I'm with everyone else, for the most part. Though I've always had some questions about how lycanthropy and vampirism work. She tries to apply both biology and metaphysics to them, but sometimes it didn't come together so seamlessly. And these days, those lines between biology and magic are even further blurred by the fact that she ignores blatant rules she has set for it all.
But the major issue I had, even before the 180, was with the lycanthropes and pop culture references. It was like only Richard and Jason understood references to things like The Wizard of Oz. Fine, they're lycanthropes, but they don't spend all their time in animal form, with the pack, or out of the house, do they? They've got jobs, families, homes. Is it really so hard to believe that most of them have seen a movie or watch TV on a regular basis? At least before they became infected, did they ever see a movie?
That was always the most implausible part to me about lycanthropy, socially speaking. That, and the wereleopard social structure deviated so much from "natural" leopards (who are some of the most solitary animals on the planet).
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Date: 2007-05-04 03:06 am (UTC)But the major issue I had, even before the 180, was with the lycanthropes and pop culture references. It was like only Richard and Jason understood references to things like The Wizard of Oz. Fine, they're lycanthropes, but they don't spend all their time in animal form, with the pack, or out of the house, do they? They've got jobs, families, homes. Is it really so hard to believe that most of them have seen a movie or watch TV on a regular basis? At least before they became infected, did they ever see a movie?
That was always the most implausible part to me about lycanthropy, socially speaking. That, and the wereleopard social structure deviated so much from "natural" leopards (who are some of the most solitary animals on the planet).