names like Lycans and Theironthropes.

and I really hate saying "those things" and such like zombie movies do.

Ordinary people should call them what they would recognize them as "werewolves" they can call themselves what ever (preferably something unique to them)

Actually, what I meant by the question is what should we call the "benign werewolf" archetype ouytside of the stories to distinguish it from the "ravening monster werewolf" archetype.

I'm really glad I'm not the only person who uses the word "archetype." It's such a fun word to say!

I can see werewolves hinting around lycanthropy, with statements such as "he's got all his duckies in a row," or "I'm worried that she might find out about the, um, moonlighting shift work I have to do this Thursday through Saturday..." Some code nicknames could emerge--"club members," "golfers," or the like. "Lycan" is definitely out, right along with "Garou." Both had their decades, right next to "awesome," "extreme," and bungee jumping.

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Rhuen wrote:I hate fancy names like Lycans and Theironthropes.

and I really hate saying "those things" and such like zombie movies do.

Ordinary people should call them what they would recognize them as "werewolves" they can call themselves what ever (preferably something unique to them)

I still say that "Therian" and "Therianthrope" are something COMPLETELY different than Werewolves and are not in any way interchangeable (and it annoys me that LoboLeo is using the word that way in his comic) but that is a rant from a completely different topic.

...sorry...I just had to say something.
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Back on Topic...Why call a WereWolf anything other than a "Werewolf" unless it is not a Werewolf...right?

There is already one more 'official' sounding word to use if Werewolf just sounds too cliche, and that's "Lycanthrope". I see no reason for making up more words that mean the same thing unless you are creating something that is NOT a werewolf.

(IMHO, I seriously doubt any self-respecting Werewolf would ever really call themself a "Lycan" ... that was just lame. A "Were" maybe...but only if they were a 'Geek' too.)

Meh, I'd guess it'd be like callin' little people dwarves er midgets. "Dwarf" er "Lil Person" is the preferred nominclature, but apparently "midget"'s as bad as the n-word. I gues werewolf er lycanthrope would work in the same way.

Hmm, I wonder what name'd be derrogatory fer werewoves....

"Sup, dawg."
"What'd you say, boy?!"
"I said, what's up, dawg."
"You F#@*in' Bastard!"
"What, what'd I do?"
"'Oh, yessa, massah, I bes a good dog fo ya, massah.' Is that what ya wanna hear?? F#$*in' hate-mongerin' Nazi.."

I know this is a little off topic - and I answered it before but it seems to have gone missing.

National (ethnic) background of the Freeborn cast. Well, we haven't cast 'em yet so I don't know. They're all Yanks (Non U.S. term for U.S. citizen).

I think. It really depends on the casting. The personality, not the nationality, will be what is looked for in the cast.

The story takes place here, so they will probably be Yanks. But again, we haven't cast. Scott's right in that there is a Celtic influence in Freeborn....but it's not a large one. In fact, if you didn't know the terminology, you wouldn't know it was Celtic.

The sequel (yes, I'm writing a sequel. How could I stay away?) Has another ethnic influence altogether.



Now, back to the topic at hand.

My vote is that as a race, they're Werewolves. Because for our culture and time, that's what they're known as.

But I'm not dead set against anything else.

I feel the need to apologize to any members who might have been offended by the "yessuh, massah" thing in my last post...

No, it makes sense. I image you'd be freaked out the first time you got greeted like that, and then it would kick in that they didn't mean that literally.

Well, I'm inclined to agree that they should just call themselves "werewolves". In a certain RPG that I used to play (that shall remain nameless since I get the feeling that there are those here that don't particularly like that game), the werewolves kept referring to themselves as the "proper" name for their species & it really sucked all the horror out of the thing. They seemed to become just furry X-Men. In my opinion anyway. Now, that said, I don't think that werewolves (at least in this particular movie) should NOT have a specific name for their species, but.....as the afforementioned game studio that shall remain nameless (hehehehe) pointed out, "that shouldn't be the ONLY word they use, anymore than we don't say 'people' or 'men and women' because we're already using the word 'humans'".

What should we call Freeborn's Werewolves?

Anything but late to dinner....

So, what do you call a big, mean, tough, intelligent werewolf who's just been through a difficult shift and probably isn't in the best of moods?

"Sir".

Midnight wrote:So, what do you call a big, mean, tough, intelligent werewolf who's just been through a difficult shift and probably isn't in the best of moods?

"Sir".

"Ith there a problem, Thir?!"

"*Annoyed growl followed by incoherent guttural speech*"

"O-oh! Coffee! R-right away, thir!"

A "Sir" is fine too.