Should a werewolf or other werecreature ever be self aware?
Added 2024-11-12 14:12:11 +0000 UTC
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I'm actually shocked no-one made the pun "Aware-wolf". C'mon guys!!
Tales from Davidstown
2024-11-14 09:02:20 +0000 UTCI would say that one is a normal human. But then as one is the creature, they are a different personality. Sort of like a multiple personality.
JT Kirk
2024-11-13 15:32:26 +0000 UTCThey only should be sentient if the mind/front head doesn’t transform, which almost never happens. Otherwise, they mentally die and a rabid wolf replaces them temporarily.
Darkbeast73
2024-11-13 15:26:31 +0000 UTCNah. Should always cause identity death unless the front head doesn’t transform.
Darkbeast73
2024-11-13 15:25:34 +0000 UTCThe transformation almost always causes identity death imo, but if the front head/mind isn’t transformed, identity death doesn’t occur and thus they remain sentient, which is as bad or worse.
Darkbeast73
2024-11-13 15:24:03 +0000 UTCArg - this question is taking more brain time than I expected/needed! I really am torn after reading all the comments. Now, I am of two views between mindless killer and some kind of sentient killer could work. But yeah, we don't want a furry superhero. That's what I disliked about the werewolf in Ven Helsing.
Agent00Soul
2024-11-13 07:39:02 +0000 UTCThat also makes sense!
Agent00Soul
2024-11-13 07:33:17 +0000 UTCThat also works for me.
Agent00Soul
2024-11-13 07:32:33 +0000 UTCI could go either way on this point. I guess it depends on the werewolf.
howlingfan
2024-11-13 01:44:12 +0000 UTCA sentient werewolf is a dangerous foe. If a person is sentient when they’re transformed, it stops being a curse and then becomes a gift. Even without sentience, I like the idea of a werewolf being a sort of vicious dog that attacks and kills anything in its wake. The person that is cursed is sort of like an owner holding it by a leash but forced to release it every month. Knowing when it’s happening (the release) and choosing to isolate themself to not harm anyone is entirely up to them. Bearing that burden is what makes it a curse!
Recktat19
2024-11-12 17:21:24 +0000 UTCSelf aware but not the same level of sentience - it'd be like knowing or having an awareness of who people are or where places are but not with the same knowledge and emotional recognition. Imagine if like a dog it was more about smells and they were colour blind - or if they knew a person but didn't know how, or what their relationship was, like 'friend' 'enemy' 'beware' might be the only level of awareness.
Paul
2024-11-12 16:26:10 +0000 UTCI would say they should in incredibly rare cases. Such as the wolf and the human have the same goals
Daniel DeFour
2024-11-12 15:34:58 +0000 UTCIf the personality is preserved after the change, you don't have a monster, you have a hairy-superhero or a furry. That could be fine in certain scenarios, but if you want to preserve the horror tone to your work, it is something to avoid, unless the werewolf him/herself were evil-minded as human and monster, like in The Howling franchise.
Zockereinstein
2024-11-12 15:25:30 +0000 UTCIt depends on the writer
Dane Beninger
2024-11-12 15:10:51 +0000 UTCA true alternate personality no different instincts and drives yes .Personally I like the stories of the individual being over powered by they're instincts it adds to the story and explains they're motivation to control or get rid of they're lycanthrope nature!
Cinder2004
2024-11-12 15:01:59 +0000 UTCIt definitely should be a different personality.
Agent00Soul
2024-11-12 14:49:47 +0000 UTCThis is the correct answer.
howlingfan
2024-11-12 14:42:25 +0000 UTCIt would also depend on whether they were bitten or born that way.
RayO_ElGatubelo
2024-11-12 14:22:57 +0000 UTCI like them somewhat sentient but not sentient like a human. More like the werewolves in The Howling or Cat People. Supernaturally smarter than, say a real wolf or leopard, but still a vicious animal ultimately.
Agent00Soul
2024-11-12 14:21:40 +0000 UTCI think the mindless animal option makes them more unpredictable and therefore potentially more interesting for the story
Deedee Knowles
2024-11-12 14:15:12 +0000 UTCI love the concept of characters becoming mindless beasts for their first few transformations, then slowly regain their consciousness back later.
Tomato Glider
2024-11-12 14:14:58 +0000 UTC
