I would guess selkies are more in control of which form they take than were-seals but I am unfamiliar with Matt's series so I could be very wrong. I am enjoying the thought of were-seals baying at the full moon, though.
My food is problematic.
River ,'The Message'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - Sep 09, 2020 6:40:40 am PDT #26104 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Jessica - Sep 09, 2020 6:54:22 am PDT #26105 of 28175
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
paranormal gay romance novel about a helicopter pilot and a were-seal
God I love romance microgenres.
bennett - Sep 09, 2020 7:17:57 am PDT #26106 of 28175
There's a short story in "Otherwere: Stories of Transformation" about a guy who turns into a were-guppy. "Going too far" by Doris Egan. Fun.
Toddson - Sep 09, 2020 7:21:38 am PDT #26107 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
That doesn't sound like much fun ... no insult to guppies intended. I did see a cartoon recently and it shows a full moon in the background and a pack of wolves surrounding a baby which is saying something along the lines of "yes, I was bitten by a baby".
Then there's Chuck Tingle ....
Atropa - Sep 09, 2020 9:25:48 am PDT #26108 of 28175
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
What's the difference between a were-seal and a selkie?
Selkies manifest a seal skin that must be kept somewhere safe when they're in human form. Folklore says that a human can keep a selkie against their will if they steal the skin and refuse to give it back.
So I'd assume that were-seals just transform with the lunar cycle? "It's a full moon, Imma gonna go swim and eat fish"?
aurelia - Sep 09, 2020 9:49:13 am PDT #26109 of 28175
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Unless you are romantically entangled with a were-orca that seems like a completely valid lifestyle.
-t - Sep 09, 2020 10:07:45 am PDT #26110 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
And if you are, it's an intriguing base for a plot
Toddson - Sep 09, 2020 10:23:30 am PDT #26111 of 28175
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I once, many years ago, read a book about a man who was one manifestation of a Polynesian shark deity ... he'd romance a woman and then either drown or eat her (possibly both). There was NOT a happy ending to that.
Jessica - Sep 09, 2020 11:31:56 am PDT #26112 of 28175
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If you are bitten by a selkie, do you transform into a creature whose sealskin can only be stolen when the moon is full?
-t - Sep 09, 2020 11:34:26 am PDT #26113 of 28175
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Make it so