Medieval Werewolves: "On all levels except physical, I am a wolf."

@dashiellgillingham4579

2 жыл бұрын

I was gonna say, the whole ‘spirit wolf’ thing never fully went away.

@LucianCorrvinus

2 жыл бұрын

The idea we actually change has always made me chortle.... Imagine! You Humans think such outrageous things...youre so silly.....

@Mahaveez

2 жыл бұрын

Wolfkin is older than anyone could've guessed.

@Trathaal

2 жыл бұрын

“Arf!”

@lsnoozy7432

2 жыл бұрын

This made me laugh so much

Catholic monks probably: "I'm not SAYING it's magic because that would be heresy, but it looks KINDA like 'magic'."

@catsaresocute650

2 жыл бұрын

Well no, it can still be white/light magic, if practiced for example by nuns, the middle age means everyones catholic, but if it isn't godly it's satanic.

@comandercarnis

2 жыл бұрын

Friendship is magic and MAGIC IS HERESY! *Loads bolter with violent intent*

@snazzyjovialwyrm3314

2 жыл бұрын

@@comandercarnis Is it truly heresy if it's magic used in the name of the God Emperor? I don't know about you, but I very much find enjoyment in searing the flesh of Humanity's enemies with the power of the sun in the palm of my hands while taking on a form that strikes fear into their very souls, or lack thereof.

@JessieShadowhold

2 жыл бұрын

For ancient monks, the line between a miracle and magic is basically "Did god do it? Miracle. Did a woman/pagan do it? Magic and therefore heresy." With the only caveat being that they thought everyone who wasn't Christian was absolutely a Pagan and no they were not interested in the difference between non-Christian religions thank you very much.

@tomdooley3522

2 жыл бұрын

Your ignorance is appalling . The reason it's a monster is because it is outside of natural law , which places it in the supernatural. It is a transformational spell of the black arts , which takes a powerful Coven of witch's to do.its possible Only in the autumn under a full moon. Because of its nature it' is evil., therefore a supernatural evil of the black arts , a transformation spell broken only by sliver, an arrow with a sliver arrow head would work just as well , the point is sliver breaks this transformation spell. Yes it is black magic , yes black magic is real , yes a werewolf is very Possible . no I don't know of any in Modern times , but then satanist don't quite walk around with snap shots of werewolfs in their wallet to show you , if you ever seen one most likely you wouldn't survive .

Learning about King Lycaon of Lycosura makes a werewolf named "Remus Lupin" seem downright subtle by comparison.

@elizabethmagovern9250

Жыл бұрын

Well, at least the name of the werewolf is not Jack Russell

@immabethehero1486

Жыл бұрын

@@elizabethmagovern9250 Now I want a werewolf named Jack Russell

@Eddie_da_head_

Жыл бұрын

@@immabethehero1486 i could be wrong but i think that’s marvel’s werewolf by night’s name

@immabethehero1486

Жыл бұрын

@@Eddie_da_head_ Oh right

@elainegoates9792

9 ай бұрын

I'm legitimately not sure if JK Rowling meant it to be a twist but made it too obvious or if it was meant to be a red herring for why Snape didn't like him.

The creator of the witch trials being a creepy Incel makes too much sense.

@ethanstine426

2 жыл бұрын

I think he just gives the whole movement a bad reputation. I'm sure their were plenty of popular and charismatic fanatic sadists.

@lightsideofsin8969

2 жыл бұрын

@@ethanstine426 fanatic sadists who are charismatic and popular have a name. Cult leaders. That's how one guy's power fantasy delusions turn into genocides. A lot of human history is just everyone rallying behind one fanatic sadist, because he used charisma to become popular and whoever wasn't on his side got brutalized until they were.

@Scarshadow666

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it definitely explains SO much! And greedy/powerful people jumping on the witch trial bandwagon (while pushing it in the guise of it being"morally/socially acceptable") most likely really didn't help it either (oof)... 0_0

@Grim_Sister

Жыл бұрын

Show off hands, Who’s not surprised?

@andrewgarrett1356

Жыл бұрын

@@Grim_Sister Not even a little.

God-approved werewolves would be an interesting reason for why they hate vampires.

@sir_stride

2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit the plot of van helsing is making alot more sense now.

@Andrewtr6

2 жыл бұрын

@@sir_stride I'm pretty sure the Van Helsing movie called werewolves the 'Hounds of God' pulling from lore about the werewolves that fight evil witches.

@livecatgrenades

2 жыл бұрын

This sounds like it's related to Powerwolf.....

@Gabe600

2 жыл бұрын

@@livecatgrenades I was going to make a reference to Powerwolf right now

@starmaker75

2 жыл бұрын

This gave me an idea of a story in which a person way for redemption is that they have to be an vampire hunting werewolf

"The modern werewolf is a flexible beast." Now THAT sounds like a line from some erotica.

@sophiaperez1090

2 жыл бұрын

Cant like to maintain the 420 likes

@iaminhere6022

2 жыл бұрын

Furries lmao

@sealeo5772

2 жыл бұрын

Something something 14 werewolves.

@druffthewolf3830

2 жыл бұрын

UwU

@nyetloki

2 жыл бұрын

I had reach, she had flexibility. It was brutal.

If someone is using a wolf pelt as a garment, that’s a wear-wolf. If they have a wolf they are looking to sell, that’s a ware-wolf And if the wolf has achieved enlightenment, that’s an aware-wolf.

@HootOwl513

8 ай бұрын

And if you can't find him, he's a where ? Wolf.

@absentcoder4552

8 ай бұрын

And if they think this joke has run its course, that’s a weary-wolf.

@powerofanime1

7 ай бұрын

And if they're here to warn you, they're a Beware-wolf. And if they're pushing you to do something stupid, they're a Dare-wolf. And if they serve a dragon, they're a Weyr-wolf. And if they're shaking with excitement, they're a Whir-wolf.

@mikaelhawke23

7 ай бұрын

You guys are acting like such worry-wolves

@witheredbonnie9268

7 ай бұрын

_BA DUM TSSSH_

I find it hilarious how even the SPANISH INQUISITION thought Kramer was twisted

@patrickbohn5235

Жыл бұрын

I get the feeling Kramer is actually where we get a lot of the negative parts of the popular inquisitor archetype. The actual inquisition wasnt good to be clear. They would absolutely torture people for confessions, interestingly though at least some understood that such confessions werent useful, and would occasionally hand people over to the secular courts to be executed but they were generally significantly less bloodthirsty than they appear in the modern imagining. With a quick look, the absolute bloodiest estimate I found was about 3% of cases that the Spanish Inquisition, which was one of the bloodier ones, tried ended in execution. Generally the punishment theyd hand out would be some form of penance. You had to mess up a lot for them to send you to be executed.

@badabomb9946

Жыл бұрын

After his incident at the Laugh Factory, how could they not?

@juanfranciscovillarroelthu6876

Жыл бұрын

to be fair, the Spanish Inquisition had high standards (for the time) and did not usually find people guilty of witchcraft... heretics on the other hand, that is another story.

@angelp6240

Жыл бұрын

Now THAT is something nobody expected.

@cobaltordinaire5219

Жыл бұрын

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition's humanity!

I adore and hate the idea that a whole genre of erotic fiction was generated cause ONE SCIENTIST messed up ONCE. Thank you ABO fan fiction writers, immortalizing a mans mistakes one enemies to lovers at a time.

@Apples765

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@the24thcolossusjustchillin39

2 жыл бұрын

W-what is ABO?

@trollman_2345

2 жыл бұрын

@@the24thcolossusjustchillin39 i second this question.

@lilliefluff

2 жыл бұрын

@@the24thcolossusjustchillin39 If you truly want an explanation I can provide it, it's not as terrifying as some people make it out to be but.. don't google it too deeply probably

@MT-uy6vw

2 жыл бұрын

@@lilliefluff I would like you to elaborate

"A genre of erotica I now regrettably know exists" The internet in a nutshell, right there.

@dynamicworlds1

2 жыл бұрын

I'm generally fine to be like "people got all sorts of wierd kinks, I'm fine to let them be"...it's when it moves to romanticizing f'ed up stuff that I start quickly having very strong objections.

