I need to know about Buffy the Vampire Slayer werewolf lore. I know there are a lot of different werewolf legends, but I want Buffy's exactly, no other ones. My problem is other legends have blended into Buffy's in my mind.
This is what I remember, I think. true or false and if anyone can add to it.
1) The only way to become a werewolf is by being bitten.
Okay if I remember 'Phases' correctly Oz was bitten by a cousin of his, a cousin that was teething, which might suggest that it is possible to be born a wolf but i don't think this was ever fully explored.
2) Buffy's werewolf never changed all the way into a wolf--they were half-human and half-wolf.
I don't think it was ever shown differently on the show, so that sounds right.
3) They changed at sunset/changed back at sunrise. Three nights a moon.
This parts a little trickier. I thought 'New Moon Rising' showed that they could learn to control the changes, but the wolf would still overwhelm that control during emotional upset.
4) The person they were the other 27 days decided if they were blood thirsty killers instead of just hunters or predators.
I don't think this was ever clearly shown or stated, but I don't think Oz wanted to give Willow a hug when he lunged at her after tearing Veruca's throat out.
5) They had front claws that they could use to swipe.
In 'Fear Itself' When oz was fighting the change he had claws so I'd say yes.
6) They like to run in packs or together.
Again I don't think this was ever cleared up in canon, but a werewolf seems to be more human than wolf and humans are solitary creatures a lot of the time. Even in BTVS, we only saw two, Oz and Veruca, and she wasn't in a pack that we know of. She just wanted Oz.
7) You can wound or slow down a werewolf by fighting, or shooting, or stabbing it, or drugging it, but the only way to kill it is with silver? This is one the most important points and I don;t remember this being explained on the show.
Not in so many words but the werewolf hunter, Kane was his name I think, was shown to be making his own ammunition out of silver in 'Phases' so again I'd have to say that was the only way. BTW I don't think BTVS werewolves change back to human after they are killed as kane made a reference to selling their pelts in Sri-Lanka. A fact seemingly confirmed when Oz killed Veruca, though it was contradicted in a recent ep of Angel, but you asked for BTVS lore not ATS.
Anyway hope this helps! B. <Again showing that the oddest bits of trivia seem to stick in my brain. Whonder why that is?>
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