Why don’t werewolves have beards?

[Kiweevil]

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[gempompadour]

Aren't werewolves in media usually burly and really hairy though? Like aren't they always savage/ crass men in leather pants juxtaposed next to the aristocratic and sleek vampires?

Underwold-series and What We Do in the Shadows (possibly excluding the bad boy Deacon) follow this formula. I don't remember if twilight werewolves were like this because I think they were native americans or something, and treating them as low class savages would be really racist.

[kmlangleyauthor]

What, you think just because they're werewolves they can't sign up for amazingly low rates from Dollar Shave Club ®?

LOL that’s a fair point

@gempompadour - ooh, that’s true. I forgot about underworld. This also falls under the “I forgot to specify werewolf vs shifter” and I think the twilight werewolves are technically shifters?? So that changes things, too. Despite the terms being used interchangeably quite a bit.

[WolfUnderTheMoon89]

Haha, yeah they use the term interchangeably. I don't hahaha. maybe I'm weird lol.
So, for mine, beardgrowth is like you'd see with humans.
Not that I really write when someone shaves or not. But when they never have a beard and suddenly do because of (for example) no time, someone will mention it

[gempompadour]

Oh, I didn't know that. I thought they were just werewolves. The more you know!

[kmlangleyauthor]

That’s not weird. You’re definitely allowed to be particular and specific

Not that I really write when someone shaves or not. But when they never have a beard and suddenly do because of (for example) no time, someone will mention it

^^^ THIS!! This is the sort of thing I’m talking about!

@gempompadour - I’m not positive! So don’t quote me on that! But, if I have typical “rules” correct, werewolves are infected and turn under the full moon. Whereas shifters it’s usually hereditary (?) and they can shift whenever they want. Right?

[gempompadour]

Oh okay, I thought werewolf-lore had changed and people could control their transformation instead of just turning into mindless bloodthirsty monsters once a month.

[joannekwan]

Pfft easy, because some people don't like facial hair on men and so don't have any for their werewolf characters' human forms. Lotta people like that clean-shaven K-pop Bishie look.

Irks the hell outta me when I can get 'eew, body hair' comments on my regular human guys.

[But_a_Jape]

I don't have a huge amount of knowledge regarding fictional werewolves, so I can't say whether clean shaven or bearded werewolves are the majority - but the bearded ones that first came to mind for me are Alcides from True Blood and the werewolf boyfriend in Sarah Andersen's Fangs.

[WolfUnderTheMoon89]

exactly how you explained it! thank you

[WillowTree]

Do you have knowledge of non-fictional werewolves?

[DiegoPalacios]

There is an untapped market and a potential niche there.......some people really dig bearded guys.

[kmlangleyauthor]

@gempompadour - haha, nope! Two completely different mythological beings that, at some point, got lumped under the same term

@joannekwan - Yeah, that’s true

Irks the hell outta me when I can get 'eew, body hair' comments on my regular human guys.

That’s terrible heaven forbid someone else enjoy body hair... on themselves...

@But_a_Jape - cool! It’s always nice to find more beard rep!

@DiegoPalacios - I wouldn’t even say it’s niche. People make various choices about their hair and body hair all the time. Shouldn’t that show through in media regularly as well?

[joannekwan]

YUH like me!

It's actually rare for me to make a male character without at least a little bit of hair or stubble on the face.

[domisotto]

Now, that’s a very good question

[But_a_Jape]

Aw dammit, this is the third time this week I've slipped. The MIB's gonna be on my ass again about how those memory wipers have long-term effects on civilians.

[jmassat]

My story's werewolves have beards because they're based on the film The Wolf Man, and that guy was lookin' a little grizzled:

I've never heard of a werewolf with a full beard. People in every era might find a full beard in wolf-form comical. But...it's not WOLVES that have beards, right? Sure, they are completely hairy, but it's goats who are known for their facial hair. Too bad we don't have many weregoats floating around.

Also, as has been mentioned, many modern werewolves (and vampires) are meant to be hunky (think Twilight) and beards aren't always in fashion, especially for teen demographics. (My mom likes the guy who played Wolverine, and he's hairy and almost werewolf-like, but she's like 50.)

[kmlangleyauthor]

That’s awesome! omg!! I might have to write about goat shifters now that is the most hysterical mental image to me right now I think a lot of modern stuff being aimed at teens hasn’t helped normalize normal body hair even though Wolverine isn’t a shifter, I do feel like he’s a good candidate for this thread topic

[NickRowler]

He has a beard

I think generally speaking, the lack of beard on young adult werewolf boys is that teens usually like their pretty boys to be beardless and some men IRL may not be able to grow a full beard until their mid 20s.

[kmlangleyauthor]

Yessss I feel like this turned into a werewolves/shifters with beards rec thread and I’m okay with that I do think the YA aspect plays into this idea quite a bit.