Building a better werewolf: stereotypes (1)

Though this has been covered many MANY times via comments, chatrooms, and so on, I feel it is time this become an article (or series of articles) to save much effort and much repeating oneself. There has ALWAYS been a string of misconceptions, assumptions, and stereotypes in regards to what makes a werewolf. While there have been past articles here and there, I thought I would do an extensive one `straight from the wolf`s mouth` so to speak.

This is usually the number one go to for all adolescents that want to lay claim to a wolfish nature. The fact of the matter is, they are entering into the full swing of puberty and as such their bodies are undergoing physical changes with bone growth, muscle development, a higher/faster metabolism, hormonal mood swings, and more. These things along with the heavy marketing to teens with all things supernatural (most YA books and shows are supernatural in subject matter), it is easy to make a leap from puberty to` I'm a supernatural`. Unfortunately for the youth of today, these things a supernatural does not make. They are going through natural, normal physical changes that are NOT supernatural. 

There is a couple of things that go along with this. The first being, `My parents are shifters so I'm a shifter too!` This is not necessarily true. Because being a supernatural IS a recessive trait, there is no guarantee that the offspring will be a supernatural. People tend to forget, shifters are still humans first and foremost. Being a shifter is more of a mutation than anything and not technically a species in of itself. I will cover the genetics of it in another article later on.

The second thing that goes with the `family affair` and I see this far too often for it remotely credible is what we are going to call `orphan Annie`. I don't know why kids come to this conclusion to be honest, but they like to convince themselves and others that they were abandoned at birth. There is almost always some mysterious story to go along with this claim as well. `My parents were being hunted!` `My parents were killed!` I was left on a doorstep with (insert some mysterious magical object!) `these are all fabrications created by those who simply refuse to accept the fact that they are normal. Because I refuse to believe, as someone who works in public safety and sees it all, that there are THAT MANY kids in 2003-2006 that were abandoned on doorsteps with wolf necklaces and mysterious runes. Especially when such objects mysteriously go missing or the runes are wrong.

This is referring to claims of partial shifting. partial shifting IS NOT REAL. Period. You aren't going to grow a tail or sprout fluffy ears because you try really really hard. Your hands are not going to turn to paws. Your eyes are not going to turn yellow. You are not going to look like an anime character. Anyone who has the most basic understanding of shifting is going to tell you this. No way no how. The reason why is when a shift triggers, its EVERYWHERE. You cannot isolate where it happens because once it starts, you have very little control over it and how it affects you. This is one of the reasons it is so dangerous and why I actively advise against it. Another big reason as to why it is not possible is conservation of mass. You cannot make mass where it previously didn't exist. When shifting occurs it is not creating mass but rearranging it. So you cannot form a tail and fluffy ears without losing mass from other parts of your body. Neko dreams crushed.

And speaking of conservation of mass.....

Another popular claim/misconception is the Super Wolf. We have all met this person at some point. Claiming they are 7 feet tall 500lbs of furry wrath. This simply isn't true nor reasonable. Despite being supernatural beings, the laws of mass and physics DO still apply. You cannot create matter where it previously did not exist. The only way this would be possible is if there was a change in density. As such a 6`200lb person turning into a giant horse wolf, would be so fragile in bone structure that walking would snap their legs. There is no super special jumbo wolf. This also applies to any specialized `Holier than thou` types like `Royals` or `Natural Alpha bloodline`. This is simply fabrication to boost ego.

Perhaps one of the most popular causes of causing one to think themselves a shifter is the oh so common `I dream about wolves!` A dream does not dictate reality. However, fixating on a particular dream or topic will create more dreams of similar nature. This also applies to the `spirit guide` episodes. Just because you dream of an animal does not mean it is a guide or that you are a supernatural being . While dreams can hold significance SOMETIMES, not every glimpse of a furry woodland creature is going to be an omen of the supernatural.

No. Just no. Stop it.

The moon has no impact on shifters at all. While the moon does possess its own magic, it will never trigger a shift. This is a dead give away for a fraud. `Moon crazed` is a thing, just ask any public safety worker. EVERYONE, human and supernatural alike, has a tendency to get a little extra cuckoo for cocoa puffs.

THE ONLY WAY TO BE A SUPERNATURAL IS TO BE BORN ONE! There is no spell, ritual, subliminal, bite, summoning, or curse that is going to make you something you are not. There are several reasons that this will not work.

Subliminals - It is glorified brainwashing. There is no credible scientific evidence to support being able to `think yourself ` into being a supernatural being. The `symptoms` incurred from subliminals is purely psychosomatic.

Spells, Rituals, Summoning, and Curses -  There is no shifting spell. All the spells online for turning into a supernatural are written by kids who cant spell in a grammatical sense. The truth is no magic user or magical creature possesses the amount of `oomph` needed to alter another person on such a molecular level to change someone's DNA. Not only that but it would go against nature. Forcing a living creature to become something it was never intended to be while drive it mad and cause a slow madness induced death. Assuming it wouldn't kill the subject outright.

Bites - Another tell tale sign of a fraud. This has never and will never work. You will get an infection.

Not sure where the rumor that shifters are immortal came from but it is false. As well as invulnerability. While we can be of sturdy stock, we are not immune to injury or death. Werewolves in particular ARE STILL HUMAN, they are simply that turn into wolves. The bullets don't have to be silver to kill you. Supernatural's are still susceptible to lifestyle choices as well. They will still get sick, fat, weak, tired, and die.

This concludes what I am sure will be first of many articles a I go through the ins and outs of what's wolf in nature and what it is to be a werewolf in the modern world.

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