@DolphinsAreWeird

2 жыл бұрын

♪WELCOME TO THE INTERNET!♪

@loadeddice4696

2 жыл бұрын

@@dynamicworlds1 The best A/B/O stuff is the stuff where the characters know it's messed up and it's less "oh man how hot" and more "so our society is kinda fucked, huh?"

@xm-1-24-b4

2 жыл бұрын

This means the knot

@Draiocht012

2 жыл бұрын

@@dynamicworlds1 Personally I'm just tired of writers (no I will not acknowledge such people as actual authors) who refuse to just research and write about kink so they douse it in werewolves or whatever and dismiss any false and potentially dangerous practices as a normal part of the culture of fictional group.

That scientist who corrected himself is an absolute hero but no one listened.

@arthurjeremypearson

9 ай бұрын

The scientist who corrected himself about vaccines causing autism wasn't listened to, either.

@GrumpyLoco6

8 ай бұрын

@@arthurjeremypearson When did he realize he was wrong? I haven't heard anything about him recanting his previous opinion.

@alvedonaren

8 ай бұрын

@@GrumpyLoco6 22:35

@michellemcmichael4680

8 ай бұрын

About alphas?

@alvedonaren

8 ай бұрын

@@michellemcmichael4680 yes

"Werewolves are warriors of god who fight demons and whitches" "BLESSED AND POSSESSED!!!"

@youtubingjaguar5082

Жыл бұрын

I see the Powerwolf reference! I'm loving seeing the overlap in their fandom with OSP ;)

@mitchellneu

Жыл бұрын

Welcome friend!

@aformofmatter8913

Жыл бұрын

Powerwolf is Blessed & Possessed, But I'm just Stressed & Depressed

@yosefzanerva806

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Army of the Night, stand as one! Tonight the pack will hunt and feast!

@TheCrimsonIdol987

Жыл бұрын

*Powerwolf intensifies*

My favorite take is how Discworld’s werewolves point out that the halfway point between a wolf and a human… is a dog

@margaretgibbs6673

2 жыл бұрын

I was hoping someone would mention Angua

@willieoelkers5568

2 жыл бұрын

And how the "evil" part of evil werewolves comes from the human side, not the wolf side.

@elizabethlowes6501

2 жыл бұрын

Uggghhh, what was the name of that crazy mini poodle that killed dobermans because it thought wolves were just crazy violent like that?

@MoczoUno

2 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethlowes6501 Big Fido! God I need to re-read some of those books.

@felixrivera895

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

"They weren't actually werewolves, they were just hallucinating so hard that everyone else started hallucinating." Why is this sentence funny to me

@TheManofthecross

2 жыл бұрын

heh and officaly that's what the catholic church and christains as a whole went by to try and at least settle the matter with various approaches of explination. the church don't mind the lot at all.

@ryoumakoushiro7447

2 жыл бұрын

So, like mass hysteria?

@metaparalysis3441

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryoumakoushiro7447 no, vodka hangover

@ryoumakoushiro7447

2 жыл бұрын

@@metaparalysis3441 Wait, usual friday night too?

@wildfire9280

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryoumakoushiro7447 while funkin’

So hearing the words "Usually Outdated views of Wolf Hierarchy" and "In charge not because they're the biggest and baddest but by virtue of being mom and dad" I'm immediately jumping to 'Werewolf Mafia Story.' Close-knit family structure mirroring the pack dynamics with a hierarchy based on old-school loyalty to "The Family" rather than strength.

@tompatterson1548

2 жыл бұрын

how's writing it going?

@Gabe600

2 жыл бұрын

Werewolf Mafia? so like the Wise Guys from Werewolf The Apocalypse

@latronqui

2 жыл бұрын

Cool, and they could have something to do with the wolf that fed Romulus and Remus as their origin.

@iwouldlikemycoffeewithanon622

2 жыл бұрын

Yessssss

@SwedishSinologyNerd

2 жыл бұрын

I think Pratchett did it with Angua's dysfunctional family? Tho they were more aristocratic assholes than your run off the mill "give im an offer he can't refuse" pasta eaters....

D&D campaign idea: "oops! All werewolves!" Druid who turns into a wolf, ranger with a wolf companion and able to talk to wolves, Barbarian whose "rage" is turning into a wolf-man hybrid, and a wizard who is fond of polymorph spells turning other people into wolves.

@gorblintown8836

2 жыл бұрын

And only one of them actually has lycanthropy and no one knows who.

@invaderfrombeyond

2 жыл бұрын

@@gorblintown8836 Two of my party are determined to get lycanthropy because of the werewolf plot going on. I know that they know it won’t end well.

@thebolas000

2 жыл бұрын

Lords of the Wild for Pathfinder 1e has just about everything you mentioned as options and more.

@positivelink6961

2 жыл бұрын

God I love this concept

@mohammadtausifrafi8277

2 жыл бұрын

Werewolves, werewolves everywhere.

Knowing that Red learnt the existence of ABO from researching this video is honestly so funny

@brawler707

2 жыл бұрын

The Omegaverse strikes again!

@ireallyneedtherapy1126

2 жыл бұрын

@@brawler707 The true horror, poor Red did knot see it coming

@GumWad99

2 жыл бұрын

@@ireallyneedtherapy1126 get out

@MaxEverywhereSystem

2 жыл бұрын

good lord i did not expect this to be the first comment i saw

@zachf.7854

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like im missing some context... And i feel like thats a good thing...

Honestly the "Psychic Werewolves who fight witches in the dream world" is rad as fuck and needs to be a novel/anime/tabletop game asap

@channelwhatchamacallit2614

2 жыл бұрын

I agree it's cool as hell

@reddoxey7326

2 жыл бұрын

Try the manga series "QQ Sweeper" by Kyousuke Motomi. But I agree I totally want more of this!

@shadowprince4620

2 жыл бұрын

Already is. Highly suggest you check out Werewolf: The Forsaken and Werewolf: The Apocalypse by White Wolf

@robertreyes8792

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't this a thing in The Wheel of Time

@bordenfleetwood5773

2 жыл бұрын

The tabletop game company White Wolf published this in the '90s. It's a tabletop rpg (similar in concept to dungeons and dragons) with two separate games taking place in the same universe. In one, you play as vampires, with all the possible trope combinations therein. The other you play as werewolves, and some of them do battle in dreams, while others fight in reality. I've never played it, but it seems pretty crazy.

"Today's hot take: the witch hunts were bad, actually." Why would you say something so controversial yet so brave?

@yuvalgabay1023

2 жыл бұрын

becay its a bad take. burning heretics is as the youngsters says: based and red peal

@Anon1gh3

Жыл бұрын

@@yuvalgabay1023 "heretics" = people who don't think like you. That's pretty sadistic and sick ngl.

@Anon1gh3

Жыл бұрын

@@yuvalgabay1023 Typical of chistians though.

@LordDeathwing17

Жыл бұрын

“The Ordo Hereticus of The Emperor’s Most Holy Inquisition would like to have a word.”

@Daniel-jk6ve

Жыл бұрын

That’s probably more controversy than KZread can tolerate! Banned!

Red missed an opportunity to say, “‘No one expected the Spanish Inquisition’ to be against burning a witch.”

@rgama1173

7 ай бұрын

The inquisition was not interested in witches, only in heretics

Fun fact, they're only called werewolves because they're really good at hiding. If you could find one, it'd be a therewolf.

@jaymartin8273

2 жыл бұрын

There wolf...there castle :=)

@sergeantsainsburys9181

2 жыл бұрын

Everyones saying werewolf but no ones asking howwolf

@jaymartin8273

2 жыл бұрын

@@sergeantsainsburys9181 What about 'wowwolf'? :=)

@sergeantsainsburys9181

2 жыл бұрын

What about yikeslookathatthingrightthereblimeywowCrickeywolf

@jaymartin8273

2 жыл бұрын

@@sergeantsainsburys9181 OK. You win :=)

I'm shocked Zeus turned that guy into a wolf, as opposed to turning himself into a wolf and forcibly fornicating with some random woman.

