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werewolf thoughts
14 years ago
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The recent DMFA comic, as well as the Arthronauts comic got me thinking about something. well a couple of somethings realy
mainly mass shifting. I use werewolves cause in most fiction the were form is larger then the human form to some extent. while magic would sufice to explain it I was daydreaming and thought of another possibility.
My Idea is based on the science fiction of shrink rays. If say a tank is shrunk to the size of a toy my most explanations I've seen it would still have the same mass , and there for the same weight as the tank this being that shrink rays work on the concept that atoms are comprised of mostly empty space and if you could some how reduce the amount of empty space while maintaining the stability of the atom you get shrinkage
so my thought is the werewolfs extra mass is hidden in it's density. So when something shifts into a form thats larger then it it sacrifices it's density for that extra mass. Now since most creatures that can grow are strong in the larger forms, able to endure some intense punishment that means the human forms would need to be far more dense then your average human in order to make up for all that bio mass. How ever this would lead to some interesting problems. one being human form werewolves couldn't swim simply put being that dense they would sink like a stone. which would make for a good werewolf test, how ever if a 5 foot tall scrawny man weighs about 800 pounds, that would also be a dead give away and they would need to be almost constantly eating yough in a compact form they would still have all that extra biomass they'd need to fuel. also it would be much harder to hurt a shifter in human form I think the denser bode would stand up to damage better I think, course this wouild also make benificial things harder like surgery. they should also be able to deal out more damage in the human form I'd think. think about it due to there mass a punch from one would feel like getting hit with a sledge hammer. *same concept as disc world pictsies each one has the strength of a full grown man in the body the size of a gi joe"
Now I know my science isn't sound or real but I don't care this is a sciencefictional/ mad scientist explanation of a magical phenomenon so guys what do you think?
mainly mass shifting. I use werewolves cause in most fiction the were form is larger then the human form to some extent. while magic would sufice to explain it I was daydreaming and thought of another possibility.
My Idea is based on the science fiction of shrink rays. If say a tank is shrunk to the size of a toy my most explanations I've seen it would still have the same mass , and there for the same weight as the tank this being that shrink rays work on the concept that atoms are comprised of mostly empty space and if you could some how reduce the amount of empty space while maintaining the stability of the atom you get shrinkage
so my thought is the werewolfs extra mass is hidden in it's density. So when something shifts into a form thats larger then it it sacrifices it's density for that extra mass. Now since most creatures that can grow are strong in the larger forms, able to endure some intense punishment that means the human forms would need to be far more dense then your average human in order to make up for all that bio mass. How ever this would lead to some interesting problems. one being human form werewolves couldn't swim simply put being that dense they would sink like a stone. which would make for a good werewolf test, how ever if a 5 foot tall scrawny man weighs about 800 pounds, that would also be a dead give away and they would need to be almost constantly eating yough in a compact form they would still have all that extra biomass they'd need to fuel. also it would be much harder to hurt a shifter in human form I think the denser bode would stand up to damage better I think, course this wouild also make benificial things harder like surgery. they should also be able to deal out more damage in the human form I'd think. think about it due to there mass a punch from one would feel like getting hit with a sledge hammer. *same concept as disc world pictsies each one has the strength of a full grown man in the body the size of a gi joe"
Now I know my science isn't sound or real but I don't care this is a sciencefictional/ mad scientist explanation of a magical phenomenon so guys what do you think?
pyromancy
~pyromancy
I wrote a paper explaining the werewolf phenomenon a few years back. I ascribed the condition to a viral crèche. This is a virus that lives in a bacterium. The bacteria is the infection vector and once it has set up colonies in the lymphatic system and other key points in the autonomic nervous system, the virus goes dormant. Once it's activated, the body metabolizes all available resources and the affected cells start something akin to a limited cancer. The difference being that cancer cells grow without purpose or function. These Lycanthropic cells grow and divide at an accelerated rate and function efficiently, effectively cannibalizing all spare resources in the werewolf's body. Also, the immune system, boosted by the viral activity, becomes extremely efficient at breaking down and recycling damaged tissue into new tissue. The change itself doesn't increase the mass so much. Freshly post shift werewolves are spare and sparse and unhealthy looking. This is why they are all ravenous within moments after the change. They become their wolf-selves in a state of deprivation and starvation and immediately go on the hunt. Their first couple of meals are where the extra mass comes from. The only thing that keeps them going through the early portion of the transformation is that killer metabolism and efficient immune system. The final part of the systemic adaptation is the shut down. Through most of the active viral cycle, the immune system is trying to wipe out the virus and the virus is transforming the human into its other form. The virus is losing the battle to the immune system. When the balance finally tips to the immune system's favor, the viruses go dormant and the werewolf's amped up immune system unmakes the damage done to the host organism finally returning the function of the immune system to normal levels. This is why werewolves usually are hungry, tired and weak after a transformation. They just beat a life ending disease into remission in a single night.
