Werewolf Mystery

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 153835

> > Ginger (previously): 
> > FG, OTOH, has a dual nature.  The human side is capable of reason 
> and 
> > planning, and the werewolf side is out for a feed.  My guess is 
> that 
> > he uses his human side to plan the attack, and that part of the 
> plan 
> > is that he feeds at will before any attacks he plans for 
infection 
> so 
> > he is not so out of control that he eats the victim.  
> 
> Lanval:
> What do you suggest he eats, though -- not people, certainly? Meat? 
> Would a belly-full of 'normal' food make his werewolf form less 
> likely to attack? It's a possibility.

Ginger now:

Actually, I did mean eating people first.  Let me see if I can 
explain.

Remember on the tower FG (who I called GF-sorry) was looking forward 
to eating DD and any other kiddies he could get his teeth on?  It 
wasn't a full moon.  A werewolf in full-moon mode (even Lupin) would 
have that desire to eat humans.  I would go so far as to say that it 
could be called an uncontrolable desire.  I would also assume that 
most werewolves don't eat people if they can help it (during non-full-
moon times).

FG seems to enjoy the prospect of it.  I don't think it's a stretch 
to think that he is a cannibal in human form.  I think the times 
where he just bites to infect are intentional.  Since he can't 
control himself if he goes all month without eating someone, he has a 
pre-full-moon snack before he postions himself to bite for the 
purpose of infecting. 

Lupin said that FG bit him on purpose as Lupin's father had offended 
FG.  Lupin said that FG positioned himself to bite kids during the 
full moon.  We can assume from Bill's injuries that a non-full-moon 
bite would not infect. 

FG is, in a rather perverse way, procreating.  He is biting for the 
purpose of increasing the werewolf population, not for the dining 
experience.  Since he wouldn't be able to stop himself from eating 
the whole child otherwise, I drew the conclusion that he may sate his 
hunger by having a human snack before the full moon.

There are a lot of missing persons.  What is to stop him from 
snacking on a transient whom no one would miss?  If he does it as a 
human, he can dispose of what's left of the body.  Dig a shallow 
grave in a remote area, kill, eat, bury, hit the road to stalk the 
next child victim to bite.  

So, yes, distasteful as it is, I do see him eating people in his 
human form.  He does not strike me as one with morals or table 
manners, nor does it seem likely that he would be able to control the 
urge to kill after a filling chicken kiev and asparagus tips served 
with a nice side salad with a delightful raspberry vinegarette.  
Thousand Island maybe.  Nah.  He's more of a cannibal. 

> Lanval, who's intrigued by the responses so far, but still hasn't 
> found an answer as to whether we're dealing with a contradiction 
> within the text, or whether the two different viewpoints of a) 
> Werewolves as Killers, and b) Werewolves as Occasionally Lethal 
> Werewolf-Makers can be reconciled
>

Ginger:
I do think they can be reconciled, as in the case of FG, but I would 
tend to see them more as killers.  I think the just biting is a 
planned event.  After all, what chance would a child have against a 
werewolf?  Some may have been lucky enough to have a number of adults 
around with wands at the ready to somehow entrap the werewolf, but I 
do think FG's reputation for infecting kids is well earned.

Not sure if that answers your question, but thanks for starting an 
interesting conversation.  I, too, have been enjoying the replies in 
this thread.

Ginger, who wonders if we taste just like chicken