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- 1-3 posts per week
- One post per week
- Online Availability
- Varies incredibly
- Writing Levels
- Elementary
- Intermediate
- Adept
- Advanced
- Adaptable
- Preferred Character Gender
- Primarily Prefer Male
- Genres
- Modern/realistic. Low fantasy. Low Scifi. Supernatural. Future Dystopia (not post-apoc).
Pardon the lazy writing. I may pretty this up later...
In this urban fantasy setting, it's a world much like our own except with some fantasy/supernatural species. While all species technically have equal rights, racism/specism is still rampant, and humans are the majority. Werewolves (humans who can shift to wolves) are analogous to gypsies and lycans (anthro wolves who cannot shift) are analogous to off-reservation natives.
In this story, a werewolf and a lycan are in a romantic relationship. The werewolf is going to college, and in one of his classes he meets a human who smells pretty wolfish. Turns out she's a therian, so he begins dating her, and eventually he introduces her to the lycan, and they become a healthy poly triad relationship.
Characters:
WEREWOLF
Name: Zahir Keen
Age: 25
Human form | Wolf form
Zahir was raised in a family of super proud werewolves, who thought the wolf form was superior to all other forms. They believed the best werewolf was one who could maintain their wolf form indefinitely. They lived off the land in the mountains and hated humans.
Zahir didn't agree. He stumbled upon some humans camping in his family's territory and became fascinated with their culture. Following them back to the city, he succumbed to wanderlust. He wanted to learn everything about humans, cities, modern civilization.
Unfortunately, due to his upbringing, keeping a human form was proving troublesome for him, and he couldn't maintain gainful employment.
Living on the streets, he snuck into college classes and kept learning.
One day, Gaea came across him sleeping under a bridge and took him in. They became really close after that, and Zahir was able to become a little more civilized and clean, enroll in school for real, and major in anthropology.
LYCAN
Name: Gaea Trade Winds
Age: 30
Appearance
Gaea grew up in a family of lycans who lived in the city. A few generations back they had decided to take the reparations they'd received from the government and live like normal people. It has been extremely difficult. If their businesses aren't faltering due to lack of customers willing to be served by lycans, they're not very employable despite their in-demand skills. Gaea has had a hard life and bears some resentment for how the world isn't fair or just and how many humans appropriate their culture.
On top of this, Gaea was born female but identifies as male. Through other urban lycans, he has been able to get top surgery and so bears his chest scars to the public proudly. While technically wanting bottom surgery, he has never bothered due to various reasons. While being trans does wear on him at times, he doesn't let it define him, instead identifying more with his heritage as a Trade Winds lycan.
Gaea runs a small trinket shop, The Trade Winds' Trade Post, in a touristy part of town, where he sells all sorts of lycanthropic merchandise that humans love, like feather headdresses, dream catchers, etc. Gaea secretly hates it, but so far its been the only business that has actually seen any marginal success. He and Zahir have been together for a few years, and Gaea helps support him through college.
THERIAN
Name: Rhiannon Grant
Age: 22
Appearance
Rhia carries a happy-go-lucky disposition, although she's learned to temper it in order to be taken seriously. Still, she's generally optimistic and takes action with good intent. She smiles a lot, and her brown eyes are expressive. She keeps her mousy brown hair in a short pixie cut. She rarely wears makeup or jewelry, and her style is a blend of minimalist and gamine. Her typical outfit consists of a men's dress shirt over a plain t-shirt, along with a pair of well-fitted jeans and flats.
Rhia comes from a middle class family, and is the second youngest child out of five. While her home life is stable and warm, she does not stand out in sports or academics like her older siblings. She loves her family, but struggles finding her own identity while amongst them. Wishing to distance herself from her big family, she decides to attend an out of state college.
In university, Rhia is one year away from completing an arts degree in Journalism. She works for the university's newspaper, doing a mix of general assisting and copywriting. In her free time, she likes to photograph things in nature and wildlife. She has a particular fascination with wolves, especially because she holds a budding belief that part of her soul or psyche is intrinsically connected with the animal. She keeps a couple of fake wolf ears and a tail tucked away in her dresser, remnants from when she was a teenager and into the furry fandom. They mostly go unworn as a closely guarded secret, but she can't bear to throw them away.[/hr][/hr][/hr]
In this urban fantasy setting, it's a world much like our own except with some fantasy/supernatural species. While all species technically have equal rights, racism/specism is still rampant, and humans are the majority. Werewolves (humans who can shift to wolves) are analogous to gypsies and lycans (anthro wolves who cannot shift) are analogous to off-reservation natives.
In this story, a werewolf and a lycan are in a romantic relationship. The werewolf is going to college, and in one of his classes he meets a human who smells pretty wolfish. Turns out she's a therian, so he begins dating her, and eventually he introduces her to the lycan, and they become a healthy poly triad relationship.
[EDIT: SO I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS NETFLIX MOVIE CALLED BRIGHT?? AND YEAH, THAT'S BASICALLY THE WORLD THIS STORY TAKES PLACE IN!!
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Species notes:
Werewolves MUST shift at least one night during the full moon, this shift is usually outside their control much like traditional werewolf media. However, with time/maturity/training/practice, this particular shift can at least be partially controlled.
Outside the full moon, werewolves with proper training/talent can shift at any time. They can control their shift entirely if they are experienced enough to induce a shift outside the full moon. However, NO ONE is exempt from shifting during a full moon. There is always at least one night they shift. Younger/less experienced werewolves will shift every night of the full moon.
