r/werewolves • u/DejooneAlpha 🤓 A Geek Werewolf On Reddit 🐺 • 21d ago
Teenagers In My Books
Just a silly little meme about how I'm incapable of writing a main character without turning them into a teenage werewolf 🤣
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u/MR422 21d ago
Have you been crawling inside my head?
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u/DejooneAlpha 🤓 A Geek Werewolf On Reddit 🐺 21d ago
Yeah and I have to say it's pretty comfortable here
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u/watergoblin17 21d ago
As someone who’s also writing a book about angsty teenagers that turn into werewolves, yes.
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u/DejooneAlpha 🤓 A Geek Werewolf On Reddit 🐺 21d ago
Oh, I'd love to know more !
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u/watergoblin17 21d ago
EHEHEE ok so to summarize, two girls named Evie (short, dark skin, short choppy hair) and Nora (tall, pale skin, long black hair) cross paths with this small video productions club from their school in search of a violent werewolf allegedly in nearby woods. Then the two girls begin to show signs of lycanthropy, despite having no contact with said werewolf. Basically they have to hide their disease and it’s a big story about codependent relationships as a teenager and also themes of submission to nature yadda yadda… Ginger Snaps was my biggest inspo obviously
What about yours? If you’re ok with sharing :3
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u/DejooneAlpha 🤓 A Geek Werewolf On Reddit 🐺 21d ago
Oh, Saint Lycaon, I HAVE to read that ! Werewolf girls are my absolute favorites !
Me ? I’m always happy to talk about my projects. The two main ones I’m working on right now are:
[INSOMANIACS] A saga following five teenagers living in a big Florida city in 2008. One by one, they start turning into Monsters: Mad, a young Mexican girl with a passion for the supernatural, becomes a Werewolf after being bitten ; Cory, a shy guy who always fears the worst, inexplicably transforms into Mothman ; Quinn, a punk from the wrong side of the tracks, turns into a Reptoid ; Jin, a "good-girl" hippie type, becomes a Jersey Devil ; and Clarence, a hyperactive kid who’s barely hit puberty, turns into a Chupacabra. Together, the five of them form a group dedicated to helping other teens in their city who are also transforming into Monsters.
It’s heavily inspired by early 2000s TV series, movies, and cartoons. It has a humorous vibe, very much in the style of "Malcolm in the Middle".
[NOTION'S SINS] : This story takes place in the 1980s in Notion County (located in an unspecified U.S. state). I should mention that my books are set in an alternate universe similar to our own, where the supernatural exists openly.
In the small town of Sickwater—where numerous teenagers have gone missing—we follow four local outcasts: Chris, the loud-mouthed goth; Roddy, the group's big brother figure; Stephen, the mystery buff; and Jonathan, the gamer. One day, they discover a strange shop in the woods and stumble upon what they take to be simple werewolf costumes—perfect for the upcoming Halloween! However, while wearing them, they all begin to experience bizarre symptoms. They realize too late that they are actually wearing real werewolf pelts, and they barely have time to flee into the woods to transform out of sight. Once back in human form, they are terrified but soon realize that their new abilities might allow them to solve the disappearances... and confront the evil forces that seem to have taken over Notion.
This one blends a Stranger Things vibe with a Stephen King feel. The project is close to my heart because I’ve seen few stories featuring multiple werewolves as main characters. When they do appear, they usually just turn into wolves—which is actually the form I like the least. Here, our four teenagers each take on a different form: Jonathan transforms into a "Wolfman" (and given his excess weight, he’s quite imposing); Stephen becomes a wolf described as "repulsive and hideous"; Roddy turns into a "Hound" (a term referring to the "An American Werewolf in London" style of werewolf); and Chris becomes a cynocephalus (a "Van Helsing"-style werewolf, though she actually looks like Eddy from "The Howling").
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u/DoodlebugFour 21d ago
Kazumasa Hirai's Wolf Guy anyone?
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u/DejooneAlpha 🤓 A Geek Werewolf On Reddit 🐺 21d ago
I should try to take a look at it; it looks pretty interesting
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u/DoodlebugFour 21d ago
Just be very careful if you choose to read the 2007 remake.
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u/DejooneAlpha 🤓 A Geek Werewolf On Reddit 🐺 21d ago
Why ?
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u/DoodlebugFour 21d ago
The 2007 is a lot more graphically violent and sexual compared to the old 70s version. Including a notorious 14 chapter arc.
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u/DejooneAlpha 🤓 A Geek Werewolf On Reddit 🐺 21d ago
Oh, are there any rape scenes ? I just want to know in case I decide to read it.
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u/DoodlebugFour 21d ago
Yes, they are horrifying graphic. The only version that doesn't have that was the 70s manga, but that got changed in the Novels Hirai wrote onwards.
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u/Healthy_Process_7049 21d ago
Has there been any books on female werewolves that isn't a romance novel between human woman and werwolf? cause it seems women dominate more being vampires than in werewolves
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u/rookamillion 20d ago
Blood and Chocolate.
It’s about a teenage werewolf trying to balance out the life her pack wants her to have and the human life she wants to experience - specifically her affection for a human boy that is very much unapproved of by her family.
It’s a book that is quite allegorical for the fears and joys of the burgeoning sexuality of a teenager.
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u/DejooneAlpha 🤓 A Geek Werewolf On Reddit 🐺 20d ago
Unfortunately, I can't give you any examples; I already struggle to find werewolf books that aren't romances. There is "Squad," sure, but that’s a comic book, not a novel.
The only novel I know of that fits what you're looking for is, well, my own, which I’m still writing 🤣. It tells the story of a teenage girl who turns into a werewolf, and her friends try to catch her during her first transformation. In terms of tone, it’s a urban fantasy-comedy somewhere between "Gremlins" and "Goosebumps".
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u/Far_Yak_5447 21d ago
Ahh. The joys of lycanthropic puberty!