Posted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 5:00 am
Er. Assuming I read that correctly...
Why would werewolves kill that many people?
Why would werewolves kill that many people?
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course it is a very interesting story.....you can promise and swear to an oath to kill anyone and anything "infected" with lycantropy, but what do you do when it is you, your friend, team member (or members? maybe wws bite -Everyone- in squad and lets them go!) You just think you know what you're going to do until it happens to you!Ralith wrote:That would make an interesting story in and of itself. A squad of werewolf-hunting soldiers... botched operation... one gets bitten, and procedure is to kill him, but he has a friend... escape... hiding from the government as the bitten man begins to feel the effects, and his friend tries to come to terms with the situation... Someone find an author
wonder what else is on the "to Be Written" list? definately a story worth exploringHmmm....you're right, that would make a good story in and of itself. *Grabs a notebook and starts jotting down notes* I'll add it to my list of "To Be Written".
Er, I was talking about the bond between the hunters. Not werewolves.celtwolf wrote:part of the bond thing might be a common experiance with werewolves, i.e. a friend or family member killed by one.
it's not really that they actually killed that many people. some of the people who think that their friend or relative was killed might've been wrong and the person they thought was dead was just bitten and made into a werewolf, leaving without any indication that they were left alive.Ralith wrote:Er. Assuming I read that correctly...
Why would werewolves kill that many people?
As I said in a previous post in this thread, a werewolf hunter infected with lycanthropy would be lost at first, but he could eventually come to terms with what he has become and use it against his enemies. He would consider himself to be not a monster, but a victim of the monster -- a bite victim -- and he might even consider infection of lycanthropy to be a common hazard of the job. Thinking of himself as a werewolf victim would help him come to terms with being a werewolf; because he didn't choose to be a werewolf, he was made into one, therefore it is now his duty in life to ensure that no other human beings should suffer as he now suffers.Ronkonkoma wrote:True, but that is also terribly ironic, and while there has been stories of half-vampires (blade, vampire hunter D) hunting vampires (or in Hellsing, Vampires hunting human-made vampires) In those sort of stories the antagonist is different than the Protagonist that is hunting them.Timber-WoIf wrote:or, he could simply use teh situation to his advantage and continue hunting other werewolves. Cept it might be a tad easier.
But when you get bitten and change into a Werewolf... there isn't any 'halfway' point, you become what you hate, fear and hunt, which is very dramatic, tragic, ironic, ect ect.
I just don't see how a hunter could use his lycantropy as an advantage to hunt other werewolves, plus since he's a WW, other hunters are likely to kill him just as soon as kill another WW.
Maybe hunter might get revenge by killing the WW that turned him, and get a nasty surprise that killing the WW that bit you doesn't let you be human again.
The werewolf hunting werewolf would probably be more worried about own survival over trying to exterminate werewolves off the face of the earth. become a rogue/lone WW living way away from others
A group of lycantropy infected hunters could be more dangerous to WWs than plain hunters alone, and would probably work by attacking a pack directly, or indirectly by joining into a pack, and then try to cause conflict with another. Why do the hard work when you could possibly cause the WWs to fight and kill each other? Hunters with lycantropy could also start a pack, and take advantage of 'disillusioned' young lycantropes and create a gang-like environment where the hunter-pack is 'better' than other packs, so therefore other packs should be eliminated, again use WWs to hunt and hurt each other without realizing the hunter/lycantropes true agenda.Terastas wrote:As I said in a previous post in this thread, a werewolf hunter infected with lycanthropy would be lost at first, but he could eventually come to terms with what he has become and use it against his enemies. He would consider himself to be not a monster, but a victim of the monster -- a bite victim -- and he might even consider infection of lycanthropy to be a common hazard of the job. Thinking of himself as a werewolf victim would help him come to terms with being a werewolf; because he didn't choose to be a werewolf, he was made into one, therefore it is now his duty in life to ensure that no other human beings should suffer as he now suffers.
