Like, I don’t think I have to explain how perfect an analogy lycanthropy is for a period, so why is it that the only real films exploring that are Ginger Snaps and maybe Turning Red if you stretch the definition. I get that there are female werewolves in media but they’re usually side characters with little depth.

I’d also say werewolves are typically presented as a masc thing, like the whole juvenile “dogs are boys, cats are girls” presentation in a lot of media, but even that could lead to some interesting storytelling with typically masc characters having to go through a very fem experience.

Please, we cannot let the only deep exploration of lycanthropy and sexuality in mainstream media be Joannas botched attempts to make it an analogy for aids and then have a character attack and infect children. So I guess this is a stupid question and a call for requests.

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    wereman is man in old english

    werewolf - manwolf

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      2 days ago

      If werewolf is manwolf, wouldn’t wereman be manman?

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        were meant man in modern english

        and man meant human

        wereman - weapons human (man)

        wifman - weaving human (woman)

        eventually we got rid of the prefixes