Why no love for Werewolves? : V

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:10 am

This just struck me: in a world filled with talking lizards and talking cats (and who knows what in Akavir), why would anyone bat an eye at a person who can become a wolf?

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:17 pm

Cause to the rest of the mortals we wolves are scary. Supernatural=Scary=Must kill.

Sides those races are the norm. Wolves...not so much.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:36 am

Werewolfs, generally speaking, are known for killing members of the civilized species. If all khajits had the same thirst for blood they would react the same way towards them.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:03 pm

Cause to the rest of the mortals we wolves are scary. Supernatural=Scary=Must kill.

Sides those races are the norm. Wolves...not so much.

Werewolfs, generally speaking, are known for killing members of the civilized species. If all khajits had the same thirst for blood they would react the same way towards them.

You guys have encountered sabre cats, yes?

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 12:57 pm

Look at vampires as well. They tend to get a little murderous so people generally don't like them.
If it has the reputation for killing at is not one of the norm for the land then its going to be despised.

Combine our points. Supernatural with a thing for killing is seen as a bad thing in skyrim. I.E. if it kills you and isn't a common thing then its bad.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:47 am

Because they tend to eat everyone that crosses paths with them, I don't know of too many nice werewolves in TES lore or real life lore. Besides their viewed as "unnatural" or "creatures of the night" which means their evil by all definition. Eating the flesh of mortal man/mer = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ucZsJQxbQ

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:13 pm

It's hard to say something good about a huge wolf-like beast while it's chewing your guts...

Anyway I still like Werewolfs more then Vampires.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 11:53 am

Werebears are the ones that have no love, they're supposed to be "the most common Lycanthrope in Skyrim" but they're not even in the game.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:07 pm

They got chewed to.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:25 am

Because werewolves are savage beasts. http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Lore:On_Lycanthropy:
I was pushed out the cellar door into the snow with the first wave of panic, but I could see that some of the more brave (or more drunk) hobos were rushing into the darkness to do battle with the lycanthrope. They were all, of course, almost instantly killed.
(...)
"Not too tough," he said as he emerged, carrying the carcass with him. "Winter must have been tough on him too." Despite his bold words, the blood on his face and chest did not only come from his foe.

Perhaps it is because they are doomed that makes lycanthropes so aggressive. I have removed the contents of a werewolf's stomach and found more remnants of roots and berries than animal flesh. My conclusion is that they do not need to attack and devour humans to survive. Yet, for some reason they do. Does lycanthropy drive them mad, or do lycanthropes feel the need to spread the disease as a form of procreation? I do not know.

You say "can become wolves". They not only can, they must. And when they do, they hear Hircine's call forcing them to hunt and kill.
You say "sabre cats". Do you think these animals are loved? No, if they are near human settlements they're hunted down, much like wild cats in real world.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 5:26 pm

Werewolves are feral. The Orcs were too until Mortwog attempted to unite the orcs with the other races

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:26 pm

Hard to compare werewolves to Argonians or Kahjit. Werewolves are people... Let's say for example a Breton who transforms into a werewolf and kills people. This is somewhat unusual as this guy is normally a Breton. Whereas those Argonians over there.. well they are always Argonian and have always been Argonian.

Not to mention as others have already said. Werewolves tend to slice you apart and feed on you. Buggers.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:48 pm

Because from their corrupted point of view, they foolishly believe vampires and werewolves are evil because they kill to survive and mortals are the main food source.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:32 am

Anything that regards people as a food source is not going to be all that popular. I expect that if a bear or saber cat wandered into a city and started chomping on the residents, it would be dealt with in the same manner as a visiting werewolf.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 7:39 am

Look at vampires as well. They tend to get a little murderous so people generally don't like them.
If it has the reputation for killing at is not one of the norm for the land then its going to be despised.

Combine our points. Supernatural with a thing for killing is seen as a bad thing in skyrim. I.E. if it kills you and isn't a common thing then its bad.

Actually, if it kills you it's bad. For example, Skyrim is full of bears which kill people and people will react with hostility towards bears because of this even though they're as common as dirt. If you're going to try killing someone, don't be surprised if they don't like you.

Because from their corrupted point of view, they foolishly believe vampires and werewolves are evil because they kill to survive and mortals are the main food source.

I fail to see how it's foolish to react with hostility to something intent on harming you (I can't even begin to dive into "corrupted"

). If anything it's the smart thing to do.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 4:51 pm

Actually, if it kills you it's bad. For example, Skyrim is full of bears which kill people and people will react with hostility towards bears because of this even though they're as common as dirt. If you're going to try killing someone, don't be surprised if they don't like you.

Nevermind. You're statement is true, I was just going along the lines of it being unnatural and evil.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:01 am

This just struck me: in a world filled with talking lizards and talking cats (and who knows what in Akavir), why would anyone bat an eye at a person who can become a wolf?

i love being a werewolf, and for some reason i can walk through riften and no one cares....as a werewolf i mean. The nly thing that annoys me about the werewolves in this game, for some reason when i summon the werewolves to aid me, they just sit around doing -nothing-

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:27 pm

well as a moon child myself id have to say the animosity stems form the part of our transformations when we fraggle guards,farmers, and naked couriers left and right without much regard

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:55 pm

If I wasn't moonborn I'd be kinda ticked that a wolf or vampire or something just munched on my friend/family member's face. As a wolf I understand, the Ferals are the exception in my mind.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 6:41 pm

I happen to know of at least 6 werewolves that don't run around feeding on people. They all live in Whiterun and no-one seems to care. Of course, know one knows they are werewolves.

Edit: make that 5 werewolves: Skjor dies when you become a werewolf.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 1:24 pm

If I wasn't moonborn I'd be kinda ticked that a wolf or vampire or something just munched on my friend/family member's face. As a wolf I understand, the Ferals are the exception in my mind.

yes no we certaintly put down the feral ones, but even i must admit at mlords behest that often when i transform and see one such farmer i think oh what great fun it will be to brutally mual him and see his ragged corpse flail left and right with each swing and blow from my claws

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 9:59 pm

yes no we certaintly put down the feral ones, but even i must admit at mlords behest that often when i transform and see one such farmer i think oh what great fun it will be to brutally mual him and see his ragged corpse flail left and right with each swing and blow from my claws

Power corrupts

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:48 pm

Werewolves are pretty much not seen as safe to be around. Much like vampires, werewolves are considered afflicted or monsters. Either side may consider it a curse or blessing. Any of the lycanthropes are going to be hated. They have to kill other people, for one. The kind in Skyrim seems to be more of a special kind, so that one is devoid of the uncontrollable bloodlust that Daggerfall and Morrowind werewolves had.

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 8:32 am

We are considered "abominations"

» Sun Aug 19, 2012 2:15 pm

Akaviri is unknown to Tamriel, sure they know bits of it but enough so werewolf is as unknown as akaviri, and people dear what they can't understand.

And daedra are mostly associated with evil so werewolf is considered evil since it's Hircine creation, a daedra.