There is no defining feature of a werewolf in their human form that denotes them as nonhuman. Many werewolves are able to be "human passing" in this way, but generally due to their shifts at the full moon, many can connect the dots when people call out of work at certain times, etc.
Lycans:
Cannot shift at all, they are anthropomorphic wolves. Analogous to first peoples/natives, tribal, generally nomadic in nature, usually bipedal. Much like real natives, different tribes have totally different temperaments, cultures, and languages. However, humans being the way they are, have lumped all lycans together as one type of wolf with no distinctions in these languages and cultures.
Lycans generally stick to their own, especially due to the racism they experience from others. However, some journey away from their tribes to try to make something of themselves in more modern civilizations.
Therians:
viewed the same way they are irl. Some people believe in it, some don't, generally they aren't open about being therian. Most people don't even know what it is.
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Species notes:
Werewolves MUST shift at least one night during the full moon, this shift is usually outside their control much like traditional werewolf media. However, with time/maturity/training/practice, this particular shift can at least be partially controlled.
Outside the full moon, werewolves with proper training/talent can shift at any time. They can control their shift entirely if they are experienced enough to induce a shift outside the full moon. However, NO ONE is exempt from shifting during a full moon. There is always at least one night they shift. Younger/less experienced werewolves will shift every night of the full moon.
There is no defining feature of a werewolf in their human form that denotes them as nonhuman. Many werewolves are able to be "human passing" in this way, but generally due to their shifts at the full moon, many can connect the dots when people call out of work at certain times, etc.
Lycans:
Cannot shift at all, they are anthropomorphic wolves. Analogous to first peoples/natives, tribal, generally nomadic in nature, usually bipedal. Much like real natives, different tribes have totally different temperaments, cultures, and languages. However, humans being the way they are, have lumped all lycans together as one type of wolf with no distinctions in these languages and cultures.
Lycans generally stick to their own, especially due to the racism they experience from others. However, some journey away from their tribes to try to make something of themselves in more modern civilizations.
Therians:
viewed the same way they are irl. Some people believe in it, some don't, generally they aren't open about being therian. Most people don't even know what it is.
Characters:
WEREWOLF
Name: Zahir Keen
Age: 25
Human form | Wolf form
Zahir was raised in a family of super proud werewolves, who thought the wolf form was superior to all other forms. They believed the best werewolf was one who could maintain their wolf form indefinitely. They lived off the land in the mountains and hated humans.
Zahir didn't agree. He stumbled upon some humans camping in his family's territory and became fascinated with their culture. Following them back to the city, he succumbed to wanderlust. He wanted to learn everything about humans, cities, modern civilization.
Unfortunately, due to his upbringing, keeping a human form was proving troublesome for him, and he couldn't maintain gainful employment.
Living on the streets, he snuck into college classes and kept learning.
One day, Gaea came across him sleeping under a bridge and took him in. They became really close after that, and Zahir was able to become a little more civilized and clean, enroll in school for real, and major in anthropology.
LYCAN
Name: Gaea Trade Winds
Age: 30
Appearance
Gaea grew up in a family of lycans who lived in the city. A few generations back they had decided to take the reparations they'd received from the government and live like normal people. It has been extremely difficult. If their businesses aren't faltering due to lack of customers willing to be served by lycans, they're not very employable despite their in-demand skills. Gaea has had a hard life and bears some resentment for how the world isn't fair or just and how many humans appropriate their culture.
On top of this, Gaea was born female but identifies as male. Through other urban lycans, he has been able to get top surgery and so bears his chest scars to the public proudly. While technically wanting bottom surgery, he has never bothered due to various reasons. While being trans does wear on him at times, he doesn't let it define him, instead identifying more with his heritage as a Trade Winds lycan.
Gaea runs a small trinket shop, The Trade Winds' Trade Post, in a touristy part of town, where he sells all sorts of lycanthropic merchandise that humans love, like feather headdresses, dream catchers, etc. Gaea secretly hates it, but so far its been the only business that has actually seen any marginal success. He and Zahir have been together for a few years, and Gaea helps support him through college.
THERIAN
Name: Rhiannon Grant
Age: 22
Appearance
Rhia carries a happy-go-lucky disposition, although she's learned to temper it in order to be taken seriously. Still, she's generally optimistic and takes action with good intent. She smiles a lot, and her brown eyes are expressive. She keeps her mousy brown hair in a short pixie cut. She rarely wears makeup or jewelry, and her style is a blend of minimalist and gamine. Her typical outfit consists of a men's dress shirt over a plain t-shirt, along with a pair of well-fitted jeans and flats.
Rhia comes from a middle class family, and is the second youngest child out of five. While her home life is stable and warm, she does not stand out in sports or academics like her older siblings. She loves her family, but struggles finding her own identity while amongst them. Wishing to distance herself from her big family, she decides to attend an out of state college.
In university, Rhia is one year away from completing an arts degree in Journalism. She works for the university's newspaper, doing a mix of general assisting and copywriting. In her free time, she likes to photograph things in nature and wildlife. She has a particular fascination with wolves, especially because she holds a budding belief that part of her soul or psyche is intrinsically connected with the animal. She keeps a couple of fake wolf ears and a tail tucked away in her dresser, remnants from when she was a teenager and into the furry fandom. They mostly go unworn as a closely guarded secret, but she can't bear to throw them away.[/hr][/hr][/hr]
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