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Werewolves: The Dark Survivors ran tonight on Animal Planet. Several of you mentioned it to me. I asked Dionna to watch it. Following is her reaction.

Lycanthropy is bullshit. We are not stricken with a disease. A rabies virus passed through saliva? Puh-lease. Toxins in the blood my ass. Condition? Whatever. We are a distinct species, just like weredogs, mankind, cats, woodchucks, and
We can shift in day as easy as night. Night is safer, for obvious reasons.

They are right about our fear of man’s brutality. We fear them more than they could ever fear us. Man nearly wiped us out those thousands of years ago, and did wipe out our neanderthal brothers.

We are not spent after a hunt or fight. That is ridiculous. It takes allot out of us. But we are not totally spent, needing to be carried. Hell, no. We are tired and worn smooth after we shift, like after a real hard workout or long run. And there is no diff from shifting one way or the other, from wolf to were to human, or the other way. It affects us the same. Either way, shifting takes calories.

It is true that we had a special relationship with the Vikings. But that is not where it started. It started way before that. Vikings loved wolves. Many Vikings names used wulf or wulfen, and others.

Yes, a wolf is best in a pack. Same with dogs. But wolves and dogs can survive easily alone. Humans are the same. Many lobo solos lives happy lives. And many wolves, werewolves, are happier in a pack. People seem to be the same.

And that very strange house, with all the werewolves living as a family? Give me a break. A house like that would be like a beacon. We would only do something like that, be that ambitious in a remote, or rural or very small town, setting.

It is true that packs will get into conflict. Happens.

Carter’s analysis about the attack signs were good.


Chester:

I dont get crazy or succumb to madness once a month. I am not a female. I can go weeks, even months, without shifting. However, after a few weeks I do start to get antsy, feel the need to get out and shift. But, so does Jack, and Sherry, and most humans that I have known.

I am more tired after a night in were form than if I stay on dog or human form. As Dionna said, it takes allot of energy, calories, to shift.

Weredogs also get into rivalries and competitions, but never warfare, never fighting and killing.

What I find most interesting is that Animal Planet is crossing over into fiction, movies. This is a new tact for them.

The Ulfethnar were an elite order of Vikings. Some sources say they wore wolf skins. Some say they were werewolves. All say they ate the flesh of they enemies.