Lycanthrope - Blog Posts

19.10.22 I am playing as a werewolf again in Сurse of Strahd, so I thought about some AU where Isra not dead but still a werewolf and Ivo as her harsh but sassy mentor. Why? Because I want so and their dynamics will be funny to me. It was started as practice and concepting hybrid form for Isra, but ehh teehee 

Pink werewolf thag is a fallen angel. she got her wings ripped out swag.mov style. she is watched over by a butterfly to make sure she stays in check

Kandi the werewolf

Augusti~

Earlier today I was making a ceramic necklace pendant and was like "hey, I wanna make something werewolf related I can wear" so I was thinking and started wondering if there was any kind of general "werwolf symbol" out there that I could carve onto said pendant.

I found out that there is! It's an ancient shield emblem originating from Germany and Eastern France called Wolfsangel, which translates to "wolf's hook" and was sometimes associated with lycanthropy, and was later adopted by peasant revolutionaries as a symbol for German liberation in the 15th century. Pretty cool right?

Well not so much actually.

Im really really glad that I kept researching before I started carving because apparently Wolfsangel was actually appropriated by the Nazi's during WW2 and is now globally classified as a hate symbol. Great :|

All of this is to say that I think it's about time we created/found a new symbol for werewolves, one that doesn't have a shitty double meaning lol. Something like the theta-delta or elven star, but for werewolves (or werebeasts in general) specifically. Not sure if one already exists somewhere, I couldn't find one while researching but I wouldn't be surprised if there was one tucked away in some dusty old 2000's internet forum that someone would like to clue me in on. But if not, I think it'd be cool to start trying to figure out a new one, something that anyone who identifies with the "were" label for any reason can use!

If for no other reason, than at least just so I can find something to put on my pendant lmaooo

Ever since I learned to cut the "but I know Im still completely human btw" bullshit in regards to my nonhumanity and instead just embraced the whole "Im literally a werewolf" mindset, Ive honestly been sooooo much happier and more confident with myself and my identity.

I feel so much more in-tune with my authentic self, and my overall expression is much better aligned with how I perceive myself. My species dysphoria certainly hasn't disappeared, but it's miles more manageable than it was even compared to a year ago, which ironically has also helped me learn to love the parts of me that are still human. Im so much more balanced now, and the internalized shame I struggled with for so long is steadily eroding away. Even something as simple as casually making jokes to my friends about how they might catch me prowling the forest on a full moon is infinitely more affirming than constantly trying to convince humans that I "didn't actually believe I was an animal".

I am a real life lycanthrope. I'm never going to deny that part of myself ever again. Fuck trying to make yourself palatable for human social norms.

idk if anyone else has done this yet, i feel like it's a pretty obvious combo but i have yet to see it used around the community anywhere else, but uh yeah if this inspires u at all go crazy with it ig 👍

Felt like drawing this werewolf kiddo!

caracalla and geta aren’t enough? have wannabe romulus and remus!

Irvineth Sketchessss

Refining her design!!

And decided that she becomes a werebat! Since that's fun! And it's as close to making her a vampire... without being a vampire 😌. So that way, I can give her a dramatic and slightly toxic relationship with a vampire hehe. I'm thinking maybe an orc vampire, big buff lady who's mean, but learns to love <3.

Reworking her so much already, though, haha! Gonna try and make this oc obsession last 😔🫶.

So far, Irv is a sassy, sarcastic, hedonistic lady. She does everything for her own amusement and struggles to feel attached to anything or anyone, but she craves those ties. So she fills the void with carnal pleasures and fine garments.