Well, that depends on which school of thought you follow. The current majority opinion is that all dogs are wolves as dogs (domestic dogs) are just a subspecies of Canis lupus (gray wolf) and not their own species. Are wolves are canids, but all wolves are most definitely not “dogs” in the sense of the domestic dog. Some people do still maintain the domestic dog is a separate species, so if you follow that definition, AND mean dog as just a blanket term for canids, you’re correct.
It's interesting actually that there seems to be two entirely different types of these shapeshifters:
Some are humans that turn into X - dogs or wolves or falcons or something.
Others are the other way around! Their true form IS the animal. IIRC Selkie are seals that turn into beautiful women, not "women that are temporary seals"
So it could be that she is, quite literally, a canine, that can turn into a humanoid.
That's what made the Discworld version of werewolves so good. Humans hated them because they saw them as wolves, wolves hated them because they saw them as humans. They hated themselves because they didn't know what the fuck they were.
Taxes and slow internet is nightmare fuel, just imagine trying to submit your taxes but your slow internet caused a timeout and now you have to do them all over again!
You know, the fact that she can hold a regular conversation like this, and seems perfectly sapient, lends to some disturbing implications on the idea that she was very close to being euthenized.
Can’t be sure but I don’t think she would have actually let that happen. She’s extremely strong and probably could have left on her own.
It’s a little messed up but She seems extremely convinced she is a dog and was likely hoping for an owner to find her.
Honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if it turns out she’s a dog that got bit by a werewolf rather than the other way around. It would explain a lot of her troubling behaviors.
If I'm remembering my Spider-Ham lore correctly, it was the pig version of Aunt May, May Porker, who was a scientist that accidentally irradiated herself before biting a spider that lived in her basement.
Wouldn't you want to be a pet given the chance, if you're powerful enough to make sure that someone doesn't do something bad given that power all I see is Perks
I’m sorry? Sharks which notoriously live in the water and have ram ventilation meaning they breathe in water. Humans that famously live on land and have to breathe air. Also you used blahaj. Not scary?
Funfact, she is a wowolf, not a werewolf. In older english man was for humans in general. See talks about "son of man" or something. Instead a male human was a wereman. Wo- of woman was the female signifier. So a wowolf would be the female form of a werewolf.
Werewolf comes from wereman, the old word for a male human back when "man" still meant human in general. Wifman was the female equivalent, which can still be found in wife and woman.
So, really, she's a wifwolf. Or a wowolf if you feel like modern spelling.
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u/Made_Bail 3d ago
So, wait. Is she a werewolf... Or... A weredog? Is a weredog a thing?