@Azalea_rose

2 жыл бұрын

That probably happened too at somepoint lost history or not I'm sure there is or was at some point there's myth about that

@hydevanhelsing5063

2 жыл бұрын

*Candy Shop starts playing*

@noahberlitz5553

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, unrelated to this myth, but in some versions, Lycaon is the father of Callisto (of the constellation Ursa Major fame), who was a victim of Zeus’ conquests

@juanvega3661

2 жыл бұрын

@@noahberlitz5553 Zeus was truly the Bill Cosby of the Greek pantheon

@Sam-im5tc

2 жыл бұрын

You imply he didn't....

Suggestion for next year: Fairies cuz their history is super fascinating and mysterious and the fact "Halloween Fairy" isn't an aesthetic is downright criminal

@ZKP314

2 жыл бұрын

Given the Avalon Lostbelt, that would be a great examination.

@daviddaugherty2816

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. The fact that they've been Disneyfied into cutesy lawn ornaments is just infuriating to me.

@jesterfairy3845

Жыл бұрын

@@daviddaugherty2816 that's just part of the secret Fae agenda so that humans think they're cute and harmless when they come to reclaim their world lmao

@teogonzalez7957

11 ай бұрын

I think the main issue would be fairies are too broad. Pretty much any folkloric creature not an angel or a devil falls under the fairy field. If you’re not specifically counting things that are explicitly called fairies either, then Jinn and Yokai also fall under that umbrella.

@jesterfairy3845

11 ай бұрын

@@teogonzalez7957 that's true but in that case they could still be discussed on Trope Talk. They did the same thing with Dragons and even compared their broadness and universality to fairies. I can definitely see Red at least explaining the history behind their etymology and portrayal.

"Werewolves are objectively cooler and more interesting than vampires." Red really is never wrong.

@someguy1747

Жыл бұрын

Werewolves and Vampires are the Dwarves and Elves of Dark Fantasy respectively, which is enough in my book why Werewolves are better.

@kingpiye7060

Жыл бұрын

It just depends on what kind of werewolf/vampire you're talking about Dracula literally counts as both so its a false dichotomy.

@someguy1747

Жыл бұрын

@@kingpiye7060 Dracula is firmly referred as a Vampire first and formost with a wide variety of shapeshifting while the Stereotypical werewolf is only restricted to their wolf form though.

@TheUnnbreakable

Жыл бұрын

Werewolves are definitely more interesting

@thedragonwarrior5861

9 ай бұрын

Ain't that the truth

Me: “Hey Red, is this a Halloween Special, a Miscellaneous Myth, or a Trope Talk?” Red: “Yes”

Came to learn about werewolves, ended up learning about how the kick-off of witch hunts was a monk letting a confident woman live rent free in his head. Crazy how that happens

@ryuudevie7

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that was not rent free lol, he tried to get her killed and stalked. Absolutely ridiculous what one guy could do though.

@downsidebrian

2 жыл бұрын

But honestly, are you surprised by that?

@jjj7790

2 жыл бұрын

Fun to find out that the original witch hunts have more in common with Gamergate than I thought.

@dinodude7290

2 жыл бұрын

@@jjj7790 it's depressing how people like that still exist...

@starmaker75

2 жыл бұрын

The fact that the witch hunt was started by a incel monk (that was so sexist that even the early modern Catholic Church is saying calm down) makes too munch sense.

Not Prep enough to be a Vampire? Not Jock enough to be a Werewolf? GOBLIN IT IS!!!

@PanzerLord

Жыл бұрын

Goblin Slayer: *Triggered*

@eazy8579

Жыл бұрын

May I introduce you to the Scholomance? Romanian wizards who ride dragons and control storms

@PanzerLord

Жыл бұрын

@@eazy8579 Sounds epic

@aformofmatter8913

Жыл бұрын

Prep = Vampire Jock = Werewolf Goth = Demon Nerd = ???

@CryBlueofZ

Жыл бұрын

@@aformofmatter8913 Elf

I love that some Italians said “we’re werewolves, but good and christian” and a few centuries later, this inspires the band Powerwolf. I also love that the “alpha male wolf” junk was actually just the wolf parents telling their kids, “stop fighting with your siblings, don’t make me come over there.”

@parkerdixon-word6295

8 ай бұрын

As much as I adore your observation about wolf parents parenting their unruly kids, I am going to tell you that that's not how the mistake happened. The Greek-letters, rule-by-force, testosterone-fuled model of Wolf packs wasn't developed by watching wolves in their natural habitats- it was the result of watching a bunch of random wolves taken into captivity and observing how they interact. So, you know, the wolves were operating on the same rules as inmates in a maximum-security prison. The scientists weren't actually making a terribly inaccurate observation of the behavior they were seeing... but they were being a bit of dumbasses for thinking that the situation they were studying was applicable to all wolf behavior. And the fact that it translates so well as a model for a bunch of violent humans locked in an environment together with no escape or outside intervention says a lot about how similar we are to wolves, honestly. This perception in science was only changed when they finally *did* start studying wolf behavior in the wild, observing wolf family units and realizing that none of it fit their old models. And so they re-wrote the models, reported their findings, and challenged the work that had come before in the light of new evidence. Like good scientists.

@emanuelrojas2

8 ай бұрын

Lol

@metarcee2483

22 күн бұрын

Is that why they're called Powerwolf?

“Werewolves are objectively cooler and more interesting than vampires” FINALLY, I’M NOT ALONE!!!!

@77Zenin77

2 жыл бұрын

Ye. Werewolves are much cooler. I don't even like vampires

@AuthorGuy1

2 жыл бұрын

I find the wholesale themselves uninteresting. They're just killing machines. When I wrote St Martin's Moon I was much more interested in the people cursed to become wolves, and the people cursed to kill them.

@AuthorGuy1

2 жыл бұрын

Werewolves, not wholesale. Where the hell did that come from?

@77Zenin77

2 жыл бұрын

@@AuthorGuy1 autocorrection?

@77Zenin77

2 жыл бұрын

@@AuthorGuy1 i guess it just depends on personall opinion. I like werewolves and i doubt they are "just killing Machines" . I guess some PPL like them this way but i think its a boring way to look at werewolves. For me they are interesting Creatures that can fit to many types of stories

"and certain NSFW qualities that form the backbone of an entire genre of erotica I regrettably now know exists." Me, a fanfic reader: Ah, yes, another one has fallen down the hole.

@symmetrymilton4542

2 жыл бұрын

Many find it, but only the truly doomed get trapped within it.

@lizardperson780

2 жыл бұрын

Each day I thank ao3's "exclude tag" feature for letting me stay as unaware about this as possible

@sasaki999pro

2 жыл бұрын

@@symmetrymilton4542 It's too late for me, I'm already receiving verification emails from _Bad Dragon_

@Zcon18

2 жыл бұрын

I literally laughed as hard as I have ever done when she said that, then my parents were looking at me weird. I just had to say, "it's a really niche joke," don't worry about. Also UwU

@symmetrymilton4542

2 жыл бұрын

@@sasaki999pro See, I don't know what that is. I didn't get trapped in the ABO realm. I accidentally bumped into the TF community. Sicker bastards I've never met.

Oh, fun fact about the wolf hierarchy thing! Mom and dad will often be the leaders, it’s not always. Sometimes a sibling will take over, a child, or a lone wolf who managed to join a pre-existing pack. And sometimes wolves aside from the main leaders will have pups, though there’s a constantly changing chance if the pups are allowed to live or not. The fun thing about incredibly social, highly intelligent animals is that they very rarely follow a strict set of ‘laws’ and they’ll inevitably confuse scientists.

@kellharris2491

8 ай бұрын

True and human influence causes many issues by restricting territory. More fights break out over competition and scarce game. If they can, a lot of fights will end quickly with one group running away. But less room pushes them into more direct conflict. More competition to mate etc.

@Dronita42

7 ай бұрын

So what i'm hearing is that wolf packs are like human families, in that certain people believe they must follow strict rules, but really they can be formed in many ways that are equally valid.

@kellharris2491

5 ай бұрын

@@Dronita42 yes. And scarcity more than anything causes excess violence.They can be very loving and affectionate otherwise.

@maxbaker7841

3 ай бұрын

This is why I want to write a story with a werewolf pack that is only about 50% werewolf, because the, like, four sets of Parents in the pack collectively foster a bunch of supernatural kids.

