Comment on Why Aren't there More Fem-Focused Werewolf Stories?

THB@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• AccoSpoot1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  You know I love a good Pratchett, but even there Anguia (sorry, I forget her name) only appears as a side character, I did almost bring her up to make a point of universes where werewolves exist only male ones get any real spotlight, but she is the most well detailed mainstream example I suppose.

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  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    She’s a pretty major character later in the Watch series, I think The Fifth Elephant in particular.

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  • bryndos@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Angua without the i.
    I was going to mention her if no one else did.

    Maybe supports your point though as IIRC she was sort of forced into the watch by an affirmative action campaign from the city. I think there were some sexist attitudes from the male coppers.

    Slightly tangential but there was a teenage fantasy series by David Eddings featuring some sorcerers who were basically clarting about as wolves half the time, one of the main characters, Polgara was i think effectively a werewolf, but it was by choice rather than forced by the moon.

    Heh, this is interesting, i had no idea male werewolves went back as far as Gilgamesh. https://strangehorizons.com/wordpress/non-fiction/although-male-werewolves-have-appeared-in-fiction-since-the-very-beginning-female-werewolves-are-relatively-new-literary-monsters-so-where-do-these-female-werewolves-come-from-and-what-baggage-do-t/

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