Thank you, maybe I could be a part of this community after all then. I was reading through the member bios in the new member section and was quite offput by how many 'Hello, I'm ________, I'm 15 years old and I am a werewolf' posts I saw.

No no no, I'm not therian at all. I treat it like religion, you can believe whatever the hell you want just don't try to make me believe. I just joined this site because I'm a fan of werewolf fiction and wanted to talk to others who share this interest.
  The only reason I asked was because I was deeply curious about the extent to which some people claimed to be therian or werebeasts. I'm sure as you say that most are either trolling or RPing, or I suspect confused teenagers who want to be accepted, we've all been there.

shadowwolfx wrote:

One is only select warriors in certain Indian tribes that were able to shift (not twilight).

Did they shape-shift into cows?

I think he meant to say 'considered possible' rather than 'considered viable'. And yes, while this section of the board wishes it was for actual Therians, It is more preyed upon by 15 year old werewolf-subculture wannabes asking if their craving for rare steak makes them a werewolf. They are often not therians, however, and this is not really the right forum for serious discussion of therianthropy.

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Hello Sasquatch, welcome to the werewolf cafe, my favorite trolling grounds!

Do you like my submersible avatar?

SherlawkDragon wrote:

Do you like my submersible avatar?

I don't, it doesn't look enough like a phallus.

lupinealchemist wrote:

The people that I hear that p-shifted are often trolls or flipping mental. One person for example says he undergone self-mutilation to help his skin and bones shift easier.

That was probably a troll.

shadowwolfx wrote:

OK Sasquatch there is only a couple methods of physically shifting that are considered viable, and trust me, if they had shifted they wouldn't be talking about it. One is only select warriors in certain Indian tribes that were able to shift (not twilight). The other method is to invite certain demons into your body and risk damming yourself and this is a long excruciating process. Don't say there is noone who does, there are defiantly some who do but you wont find them here.

Actually, sounds to me like you mean "recorded" or "historically known," rather than "viable."  We're talking about magic here, which means the Laws of Nature do not apply, so, theoretically, there should be no limit to the amount of ways you could transform yourself.  Historically, yes, there are a limited number of ways to employ changing your shape.  They include...

1.  Selling yourself to Satan, and he transforms you through his own power.
2.  Donning a wolf skin/magic belt, the removal of which will turn you back into a human
3.  Being bitten by a werewolf
4.  Being bitten by a true wolf (not as common)
5.  Slathering yourself in a magic ointment to allow yourself to transform
6.  Consuming human flesh, by which you are damned by God (Christian) to remain as a wolf for a period of seven years, and will be transformed back into a human provided you have not consumed human flesh again during that period.
7.  Pre-Christian, committing some sort of offense against a powerful magic user, who transforms you (frequently into a long succession of different animals) as punishment (see Mabinogi, fourth branch)
8.  Pre-Christian, also commonly seen, yourself being a powerful magic user, you transform yourself into an animal to escape attackers

As far as I know, the whole "demon possession" thing was more the demons making you believe they transformed you, rather than it actually happening.  Only Satan was thought to have enough power to actually transform you (and witches, but they supposedly managed it by drawing on Satan's powers, not their own).

These are all I can recall off the top of my head.  Anyone else heard of anything?

Personally I don't believe you have you rely on malevolent forces for such things.

shadowwolfx wrote:

madnes

lupinealchemist wrote:

loony

Topic is : Are you guys RPing or just mentally ill?
Now please answer the question.

Yeah, actually that kind of bothers me too, actually, and I AM a therian. A lot of people do that on therian forums, they're not trolls, they just feel the need to make that distinction. It's annoying, but don't bother calling anyone on it, it's not worth it.