Friday, October 17, 2008

Time to Kill the Werewolf- Lock and Load



But Don't Pull That Trigger Yet

*****

“You think I’m bizarre, don’t you?” asked Melly.
“Sorta,” I said.
“Yeah, well you’d be weird, too, if you had to sleep with them every night,” she said, jerking her thumb at the small stadium of clowns lining the wall.
“So what’s the story with the circus?” I asked.
“I told you, they’re from him.”
Collin again- the sorta boyfriend.
It was creeping me out.
White make-up and Mardi Gras outfits. Big floppy shoes and orange hair. Most of them happy, some of them sad. All of them with round red noses and painted mouths, and each of them with a nail hammered through their little clown hearts.
“That why you nailed them into place?”
She sat up and patted the edge of the bed, inviting me to leave the safety of my chair.
excerpted from "Electrocuting the Clowns," by Ferrel D. Moore


*****

Halloween is coming, so we'd better get back to the problem of killing werewolves before it's too late for you to make your preparations.



A werewolf is part human and part beast; which part deserves the killing? Maybe we should ask the young lady above to hold on before she pulls the trigger. Maybe she's watched too many movies, played to many role playing games, read too many books or even scrolled through too many internet postings. She looks pretty good with that shotgun, but I suspect she's too smart a hunter to pull the trigger if something doesn't seem right. I'm betting she wouldn't hesitate to stake a vampire then blow its necrotic head off. Vampires are undead, they're hideous, their bodies are filled with maggots and worms and there is no vampire lair in recorded history that was found to have a toothbrush- not even one. No dental floss either. Not even a bottle of Listerine. Don't think on that too much.


If it seems like I'm picking on vampires or the undead in general, remember I'm just trying to help you kill them.


I hope that helps.



But unlike a vampire, a werewolf is human for most of the month (don't pay too much attention to fiction that claims otherwise), so they actually take showers, comb their hair, trim their nails, change their clothes and practice good dental hygiene. They usually work for a living, and even pay taxes. That ought to count for something. But a recent poll among baby boomers showed that most people felt that because of their once monthly full moon killing and ravaging cycle, werewolves should still be executed. However, as our introductory huntress discerns, there is a problem. And, being an intuitive woman, she is right to be concerned.



Here's what that problem is: after the curse, a werewolf is a three component entity comprised of human, wolf, and something really, really hideous called an astral larva. The spell that curses the victim is a spell that implants an aetheric demon in their soul. If you remember the movie Alien, you'll remember with particular disgust how the alien forced an egg down the throats of some of the people from the ship. The humans in this way became hatcheries for the monster. This modern science fiction movie is a reflection of what happens to the victim of the werewolf curse. The key conceptual difference is that the sorceror or sorceress is introducing an astral demon into the victim instead of an alien egg. Either way, the victim's body, mind, and soul have been kidnapped by a parasitic aura interloper. The bastard.



It's the astral demon baby, of course, that's the problem. True enough, there's something bad about a werewolf, but it's not the human or the wolf. It's the demon seed that is devouring the victim's energy and jacking their moral compass around like a magnetic gadfly on steroids. When the full moon hits, the water energy flows, barriers between rationality and feelings, wants, and desires, loosen- and the parasitic larva wreaks havoc on its host. With a surge of power, it seizes control of the victim's energy network. The victim becomes hostage as its life energy is hijacked to grow the demon, leaving the body defenseless against its now rampaging animal libido.

Sex, and blood, and domination are about to shake up the night.


The vicitm's body chemistry goes out of control and suddenly all those cells with stem cell-type ability morph to synchronize with the animal libido and, well, we are suddenly staring face to face with a classic rampaging werewolf.


Is now the time for our huntress to pull the trigger? If she's a good enough shot (and I'm betting she is), she'll blast out the beast's brains out of its shaggy head and kill both the human and the wolf in one barrage of bullets. No problem. Lead or silver give the same result as long as the brain is destroyed. Shooting out the heart will work just fine as well, but cut off the head as soon as the over-stimulated beast hits the ground. They'll go down screaming, bleeding and foaming at the mouth, but they'll go down and they'll be out.


