So, people want different things out of werewolf stories, but what I want out of it is the connection to nature and also worldbuilding around how it fits into society. I already wrote a series of werewolf stories in another fandom, and I'm kind of itching to see how the same basic idea might work out in this fandom.
The idea is that being a werewolf is a genetic thing, not something that is contagious. And it's largely been eradicated in England (or driven extremely underground) because those people were killed as witches. Keith might not actually believe it's a real thing at all. But in Scotland it's still around, and it's integrated into the clan structure, though they keep quiet about it (would really have to think about how it fits in with the various branches of the church, though). So I figure Keith can realize there's something odd going on while he's a captive. Later, he can come on Ewen as a wolf while he's out scouting or something, and to avoid being shot, Ewen has to turn back into a man. And there's Keith, disbelieving and confronted with a naked Ewen (because of course they're naked when they turn back). : ) Well, this needs more plot, but it would be fun if I can make it work. I figure one change could be that Ewen doesn't go to France, but hides out in Scotland as a wolf instead. And if you spend such a long time as a wolf, you can kind of lose your human self, and Keith finds him and has to coax him back.
Apparently there's a story that he personally killed the last (normal) wolf in Great Britain—could that have had something to do with his own wolf nature, in this AU?
Huh, I didn't know that! Would certainly have to make something of it...maybe werewolves compete with real wolves?
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Date: 2020-03-08 06:55 pm (UTC)So, people want different things out of werewolf stories, but what I want out of it is the connection to nature and also worldbuilding around how it fits into society. I already wrote a series of werewolf stories in another fandom, and I'm kind of itching to see how the same basic idea might work out in this fandom.
The idea is that being a werewolf is a genetic thing, not something that is contagious. And it's largely been eradicated in England (or driven extremely underground) because those people were killed as witches. Keith might not actually believe it's a real thing at all. But in Scotland it's still around, and it's integrated into the clan structure, though they keep quiet about it (would really have to think about how it fits in with the various branches of the church, though). So I figure Keith can realize there's something odd going on while he's a captive. Later, he can come on Ewen as a wolf while he's out scouting or something, and to avoid being shot, Ewen has to turn back into a man. And there's Keith, disbelieving and confronted with a naked Ewen (because of course they're naked when they turn back). : ) Well, this needs more plot, but it would be fun if I can make it work. I figure one change could be that Ewen doesn't go to France, but hides out in Scotland as a wolf instead. And if you spend such a long time as a wolf, you can kind of lose your human self, and Keith finds him and has to coax him back.
Apparently there's a story that he personally killed the last (normal) wolf in Great Britain—could that have had something to do with his own wolf nature, in this AU?
Huh, I didn't know that! Would certainly have to make something of it...maybe werewolves compete with real wolves?