On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 KingofDucks@cs.com wrote:
Actually there is a disease called lycantropy and if you don't believe me,
Whether or not it exists, it doesn't cause people to really turn into
wolves.
look it up. Second, that was my opinion on how were-creatures should be run
in a fantasy story. Maybe if you'd done your research you'd not make an @$$
outta yerself. But too late fer that, no?
But it was expressed as if it was the truth from on high, when the truth
is that there is no consistent body of were-creature lore. You'll find
different rules depending on what story and culture you look at.
John Biles
Emperor of all He Surveys
http://www.tass.org/~rhea/falcon.html
"Would it not be better to be dead than to
have this horrible fear that Aslan has come
and is not like the Aslan we have believed in
and longed for? It is as if the sun rose one
day and it was a black sun."
"I know" said Jewel, "or as if you drank water
and it were DRY water. You are right, sire,
this is the end of all things. >
--The Last Battle, by C. S. Lewis