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Matrix Refugee (formerly Morraeon):
Okay... in this universe, lycanthropy is a genetic-linked condition. You have to be born of were parents to be one. Our gal isn't affected by her kid's quirks inherited from his dad, but later on her kid grows up to be pretty much fully human (if a bit hairy) when he gets older, and for some odd reason (probably from having a human mom), he can't turn fuzzy, and thus doesn't turn during a full moon, but he *does* get a bit grouchy around that time, thus I'm working out the logistics of what he'd come out as when he's first born.

Freudian slip much? I typed "furst" at first...

Wizwad:
Well, if it's not in him now, due to his genetics, to turn fully were - or even half were - then I guess you've answered the question.  If all he can get is a bit hairy, but it otherwise pretty much the human norm, then that's what he's going to be born as.  Possibly a bit hairy - but not outside the usual possible boundaries.

Danny-boy:
I know this in no way answers your question...but I just had to say that your story idea is really cool.

*Matt-D*:
Well if you look at it from a biological standpoint... you will have to decide what is the dominate traits if you use just simple Mendelian genetics. I would think that the were side would be more dominate, then you would have a hybrid that would look mostly like a were but might say be smaller than the normal, has a hard time shifting, and on a bright note, not tied to the lunar cycle  Now the kids of this one would be interesting if he took another human mate... or even a full were mate...

Matrix Refugee (formerly Morraeon):

--- Quote from: *Matt-D* on December 27, 2008, 05:36:54 AM ---Well if you look at it from a biological standpoint... you will have to decide what is the dominate traits if you use just simple Mendelian genetics. I would think that the were side would be more dominate, then you would have a hybrid that would look mostly like a were but might say be smaller than the normal, has a hard time shifting, and on a bright note, not tied to the lunar cycle  Now the kids of this one would be interesting if he took another human mate... or even a full were mate...

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Odd you should bring this up, since this story ties into a series I'm working on, featuring a gal with mild paranormal abilities who works in a grocery store in a small town near Salem, Massachusetts, which in this universe, is almost a haven for all sorts of paranormal beings (I'm billing it as "a Yankee answer to Sookie Stackhouse), and the offspring of the human/werewolf pair is her semi-boyfriend (Not sure at this point if my heroine and her fella get serious, but that's for them to decide.).

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