The problem with werewolves in the movies is their clothing.
When transforming into wolves, the clothes (generally) just vanish. [We watched the Buffy episode Beauty and the Beasts today, and it was quite guilty of that. Perhaps Oz's clothes just got absorbed into him?]
An American Werewolf in London got it right in their transformation scene, because David is in so much pain, he removes his clothing beforehand, and morphs in the nude. Good job, movie guys!!
Of course, magically disappearing (or appearing - see below) clothes are pretty rampant in tv and movies.
Heck, in the same episode of Buffy, Angel managed to track down a pair of leather pants, and, despite being out of his mind from hundreds of years of torment, got himself half-dressed!
And when You-Know-Who is reborn in the movie version of Goblet of Fire (another thing we watched today), he arrives complete with magic robes!
And of course, my long-standing complaint about souls/ghosts is that they always appear wearing whatever they died in. I guess fabrics have souls too.
But going back to werewolves - that was (one of) the biggest logistical block(s) when I was planning "Wolf". (Which I still do plan on writing....someday.) How to get past the clothing issue. I mean, yeah having wolf-creatures in various stages of undress might be more accurate, but it sounds kinda silly. (Or kinda terrifying, actually. Seeing some beast approaching you while it has half of Aunt Sally's skirt around it's waist might be disturbing.)
Huh. I guess that could work then.
Doesn't remedy the other end (the changing back. What would all these nearly nude people do?) And...you know, talking through this has actually helped spur some ideas...
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Dude, see, if you answer these questions that no one else bothers to answer, your artistic output will be, by default, that much superior.
Incidentally, I think having wolves going around in half-ripped pseudo-clothes would be FREAKING AWESOME.
Also, do the clothes always have to rip? I mean, it depends on what kind of werewolf you turn into, but if it's a more or less regular wolf-type of wolf, well, then, they're kind of people-sized, aren't they? Maybe their clothes would just get stretched out of shape, with maybe small tears. And then you could have people in their somewhat rumpled clothing, with no good explanation for how they got that way.
These musings have been brought to you by my total excitement to read this story.
Also, my word verification is "ismokqen" and I can't stop giggling.
I mean, yeah having wolf-creatures in various stages of undress might be more accurate, but it sounds kinda silly. (Or kinda terrifying, actually. Seeing some beast approaching you while it has half of Aunt Sally's skirt around it's waist might be disturbing.)
Huh. I guess that could work then.
Oh yes. Run with this.
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