Actually here in Colorado, there was a recent vote to reintroduce wolves here! And it passed! Funny thing though, there were already wolves here. The vote was posturing as an attempt to get around the fact the the Department of Wildlife refused to admit they were here, because of a whole host of issues that brings. Yes wolf conspiracy. On I myself wouldn't believe if I hadn't seen them myself.

@kylekight581

2 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing that on the ballot and being SUPER CONFUSED cause I knew there were wolves here. That explains it

@glitterboy2098

Жыл бұрын

eh, makes sense to me. if they'd admitted to the fact without there being protections in place for solves, they'd be inundated with calls to go out and kill said wolves, and not just by ranchers and farmers who lose livestock. (even though more often than not it's actually coyotes who are the cause.) so denial made sense, especially if it meant they could direct the people who actual lost animals to attacks towards the correct problems in the process. acknowledge the wolves exist and the real problems would get swamped in fear mongering. once protections are in palce though they can admit the wolves exist, and still do the job of fixing the real issues (coyotes and ranchers who don;t take proper precautions to protect their animals). though it does mean a bit more work to punish people who go out and shoot wolves.

@THEFILMED2008

Жыл бұрын

What the hell is going on in Colorado?

@caitlinanzovin1146

Жыл бұрын

WOLF CONSPIRACY LMAO

@CorraThaxton

11 ай бұрын

So basically: "There are no wolves in Colorado." *Wolf walks on by behind the speaker, everyone seeing it* "Let's reintroduce wolves to not make us a liar."

Other cultures: "Horrible divine curse. Such shame, have to avoid hurting anyone." Ireland: "Hahah, guy can turn into wolf, have charming hunting adventures with family."

@boglenight1551

2 жыл бұрын

Ireland is surprisingly wholesome for a country whose cultural stereotype is drinking too much

@Kartoffelkamm

2 жыл бұрын

Ok but can you imagine that chaos every time the family goes out hunting? Assuming only one family member turns into a wolf at a time, every single guy in the family, regardless of age, would want to be the wolf all the time, because it f*cking rocks.

@lysanamcmillan7972

2 жыл бұрын

@@boglenight1551 That only exists because the English drove them to drink and then mocked them for the habit.

@lazulenoc6863

2 жыл бұрын

@@lysanamcmillan7972 They also forced the people to only eat potatoes, didn't help the population when the potatoes became inedible due to a fungus and then make jokes at their expense despite being the main cause of the problem.

@Dino23968

2 жыл бұрын

Monster fan:The most recommended werewolf fictions are The Wolfman, Werewolf By Night(marvel comic book series), An American Werewolf In London, The Howling, Wolfen, A Company Of Wolves, Silver Bullet, Bad Moon, An American Werewolf In Paris, Underworld, Van Helsing, and the Wolfman remake. Somebody:But what about Twilight, Vampires Diaries, and the Teen Wolf show since they… Monster fan:OH NO NO NO! F#$& THOSE! THOSE ARE NOT EVEN TRUE WEREWOLVES! THOSE ARE A BUNCH OF MALE CALVIN KLEIN UNDERWEAR MODELS FOR CHEAP AND LAZY PUBERTY-TRIGGERING AND TWEENYBOPPER FAN SERVICE! Any comments?

"Certain NSFW qualities that form the backbone of an entire genre of erotica I regrettably now know exists." Anyone who's been on the internet before: "First time?"

@aenorist2431

2 жыл бұрын

Praise the lord and pass the ... eyebleach?

@franciscotavares8215

2 жыл бұрын

How am I seeing you Everywhere!!?

@number3766

2 жыл бұрын

Only one?

@abaldrabbit

2 жыл бұрын

At least we know Red is thorough if she’s willing to read through a kink/fetish she’s (apparently?) made uncomfortable by. That takes dedication. (And therapy.)

@TheNightmareAngelYT

2 жыл бұрын

Yup. I've been there. Didn't like what I saw.

"he stripped naked, peed on his clothes in a circle, turned into a wolf then ran off to go kill sheep" Woah hang on, we aren't going to talk about that? Not.... not even a little?

@elizakarnopp8921

7 ай бұрын

My Latin professor was telling us "moderately spooky stories from ancient Rome" and that was one of them! It ended with the first dude being like, "so that guy was a werewolf? I am SO not having lunch with him ever again!"

@TheCoffeeCrow

7 ай бұрын

@@elizakarnopp8921 I love how the takeaway is that they aren't going to eat lunch with him😭

@elizakarnopp8921

6 ай бұрын

@@TheCoffeeCrow "I won't have lunch with him! You can't make me!"

I like the idea that werewolves keep their mind after transformation, but the transformation burns so many calories that they're ravenously hungry afterwards and so recklessly look for food, even if they destroy a kitchen, etc. in the process, and that's how the mind-less story was started. After 2 transformations (back into human), they'd also be hungry, but the tiredness outweighs it by that point.

@JennyBlaze253

Ай бұрын

I kinda love that. Now I just wanna see a modern day werewolf tiredly going over to a pig farm, buy up a bunch of pigs, and the farmer just say "Same time next month?" to them. XD

Werewolves as astral projecting warriors of God was something I didn’t know I needed in my life

@seraphi3387

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. I think that's super cool.

@eazy8579

2 жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure that’s the plot of Blessed and Possessed

@DeafDefiler

2 жыл бұрын

The crusade knows no bounds *awoooo*

Can we just appreciate how adorable Red drew the wolves? I think we should.

@MultiFilmstudios

2 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the Warrior cats animatics, the eyes and solid body colours are very similar.

@typacsk

2 жыл бұрын

h e c k

@dynamicworlds1

2 жыл бұрын

Adorable art, fascinating information, funny jokes, and that amazing shade at 13:22 all with some nice singing at the end. Red's doing awesome, as usual (and maybe a little above average, though with how high that standard is, that's always hard to judge)

@ItBePatYo

2 жыл бұрын

@@typacsk heckin' adorable!

@AnimeSunglasses

2 жыл бұрын

AGREED

It’s really funny that the vampire trope of a coven more accurately depicted the wolf pack structure than actual wolf fiction tends to

Help! I can’t unsee the thumbnail as a werewolf taking a dramatic sip of wine under the full moon!

@justafallperson2108

2 жыл бұрын

LOL that's awesome!

@salem-01

9 ай бұрын

“AROOOOooomatic flavour with a lovely woody scent!”

There was a Celtic legend I learned about a “wolf man” thing that left fish for poor people in the night. Good wolf men rolemodels

@felipecosta-kv2fx

2 жыл бұрын

Do you have a source? I want to read about it

@Imjustananimal

2 жыл бұрын

Is that not "The Wulver"? Its a myth from Shetland iirc :)

@felipecosta-kv2fx

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if cuchulainn could turn into a Wolf (because... Hound of chulainn)

@stevenconfident5883

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like a specially in Ireland the Wolves are always treated as something to be destroyed by the English settlers but the Irish word for wolves actually mean son of the countryside which indicates a more positive condensation.

@ohno8398

2 жыл бұрын

That's so nice 🥺

*Is being tortured* “Alright I confess…I use dark magic” “You wicked fiend!” “I also boned a succubus…” “Oh. Good for you I suppose.”

@weirdlyhungry

2 жыл бұрын

High fives for all the lads!

@tobiashagstrom4168

2 жыл бұрын

If they're gonna kill you for shit you didn't do, you might as well make up boasts about it, I suppose.

@Kartoffelkamm

2 жыл бұрын

"She said I'm way better than you." "That dirty little- err, I mean, liar."

@koji8123

2 жыл бұрын

Not told in the story: he said the succubus was the torturer’s mother. Everyone then clapped as he dropped the mic. True story.

@lemonlefleur6236

2 жыл бұрын

@@koji8123 This is the classic tale I want to see used for a movie.

I had an idea to write a story where werewolves are all interminably linked to Fenrir, and they are weak to silver because Fenrir is bound by a silver chain...until I remembered he's NOT he's bound by a chain of "impossible objects"

@kirabad-artist6532

Жыл бұрын

So… werewolves are harmed by women’s beards?

@clarienne7583

Жыл бұрын

Which would make trans catgirls the deadliest enemies of werewolves. Someone make that into a Netflix series.

@rowanisntreal

11 ай бұрын

@@clarienne7583 catgirls vs wolfmen? sign me tf up!

