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Post by barttp on Feb 21, 2010 7:44:12 GMT -5
Hi, greetings to you all! Today werewolves are shown as some kind of superheroes - being werewolf is cool and big advantage. Same vampires. But lycanthropy is a CURSE, you shoudn' t have ANY benefits from being one! So, NO transformation at will, NO controlling rage (It' s the weakest part in "Howling", I suppose), at full moon you should kill your girlfriend, your mom, dad, cat, dog and neighbor, pillage whole area and howl your hatred to the skies. And I like the idea of nightmares as in "AWWIL" or "Wolfman", because you are haunted by your actions even when you' re not in wolf form. I don' t like too much permament transformation as in "Ginger Snaps" or "Wolf", but I can handle it - after all, you kill everybody in wolfman form until first full moon - but still, you lost your conscience after full transformation and thus curse is over (for you I mean, not to some poor fellows you bite). So, let' s say it again, loud: NO for superheroes werewolves!  And what you think about this? |
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Post by Moonreaper on Feb 21, 2010 10:59:08 GMT -5
I think you need to go read The Werewolfs Guide to Life, if your into parody, it will give you all the ups and downs of being lycan.Not really superhero, but no more of a curse than a cancer that cant kill you.
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Post by barttp on Feb 21, 2010 11:10:36 GMT -5
My point is, that you never should want to be a werewolf. In recent movies you' re dying to be one of them.  |
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Post by Moonreaper on Feb 21, 2010 11:21:38 GMT -5
OOOOOOOO I get ya, foolish very foolish.  |
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Post by Marcus on Feb 22, 2010 9:25:38 GMT -5
There's a lot of myth and legends and rumours about regarding werewolves, and indeed the other kinds of lycanthropy.
I agree certain modern films have painted them (along with vampires) into something to asipre towards, whereas the older films/books painted them in a dark light.
The way they are portaide says more about the current culture and desires of watchers than about what a werewolf should be.
One man's curse is anothers blessing.
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Post by Sebiale on Mar 8, 2010 1:28:35 GMT -5
Traditional lore is much more prejudiced towards being a werewolf, after all, then tend to die in traditional tales, a lot.
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Post by Werewolf on Mar 8, 2010 18:06:27 GMT -5
I can see why there would be some attracted to the power being a werewolf could give them and actively seek it out. In most of the mythology you never heard of someone becoming a werewolf because they'd been bitten. They always seek these powers out by making a deal with the devil. Personally i'd have asked for a lot of cash rather than a bone crushing transformation into a frenzied beast.... but that's just me!
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Post by Marcus on Mar 9, 2010 9:26:25 GMT -5
Just hope he doesn't pay you in millions of pennies dropped from an airplane on top of you.
And most of the time he'll not say "hey want to be a crazed uncontrolled monster?" but something like "I can help you be strong, help you so the others will no longer pick on you, give you a way to fight back and protect yourself".
hmm, they should make a new werewolf film where it's a deal with the devil rather than a curse, or a bite. and the werewolf goes out to get all those that caused his life misery and hurt him.
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Post by eloojak on Jul 18, 2010 12:35:42 GMT -5
Yep you do have a point there,but at the same time,how far back in the myths and legends did you look? because in the bible there is Saint Peters wolf,although there is also a case of another saint ,patrick i think ,who cursed a king to become a ravenous wolf,there is also the norse myths,which portray both good and evil werebeasts and the same in russian mythology also and again in greek and even in celtic as well,as far as i can gather it wasn't until the first inquisitions began that such creatures were viewed as evil and it was also about that time that parts of the bible began being changed as it was more impressed upon people to become christian.
Throughout history there have been reports of both kinds,once again as said before of them being good and evil ,and them being viewed in various cultures of being protectors in the dark from such evil things,for example the thralls of Bacchus in greek mythology who fed on farmers and villagers were in some stories kept at bay by lupine hunters ,and even after all this,we have Roman history/mythology concerning Romulus and Remus,the two boys who came from wolves and built rome,in some of the stories they were born of wolves and had lupine eyes ,raises alot more questions about it once you start looking into history surrounding werewolves and the myths .
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Post by Werewolf on Jul 20, 2010 12:51:02 GMT -5
Yeah i don't do Bible reading tbh but i am familiar with roman and greek mythology, which i love reading.
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Post by Marcus on Jul 30, 2010 10:10:19 GMT -5
I'm curious now as to what the 1st werewolf myth was and where it first showed up.
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Post by eloojak on Jul 31, 2010 16:58:17 GMT -5
That there is the problem as technically Anubis is a werewolf by conventional description ,and given the mentionings in the bible again you have something dating back a minimum of 2,000 years,and then there is the norse side of things with pictures in metal work dating back once again over 2,000 so as the myth pre-dates alot of history,it is difficult to tell
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Post by Ian on Aug 1, 2010 11:41:03 GMT -5
The first literary reference to werewolves comes from "The Epic Of Gilgamesh" which is a 4,000 year old poem. A Shepard is turned into a wolf as punishment, making him the enemy of his friends, his sheep and dogs.
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Post by Moonreaper on Aug 2, 2010 16:43:05 GMT -5
That is a good poem I remember that one from high school.
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Post by necrodemon on Aug 2, 2010 21:10:11 GMT -5
Gilgamesh was awesome.
Anyone think that Grendel and his Mom were werewolves?
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