"where's the consequences? Where are the religious nutters going in to destroy? The alienation from the rest of humanity as we discover holy shit there's things out in the night that can rip us to shreds and kill us? Where is the science angle? Why isn't there some mad warped scientist eager to plump the supernatural world for answers?"
The only werewolf novel that I know that deals with this somewhat is Brett Davis's 'Hair of the Dog'. The group in there is probably equivalent to Cure Autism Now. Using people's good intentions of wanting to cure the outed werewolves, and the werewolves not wanting to be cured. To the point of the werewolves creating something like a deaf awareness/rights group. And it doesn't help that the so-called 'cured' werewolves go in a vegetable state.
Like you, I would really like to see this concept explored a bit more in urban fantasy. Like the guy writing the article, this is why I love Terry Pratchett's work. Robert Asprin's work is kinda like this too (Sci-fi/Fantasy hybrid). And why I hated a lot of the stories in 'Furry!' edited by Fred Patten, for the reverse of this. You know, instead of being universally accepted, the group is universally hated with no gray in between just to show that the writer hates humans.
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Date: 2010-01-04 12:59 am (UTC)The only werewolf novel that I know that deals with this somewhat is Brett Davis's 'Hair of the Dog'.
The group in there is probably equivalent to Cure Autism Now. Using people's good intentions of wanting to cure the outed werewolves, and the werewolves not wanting to be cured. To the point of the werewolves creating something like a deaf awareness/rights group.
And it doesn't help that the so-called 'cured' werewolves go in a vegetable state.
Like you, I would really like to see this concept explored a bit more in urban fantasy. Like the guy writing the article, this is why I love Terry Pratchett's work. Robert Asprin's work is kinda like this too (Sci-fi/Fantasy hybrid).
And why I hated a lot of the stories in 'Furry!' edited by Fred Patten, for the reverse of this. You know, instead of being universally accepted, the group is universally hated with no gray in between just to show that the writer hates humans.