@lingsang_in_the_trees

9 ай бұрын

Cats versus dogs! The game never ends!

@AnimeSunglasses

6 ай бұрын

​@@clarienne7583 ... As long as it's set up to push the fanfics as far away from ABO as possible, I am EXTREMELY on board with this.

"insufficient Jesus, prepare for flogging" would be an excellent T-Shirt

my personal favorite werewolf trope is "very big scary looking wolf-person" who basically acts like a giant puppy

@Azalea_rose

2 жыл бұрын

I agree but unfortunately this tropes also attracts F̵̙̈́ư̴̲̦̔r̵̩̾̇̃ȓ̵̳̼y̸͓̽̇͠s̷͔̦̈́̓͜

@dreams6864

2 жыл бұрын

@@Azalea_rose and whats wrong with them, they are objectively good

@Azalea_rose

2 жыл бұрын

@@dreams6864 It was just a joke I was friends with a furry and I dated someone who identified as a neko

@zeeb2190

2 жыл бұрын

@@Azalea_rose im pretty sure werewolves do that already

@Nobody-ed9bv

2 жыл бұрын

@@dreams6864 Debatable

"Werewolves that are warriors of God and fight demons in their dreams" Wait so Powerwolf has legitimate mythological basis?

@imperatordrakon6488

2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much.

@silvertrimhill9844

2 жыл бұрын

I’m more surprised WtA has mythological basis

@andrewblack2596

2 жыл бұрын

Yup.

@BearOldcastle

2 жыл бұрын

@@silvertrimhill9844 same here

@williamerickson520

2 жыл бұрын

@@silvertrimhill9844 Werewolf the Apocalypse? Oh, yeah, White Wolf did their homework.

I only just realized that Eda from the Owl House is very similar to a werewolf, especially that humanity vs animalistic aspect mentioned at the end.

@thedragonwarrior5861

9 ай бұрын

Oh yeah, never thought about it until now. She's like a Were-owl

@doubleoof7907

9 ай бұрын

Speaking of, I remember a gravity falls theory that said Grunkle Stan was a werewolf. The first episode we see him enter the portal room is on a full moon, the theory says he goes in there to prevent others from being hurt by his werewolf form (cuz people didn’t know it was a portal room at the time)

@macgeorge8229

8 ай бұрын

And she fights a fanboy of the biggest incel of the 15th centrys.

My favorite take on werewolves is from one of my favorite webcomics, aptly titled “How to Be a Werewolf”. It characterizes transformation as being in sync with your “wolf side” and having a strong pack bond assists with that. Characters who are mentally stable have an easy time changing from wolf to human or somewhere inbetween, but people with less stability or mental health problems have trouble, sometimes becoming more wolfy involuntarily, or having trouble transforming at all. It’s a really cool take on the wolf transformation.

@ejsmith7626

Жыл бұрын

I love this. Definitely reading this and the story Red mentioned about King Arthur's werewolf friend. Thanks a bunch. I get the best reading recomendations on this channel's comment section.

Honestly “Our Monsters are different” can be a whole Trope Talk on its own. Especially “Our Vampires are different”. I find it fascinating how authors can change the characteristics of werewolves, vampires, witches, etc to fit whatever narrative and themes they are going for.

@yaumelepire6310

2 жыл бұрын

Monsters are just a narrative tool in literature, when it comes down to it... a lot of them are even metaphors, for better or for worse. To suit the metaphor, adaption is often necessary.

@AhmedAli-hi4si

2 жыл бұрын

I would also love a trope talk about the mysterious stranger like Richard from hotline miami or Bill cipher from gravity falls also that one character with 3 different backstop from dc that I vant rambert his name

@AhmedAli-hi4si

2 жыл бұрын

The phantom stranger it was the phantom stranger

@CleoPinto4317

2 жыл бұрын

So your basically saying trope subversion is a trope.

@AhmedAli-hi4si

2 жыл бұрын

@@CleoPinto4317 yeah but most tropes work like that anyway and ending up creating its own unique tropes overall which could be really cool like the dinosaurs from jurassic Park influenced every dinosaur movie ever to the point that no one use any dinosaurs outside the jurassic Park one except one piece but one piece is just strange and fun like that and doing thier own thing with it instead of using the basic trope would be really interesting

"Werewolves are warriors of God who fight evil witches and demons." Thank you, Red. I really needed yet another unfinished story plotline running naked through my mind screaming Write Me! Write Me!

@sir_stride

2 жыл бұрын

I mean, isnt that the plot of van helsing?

@danybey4182

2 жыл бұрын

Watch "Penny Dreadful" this is literally what the character Ethan, the resident werewolf, is. Bare in mind this is horror show and none of our main characters are innocent. Hell the main protagonist is a reincarnation of the mother of evil/the devils wife.

@KindestofWinds

2 жыл бұрын

@@danybey4182 that sounds metal as hell, unfortunately I’m a big pussy

@draconicfeline6177

2 жыл бұрын

Used in Neil Gaiman's works! Also a very good Urban Supernatural idea, that there are bad werewolves but SOME ARE GOOD.

@Aman123ace

2 жыл бұрын

Let it be unfinished no longer, I have a story I'm writing

"Moon drunk monster Beautiful and strange Howl you melancholy question And tell me Which you dread more The echo or the answer" -From Twitter

@MadassAlex

Жыл бұрын

heavy metal my man 🤟

@nkbujvytcygvujno6006

Жыл бұрын

Actually that poem came from someone on Tumblr, and was stolen and posted on Twitter, with the same picture of the fridge magnets and everything, and the Twitter user taking credit from the other creator. Like pretty much every popular post on Twitter.

@zarinaa1135

Жыл бұрын

@@nkbujvytcygvujno6006 I didn't know! Do you know the source?

@nkbujvytcygvujno6006

Жыл бұрын

@@zarinaa1135 Unfortunately I have lost it. And we all know how impossible it is to find any old post on Tumblr, with its spaghetti code. You kind of have to rely on chance. But I thought it still deserved mentioning.

@idkwhatslife

Жыл бұрын

@@nkbujvytcygvujno6006 i swear iv seen that post on my dash, but after some google truns out it was orginaly a twitter post! I think it just also got really popular on tumblr so alot of people remember seeing it there insted lol

here in Brazil, we have a few Werewolf folk tales, i think the most famous is is that a man will turn into a Werewolf if he is the 7th son, where all his olders siblings are either all men or all women, and that he will first turn on his 13th birthday, and after that, he will turn into a werewolf every Friday (or Tuesday), and in order to turn back into a human he has to pass 7 crossroads, 7 churchs, 7 villages and 7 graveyards, if he couldnt make it he would stay a werewolf forever

I think my favorite one is Bigby Wolf from Fable, he's a reverse Werewolf, in that, he's actually the Big Bad Wolf from the fairy tales infected with Lycantrophy so he can live among humans, one could say, a Wolf Among Us

@spachino7351

2 жыл бұрын

Is this a reference to video game I don’t get it

@sonorasgirl

2 жыл бұрын

@@spachino7351 it’s a comic - it’s pretty cool subversion Of fairytales, but I’m not a fan of the amount of yelling all the characters do lol

@Drakin292

2 жыл бұрын

@@spachino7351 "The Wolf Among Us" is a video game based on the comic and it's quite good. Cool a concept as it is though, I don't recommend the comic. I read all 150 issues or so and it gets wildly convoluted and hard to follow. Also the character of Jack (of Jack and the Beanstalk) is such a prick I can't go into it here for risk of saying ugly things that could get this post removed. Trust me, if you're interested play the game an/or read the first story arc of the comic and leave it there. The rest only goes downhill from there.

@dashiellgillingham4579

2 жыл бұрын

The Big Bad Wolf being the cop in the fairytale ghetto was a stroke of genius.

@SolstaceWinters

2 жыл бұрын

Red Riding Hood was being kinda sus though (I'm sorry! It had to happen!)

“Today’s hot take, the witch hunts were bad actually” How could you say something so controversial and yet so brave?

@Kittsuera

2 жыл бұрын

"only a witch would say that the witch hunts were bad. MuSt Be OnE tOo." -the mobs with less than 1 brain cell being lead by the brainless.

