geri_chan (geri_chan) wrote in lupin_snape, @ 2010-04-19 09:45:00 |
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Entry tags: | discussion, prompt: snupin showers |
Snupin Showers 19: Werewolf Bibliography and Plotbunnies
I had planned to post a short ficlet for my Snupin Showers entry, but it got a little out of hand and isn't finished yet. However, I did have this prepared as a back-up just in case, and I will try to get the fic done and posted as soon as possible. The fic is done--you can find it here!
I love reading about werewolves, so I thought I would share a few books/series about werewolves that I really enjoyed, and take a look at how those werewolves compare and contrast with HP werewolves. I also came up with some potential Snupin crossover plotbunnies. I would like to work on the bunnies someday, but as I already have a backlog of projects lined up, please feel free to help yourself to any bunnies that catch your fancy!
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1) The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Although it's a fairly minor subplot in the main story, we learn that in Gaiman's world, werewolves call themselves "the hounds of God" because they believe that their gift of transformation was given to them by God, and in return, they hunt down evildoers, pursuing them relentlessly, "even to the gates of Hell." I really loved that contrast to the usual werewolf portrayal (as in Harry Potter), where werewolves are evil, or at best, unfortunate victims of an evil curse. I love the idea of werewolves who are proud of what they are, and consider their powers a God-given gift. A Snupin crossover would require some reworking, since Gaiman's werewolves seem to be able to change at will and aren't compelled to bite and pass on their curse as the HP werewolves are. However, I thought it might be interesting to at least borrow the concept of "the Hounds of God" and transfer it to the HP universe. In the original post on my journal where I discussed The Graveyard Book, I wrote: "But the Wolfsbane Potion certainly makes their curse manageable, and it would be interesting to see a werewolf pack or cult arise, where they embrace their powers and try to use them for good--or on a darker note, become vigilantes."
lore also came up with a terrific plot bunny in the comments:
Well, with the proliferation of Wolfsbane after the war, maybe 100 years down the line, a cult of werewolves develops that do start considering the change a gift. They learn to control the change through the calm the Wolfsbane gives them, and the potion itself is altered. Their natural strength and enhanced senses become available to their human forms.
These new werewolves become the protectors of the wizarding world, taking the place of Dementors at Azkaban and becoming hit wizards or Aurors more often than not as chosen professions. The Ministry may even have a special Werewolf squad. Their public respect has completely turned around....
And this is the world Remus Lupin and Severus Snape are reincarnated into.