Werewolves have never moved past the moon, shifting, and a pack mentality. For years we’ve watched vampires be evil, sexy, deep, heartfelt, and every other adjective in the thesaurus as they work in tandem with the stereotypes to develop. Yet, that’s just it: fans of lycanthropy must always be ready to accept crumbs because all werewolf goodness comes with triteness and a lack of anything to hold onto or that makes waves. Not to mention channeling pure camp in AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON or WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS. We love to see the massive wolves in TWILIGHT, the pang of wolves breaking all the bones in their bodies to shift in THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, and the emotional depth of wolves possessing the power to take away someone’s pain in TEEN WOLF. The issue lies in the fact that all the content exists only in noteworthy facets rather than as a whole. With all of the above in mind, it’s needless to say more content featuring werewolves is the concern.
(Note: There is one hybrid between the two, and that’s the little werewolf girl in SCOOBY DOO AND THE GHOUL SCHOOL while the little girl’s Shirley Temple curls make her a Lycan, her lemonade-loving father is a Beast, and the run time is just not long enough to expla in.) Nevertheless we will consider them Beasts. If we think about the fables in which werewolves are chronicled, these creatures are pillaging towns and terrorizing villages, so while I’m sure common wolves might have that capability, I genuinely find it unbelievable they would. There is also a subsidiary of Beasts that pertains to humans who change into common wolves like the ones in Alan Ball’s masterpiece TRUE BLOOD and the SIMS 2: NIGHTLIFE expansion pack. Meanwhile, Beasts refer to wolves that are more wolf than human: TWILIGHT, WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS, and HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA come to mind. Lycans refers to humanoid werewolves: think UNDERWORLD, TEEN WOLF (either the film or show), and Remus Lupin. Looking back at what narratives exist in the zeitgeist, although crude, we can break most werewolf content into two categories: Lycans and Beasts. Despite the fear of sounding like the back cover of a YA novel, we’re in dire need of a Werewolf champion. Yes TEEN WOLF and THE WOLFMAN exist, but they feel reactionary and therefore inferior. Yet let’s not conflate quantity for quality-we still have yet to see a sole werewolf entity with the reach of TWILIGHT or DRACULA. Werewolves have permeated into books, film, television, video games, and I’m sure podcasts on some corner of the internet. Look: of course there is a plethora of werewolf media out there, don’t misconstrue.
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As someone whose qualifications include watching all nine seasons of TEEN WOLF, HEMLOCK GROVE twice, reading BLOOD AND CHOCOLATE three times, plus so, so much more, it’s with full confidence I declare: with werewolves, we really just don’t have the content we deserve. As the monster mash begins and we turn all 658 pages of Midnight Sun, there is one furry friend who has yet to be ushered into its proper spotlight: the werewolf.
Well, if this question is left to fester we’re only doomed to repeat our limited, restrictive history. As spooky season culminates into its most sacred holiday, Halloween, there is one question on everyone’s lips: Where is the good werewolf content?
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