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On Recent Discoveries Regarding the Phenomena of Lycanthr...
I've gone ahead and written another weird piece. Kinda like my Transformex User's Guide, this piece doesn't really tell a story. It's a fictional research paper which attempts to explain a couple facets of lycanthropy. If 2,152 words of me trying to explain werewolves given modern scientific knowledge sounds intriguing, maybe give this a try!
Going into unnecessary detail for things that shouldn't work is something I enjoy every now and again. Trying to explain something impossible as possible can lead to coming up with fun details that can have interesting consequences. The trigger section of this paper includes one such example of this.
I've had this piece lying around in various stages of completion for a while now. It started back in college, when I was still writing the occasional paper for classes. One day I just kinda asked myself "what would a transformation story in APA formatting look like?" One thing led to another, and soon I had the idea of a research paper trying to explain lycanthropy as a scientific phenomena rather than a magical one.
Since it's been over two years since my last upload and October is werewolf season, I figured finishing up this weird little pseudoscientific paper would be nice to do. I love coming up with weird ideas (whether story plots or otherwise), but I don't often find myself motivated to sit and write. I just kinda prefer doing other activities in my free time for the most part. Perhaps posting this will kick me back into writing things frequently enough to not have to measure in terms of years. Maybe.
Well, that's enough of me rambling about this piece. If the mood strikes you, I'm always open to comments, criticism, or even petty grammatical corrections! Even if you just give this a quick read, I hope you enjoy this strange fictional research paper.
Going into unnecessary detail for things that shouldn't work is something I enjoy every now and again. Trying to explain something impossible as possible can lead to coming up with fun details that can have interesting consequences. The trigger section of this paper includes one such example of this.
I've had this piece lying around in various stages of completion for a while now. It started back in college, when I was still writing the occasional paper for classes. One day I just kinda asked myself "what would a transformation story in APA formatting look like?" One thing led to another, and soon I had the idea of a research paper trying to explain lycanthropy as a scientific phenomena rather than a magical one.
Since it's been over two years since my last upload and October is werewolf season, I figured finishing up this weird little pseudoscientific paper would be nice to do. I love coming up with weird ideas (whether story plots or otherwise), but I don't often find myself motivated to sit and write. I just kinda prefer doing other activities in my free time for the most part. Perhaps posting this will kick me back into writing things frequently enough to not have to measure in terms of years. Maybe.
Well, that's enough of me rambling about this piece. If the mood strikes you, I'm always open to comments, criticism, or even petty grammatical corrections! Even if you just give this a quick read, I hope you enjoy this strange fictional research paper.
Category Story / Transformation
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File Size 211.7 kB
Great concept and interesting read; faux scientific papers are right up my alley. Of course the research was not all-encompassing, but I noticed a few areas that I think could have used some elaboration:
"To test if this wavelength caused some sort of inhibition on lycanthropic transformation, we created a light source that closely resembles that of reflected moonlight." Resembles it how? What relevant properties did and didn't it share with actual moonlight?
"Lycanthropes can exhibit a wide range of potential forms. While wolf forms are most popular in media, they are far from the majority." What other forms are there? If the wolf form isn't the most common form, then what is? The researchers might not know every form, but surely they'd be able to provide a few examples of common alternatives to wolf lycanthropy.
"To test if this wavelength caused some sort of inhibition on lycanthropic transformation, we created a light source that closely resembles that of reflected moonlight." Resembles it how? What relevant properties did and didn't it share with actual moonlight?
"Lycanthropes can exhibit a wide range of potential forms. While wolf forms are most popular in media, they are far from the majority." What other forms are there? If the wolf form isn't the most common form, then what is? The researchers might not know every form, but surely they'd be able to provide a few examples of common alternatives to wolf lycanthropy.
Thanks for the comment! I agree, I could have definitely been more clear or elaborated more on certain topics. The artificial moonlight wasn't something I gave much thought; it wasn't really meant to be more than "moonlight but from a lightbulb." In my head it's meant to be essentially identical, though on a second look I'll admit that "closely resembles" isn't the best choice of words if "essentially the same" was what I was going for. Perhaps there's some interesting ideas to be had in the difference between the artificial moonlight and actual moonight, but it's not something I plan on thinking about.
There's a lot of fun that could potentially be had with the physiology section. Some examples of other forms would definitely have been a good idea for this piece. I'll admit, I didn't really have many ideas there, so I suppose that's where all the vagueness comes from. I've not really given any thought to the range of species or the similarity/differences between lycanthropes and their normal animal counterparts. I don't plan on writing any follow-up pieces to this, but if I ever do perhaps investigating this section could make for an interesting read.
There's a lot of fun that could potentially be had with the physiology section. Some examples of other forms would definitely have been a good idea for this piece. I'll admit, I didn't really have many ideas there, so I suppose that's where all the vagueness comes from. I've not really given any thought to the range of species or the similarity/differences between lycanthropes and their normal animal counterparts. I don't plan on writing any follow-up pieces to this, but if I ever do perhaps investigating this section could make for an interesting read.
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