Old alt.horror.werewolves posts

[ferine]

The full moon tonight, closest to the Earth for the year, is merely coincidence. >;-)

I wanted to share this, to give others an opportunity to speak their mind about the old AHWw, and about their experience with and views of reemul.

The following is a selection of my fond memories from alt.horror.werewolves, cut and pasted from google newsgroup archives on-line (for reference, my nickname was Walks-Between-Worlds, or Walksie for short):

http://www.livejournal.com/users/ferine/192104.html

http://www.livejournal.com/users/ferine/192409.html

http://www.livejournal.com/users/ferine/192545.html

http://www.livejournal.com/users/ferine/193126.html

http://www.livejournal.com/users/ferine/193618.html

http://www.livejournal.com/users/ferine/34281.html

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Rose-colored glasses be damned, pre-'97 AHWw was a godsend to stumble upon.

The "therian" scene is different. It's not nice anymore. Gone is the sense of wonder, the tolerance of different interpretations of and individual takes on animalness, and the sense of humor.

The current crop on-line who invest so much time and energy into the slew of forums and communities appear so hell-bent on proving he or she is right about anything and everything while everyone else is inferior (save for those they consider "respected elders/teachers/OPs" whose asses they kiss for an illusory sense of 'net power).

As an amusing aside, the "respected old timers" nowadays are those who have only been in the on-line animal folk scene maybe four or five years, eight at the most.