Asking your pardon...
Greetings All.
It has been pointed out to me (by Kaithlin and rather pointedly, at that) that I have given much time to the discussion of Witches and Vampyres and, in comparison, very little to the Werewolf. My apologies, for it was not my intent to slight any Kind. Rather, in my defense, I have had more dealings and contact with the former Kinds and thus tend to concentrate my efforts there. As I have had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know a Werewolf King (Michael says the title is merely a formality in modern times), I will base this discussion on the information I learned from him (with his blessing).
First, let me say that Michael is an extraordinary individual, for many reasons. I have found him to be a most intelligent, entertaining, adaptable person who goes out of his way to assist others; provide safety to those in need; protect his own; and generally make our world a better place in which to live. A few months ago he so impressed our alliance council that he was invited to join the alliance and we are most pleased that he accepted a seat on the council. Michael wears many hats; head of his clan, council to others of his Kind; career scientist; father, brother, to name a few. Busy? Definitely, yet he somehow manages to make himself available in other areas, and still finds time to squeeze in a bit of social life for himself. At a later date, I hope we can convince him to spare a few moments to personally post to our blog. But onward with today's discussion.
Much maligned, oft considered the lowliest of majical Beings, is the Werewolf (when not considered nothing more than a mythical Being). Some scientists decry the possibility of their existence for the fact that they deem it impossible to mate human and animal genetics (not the case with Werewolves) while those scientists who do believe in their existence claim their existence is due to a diseased condition. How is that for scientific mumbo-jumbo? Given that human scientists are a breed unto themselves, it is no wonder that the scientific world is beyond the rest of us.
Thankfully, there are those within the scientific community (like Michael and those of other Kinds) who go about the business of handling the scientific needs of their Kinds. For obvious reasons that work is accomplished in secret and, as a point of interest, there are private labs for that purpose.
The misconceptions that dog the Kind arise out of lack of knowledge and that old standby, fear, in mortal society; and that due to the testing that has been done on human corpses. Those have yielded samples of fur and saliva similar, but not identical, to the common wolf and those taken with bite marks and the savaged flesh lead to the declaration of animal attack -the wolf. Never mind that wolves are shy creatures and only attack when provoked, do not inhabit large cities or towns with large numbers of people, are not possessed of the human intelligence to plan and carry out those attacks that occur within buildings, behind locked doors... You get the drift. Cover-up is the name of the game when it comes to what cannot be explained.
Before I go any further let me state that the majority of Werewolves are not malicious beasts in search of a human meal, even in wolf form. There are known and unknown rogues, as in any Kind, who taint the entire Kind with that behavior. For the most part they are people with dual natures; no more, or less. They lead ordinary lives but for when in wolf form. They eat, drink, sleep, awaken, work, go to school, and so on, like the rest of us. And no, they are not immortal, although they do enjoy longevity beyond human years.
Their wolf form is as natural to them as their human form, they are in control of the change (so the change is not forced upon them by a full moon as myth would have you believe), they experience human feelings and emotions in both forms, and in wolf form they are much larger and stouter than the common wolf, which by the way is not what they evolved from. There are, certainly, similarities in the genetics of wolf and Werewolf but they are not, nor have they ever been, one and the same. Simply put, Werewolves are another Kind of majical Being.
As with all other 'different' Kinds, the Werewolf is hunted; once nearly to distinction. But their numbers are on the rise now they have infiltrated modern society, a necessity which they learned at great cost. Werewolves formerly kept to themselves, lived by their own laws and rules, and rarely ventured forth into this society. Not uncommon if you consider the American Indian and other tribal clans forced to keep their distance for the very fact that they were 'different' in the eyes of the majority.
Color, race, gender, Kind; religious, political, sexual preference, how sad that those differences are what acceptance in society is based upon. How sad that those who call themselves the moral majority have the audacity to claim the world was created for them, alone. Mayhap the moral majority is in fact the true Outsider and only by sheer numbers alone does the self-appointed moral majority rule and destroy on a fanciful whim. Ponder.
By the by, I have not forgotten to address another Kind; the Faery. I have not addressed them, for I have precious little knowledge of the Kind (although I do have enough to know that there is a world of myth and distorted information about them), and I only provide valid information, as it becomes available to me. So take care you do not fall for myth, faery tales, and the like. Blessed May You Be.