@billuraral1870

2 жыл бұрын

Witch hunts are Cancelled

@darealznoopdogg9300

2 жыл бұрын

@@billuraral1870 Yikes, Um sweaty, murdering women for having opinions or practicing medicine is like, very problematic. Ive found your address and posted it on twitter. You’re cancelled.

@shanedoesyoutube8001

2 жыл бұрын

@@darealznoopdogg9300 bruh, don't cancel them like that. Do what Dr eggman did to shadow the hedgehog

My high school alma mater had St. Augustine as its patron Saint. I would have been so much more interested in his life story if I'd learned he wrote about werewolves.

Werewolves being warriors of God that fight evil witches is basically just the plot of a Powerwolf song, seriously. Listen to Incense and Iron by Powerwolf.

Speaking of Dracula... remember how you said you originally had a summary that preserved the way the book was written, but that was 30 minutes long so you canned it? Well, I'd like to think that 30 minute vids aren't so daunting to you now. I'd just... still really like to see that summary.

@GodwynDi

2 жыл бұрын

I too would listen to Red talk about Dracula for 30 minutes.

@Azalea_rose

2 жыл бұрын

I think the art and editing is more the issue

@usernameok6078

2 жыл бұрын

porobaly saving it 4next year

@valentinaaugustina

2 жыл бұрын

Tbh I read it because of her videos, and it’s really good but the end kinda drags so like idk

@Grim_Sister

2 жыл бұрын

Red has gone on record saying that if she begins redoing her old videos, she’ll end up stuck in an artist loop, something many beginner web artists get stuck in. So sadly, we won’t be getting that 30 minute summary of Dracula. Sorry

“Lycaon founds Lycosura on Mt. Lycaeus, hosts the Lycaian games and gave Zeus the title Zeus Lycaios.” All I got out of that is “wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf wolf and wolf.” It’s like proto-Leman Russ.

@iapetusmccool

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was thinking.

@dajohnniesanders6997

2 жыл бұрын

Apollo and Leto agree. Since Apollo animal symbol is a wolf and Leto favorites form is a wolf. Also the tribe said to also worship Apollo too.

@dajohnniesanders6997

2 жыл бұрын

Wulver are mythical race of humanoid wolf people who believe that human was descendant from them so they help human with safe traveling, hunting, fishing and with protect them. So reverse werewolves.

@henrypaleveda7760

2 жыл бұрын

I think you mean proto wolf wolf

@anoninunen

2 жыл бұрын

Lion for life,

I find it absolutely beautiful that Red learned about the Omegaverse because she had to research exactly what was involved in certain parts of werewolve ideas :,)

Concerning the wolf extermination thing, one thing I thought interesting is I'd heard theories that this was partly responsible for the "buffalo as far as the eye can see" thing, that bison actually don't normally form herds THAT large, as it would rapidly annihilate the vegetation, and they were actually overpopulated for a certain period of time following the wolf extermination before bison hunting went too far and nearly eliminated them as well.

@thegoldenatlas753

7 ай бұрын

Another interesting point is that wolfs actually *do* kill humans, the extermination actually caused the avoid humans trait, and we are slowly seeing it go away as its not getting passed to the offspring much now.

My favorite use of a werewolf is in My Babysitter’s a Vampire when this one dude hypes up how terrifying and dangerous his wolf form is. Then when he actually turns, he turns into an adorable and gentle puppy! It’s so funny and I love it.

@SymphonyZach

2 жыл бұрын

That show was a fever dream. They never did finish it either, the final got cut cuz so many parents went what the fuck at the satanic ritual scene

@ienzio7795

2 жыл бұрын

@@SymphonyZach I actually rewatched the entire series for spooky month and I'm still pissed they never finished it, they just left it on a huge cliff hanger

@dylanbaillie7085

2 жыл бұрын

I rember that show from when I was younger I thought the vampire baby sitter was cute

@RossPitSharkHunter

2 жыл бұрын

I forgot about that episode(despite thinking about that show maybe every hour of every day), and knowing young me who would have been real excited to see a werewolf(them being my favorite myth/legend/cryptid? at the time) I was probably kinda pissed, and just went to watch the werewolf episode of Lost Tapes again. That's a pretty funny twist, though.

@ErutaniaRose

2 жыл бұрын

I loooved that show. As a kid I would multiply my age by 1000. So like, if I was 8, I would be like, “I’m an 8000 year old vampire! Rawr!” My parents took advantage of this by telling me that beats were bloody hearts, so I would eat them. XD Low key smart.

Well, I didn't expect this to turn into "The dude who wrote the Malleus Maleficarum was actually a more extreme version of the bad guy from the Hunchback of Notre Dame," but here we are.

@morley364

2 жыл бұрын

"Helena moved on with her life. Kramer did not" Ah, a tale as old as time...

@bar-1studios

2 жыл бұрын

Then you see a chapter titled, "Why women are more likely to believe in evil superstitions", watch women decorate their homes in Ouija Board every Halloween, and say, "Okay so the broken clock..."

@melvinfranco2142

2 жыл бұрын

Ouch.

@antonioscendrategattico2302

2 жыл бұрын

@@bar-1studios Then you remember the dudes who believe "alpha males" are a thing and realize that no, really, it's a fifty fifty.

@bar-1studios

2 жыл бұрын

@@antonioscendrategattico2302 that Kramer was right in fifty percent of his book?

Wolf children is by far my favorite werewolf ish story. Wolfwalkers being my second.

@salem-01

9 ай бұрын

Wolfwalkers is so good and it wasn’t until I watched this video that I realised that it’s basically just working off of the classic medieval werewolf system, which is pretty rad

I was showing this to my dad recently and he says your pronunciation was "not bad". He's a linguist. He congratulates you for trying.

The Werewolf Myth in Brasil: Any boy that is born after 7 girls will be a werewolf (sometimes it's seven other boys), werewolfs cannot die of old age while cursed, so they trick young people to accept the curse by asking them to "accept the burden", the person accepts thinking it's an inheritance. Werewolfs are also reclusive in human form, beign described as skinny, always looking ill and having hair coming out of their ears. Werewolfs transform every friday of full-moon in a crossroad, and from midnight to dawn they have to run throught seven cemiteries to be able to became human again. They like the blood of un-baptized children.

@edenmckinley3472

2 жыл бұрын

That's incredibly fascinating. Why hasn't anyone written books about these kinds of werewolves?

@the24thcolossusjustchillin39

2 жыл бұрын

And weirdly specific tbh, really seems like there’s a lot to analyse here

@julyanakhadidja6750

2 жыл бұрын

@@the24thcolossusjustchillin39 Every Brazilian mith is incredibly specific, always having a certain date and/or a number of times someting needs to be done to break free of a curse or a spell. It's very weird and very funny and the same time

@thaysa5503

2 жыл бұрын

tem muita variedade no lobisomem brasileiro mesmo, ja ouvi de elementos de porcou ou carneiro, de ter que correr sete igrejas, tem altas variedade amo

@tom-esvar

2 жыл бұрын

Same for Argentina and most South american countries i guess. But in argentina if you have seven sons or seven doughters the seventh become a werwolf or a witch respectively. If you want to stop it, the kids has to become the godson of the president

The spookiest event of the season: Red learned what ABO is.

@umlaut_loser

2 жыл бұрын

OH NO! SHE'S FOUND US HIDE!!!

@jenniferriedel5182

2 жыл бұрын

I legit had to pause the video because I was laughing so hard XD

@amelianekomimi1936

2 жыл бұрын

ah yes omegaverse

@oliverfern8039

2 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know it by that name so when I looked up ABO I thought you were talking about the ABO blood grouping system and was very confused.

@31-2-5

2 жыл бұрын

@@oliverfern8039 it's such a shame red didn't know about blood until recently

2:39 I actually read this story in my Latin class and I think the funniest part about is when the protagonist is retelling this story in a bar, he mentions the weirdest part being the clothes turning to stone, NOT THE DUDE WHO JUST STRAIGHT UP TURNS INTO A WOLF

My biggest takeaway from this is that Red totally looked up and was subsequently cursed with the knowledge of ABO/Omega-verse

@Jimmy-ii9pi

Жыл бұрын

Jimmy JB

What seems to be a common theme in contemporary werewolf fiction, and perhaps my personal favorite, is portraying the werewolf as a form of freedom. The transformation gives the person an escape from the pressures of society, a connection with nature that is often missed, and a powerful form of self-care. This does kinda mesh with modern perceptions of wolves, now that we know how goofy and wholesome they can be (while still being very much wild animals). We can all imagine how liberating it would feel to be as excited about life as a dog, after all.

