Mythical Creatures

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Nicole Renee

Which do you prefer?

(1.) sexy werewolves

(2) cursed werewolves

(3) fairytale wolves

(4) coyotes

Nicole Renee I have a book I started that's about a cursed werewolf and a family secret that's a twist of Snow White and Red Riding Hood but I'm trying to finish Shattered before I start rewriting to publish on here. I really like tweaking fairytales, but I tend to go so far off the original it's unrecognizable

Sarah Royal

I never liked idea of use of silver in werewolf books as kryptonite for their species. It just dampens the mood. Where does silver bullet storyline comes from. Silver bullets and hunters.... Are two words that make me stop reading a werewolf book because I feel like damn its predictable now. I know. I know... Some humans and bullets come and hunt the werwolves, torture them... Same old. Same old

Writeshiek according to wikipedia this is why :

Writeshiek The idea of the werewolf's supposed vulnerability to silver probably dates back to the legend of the Beast of Gévaudan, in which a gigantic wolf is killed by a hunter with the name of "Argent" which comes from the Latin word for silver, wielding a gun loaded with silver bullets

Writeshiek another reason in this entry on wikipedia: Silver bullets differ from lead bullets in several respects. Lead has a 10% higher density than silver, so a silver bullet will have a little less mass than a lead bullet of identical dimensions. Pure silver ... See More

is less malleable than lead and falls between lead and copper in terms of hardness (1.5 < 2.5 < 3.0 Mohs) and shear modulus (5.6 < 30 < 48 GPa). A silver bullet accepts the rifling of a gun barrel

Nicole Renee

what's the real difference between sirens and mermaids? (fish tale and oracles don't count.)

Neo Eclipsim Sirens want to eat you and mermaids don’t?

Nicole Renee I thought mermaids were like alligators? They drag you to the bottom so you drown and then feast on your corpse for days.

Neo Eclipsim Really depends on what set of myths we’re talking about. My first comment was about the Greco-Roman category, but I don’t know what set you mentioned.

Nicole Renee I might be referencing Pirates of the Caribbean :) I used to think sirens were more like phantoms that drew sailors to an angry maelstrom, and the physical form transformed into a mermaid

Chlourz Not 100% sure, but I think sirens use singing and their voices to lure you to your death, while mermaids just use their looks to drown them.

Catherine Edward

This is interesting! Found it on Facebook.

My werewolf name is "ICE HEART". Comment your name below..

Neo Eclipsim Why in the world is “Giraffe” the name for Z? Imagine being stuck with the name “Blood Giraffe”. “Beware the fearsome stalker in the night, He who shall not be named, Born of terror, Hunter Of Night......the deadly....the dastardly....... BLOOD GIRAFFE!!!”

Chlourz Dire Heart, I could live with that

writer_denny_day

Hi guys, I'm currently stuck with awful writer's block and I just wanted to ask you guys what you know about different moon goddesses? Names, description and which culture they are from? I've tried Google, but I haven't found anything useful... So I thought that you guys could help?

PenumbraMINE There are a lot of different mythos, the question is "do they fit your story or do you need to write your own?" Sometimes creating your own works out better because then you aren't making your story fit something else's rules.

Mikey Lee I've been working on a story centered around the Chinese moon goddess Chang'e. Though there are variations on the myth, they typically involve her drinking an elixir of immortality, causing her to leave the earth and inhabit the moon. I hope this ... See More

helps with your writers block, and inspires whatever story you may want to tell! The link to the Wikipedia article is here if you want more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27e

Neo Eclipsim Good ‘ole Selene from the Greco-Roman myths could work. She has a nice love story tied to her. I’m sure you could write something involving her.

Mikey Lee

Vampires hate sunlight, right? Can't stay in it too long, or else they'll die.

