Eyebrows and Palms?
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Eyebrows and Palms?
So, do you all think that werewolves in human form would have unibrows? How 'bout hairy palms?
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I went with "other" in that I see both being present but neither absolute.
The convergent eyebrows I would expect to be common, because they'd grow back after every shapeshift. If you pluck eyebrows, they might not regrow right away, but they'd regenerate fairly quickly, maybe in a day or two, and then reappear after the next shift. If you just shave them, they'll be back next shift.
The hairy palms I wouldn't expect to be very common, except in someone who's having trouble shifting completely human. But, right now I know of no real-life cases of it. The palm is covered with glabrous skin, which doesn't grow hair.
The convergent eyebrows I would expect to be common, because they'd grow back after every shapeshift. If you pluck eyebrows, they might not regrow right away, but they'd regenerate fairly quickly, maybe in a day or two, and then reappear after the next shift. If you just shave them, they'll be back next shift.
The hairy palms I wouldn't expect to be very common, except in someone who's having trouble shifting completely human. But, right now I know of no real-life cases of it. The palm is covered with glabrous skin, which doesn't grow hair.
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Right! Why didn't I think about that. Wolfs also can't have hair on the pads, thats kinda like the same thing.Scott Gardener wrote: The palm is covered with glabrous skin, which doesn't grow hair.
Scott Gardener wrote: I'd be afraid to shift if I were to lose control. If I just looked fuggly, I'd simply be annoyed every full moon.
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I think Pariah's suggestion would be a much better way to indicate that a human is really a lycanthrope. It would be less noticeable than the hairy, joined brows or palms, and would be a lot more aesthetically pleasing.PariahPoet wrote:Instead of hairy palms or a unibrow I wouldn't mind seeing just barely enlarged canines. But it would have to be very subtle and still within the boundaries of what could occur naturally for a human. (my canines, for example, are not longer than most peoples just more pointed)
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Then why aren't you bombed with ducky's yet?Figarou wrote:Morkulv wrote:OMG TEH WEREWOLF!!11one
And since the muzzle disappears, my tounge is very long in human form.
Scott Gardener wrote: I'd be afraid to shift if I were to lose control. If I just looked fuggly, I'd simply be annoyed every full moon.
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online yes, real life no. but i'm planning that day when i do though MUW HA HA HA!! watch your back figarou!!
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i think hairy palms and unibrows are just over clieque. besides its common thing to have people with unibrows i have one but i shave mine. it's not a reliable way to tell a werewolf from human
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i think hairy palms and unibrows are just over clieque. besides its common thing to have people with unibrows i have one but i shave mine. it's not a reliable way to tell a werewolf from human
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Unibrows are fairly common. I see at least one person that has it every day (aside from myself). I don't shave or pluck my unibrow, it's fine enough that it doesn't really show unless you know it's there and/or are really looking.
Try it. Next time you're out and about, make eye contact with whoever you interact with and take a glance at their brow. Fair-to-good chance they'll meet in the middle.
Also, regarding the comment about wolves not having hair on their paw pads...that's not the palm, the palm on a digitigrade four-leg stance would merge and le ngthen into the fetlocks (the shaft of the leg immediately above the paws). The paw pads would actually be the balls of the hands and feet and the fingerpads. The thumb decreases in size and becomes the dew claw.
Deer and other ungulates go even more extreme: they don't run on their fingerpads, they actually run on their fingernails.
Try it. Next time you're out and about, make eye contact with whoever you interact with and take a glance at their brow. Fair-to-good chance they'll meet in the middle.
Also, regarding the comment about wolves not having hair on their paw pads...that's not the palm, the palm on a digitigrade four-leg stance would merge and le ngthen into the fetlocks (the shaft of the leg immediately above the paws). The paw pads would actually be the balls of the hands and feet and the fingerpads. The thumb decreases in size and becomes the dew claw.
Deer and other ungulates go even more extreme: they don't run on their fingerpads, they actually run on their fingernails.
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Unibrows don't have to be big and bushy. Mine's not too loud or obtrusive. (But, I do have one, too.)
I have yet to see anyone besides an iguana to have a second finger equal to or greater than the third in length. I've left that one out of my werewolf image because it doesn't seem to square with anatomy, unless someone noticed a hand shifting that wasn't completely finished.
I have yet to see anyone besides an iguana to have a second finger equal to or greater than the third in length. I've left that one out of my werewolf image because it doesn't seem to square with anatomy, unless someone noticed a hand shifting that wasn't completely finished.
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I don't have a Unibrow...but I do have a patch of hair dirrectly inbetween them, but seperated. ...Just felt like sharing...
On Topic: I Voted No...though perhaps I should have said "other".
I don't think Lycanthtopy should CAUSE that sort of thing, allthough, Like the enlarged Canines idea, I think that becoming a werewolf might exagerate any unusual features that you may allready have. If you allready have a Unibrow...it would become nearly impossible to keep plucked or shaved. If you have large teeth, they would look slightly larger and sharper. And if you have thick, bushy eyebrows like me...well...I'd probobly look pretty fuzzy.
...in my case, it might also make my divided brow look like a complete unibrow...but I don't care for the idea that it would make EVERYONE who becomes a werewolf have a thick unibrow.
As for Hairy palms...maybe as a very, very rare side effect. (My dogs have hair growing between thier paw pads, though I don't know if this exists on wolves as well.)
On Topic: I Voted No...though perhaps I should have said "other".
I don't think Lycanthtopy should CAUSE that sort of thing, allthough, Like the enlarged Canines idea, I think that becoming a werewolf might exagerate any unusual features that you may allready have. If you allready have a Unibrow...it would become nearly impossible to keep plucked or shaved. If you have large teeth, they would look slightly larger and sharper. And if you have thick, bushy eyebrows like me...well...I'd probobly look pretty fuzzy.
...in my case, it might also make my divided brow look like a complete unibrow...but I don't care for the idea that it would make EVERYONE who becomes a werewolf have a thick unibrow.
As for Hairy palms...maybe as a very, very rare side effect. (My dogs have hair growing between thier paw pads, though I don't know if this exists on wolves as well.)
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