@starmaker75

2 жыл бұрын

I mean being turn into a good boy and the ability to mark your territory does sound pretty good

@OriginalCreatorSama

2 жыл бұрын

@@starmaker75 I mean you can technically mark your territory as a human, but there's that pesky law about public indecency or some bollocks that says humans aren't supposed to.

@blarg2429

2 жыл бұрын

I read a pretty cool tumblr post once which cast the wolf side of a werewolf as the part of oneself which stubbornly continues to practice some level of self-love and self-preservation even if one is largely alienated from oneself. Something that is wild because it is unabashed and violent because it is under threat.

@RandomGuy-fo7kx

2 жыл бұрын

Bro all that shedding ain’t worth it at all, house is just filled with hair and it’s miserable. Ain’t dealing with that.

@asiabrew81

2 жыл бұрын

This aspect was wonderfully done in reverse in THE ONLY GOOD EPISODE in that X-Files reboot: Mulder & Scully Meet the Were-Monster. Not a werewolf, but same concept.

God: "Are you saying I couldn't make a werewolf?" Augustine: "No, that would be heresy. But I AM saying it would be dumb." Me: "I like this guy."

@thethirdsicily4802

2 жыл бұрын

He and St. Thomas Aquinas are Doctors of the Church, that's a good portion of their job

@razi_man

2 жыл бұрын

If god made werewolves real, we are doomed.

@willparry530

2 жыл бұрын

@@razi_man why would we be doomed?

I'm Irish and wathing Americans even trying to pronounce the word Ireland (let alone any of the language) itself gives me a special kind of joy.

I love how Red got an email from a Werewolf scholar. Which I wish I knew was something I could’ve done.

Me: “It’s going to be about werewolf folklore, it’s not going to be scary-“ Red at 1:28 “Omegaverse is a thing that exists” Also me: *ghastly scream of horror as the memories resurface* Werewolves aren’t scary. The deparvity of the human mind is.

@WhitneyDahlin

2 жыл бұрын

The symptoms of a werewolf sound a lot like the symptoms of rabies. The whole extreme thirst, fatigue,, drooling, aggressively attacking people while behaving like an animal and growling, the fact you become a werewolf in most legends and accounts by being bit by a werewolf, that just screams rabies to me. Sometimes rabies victims are afraid of water but not always, that symptom isn't even listed under the seven symptoms of rabies. I wonder if cases of rabies were actually the origin of werewolves. And wolves themselves can and do carry rabies but healthy wolves for the most part totally avoid humans but lived in very close proximity to humans and livestock back then (there were a much much larger amount of wolves because there wasn't as much development back then so naturally there were more wolves with rabies). A wolf with rabies would have no fear of humans it would just stand there and drool and then attack and bite if not kill the humans. So to onlookers and witnesses all they would see is a wolf not acting like a normal wolf, who stared down the human with no fear and then bites someone then the bitten begins acting strangely exhibiting a lot of the symptoms the Wolf was. It would seem to them a clear case of lycanthropy. Rabies definitely existed back then but they didn't know it existed so cases of rabies would naturally be categorized as cases of lycanthropy. Change my mind.

@neontoes

2 жыл бұрын

@@WhitneyDahlin wait this actually makes sense..why didn't I think if this before

@Grexius

2 жыл бұрын

Always has been.

@ChanceTheBrony

2 жыл бұрын

Humans are the real monsters

@hulmhochberg8129

2 жыл бұрын

the terror of the beast has nothing on the terror of man.

"Is the wolf the man's shadow?" *sobbing in LOZ: Twilight Princess*

@Ahsoka_Hyrule

2 жыл бұрын

DON’T REMIND ME-

@JiroTheFro

2 жыл бұрын

*hears a distant laugh from the shadows*

@darkrobin

2 жыл бұрын

That line gave me flashbacks to that game too

@stephenfong1144

2 жыл бұрын

[flashbacks to that one puzzle in the Temple of Time that you do before getting access to switching between forms]

@AyyyJeyyy

2 жыл бұрын

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“And that is why werewolves are objectively better than vampires” Finally! Someone who agrees with me, werewolves are infinitely more interesting than vampires, vampires are so incredibly basic, it’s an undead human who drinks blood and turns into a bat, and some stories the vampire can turn others into vampires, and the description of werewolves would lead you to believe it’s the same thing just with a wolf instead of a bat, but there is so much more to werewolves than “man wolf bite people turn people into wolf man, kill with silver, howl at moon” they are soooooooo much cooler, and that’s why werewolves are my favorite monster

@kylajensen1957

Жыл бұрын

I'm writing a Yu-Gi-Oh vampire Au in an attempt to make one actually sfw, (most unfortunately aren't) and to make vampires more interesting. I came up with more lore for that than for my actual original story 😅

@thedragonwarrior5861

9 ай бұрын

Exactly

@simoneidson21

3 ай бұрын

Vampires are way cooler than werewolves, because they are humans forced to drink the blood of other humans, forced to live as a parasite to survive. There is something very compelling in the question of how do you deal with that. Do you reject your parasitic nature and strive to drink from sources that don’t harm people? Or do you embrace it and become a monster?

@marceltelang7825

3 ай бұрын

@@simoneidson21 Werewolves have the exact same thing, just replace the blood-drinking with hunting

Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright. The way you walk was thorny through no fault of your own, but as the rain enters the soil the river enters the sea, so tears run to a predestined end.

@georgeray1906

7 ай бұрын

I understood that reference.

I love how the alpha and beta sweat when Red starts talking about "certain nsfw pack dynamics"

@thekinginyellowmessiahofha6308

2 жыл бұрын

What? Please explain?

@MasterHyperionMC

2 жыл бұрын

@@thekinginyellowmessiahofha6308 There’s this thing called the ‘Omegaverse’, that is basically this idea of ‘alphas’ on top, ‘betas’ forming the rank-and-file of humanity, and ‘omegas’ acting as submissive and dubiously consenting sex objects for the ‘alphas’. Essentially. It’s weird and creepy and there’s like 2 Lindsay Ellis videos about it I highly recommend.

@Grimmtoof

2 жыл бұрын

And of course the whole "alpha and beta" think is all rubbish anyway.

@trla6505

2 жыл бұрын

@Just some guy On the internet iv seen them more in yaoi fanfics then anything

@trla6505

2 жыл бұрын

@Just some guy On the internet jejeje cishet

"Werewolves are objectively better than vampires. There I said it." Well, that earned my like.

@janneswilmink487

2 жыл бұрын

Truer words have never been spokem

@forickgrimaldus8301

2 жыл бұрын

Because Blood Angels are Gay - Space Wolves, of wolf, wolf

@Magus_Union

2 жыл бұрын

*(curls lips in Lasombra)*

@jaymartin8273

2 жыл бұрын

Same here and I second that thought! :=)

@sergeantsainsburys9181

2 жыл бұрын

We can all agree the jabberwocky is the best monster

I saw the clips of Wolfwalkers and thought "That looks like Song of the Sea." Sure enough, it's by the same director. I really like his "Irish folklore" series - the art is beautiful and the stories well written. I need to watch them again.

Okay, but there is at least one important werewolf-like story in Norse mythology! Namely, Wali (or Vali?) and Narfi, sons of Loki, and the myth of Loki's binding. Kvasir turns Wali into a wolf in an uncontrollable rage, which kills Narfi, his brother, and then disappears never to be seen again (and then they use Narfi's guts to tie Loki to the stones). It's a magical transformation caused by someone else, no control over himself, no apparent way to turn back.

"Werewolves are objectively better than vampires." You're god damn right

@Claireverlasting

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been saying this since FOREVER

@BennyLlama39

2 жыл бұрын

In some ways, that's true; they can (probably) eat garlic without deadly allergic reactions. 😀

@ghostly0005

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yeh

@jtalle01

2 жыл бұрын

Hear here!

@sapphiredragon5152

2 жыл бұрын

Truer truth never truthed.

