Let the truth be known

OK OK, on this site i have seen SOOOO many posers. at first, i thought it was cute for humans to wish to be like us. but now, its getting annoying and pissing me off a little. so let me lay down the facts here and now...

firstly, there is actually no such things as werewolves. is is just a name given to us by the humans. and humans portray us as "savage beasts who roam the earth looking for a human meal! Grrr!..." no, this false. in fact, the whole shape shifting thing, is now a myth. it was very common long ago, but the french nearly drove us to extinction by killing 30.000 of us in the 1520's to the 1600's. now, such a thing is RARE! i believe there might be a handful of lycans out there with this ability, but for hundreds of you on a website for 15 year old wannabe's (no offence) to have this ability? no way. HOWEVER, we do have different types of shifts. but more on that later. its about fifty fifty for those who can minor transform. such as nails into claws, sharpened teeth, eye color change, beast like features etc.

like i said before, a werewolf is just a name given to us by the humans. but most of the time, we like to prefer Lycan. however, this name itself is not correct either. Lycan is like an abbreviation of Lycanthrope. which humans classify as a mental disease where you THINK you transform and go around killing sheep and such. the actual and proper name for us, is wolf therian. a therian is one who has the soul of another animal. and a wolf therian is, you guessed it, a human body with the soul of a wolf. so therefore, all you out there who claim to be half were or wished to be :Turned" not gunna happen. one: to be half were or whatever, you need half a soul. simply not possible. two: you cannot become one of us from being bitten or whatever. granted, there are many witchcraft spells and rituals and one of them may work, but in reality, no. sorry bud.

Now, to those shifts i was talking about before...

Mental Shift- Mental shifts are very diverse, but they are usually the most common that a therianthrope will experience. A mental shift occurs when the waking mind changes from human to a more animistic mentality. Basically, the mind adopts your spirituality's way of thinking. Mental shifts are usually mild and rarely result in aggressive behavior, though mental shifts have been known to occur in times of extreme stress. Mental shifts can be suppressed by the subconscious quite easily, so a voluntary shift requires time a focus, usually occurring through meditation or at random intervals.

Spiritual Shift- These act much like mental shifts, and are even sometimes confused with them. A spiritual shift happens when two spiritualities merge, such as your current human spirit and a past spirituality. Although an organism's spiritual energy is usually compressed into a single entity, therianthropes can experience spiritual shifts quite often because their human plane and animal plane are so close together. These shifts can become quite common in experienced therians, and can sometimes be a nuisance when not wanted.

Dream Shift- Very self explanatory. These occur in the resting mind during dreaming. I hope you understand what dreaming is anyway. These shifts during dreaming can begin during a lucid dream, which is a dream when you are consciously aware that you are dreaming. Lucid dream shifting is wanted by nearly all therians, because it is a chance to become our spiritual being. If a therian like myself was to become aware that they were dreaming, flying would be second on the list of to-dos. Shifting into any spiritual animal is the first thing any therian thinks of. Of course dream shifting is not reality, but it is the closest thing to a real physical shift that many of us can experience.

Astral Shift- This is much like a dream shift, but with much more freedom and possibility. It is very difficult and requires a lengthy amount of time to perfect. Astral Projection is the act of leaving the physical body in the form of your physical body. The astral plane of existence looks much like the physical, but the bodies of the living are not seen, only the spirit. After leaving the physical body, the astral body can take the form of whatever your spirit pleases, and sometimes it will already be in the shape of your phenotype. As I said before, it is very difficult to accomplish a complete astral shift, and traveling in the astral plane is very unstable, and many of my own attempts have ended in me being pulled back to my body before I could leave my bedroom in human form. It is frustrating, and I commend anyone who can accomplish it.

Phantom Shift- This can be a privilege or a major annoyance. Phantom shifting is when characteristics of the phenotype manifest themselves on the body, but are invisible to the living eye. When a limb is severed or amputated, the amputee sometimes swear that their limb feels like it is still there. This is mind using years of muscle memory, and is still sending messages from the severed nerves. Similarly, your phenotype can send messages to your mind for limbs that do not exist. The most common characteristics associated with phantom shifts are fur, ears, and tails. Sitting on a phantom tail for the first time is certainly not pleasant.

and that's pretty much all i can think about to complain about at the moment. so please, leave your hate comments and threaten me with empty.. errr... threats. and if you would like to know more, like the way we live and such, don't hesitate to PM me or add me. I'll gladly share my knowledge with you