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.
SMG looks more like Buffy in those pictures than she did at times towards the end of the series.