Talk:The Gym Teacher/@comment-26129088-20150501143641/@comment-26030957-20150502004222

I thought of the classic werewolf, howling at the full moon in a dark, primordial forest draped in a veil of mist. A wolf man as opposed to a werewolf, in a red flannel shirt and blue overalls--or the teenage beast in the letter-man jacket. Perhaps I'll write another that takes more of that approach. I don't think we have seen the last of Mr. Kirby. I'm thinking maybe some kind of tragic werewolf love story.

I just have a hard time following any kinds of rules. I'm a bit of an anarchist so I wanted to take the challenge of writing a werewolf story and make it really original. To think outside the box. To take the box and smash it, chew it up and spit it out. I didn't mention the moon once in this story. I toyed with it, thought about just a quick mention of it, but then thought against it.

I wanted lycanthropy in this story to be a metaphor for the darkness that can lurk in some men's souls. To study and contemplate the idea of what it truly means to be a monster. So I really wanted to take it there as far as being gross and disturbing. To toy with the idea of what it means to transform into a beast. Notice how Danny himself undergoes a physical change after looking at the corpse on his computer? How he grows hunched and his face begins to twitch? Also the reference to Kafka's THE METAMORPHOSIS right in the beginning there. As well as the Macbeth quote. Lady Macbeth definitely went through some kind of transformation after her murderous deeds and I thought I should give a tip of the hat to her.

Remember the original The Howling movie? In the beginning a serial killer tells this reporter he will reveal his identity to her if she meets him at this porn theater. She goes into one of the back stalls and he plays this nasty video of these guys holding down and raping this teenage girl, and there, in the flickering light, he transforms into a werewolf before her. I saw that movie when I was around ten years old and it seriously fucked my head up. I can still see that awful image of these guys holding down this girl and ripping her clothes off while a man transforms into a beast. So, I guess that's why I decided to go this route.

Thanks so much for reading. I am glad I was able to satisfy.