Okay, we're clear on that! Honestly, I would have wanted to ask if you didn't specify, although I didn't necessarily suspect Chip of it. It's just, you know, they're your kid! And you did say it can be passed down.
[This would be a logical time to mention Chip's adopted, certainly. Claude, as someone of mixed race born to rather visually distinct parents, certainly isn't going to make any assumptions based on Chip's looks compared to Grant's.]
Also, I wanted to clarify about the teeth - they definitely don't bother me. In fact, I think they look good on you. But they are pretty noticeable, and sharp, in a way that definitely clicked once you mentioned some of the symptoms of lycanthropy.
I at least never had to deal with anyone treating me as though I might be catching. I'd imagine that's extra rough. I've been an object of disdain before, but an object of suspicion...well, I've been that too, but not for things I had no control over. Usually just for being a schemer, which is kind of the risk you run! But for people to be wary and distrustful over something you've got no control over...it sounds miserable. I'm sorry you've had to deal with that.
Listen, tell me off if this is accidentally offensive, but - are you saying werewolves wouldn't want to be cured if there was a cure? It doesn't sound like there's a lot of upsides to your condition, unless I'm misunderstanding it. Obviously people should treat werewolves decently, so the point of a cure shouldn't be "make the monsters normal again and THEN we'll treat them like people", but...I'd think that regardless of how society treats you, you might want to be free of the curse. Is it that you don't want a cure, or that the people most invested in finding one are going after it for all the wrong reasons?
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Date: 2021-01-02 08:13 am (UTC)[This would be a logical time to mention Chip's adopted, certainly. Claude, as someone of mixed race born to rather visually distinct parents, certainly isn't going to make any assumptions based on Chip's looks compared to Grant's.]
Also, I wanted to clarify about the teeth - they definitely don't bother me. In fact, I think they look good on you. But they are pretty noticeable, and sharp, in a way that definitely clicked once you mentioned some of the symptoms of lycanthropy.
I at least never had to deal with anyone treating me as though I might be catching. I'd imagine that's extra rough. I've been an object of disdain before, but an object of suspicion...well, I've been that too, but not for things I had no control over. Usually just for being a schemer, which is kind of the risk you run! But for people to be wary and distrustful over something you've got no control over...it sounds miserable. I'm sorry you've had to deal with that.
Listen, tell me off if this is accidentally offensive, but - are you saying werewolves wouldn't want to be cured if there was a cure? It doesn't sound like there's a lot of upsides to your condition, unless I'm misunderstanding it. Obviously people should treat werewolves decently, so the point of a cure shouldn't be "make the monsters normal again and THEN we'll treat them like people", but...I'd think that regardless of how society treats you, you might want to be free of the curse. Is it that you don't want a cure, or that the people most invested in finding one are going after it for all the wrong reasons?