So this got me thinking: as someone who loves speculating about how science fiction and fantasy elements can be combined, I want to propose a situation:

Could an advanced society of vampires thrive in systems that orbit black holes or dying stars (i.e. neutron or dwarf stars)? Assuming that a civilization has advanced to the point where it is capable of interstellar travel, and that vampirism poses a threat to the

safety of the civilization, would it be reasonable to assume that vampires would be exiled to live in black hole or dwarf star habitats, and possibly develop their own civilizations there without needing to worry about hiding from the sun all day long? The only issues they could face would be concerning food, which requires that they feed on fresh blood. Another issue they might face would be that time would pass slower around supermassive objects like black holes, so their technological advancements would not develop at the same rate that an ordinary space-faring civilization would. Otherwise, they should fare just fine, right?

I apologize if this is a bit of a stretch for this discussion, but I personally find this kind of stuff fun to think about.

Neo Eclipsim Am.... your argument is a bit confusing. Dying stars still emit radiation. It is weak, but it’s still there. Also, I kind of doubt that vampires could live near a black hole. In fact, I doubt ANYTHING could live near a black hole. For one, the ... See More

Hawking radiation would latterly fry them into crisps, and secondly, they would be sucked into the black hole itself.

Nicole Renee What if the black hole was an entity in itself? In a sci fi fantasy where say a ship might try to pass through it getting to the other side find that it is entirely made up of dark matter, and a mirrored universe much darker and sinister than the one ... See More

we know as it is being swallowed by the mouth of a beast?

Mikey Lee To address the first reply, you're absolutely right. Black holes do emit Hawking radiation, however, this is inversely proportional to their size, meaning that the larger the black hole, the less energy they would produce through radiation. So if ... See More

we're assuming that an advanced civilization is constructing their home around a supermassive black hole, let's say, the galactic center of the Milky Way, then the energy produced by its Hawking radiation would be minuscule. However, a civilization could still thrive near a black hole by utilizing the energy produced by its rotation. All it has to do is give the black hole some "fuel," and in return could harness the energy created by the black hole's spin. This benefits the civilization, as they could use dump their waste material into the black hole while gaining energy in return. As long as the civilization builds itself at a safe distance from the black hole, we can assume that they should be able to thrive under their given conditions.

Mikey Lee For the second comment, I've been playing around with ideas like that as well, where stars and other celestial bodies actually harbor divine spirits within them. Because these spirits are considered "holy," and vampires are the result of mortal ... See More

beings tainted with demonic blood, vampires will be physically hurt by the light produced by neighboring stars. Since black holes are dead stars, the spirits that once inhabited them are no longer active, and would therefore allow vampires to safely survive near them.

PenumbraMINE What if the vampires enclosed their star in a Dyson sphere? They would get all the energy but none of the light. Or If they moved an object to be between their star and planet to create a perpetual eclipse, they would get some light but no the fatal ... See More

amount. It would be a would in perpetual twilight.

Mikey Lee I haven't thought about that, but interesting point! If they're supposedly a part of a type 3 civilization, then it should be reasonable to assume that they have acquired both the resources and the tech to blot out their star.

MegaRdaniels

A mermaid vs a hellhound. GO!

PenumbraMINE Fiery hellhound or shadow beast hellhound?

Chlourz It all depends on where they are fighting, on land the hellhound wins, ocean? The mermaid. I don't know how you could set up a fight scenario anyway, because the hellhound would never go in water, and I doubt mermaids like land either, so what setting would you give for them to fight?

PenumbraMINE There is a place in Hawaii where the lava flow of the volcano meets the pacific ocean. Waves turn to steam instantly as they beat against the encroaching liquid rock, The rock changes so quickly to solid that it explodes sending showers of debris ... See More

falling. Occassionally one particularly tenacious lava snake will tube its way further out to sea, sending clouds of super-heated bubble steam rising to the surface like a veil before becoming brittle and breaking.. Fire vs Water.

MegaRdaniels

Imagine this, you are in the train and a little girl stops you. She has a device in her hand. This said device allows her to transform into a Hellhound and you are armed with a similar device, but that device only allows you to transform into a mermaid. You have two options: fight the creature as a mermaid, get a .40 Colt and shoot it, or run for your life. In other words...

How screwed are you? >:)

PenumbraMINE On a train filled with humans... do they know of supernaturals or are you required to keep the secret at all cost?

MegaRdaniels They see them.

PenumbraMINE does the train pass over water or near water? Can the hellhound be lured away from the humans toward the water?

