I think of the people who would ban pornography or whatever it is they think cause the ills of society rather than confront the actual ills. They're Oz, trying to lock themselves up instead of going to Istanbul.
This is terribly interesting, and something that hadn't occurred to me.
It seems to me that Oz (and Nina) had no memory of what they were up to while in wolf form, rather waking up with "what have I done" their first thought. Veruca, on the other hand, implies that she enjoys being a wolf. I wonder if embracing one's wolf-nature allows the werewolf greater conciousness, and perhaps greater control, while in wolf form.
It fits the idea that in order to cease doing evil, you first have to own your evilness.
Maybe. Certainly he'd have been okay for longer without Veruca. But I saw her more as a trigger than a cause. The fact is, he wasn't as in control as he thought he was.
This, yes. He had the illusion of controlling the wolf because of being in physical custody, which really wasn't controlling it at all.
I wonder if embracing one's wolf-nature allows the werewolf greater conciousness, and perhaps greater control, while in wolf form.
I've seen other treatments similar to this (most notably the TV series Werewolf), in which the lycanthropic curse is presented as progresive, with the human and wolfen consciousness either merging or growing more alike as time goes by.
When Oz comes back -- he can will himself not to change to the wolf, but he doesn't have complete control of it.
When Oz comes back -- he can will himself not to change to the wolf, but he doesn't have complete control of it.
And for that matter, the wolf is then triggerable, even during the day (when he goes after Tara), which gives even deeper support to this idea.
Right -- whenever he loses control -- or has it taken from him (by the Initiative) he becomes the wolf.
I wonder if embracing one's wolf-nature allows the werewolf greater conciousness, and perhaps greater control, while in wolf form.
I wonder if the longer that one is a werewolf, the more control/consciousness manifests.
Apropos of nothing, really -- Anya's given name (as just showed up in the Random Quote Generator at the top of the page) was
Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins
Yet nobody ever picked up on the obvious nickname "Ace."
Yet nobody ever picked up on the obvious nickname "Ace."
Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast!
How cute!
Though the NB one is too different for me to process.