Its official. Red knows about ABO fanfics, she too is forever cursed with this knoledge. It is a blessing sometimes tho, when a weid dude call himself an 'Alpha male' or describes weird 'alpha vs beta' man things, you can respond with "oh i didn't know you were into omegaverse fanfic"

@nahlotzul7851

2 жыл бұрын

The pain in the eyes of those people afterwards

@lnsflare1

2 жыл бұрын

I just flat out call them furries.

@jamesy8217

2 жыл бұрын

@@lnsflare1 that’s somehow worse lol

@xenostyrant4118

2 жыл бұрын

Fun fact, wolves do not have those sorts of social dynamics within a pack. It's a very common misconception.

@brookejon3695

2 жыл бұрын

@@xenostyrant4118 Yeah, we know. Red literally explains that in this video.

Bisclavret is honestly so funny. Because this king literally did the "I'll let him stay, because he looks very polite" meme

I almost choked laughing at the “separate the art from the artist part”

Vampires aren't uncool, they just are completley oversaturated with either paranormal romance or evil castle owners. Werewolves are also featured in those situations, but less so.

@cosmicsmoothie9030

2 жыл бұрын

yeah because what not like other girls high school emo chick needs a rugged homeless wolfman boyfriend when she can have a very wealthy and immortal* boyfriend that can easily be killed with sunlight

@jacebralor

2 жыл бұрын

Vampires are basically goth zombies, lol

@mikegrapefruit4987

2 жыл бұрын

yes this also can we get more reverseals of the vampire and werewolf dynamics? wheres all the fancy suave rich werewolves? wheres all the unhinged messy criptid(tm) trash vampires?

@weldonwin

2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes they can be both Paranormal Romantics AND Evil Castle Owners, like Dracula in the Castlevania Anime

@ladyazari2785

2 жыл бұрын

Not everythink is bad about them. Some vampire romance storyes are realy beautiful.

“Insufficient Jesus, prepare for flogging” I look forward to using this line at my next kink party

@theblackbaron4119

2 жыл бұрын

You what.

@ginger-ale7818

2 жыл бұрын

Gotta be dressed as a nun and/or friar. Or at least be holding a cross.

@stephenfong1144

2 жыл бұрын

Well THAT took a turn

@worshipwormking2327

2 жыл бұрын

old catholic school essay critique

@fenyxfirestalker327

2 жыл бұрын

ok then...

I know it's a bad movie, but Van Helsing still has by far my favourite werewolf design.

My sister and I love Wolf Walkers so much we got matching tattoos of the wolf symbol that shows when they wake up!

"Werewolves are objectively more interesting than vampires" YES, THANK YOU!

@willparry530

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@robbietheweirdo

2 жыл бұрын

The only exception for me is the world of darkness where both are just as interesting.

@latronqui

2 жыл бұрын

So... team Jacob? 😆

@MatijaReby

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely

@yuvalgabay1023

2 жыл бұрын

@@robbietheweirdo one is the littral sons of cain forever cerst whit infighting . the other have anger problem that all ways fuck them upp

Werewolves: Proof that Fursonas have been a thing for way longer than people think.

@coolgreenbug7551

2 жыл бұрын

The Egyptian pantheon: Proof that Fursonas have been a thing for way longer than people think.

@rytan4516

2 жыл бұрын

The Lion-man figurine, among the oldest bits of evidence that ancient humans have imagination (between 35 to 40 thousand years old): Proof that Fursonas have been a thing for way longer than people think

You would think that with the amount of human-animal and animal-animal hybrids running around in ancient times, a wolf man seems like something that would exist…

@YEY0806

7 ай бұрын

I mean just look at ancient Egypt for example, it would have been weird for them to NOT believe in a animal/human hybrid

One scary addition I've heard in the past (specifically in a weird tiny pamphlet-like thing that was available in my elementary school way back when, along with others for other kinds of baddies) suggested that even killing a werewolf wasn't much use, as all killing a werewolf did was turn them into vampires. Made even worse with the other pamphlet on vampires that insisted the only way to kill a vampire was to find him asleep, shove a stake through his heart and into the wood of his coffin so he couldn't move, stuff him mouth full of garlic, chop off his head, then burn the whole body, bones and all, down to fine ash while carefully watching for even the smallest insect crawling out of the fire and throwing them back in, just in case one of those bugs is the shapeshifted vampire. Good luck getting all that done by sunset.

Gotta respect that instead of outright denying werewolves exist, Augustine just came up with a super rad theory about how they could

@alicethemad1613

2 жыл бұрын

It makes sense, one of the best ways to make a new religion take in a given region is to say “hey, you know all those traditions and folklore you hold dear? Us too! They’re just a product of our god now! Anyways go to church.”

@b12zturtelz29

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao true

@daniele7989

2 жыл бұрын

Legit a mass hysteria induced by the raving fantasies of a bestial man kind of tracks

@MaylocBrittinorum

2 жыл бұрын

@@alicethemad1613 I'd say in this case it was less a conscious attempt at Christianizing them and more something akin to "X thing obviously exists, but it's lore contradicts our beliefs, which are also true, therefore X must have been misunderstood"

Red struggling to pronounce Gaelic names? Weird NSFW trope implications? Christianity editing folklore? This video is already a classic

Just found this out and got excited to share this here: The Epic of Gilgamesh also has an example of an early werewolf. In tablet 6, where Gilgamesh is outlining the fates of all of Ishtar's previous lovers, he says that she once loved a shepherd (or shepherds in general?) but later turned them into a wolf, who got chased away by his own hired hands (edit: and dogs).

Re-watching this I had a morbid thought. Did the publishing of the malleus maleficarum have any consequences for Helena, Kramer's initial unhealthy fixation, or did she thankfully dodge that particular Bible shaped bullet? I hate to think he finally got what he wanted in the end.

@JennyBlaze253

Ай бұрын

I don't see anything online regarding what happened to Helena after the book was made. Hopefully she lived a long (at least for the time) prosperous life without any more toxic assholes trying to ruin her life.

"Insufficient Jesus. Prepare for flogging." That got a good laugh out of me.

I personally think the "Warrior of God fighting Demons" would make an interesting story, where everyone presumes the feral dangerous wolf thing, but it turns out that the werewolves are actually keeping worse things at bay, and killing them really disturbed the ecosystem. Would make for a nice allegory.

@margaretgibbs6673

2 жыл бұрын

...am I hearing that it would be great to basically make werewolf story about people fearing what they don't understand and using them as a giant metaphor for the trophic cascade and the way trying to exterminate wolves royally screwed up the environment in those areas for years to come? If so, you're right.

@connormclernon26

2 жыл бұрын

@@margaretgibbs6673 yeah, pretty much, except with werewolves keeping awful daemonic forces at bay, and ungrateful townsfolk killing them anyway

@margaretgibbs6673

2 жыл бұрын

@@connormclernon26 please take my money

@connormclernon26

2 жыл бұрын

@@margaretgibbs6673 so thoughts: 1. Werewolves are still fully sapient when transformed 2. Can go from more fur on body, to midway between wolf and human, and full wolf 3. 5 fold strength and speed, as well as heightened senses 4. They can sense that which comes from Hell 5. They are an Order dedicated to preventing Hell from rising and doing harm to the people of Earth 6. People forgot about them over time, and the 1400’s began a series of pogroms against them 7. There’s a great deal of secrecy 8. Areas where the werewolves have been driven out tend to see a lot of demonic forces arising 9. By modern day, most governments are aware of Werewolves, and allow them to do their jobs 10. Despite this, people still fear and hate them

@twincast2005

2 жыл бұрын

So, Werewolf: The Apocalypse?

one cool modern take on the werewolf is the ttrpg Werewolf by White Wolf (the same guys who did Vampire the Masquerade). In the lore, werewolves are actually the sacred warriors of nature concept, Gaia, and fight against the corruption of humanity by the Wyrm. It's a fantasy classic take on the beast within vs the tech-savvy corrupted civilization.

Funnily enough the Netflix show The Order, a show about an occult secret society, uses the Werewolves as Noble Warriors trope with them hating black magic and killing anyone who practices it. They also pull from the Norse concept of a wolf coat. A werewolf is someone who bonds with a specific coat with its own power and strength. Not only that, being a werewolf actually makes your magic much stronger.