PenumbraMINE

New Discussion topic based on a new discovery.

SOooo, they found a 40,000 year old Ice Age Wolf. Well, not all of it, just the severed head. It is larger than Siberian wolves and appears to be snarling. To quote, "Scientists described the remains as a "unique discovery of the first-ever remains of a fully grown Pleistocene wolf with its tissue preserved".

The head - believed to be a trophy of an ancient hunter - was found in permafrost by the Tirekhtyakh River by local man Pavel

Efimov.

His astonishing discovery was revealed at a Tokyo exhibition of remains of frozen beasts, including woolly mammoths."

I wonder so many things as an anthropology buff:

1. What does this find say about the struggle between Ice Age humans and wolves that the humans would keep such a trophy when we know they kept early canine/lupine as pets? (from finding evidence of cohabitation)

2. What the head"s (with intact brain, fangs, and fur) taken for its totemic value? ( We have found teeth and claws with holes drilled through them and strung on "hair rope" or pierced through leather-wear) Were they trying to capture its spirit, magic, chi? Or was it simply a prehistoric lunch box of sorts?

3. Why was only the head left on the permafrost but rest taken? There is no mention of the normal paraphernalia left with a religious offering. Was it a warning? A mistake? ("Chief, Lug lost the head..." XD)

Was there a violent ice storm as paleo-climatologist predict happened frequently during that time?

4. Was there a difference in the fear/respect/value of the Ice Age predators to our ancestors? Cave Bears, Sabertooth Tigers, Giant Lions and Wolves, Oh My.

And Lastly as a Shifter scribbler:

5. IT"S A GIANT SNARLING WOLF HEAD!!! Proof of werewolf wars before the age of men! Was decapitation the only way to kill a pleistocene werewolf? Was it considered a cursed thing to be abandoned in such a matter? Was it's head deliberately buried to prevent its return? LOOK AT THOSE TEETH!!!!

And GO!

Have a blessed day, my lovelies, Mama Magie

PenumbraMINE DTR just pointed out that maybe they had a nice head at home and just needed a rug or coat.... She never lets Mama have any fun... :(

Weepingshadesofindigo Ohhh interesting! Love this stuff and immediately ran off to read the articles. Hmm, hate to agree with the DTR but that just sounds so plausible. On the other hand people were known to take paws as trophies so it could have been a dang scary trophy ... See More

that was maybe left behind as an oops or simply hard to carry. Now down the fun rabbit hole, if it's a werewolf what will the DNA show? Will they cover it up if it shows something 'unusual' tinfoil hat time boys and girls! Once shifted does the DNA shift too or do wereanimals have their own DNA. Are they another species or are they people with a supernatural disease? Or maybe it's a kind of shamanic magic. Skinwalking anyone?

PenumbraMINE In my Revelation Night series, the true purpose behind the rash of heritage DNA test kits and DNA databanks is to determine who in the population has nonhuman DNA and who are pure humans. Why else would you have to file a separate form to have you ... See More

DNA sample discarded after testing? The truth is they keep all the info with or without your permission.

Weepingshadesofindigo Do some of the population not know they are nonhuman? Sounds like an interesting read will have to take a peek.

PenumbraMINE There are many who have no idea that nonhumans are real or that they might be part nonhuman. That is why the Revelation Plan was so important, it was a social engineering plan to adjust the perceptions of the majority of the population to be ... See More

accepting of those "Different" aka nonhumans but the pro pure human movement is doing some very insidious and unethical things to suppress the nons and those who carry the recessive traits of the nonhuman genomes.

Weepingshadesofindigo Ohh sounds almost allegorical. Me like.

Faith Schlote

Hey everyone! I have the first three chapters of my new sorry Suits Don't Lie! This story is about a highly successful CEO named Landon who is also the King of the seven kingdoms. By kingdoms I'm talking about Vampire, Werewolves, Fey, etc. And he rules them all, but there's a problem, giving a big part of him is Werewolf, he needs to find his mate. With problems arising in the seven kingdoms will he be able to find her and still deal with the issues? Could sarcastic, fair skinned Harlow ... See More

actually be who Landon is searching for? Read to find out!!

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