werewolf
Howl-oo,
It's time for another QOTW, are you ready?
As the saying goes, "The strength of the wolf is the pack, and the strength of the pack is the wolf." A pack's dynamic is one of the key components in every werewolf story, but what makes it so appealing?
Is it the protective nature? The hierarchy of power?
Leave your answer in the comments section below!
-Werewolf Team
dikatomy
I think the appeal reflects a sense of loneliness felt by society in general, technology is uniting us in some ways and isolating us in other ways. The mind link is interesting in that it allows for quick, private communication that is convenient, but requires proximity to work. I also think part of the appeal is a longing for strong leadership that we feel connected to, which we do not have in the United States, not because of the leaders themselves but because the way the system is set up, with so much power centralized in a place that is so far from most of society’s members. I have always said government needs to localize, and be focused on communities. Packs, while dictatorial and sometimes elitist, still offer a sense of community and belonging that is hard to find in a large country with one centralized government. I was 26 and remember 9/11 very well. That is the one time in my life I really felt a strong identity with being an American. It’s a shame it took a tragedy like that to bring people together, but that is often the case.
dikatomy
I think it’s the sense of kinship, of belonging, in packs where they have good leadership. In the novel I am writing there are two main packs, one has a good Alpha who cares about every member and about fairness and justice, the other isn’t necessarily a bad guy, but he makes irrational decisions out of anger which leads to all kinds of problems for him and his pack members. I like the Star Trek comparison @DomiSotto made above, I never thought of it that way,it actually is a good analogy.
SusanneHalfweeg
@werewolf I love the fact it taps in to the more primal emotions. The whole wolf genre is focused on how something feels, and less of what is logic or how are we supposed to act. And of course the possessiveness of mates is something that us girls all fall for.