It has been pointed out to me (by Kaithlin and rather pointedly, at that) that I have given much time to the discussion of Witches and Vampyres and, in comparison, very little to the Werewolf. My apologies, for it was not my intent to slight any Kind. Rather, in my defense, I have had more dealings and contact with the former Kinds and thus tend to concentrate my efforts there. As I have had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know a Werewolf King (Michael says the title is merely a formality in modern times), I will base this discussion on the information I learned from him (with his blessing).
First, let me say that Michael is an extraordinary individual, for many reasons. I have found him to be a most intelligent, entertaining, adaptable person who goes out of his way to assist others; provide safety to those in need; protect his own; and generally make our world a better place in which to live. A few months ago he so impressed our alliance council that he was invited to join the alliance and we are most pleased that he accepted a seat on the council. Michael wears many hats; head of his clan, council to others of his Kind; career scientist; father, brother, to name a few. Busy? Definitely, yet he somehow manages to make himself available in other areas, and still finds time to squeeze in a bit of social life for himself. At a later date, I hope we can convince him to spare a few moments to personally post to our blog. But onward with today's discussion.
Much maligned, oft considered the lowliest of majical Beings, is the Werewolf (when not considered nothing more than a mythical Being). Some scientists decry the possibility of their existence for the fact that they deem it impossible to mate human and animal genetics (not the case with Werewolves) while those scientists who do believe in their existence claim their existence is due to a diseased condition. How is that for scientific mumbo-jumbo? Given that human scientists are a breed unto themselves, it is no wonder that the scientific world is beyond the rest of us.
Thankfully, there are those within the scientific community (like Michael and those of other Kinds) who go about the business of handling the scientific needs of their Kinds. For obvious reasons that work is accomplished in secret and, as a point of interest, there are private labs for that purpose.
The misconceptions that dog the Kind arise out of lack of knowledge and that old standby, fear, in mortal society; and that due to the testing that has been done on human corpses. Those have yielded samples of fur and saliva similar, but not identical, to the common wolf and those taken with bite marks and the savaged flesh lead to the declaration of animal attack -the wolf. Never mind that wolves are shy creatures and only attack when provoked, do not inhabit large cities or towns with large numbers of people, are not possessed of the human intelligence to plan and carry out those attacks that occur within buildings, behind locked doors... You get the drift. Cover-up is the name of the game when it comes to what cannot be explained.
Before I go any further let me state that the majority of Werewolves are not malicious beasts in search of a human meal, even in wolf form. There are known and unknown rogues, as in any Kind, who taint the entire Kind with that behavior. For the most part they are people with dual natures; no more, or less. They lead ordinary lives but for when in wolf form. They eat, drink, sleep, awaken, work, go to school, and so on, like the rest of us. And no, they are not immortal, although they do enjoy longevity beyond human years.
Their wolf form is as natural to them as their human form, they are in control of the change (so the change is not forced upon them by a full moon as myth would have you believe), they experience human feelings and emotions in both forms, and in wolf form they are much larger and stouter than the common wolf, which by the way is not what they evolved from. There are, certainly, similarities in the genetics of wolf and Werewolf but they are not, nor have they ever been, one and the same. Simply put, Werewolves are another Kind of majical Being.
As with all other 'different' Kinds, the Werewolf is hunted; once nearly to distinction. But their numbers are on the rise now they have infiltrated modern society, a necessity which they learned at great cost. Werewolves formerly kept to themselves, lived by their own laws and rules, and rarely ventured forth into this society. Not uncommon if you consider the American Indian and other tribal clans forced to keep their distance for the very fact that they were 'different' in the eyes of the majority.
Color, race, gender, Kind; religious, political, sexual preference, how sad that those differences are what acceptance in society is based upon. How sad that those who call themselves the moral majority have the audacity to claim the world was created for them, alone. Mayhap the moral majority is in fact the true Outsider and only by sheer numbers alone does the self-appointed moral majority rule and destroy on a fanciful whim. Ponder.
By the by, I have not forgotten to address another Kind; the Faery. I have not addressed them, for I have precious little knowledge of the Kind (although I do have enough to know that there is a world of myth and distorted information about them), and I only provide valid information, as it becomes available to me. So take care you do not fall for myth, faery tales, and the like. Blessed May You Be.
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