I’m going to agree with second anon that it might work better to make “weres” one category with maybe some options or slightly varying sub-categories than to try and make the bears more special. I know that a lot of people like ‘BEARS!’ and can be quite vocal about it, and personally I also find it awesome of you to give an alternative to traditional werewolf, but speaking for myself I can’t see people who don’t care for were-animals to begin with to suddenly start liking the bears just because they’re a bit more different from the wolves. Turning into an animal that can go berserk is still turning into an animal that can go berserk no matter what kind of animal it is.
Making people use an extra opt-out for the variations of it feels a bit like you’re pushing for there to be more weres considering that all other monsters are more blanketed (e.g. Merfolk can have fish- or squid-tails and there’s no extra opt-out needed for it.)
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rysligmods) wrote2013-11-01 05:40 pm
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(Anonymous) 2014-07-06 01:55 am (UTC)(link)I’m going to agree with second anon that it might work better to make “weres” one category with maybe some options or slightly varying sub-categories than to try and make the bears more special. I know that a lot of people like ‘BEARS!’ and can be quite vocal about it, and personally I also find it awesome of you to give an alternative to traditional werewolf, but speaking for myself I can’t see people who don’t care for were-animals to begin with to suddenly start liking the bears just because they’re a bit more different from the wolves. Turning into an animal that can go berserk is still turning into an animal that can go berserk no matter what kind of animal it is.
Making people use an extra opt-out for the variations of it feels a bit like you’re pushing for there to be more weres considering that all other monsters are more blanketed (e.g. Merfolk can have fish- or squid-tails and there’s no extra opt-out needed for it.)
Thanks for replying and hearing out our concerns!