#past midnight

[itookthetardis2liveaid]

Clancy Brown as Steve Lundy in Past Midnight

Those big meaty hands would make such a pretty necklace

[nocturnaround]

[deadbranch]

Werewolves make all kinds of sounds.

Many of them are the same or equivalent to sounds humans make, some are similar to their feral brethren the natural wolf, but some are unique to the werewolf species altogether. To more easily differentiate between the two, werewolves will be referred to as Wolves, with a capital "W."

The werewolf voice box is constructed differently than a human's. Werewolves are uncomfortable talking about this because it was one of the ways mankind could tell a werewolf child from a human child during the Dark Times. I won't go into details about that, but the morphology of throat structures and the lower mandible are a sensitive topic, so it's best not to bring it up.

Let's dive right in:

Humming - All werewolves hum when they feel safe or content. Where humans hum by singing with their mouth closed, but Wolves hum using the bottom range of their voice box, so a Wolf with a higher register voice can still have a very deep hum. Some are so subtle that you can't tell they're doing it unless you've very close. And I mean very.

Rumbling - While humming is often perceived only at very close range (usually through physical contact), rumbling occurs deeper in the chest and vibrates the sternum, air in the lungs, and the uvula. Rumbling occurs most often between a pair of wolves in courtship, within a mated pair, but can also occur between friends if they're snuggling or providing comfort. Rumbling could be considered how Wolves 'purr.'

Whimpering (injured) - Just as with natural wolves, Wolves whimper when injured, in pain, or when ill. The sound has a wider range in Wolves than other canines and tends to take on the qualities of their 'human' voice, unlike humming or rumbling. Most Wolves try to control their urge to whimper. Only close family and one's mate are allowed to hear a Wolf whimper, for any reason.

Whimpering (horny) - Wolves whimper as a nonverbal request for physical contact and affection. Their desire for these things is not always sexually motivated, but it often is. Wolves use a complex combination of sounds leading up to, during, and after mating/sexual intercourse. Talking out loud (using human words) during sex feels kinky and is often a turn-on to Wolves since it's not in their nature to speak during physical intimacy.

Whining (tired) - This is their version of yawning. Wolves don't yawn. They use a deep whine. When around humans, Wolves breathe deeply to avoid the urge to whine. Increased oxygen intake suppresses the urge.

Whining (frustrated) - The Wolf equivalent of "well, damn." They bare their canine teeth, arch the tongue in the back of their mouth (near complete occlusion of the airway), then thrust their tongue forward as they exhale sharply through loose vocal cords. Wolves use this sound most often in combat (10-25% change) and during running change (30-50% change).

Roaring (anger) - Natural wolves don't roar, but werewolves do. It's a combination of a human yell and vulpine howl. Wolves are capable of roaring between urge-induced change & combat (human-conflict) change, or between 5-15% change. After 15% change, they lose the ability to roar as their voice box no longer accommodates human speech and sounds. When Wolf couples fight, it's common to hear roaring along with shouted expletives.

Roaring (super horny) - See above, but horny instead of angry. Roaring also happens during intercourse but rarely during knotting as the knotting Wolf is generally in thrall and has a decreased ability to exhibit aggressive behaviors.

Howling (anguish) - When Wolves mourn their dead, they howl. The stereotype is true--if one howls in anguish, others feel an intense urge to join in. Wolves mourn in packs and clans, together as one.

Howling (the Hunt) - During the first Hunt following a death, they howl more than usual to help guide the dead loved one through the Hunt. Their belief is that the dead have lost their sense of smell, so they follow the howls of the pack, to run in their final Hunt together.

Howling (combat) - Wolves use differently pitched howls to communicate on the battlefield. The enemy should expect an attack when the howling stops.

Howling (feral abandon) - Howling during sexual arousal or intercourse isn't as loud or held as long as howling outdoors, nor does it happen as frequently. There's an intense melodic quality to the warble behind the howl, unique to every Wolf. Howling normally precedes orgasm but can happen at any time. If a Wolf howls during sex, they are likely entrenched in urge-induced change, exhibiting white eye-shine, elongated canine teeth, and their human voice has a metallic quality to it.

MASTERLIST

[talesfromthecrypts]

Rutger Hauer as Ben Jordan in Past Midnight (1991)

[everwhovian]

Sometimes I feel like you guys must think I’ve just vanished. Gone. Dead. Deceased.

Surprise! 🎉 I’m alive! Just currently drowning in uni stuff and work and everything else. I hate it.

I also suffered from a terrible case of ✨️Akute Lustlosigkeit✨️ (literal translation: 'acute lack of desire/motivation'), otherwise known as the silly little 'I don’t even want to think about Squid Game or read or write or do anything' phase. And I think studying fried my last functioning brain cell... But hey – I passed the exam!! 🎉

Anyway, I just wanted to let you know that I’m alive and (kinda) well, and that I am working through all the requests! I even managed to shrink the mountain of asks by drafting a bunch of replies. So technically progress is being made 👀🙃 They’re all sitting in my drafts like captured hostages until I finish them 😂 But I’m getting things done!!

Also... when exactly did we all start calling In-ho’s wife Yuna?? When did that collective decision happen?? Because suddenly she’s Yuna everywhere and I’m just standing here like ?? 😭😭😭

Ah shit. It’s past midnight and I have to get up at 5am to catch the train at 6 to get to uni in time for my 8am seminar. Lovely. Truly thriving. Love that for me 💀

Okay, enough rambling from me. I’ll update the WIP post soon 💕

[kennethbrangh]

RUTGER HAUER in Past Midnight (1991)

[ghost-in-park]

the sinking feeling where you have no choice but to keep yourself up all night, because if you lie in bed for two minutes, your thoughts become overwhelming and you will never calm down.

[fieriframes]

[It's past midnight!]