He could still theoretically retain any connections -- maybe even gain some -- after being infected with lycanthropy. If he pleads his case to any comrades in arms he has -- that he is a victim of werewolves and he plans to hunt them for the rest of his life, they may stick by him out of respect. There would, of course, be werewolf hunters that would try to kill him on sight, but he could maybe balance that out by working in partnership with other hunters-turned-werewolf (I imagine more than a handful of werewolves would delight in the poetic irony of infecting a hunter, therefore there might be more than just a few infected hunters out there) that have made the exact same resolution.
Even if the aim of the werewolf hunter(s) was the total anihilation of werewolves, all he would need to do to keep himself and any comrades loyal to the cause is promise to commit harakiri once their work is over. You are right that most werewolf hunters would panic and either kill themselves or eventually fall at the mercy of the pack, but any werewolf hunter worth his salt should know that people get killed in this line of work, and should think of death or infection as an inevitable part of the job.
And yes, it is the "us or them" mentality that allows werewolves to be hunted. The reverse could also apply for werewolves, but werewolves with an "us or them" mentality probably have a much higher mortality rate than those that do not.
And there's always the advantages of lycanthropy too, like enhanced senses and regeneration. There would be the problems of things like scent trails in addition to all the ways a "normal" hunter could trackA group of lycantropy infected hunters could be more dangerous to WWs than plain hunters alone
It's actually from "An american werewolf in paris"Scott Gardener wrote:A common hazard among werewolf hunters, of course, is getting bitten and becoming the very thing they hate. I'm sure there would be more than one in which this was a problem. And, werewolves hunting other werewolves could get messy. Especially if their primary source of information on the legend is An American Werewolf in London, and they get in their heads that they can cure themselves by killing either the one who bit them or the first of the bloodline (who unless you have immortal werewolves in your storyline are probably long dead already).
Not a problem, though I'm going to have to disagree with this:Ronkonkoma wrote: missed your eariler post there Terastas, sorry bout that sometimes i don't read things as carefully as i should
I think for a werewolf pack to hope to coexist in human society, they would have to be organized and wary of outsiders. Initiating themselves into a werewolf pack could be even harder than just identifying them and killing them. It would certainly be even more time consuming.. . . or indirectly by joining into a pack, and then try to cause conflict with another. Why do the hard work when you could possibly cause the WWs to fight and kill each other?
That's why they make effective antagonists. Even lifelong Christians resent fanatical Christians.Moonstalker wrote:I'm a Christian but I hate those fanatics who are trying make all look evil.
No more than a man who hunts lions needs their strength or speed. Werewolf hunters fall back on the human advantage - tool use. With the right tools, they grant themselves the ability to win, or at least a good chance to survive the encounter.WerewolfKeeper3 wrote:(Okay, i don't know if any one has posted this idea or one similar to it.
SHouldn't werewolf hunters have similar abilities to werewolves?
Strength, speed, agility, inhaced sense of smell, sight and hearing.
Hunters normally use those senses, don't they?
And about that whole, sniper rifel thing? Someone probably brought up the fact that if they miss, they're lunch meat. Pardon the exprension. Wouldn't it necessary fro them also to have either some healing abliiltes or not to be able to die at all, for them to compete with creatures that could rip them in half? It just seems wise to assume that the Hunters would either have to be equal with or have an advantage over werewolves, in order to successfully hunt, trap and/or kill them. Just a thought.)
It's an idea that's been passed around frequently.WerewolfKeeper3 wrote:(about the whole, humans intergrating with werewolf society in order to hunt them thing? Would it plossable that a human would be caught, but not killed, and the pack attempt to get him on their side, in order to help them? Just an idea.)
Haha. Hey - it might work if one catches you will you're doing the laundry or something!Set wrote:...Now I've got this image in my head of a hunter spraying a werewolf in the face with Febreze. Thanks for that.
Oh, I'd luv ta hear the story behin this...Kirk Hammett wrote:I saw some scary hunters once.
And I have never, ever, seen such immaturity.
They were 'lycan hunters'. They hunted therianthropes. Yes, therianthropes, like you and I, just ordinary humans with some animal spiritualities.
Frankly, I believe they were nothing but bored children.