Board Thread:False Info and Speculative Discussion/@comment-67.80.49.73-20150208080851/@comment-20237552-20150222110606

Bigwolfonbase wrote: It actually is a pretty common but older myth about werewolves turning into vampires. I really dont think it would deter from the concept of the show seeing as i dont believe the show really knows what it wants to do. I just dont think its needed. Especially since given the way this show chooses to handle things itd some how be connected to the Bite. Perhaps, however there are some flaws in that particular myth:

In the most base original mythology related to werewolves and vampires, vampires are created when evil spirits possess dead bodies and use them to basically get around and keep spreading disease and death (vampires and zombies started out as essentially the same thing). The idea of werewolves came from the good spirits that would come into existence in order to keep balance in the universe and fight back the evil spirits. I guess people imagined these spirits to be represented in the shape of a wolf. Nowadays, we see werewolves and vampires differently. But in the most original basis of the two creatures, they were essentially opposites...if that makes any sense. So it's not really reasonable that they would turn into eachother: Lycanthropy is a condition that cannot be cured; once a werewolf, always a werewolf. Vampirisim is generally seen as an infection, and can be remedied if the victim is not yet dead (don't ask me how cause....welcome to supernatural world o.o). And usually by myth, Werewolves are to be immune to the effects of Vampirism and although mortal creatures (mostly), they cannot be infected by two different causes because they are immune to anything else either way.

So it may be said that when the good spirit (werewolf) dies, it becomes a bad spirit, I think that is based alternatively on what their allegiance is. If they die a good and faithful spirit, they'll ascend to a good and faithful afterlife, and so the same should apply for Vampires...but conception of Werewolves vs Vampires on who's good and who's evil is not one I"m choosing to pick sides upon...though personally I favour werewolves.  