But there's really bad news- the human and the wolf element of the triad are dead. Unfortunately, the demon larva that has spread its invisible tentacles throughout the victim's body is still alive. The werewolf's body will return to its human form. An innocent person has been destroyed, while the true monster- the demon larva- still lives within the corpse.


If the head has not been severed from the werewolf's body and the heart cut out or the body incinerated, then the demon larva will ressurect the corpse as a vampire.


Killing the werewolf's body does not solve the problem. Yes, the werewolf can be killed by double ought silver bullets, but if the person dies a werewolf, even though their body returns to its human state, they will be re-born as a vampire. It is an old legend, but one that is upheld by many in the occult sciences who should know. Then guess who we have to call in again.



To make matters more problematical for those seeking to kill a werewolf, the werewolf's body does not have the courtesy to turn to dust after you've killed it. It doesn't burst into flames and leave a thin film of ash. It simply returns to its human form, and that's a problem. It's hard to explain to the police. The killing wounds just don't simply disappear. So how exactly would you explain yourself to the authorities?




Where is the concept of justice in all of this? The person our huntress wants to kill was the victim of a curse. She would have executed the innocent and allowed the guilty to live unseen, incubating in a corpse, waiting for its moment to rise and feed as a vampire undead. Another low rent killer on the loose.

It's time to call in someone who doesn't drive in carrying a Winchester as their main weapon.


You see, killing the werewolf saves us, but condemns its soul. In order for the person inside the werewolf to escape to the Light, we must, as stewards of that Light, destroy the Astral Demon. If we can do this, we might even save the vicitm of the curse in the process. Even if we cannot avoid killing the werewolf, we must take proper precautions to to stop them from resurrecting the corpse as yet another undead bloodsucker.

Yep, time for an exorcism.

Zombie Gophers Hunt in Packs

15 comments:

Lana Gramlich said...

"...there is no vampire lair in recorded history that was found to have a toothbrush- not even one."

*ROFL* You present things I'd never considered. Thanks for the lesson in werewolf hunting!

Rick said...

Hi Lana. It's the least I can do after all the wondrous art and beauty you've exposed me to on your blog.

And Halloween is coming, so we'd best be prepared.

Charles Gramlich said...

I always knew I liked werewolves better than vampires, and now you've explained why. Excellent!

Rick said...

Yes!!! Another convert!

Zoe Winters said...

Did you see the movie "Cursed" with Christina Ricci?

Rick said...

Hey, Zoe! No, I didn't, but I'll get it and give it a watch. Thanks for the suggestion. It sounds seriously suited for Halloween.

K.Lawson Gilbert said...

I must say, that is one thing that gives me pause...killing a werewolf and having a dead human on my hands to explain. I guess I would think twice before pulling the trigger - unless it was me or him, that is.

"Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by night, may become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms and the autumn moon is bright..." Poor Larry Talbot!

Rick said...

Hello K. Lawson. Yep, having to explain a dead body by saying, "It was a werewolf just before I pulled the trigger. Really," just seems a little too.... iffy!

And that is such a cool werewolf quote! I agree. Poor Larry Talbot. I loved that movie.

Barbara Martin said...

My what history you managed to dig up, Rick.

I love the last photo of those cute animals (they are not gophers!). So sweet, ahhhh.

Rick said...

Barbara, the dental hygiene of vampires and werewolves is little explored in literature, but great fun to impugn!

And yes, I should have said "zombie meerkats,", but gophers seemed so much funnier.

Will Kinshella said...

Gah! Horrible dental hygiene like that, and they have the nerve to flinch at the smell of garlic!?

...Vampires... I tell ya.

Rick said...

Hey, Will! You are so right. The incorribible gall. Wait til they go after a dental hygienist. She'll let them know a thing or two.

Zoe Winters said...

well Ricci is hot. I want her to end up with the bad werewolf.

Rick said...

Zoe, when werewolves are bad, they're very, very bad.

Zoe Winters said...

hehe. I like that.