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fandomhigh2023-09-25 02:08 pm
intheeyeofthebeholding) wrote in fandomhigh2023-09-25 02:08 pm
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Practical Folklore, Monday 2nd period
Jon nodded to the students once everyone was there. "Last week, there was a little talk of werewolves, so I thought we might as well continue there. Wolves are of course the traditional 'weres' of Europe, but there are stories across Earth, and likely other places, about beings that shift between shapes. For the purposes of this class, let's narrow it down a bit and define a werecreature as a human being that has a gift or curse allowing or requiring them to assume the shape of one normally non-sentient animal without the use of any props or materials."
He paused to go over that in his head and let the students do the same. "So, we can rule out beings like selkies that use their skin to shift, and shapeshifters who can change into anything. Also people on Fandom who get changed to things periodically by the island but have no innate ability for it. Hm. I imagine it would also disqualify beings like the kitsune, which is more a fox become human than the other way around.
"In European tradition, there were three ways to become a werewolf - you could be cursed, you could be bitten by a werewolf, or you could be born to a werewolf. I suppose the lesson for dealing with them would be: don't get bitten, don't be an arse to someone with the power to curse you, and...well, you can't really control your parents. Apart from that, most methods for dealing with them involve either killing or locking them up.
"So, are there amendments you would make to my initial definition? Are there werecreatures in your worlds, and what are their characteristics? Are there better ways to deal with them?"
He paused to go over that in his head and let the students do the same. "So, we can rule out beings like selkies that use their skin to shift, and shapeshifters who can change into anything. Also people on Fandom who get changed to things periodically by the island but have no innate ability for it. Hm. I imagine it would also disqualify beings like the kitsune, which is more a fox become human than the other way around.
"In European tradition, there were three ways to become a werewolf - you could be cursed, you could be bitten by a werewolf, or you could be born to a werewolf. I suppose the lesson for dealing with them would be: don't get bitten, don't be an arse to someone with the power to curse you, and...well, you can't really control your parents. Apart from that, most methods for dealing with them involve either killing or locking them up.
"So, are there amendments you would make to my initial definition? Are there werecreatures in your worlds, and what are their characteristics? Are there better ways to deal with them?"
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There. That seemed basic and innocuous enough.
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She shrugged and gave Jon an apologetic smile. "Guess your class has gotta have one baseline human in it. Like, for perspective or something."
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"Anyway, I suspect that's true of a few worlds. Most people in mine don't believe in the supernatural, either."
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But tales tended to do that.
"I don't know that they truly are. It could be true."
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If Leroy ever turns human, we should probably watch out.