Post AYIRieFMA41WxRP5KC by cstross@wandering.shop
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 (DIR) Post #AYIRiccgCNUXvCIgOu by cstross@wandering.shop
       2023-08-01T14:25:26Z
       
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       Random thought about UF tropes: werewolf packs—a not-uncommon plot is "pack B wants to come into pack A's territory, kill the males, and steal the females".  (It's a very American sub-genre.)But werewolves are human most of the time. They talk, they drive SUVs, they wear clothes. So why doesn't pack A simply load up with AR-15s, go round to pack B's clubhouse, and pop a cap in their ass? None of this bullshit alpha dominance wolf-fight nonsense, just good old-fashioned bullets!
       
 (DIR) Post #AYIRidJvba5Q5KXDoO by ovid@fosstodon.org
       2023-08-01T15:16:50Z
       
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       @cstross I want to see a werewolf novel where some of the wolves are fat, drunk bubbas in real life and keep that after transforming.Or the skinny nerd transforming into the runt of the litter.Or the type 1 diabetic whose terrified of the full moon because they can't get their shots.Or the paraplegic who ... yeah, not gonna go there, but you get the idea.And while we're at it, the Muslim vampire held off by a copy of the Qur'an.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYIRidz38gyo8rm3uK by stuartb@social.teamb.space
       2023-08-01T16:22:54Z
       
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       @ovid@cstross Reminds me of a novel I started writing about a lunar space mission crewed by Werewolves and Vampires...
       
 (DIR) Post #AYIRieFMA41WxRP5KC by cstross@wandering.shop
       2023-08-01T14:26:14Z
       
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       For added fun, have pack B *expect* to be doing the bullshit wolf dominance ritual stuff while pack A take a briskly human (and by human I mean heavily-armed) approach.(Come to think of it, this might explain why werewolves are rare …)
       
 (DIR) Post #AYIRif437aZbUf7ZL6 by 2easteroid@mas.to
       2023-08-01T19:00:10Z
       
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       @stuartb @ovid @cstross Werewolves who don't like being werewolves go to Mars, where the moons are tiny and ignorable.Werewolves who do like being werewolves go to Jupiter or Saturn, where the moons are *everywhere*.
       
 (DIR) Post #AYIRig5rILcAgYyWnY by peter@social.linss.com
       2023-08-01T19:29:34Z
       
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       @2easteroid @stuartb @ovid @cstross this raises the question of how werewolves would work if they were on the moon. Would they be in wolf form during daylight hours (14 days on, 14 days off)? Or would they be triggered by the phase of the Earth?
       
 (DIR) Post #AYISDt1rFd9pmUz9hw by cstross@wandering.shop
       2023-08-01T19:35:13Z
       
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       @peter @2easteroid @stuartb @ovid Also, don't get me started on the existential angst of a werewolf astronaut trying to work aboard the Lunar Gateway: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Gateway
       
 (DIR) Post #AYJ9n32mIupF0RQd5E by daskeit@mastodon.social
       2023-08-02T03:43:19Z
       
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       @peter @2easteroid @stuartb @ovid @cstross there’s also a fun question of whether the intensity of moonlight affects the intensity of the transformation
       
 (DIR) Post #AYJ9n7JaQMeCFjK6q0 by daskeit@mastodon.social
       2023-08-02T03:43:20Z
       
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       @peter @2easteroid @stuartb @ovid @Menhit Imagine how much brighter and more intense the moonlight would be on the Moon itself, and what that might do to a werewolf’s transformation (This would also explain the need for a full moon - that’s when moonlight is strongest, and passes the threshold needed to trigger the change.)