Weird werewolf question

[dedwyre]

All right, experts, answer me this: do werewolves sweat from their whole body, or just from their hands and feet?

I've been wondering this, because I'm working on that were-dog character I talked about in a previous thread. Since she's in a band, I figure performing on stage will make her break a sweat, especially if there are hot lights above. Dogs pant when they get hot, since they can't sweat from anywhere besides their legs. But this character (Randi) is the singer, so panting would kind of get in the way. I'm probably putting way more thought into this than anyone should, especially considering the stories surrounding the characters are all going to be over-the-top and goofy.

By the way, I did finally come up with a fitting name for the bad: "Rhymes With Witch."

[hawkeyepierce]

What's wrong with putting way to much thought in a story?

Unless the story gets lost in a world of logic and "yes-that-might-work"s (after all, how logical is a human changing into an animal) detail adds to the appeal of the finished product.

as for the question: No idea dude!?!

[Marcus]

It depends on the type of werewolf.

If your werewolf is covered in fur when they transform, then they'll pant like any reasonably fur'd animal - as the process of sweeting doesn't work on fur'd bodies (the insulating nature of the fur would stop the sweet from evaporating - which is how sweet cools the body).

If your werewolf is only partly fur'd than it's possible they'll retain their human sweet glands on the parts that are exposed skin.

As for the palms and soles of the feet, again would depend on if your werewolf has them harden to more leather-like skin - if so I cannot see that the sweeting process would work very well.

Other ways around it may be that they always perform with wind machines thus keeping the stage cooler, or somekind of covering they put down where they stand that projects cold (in the same way a fridge).

Don't just think of biological methods to counter the problem - if anything having them think around the problem of their physiology may be more interesting than not having them have the problem.

[dedwyre]

Exactly. That's why I tend to think about things this way. My style of creativity is to take a realistic world and insert some unrealistic elements, but still keep them grounded by realistic standards. Or something like that.

Now I need to decide if chocolate can kill werewolves/were-dogs.

[Marcus]

Would depend on if your having the werewolves being harmed by normal things, or if your keeping to the fire/silver mythical immunities side of werewolves.

If they can be harmed by normal things, than yes chocolate can kill them, just like it can kill people. - chocolate contains a poison, luckily for us, we need to eat a huge amount for it to be of lethal levels to ourselves, unlike dogs which it effects at much smaller quantities. So depending on their mythic and physiological aspects will determine the quantity that's needed, if any.

[dedwyre]

I don't bother with the "silver = Kryptonite" aspect in my werewolf stories unless it's a one-shot story and the silver seves a purpose. I heard that the silver thing, along with the full moon gimmick, was created for "The Wolfman" (or maybe "Werewolf of London") and doesn't have much basis in the traditional myths. So, like most contemporary werewolf story writers, I pick and choose the things from the legends that I want to use. I think my werewolf mythos is mostly in tune with Kelley Armstrong's, with a few distinct differences.

[Marcus]

well, it's about 22lbs of chocolate for a lethal does (personally if you had 22lbs of chocolate, you may as well bash them on the head with it, than try to get someone to eat that much) - so it's probably less than that, due to the werewolf's wolf physiology, so say about 8-10lbs?

[Werewolf]

marcus said:

well, it's about 22lbs of chocolate for a lethal does (personally if you had 22lbs of chocolate, you may as well bash them on the head with it, than try to get someone to eat that much) - so it's probably less than that, due to the werewolf's wolf physiology, so say about 8-10lbs?

22lbs!!!!! That's crazy! To hear some people talk you'd think all they had to do was eat a Mars Bar!

[dedwyre]

That's probably 22 lbs. of pure chocolate, right? I would assume 22 lbs. of milk chocolate would be too watered down with milk and sugar to equal the same potency.

[Marcus]

Your correct that milk chocolate is less poisonous than dark chocolate. I'm unsure as to which the amount refers to.

I always find it interesting that people say chocolate is bad for you, because they tend to put weight on when they eat lots of it. If anything chocolate is very very very good for you. Unfortunately our bodies have not evolved to match our environment yet, which is why when you eat food that is very very very good for you a lot, you get fatter and fatter, as your body stores the excess energy you gain from the food for use later when food is no longer available during the winter months. Unfortunately our technology has enabled us to overcome the need for this storage, but as I said our bodies have not yet evolved to the point of not storing such energy.

PS, that's also why things like chocolate taste so good, it's cause our bodies wnat us to eat the most energy rich foods.