I hope you had as pleasant a Christmas as possible, given the circumstances.

To your point on a lack of community: I believe that is one of the greatest harms done by the way society stigmatizes lycanthropy, as it deprives those afflicted with the ability to share successes, learn from one another, and develop better means of management. With perhaps a very few exceptions, I do not believe anyone afflicted with lycanthropy intends to pass it on, and therefore every time someone is bitten it reflects on our failures as a society to give them the proper tools to control the spread of the condition. If Forfang's research can help fill this gap and serve a similar purpose, I believe society on the whole will benefit, not just those afflicted with lycanthropy.

But as to your point about backlash — yes, I do worry about that as well. Hopefully the good that can be done from sharing this type of research can outweigh any additional stumbling blocks that arise from its publication.

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