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Should a werewolf or other werecreature ever be self aware?
🕑 Added 2024-11-12 14:12:11 +0000 UTC
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Tales from Davidstown
I'm actually shocked no-one made the pun "Aware-wolf". C'mon guys!!
JT Kirk
I 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.
Darkbeast73
They 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
Nah. Should always cause identity death unless the front head doesn’t transform.
Darkbeast73
The 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.
Agent00Soul
Arg - 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
That also makes sense!
Agent00Soul
That also works for me.
howlingfan
I could go either way on this point. I guess it depends on the werewolf.
Recktat19
A 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!
Paul
Self 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.
Daniel DeFour
I would say they should in incredibly rare cases. Such as the wolf and the human have the same goals
Zockereinstein
If 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.
Dane Beninger
It depends on the writer
Cinder2004
A 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!
Agent00Soul
It definitely should be a different personality.
howlingfan
This is the correct answer.
RayO_ElGatubelo
It would also depend on whether they were bitten or born that way.
Agent00Soul
I 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.
Deedee Knowles
I think the mindless animal option makes them more unpredictable and therefore potentially more interesting for the story
Tomato Glider
I love the concept of characters becoming mindless beasts for their first few transformations, then slowly regain their consciousness back later.
