Quick question to the diehards of this and the comics.

[xlockeed]

Ok so I haven't read the comics and I'm not familiar with the true lore of the main characters so here is the question.
How is it Bloody Mary shoots Bigby with a silver bullet and he falls over almost dead. My understanding is a werewolf is weak to silver. Is Bigby a werewolf? Because in the story books he's a plain old wolf. So there's the question what is he?

Edited after replaying ep 1, thought he says we all have to pay for glam and I assumed he included himself.

[BeastBox]

Bigby isn't using a glamour. Where do you see him say in episode 1 that he, personally, has to buy glamours?

[xlockeed]

Right had to replay it , and I am wrong. But my question remains.

[xlockeed]

The comic book series Fables by Bill Willingham features a reformed Big Bad Wolf as a major character, commonly referred to as "Bigby". In order to pass for human (the other animal fables want nothing to do with him), he has been infected with lycanthropy, making him, in essence, a werewolf. He acts as sheriff for the Fable community, going by the name of Bigby Wolf. He is often portrayed as a typical film-noir-style trenchcoat-wearing detective. In the context of the series, he earned the name "Big Bad" after his (much larger) siblings sarcastically noted his drive to be ferocious, particularly after his father, the incarnation of the North Wind, left his mother due to being bored with the relationship. Due to his unique parentage, his infamous "huff 'n puff" is a form of wind control that has been shown to be powerful enough to smash trees down, blow out an army of flaming animated puppetmen, and Bigby once conjectured that even a brick house would most likely be blown to bits by it. Bigby Wolf serves as the main protagonist of the 2013 video game adaptation of Fables, The Wolf Among Us.

Edit - How the hell do you get retro lycantropy? He's a wolf yet now he's a human and when he loses control goes hulkish wolf on you? what.
Edit2 - ok ok did a human bite him, because how do you go from a wolf to being infected with lycantropy and now you're a human?

[MorningLightMountain]

Because he rejects the majority of his father's powers as Bigby technically is a shapeshifter. He choose to remain in the form of a wolf and due to being that way for so long was stuck in that form. After the exodus he's struck with a blade which infects him with lycanthropy so he can assume a human form.

[BeastBox]

Originally posted by xlockeed:

Edit - How the hell do you get retro lycantropy? He's a wolf yet now he's a human and when he loses control goes hulkish wolf on you? what.
Edit2 - ok ok did a human bite him, because how do you go from a wolf to being infected with lycantropy and now you're a human?

This, I guess....
http://fables.wikia.com/wiki/Bigby_Wolf_%28Comic_Series%29

[xlockeed]

Thanks for answers.
Edit - I came into this game without any prior knowledge of the books and am very pleased with how they have taken the their own liberties on the fables. I had recently played ep3 and was alittle confused is all. Thanks for the redirect.

[Cat]

Moreover, you need to understand that a Fable isn't just one character featured in one story. One Fable can be featured in multiple stories. For instance, Totenkinder appeared in both Hansel & Gretel and Rapunzel, and they can have appeared in more contemporary stories. Bigby is the Big Bad Wolf in Red Riding Hood, Three Little Piggies and so on, but he's also likely the one who inspired the modern stories of the Wolf Man and the Werewolf of London, very probably something that happened after he got infected with lycanthropy.

[MorningLightMountain]

Originally posted by Cat:

Moreover, you need to understand that a Fable isn't just one character featured in one story. One Fable can be featured in multiple stories. For instance, Totenkinder appeared in both Hansel & Gretel and Rapunzel, and they can have appeared in more contemporary stories. Bigby is the Big Bad Wolf in Red Riding Hood, Three Little Piggies and so on, but he's also likely the one who inspired the modern stories of the Wolf Man and the Werewolf of London, very probably something that happened after he got infected with lycanthropy.

Possibly but the common stereotypes applied to werewolves don't actually apply with Bigby. He doesn't change due to phases of the moon and retains full control. The only one would appear to be a weakness to silver. The lycanthropy thing is just a background element in the comic and never actually comes up. Considering other (although terrible) revelations in Fables Bigby may not have served as the inspiration for later stories.

[Gwyneko]

IMO I dont think that for the bullet being silver is the case here
She tried to use the axe right after the shot so I believe that the bullets were enchanted..

Like MorningLightMountain said Bigby is the son of The North Wind and thus a mere bullet (even of the silver variety shoulgnt be a problem). He chose to keep the wolf form as his borthers kept the orc/golem/beast morphs.

If the bullets did the job and Blody Mary is supposed to be as hardcore as her speech implied she would empty all six shots on him.Either the bullets are expensive or she knew they werent enough

Is anyone else hoping for a second season already?

[Cat]

Originally posted by MorningLightMountain:

Considering other (although terrible) revelations in Fables Bigby may not have served as the inspiration for later stories.

I'm considering the WWII flashback where he was directly referred to as "the Wolf Man" and "the American Werewolf". He was also well-known by the Nazis, having been terrorizing them for a long time by then, and they specifically set out to lure him into a trap.

I feel the only truly terrible thing in Fables was the Literals, which I'm perfectly content with pretending never happened, and it seems the actual writers feel the same.

Also, the silver bullet thing has been referenced numerous times in the comic, usually by Bigby ("You should've used silver. Silver bullets. These steel and lead things hurt like dickens, but they can't kill me or do anything permanent. My bones and vessels and guts are already knitting together. I'll have you between my jaws soon enough."). He's had lycanthropy since after he met Snow for the first time when she was fleeing from the Adversary, and it's what he uses to take on human form, since he adamantly refuses to use his father's shapeshifting abilities.

His brothers don't stick to any particular form. They shapeshift into tons of different things in the comic, including (and I'm being totally serious here) goldfish.

[MorningLightMountain]

The crossover arc, the end of Jack, the reveal regarding Beauty in Fairest and how Mr Dark was resolved were all fairly low points. The Literals weren't that bad as an idea until Willingham included Kevin Thorn in that. I personally suspect he didn't have a full plan for Thorn when intoduced in Fables so decided to use him in Jack. Consdering he is more relevant to the Jack storyline but is introduced in Fables.

He's had lycanthropy since being struck with the blade which is sometime after the exile.I'd forgotten about how he is reffered in the World War 2 flashback. He could have served as an inspiration for those stories then.

[Cat]

I don't even remember the end of Jack, so it must've been boring. Mr Dark was a pretty lame villain overall, so I was just glad they got rid of him. What made the Mr Dark arc good was the stuff with Totenkinder and Ozma. I don't even remember Beauty being in Fairest (unless you mean Briar Rose), so I don't know what reveal you're talking about, but again, her part was probably boring if I've forgotten it so completely.

[MorningLightMountain]

Originally posted by Cat:

I don't even remember the end of Jack, so it must've been boring. Mr Dark was a pretty lame villain overall, so I was just glad they got rid of him. What made the Mr Dark arc good was the stuff with Totenkinder and Ozma. I don't even remember Beauty being in Fairest (unless you mean Briar Rose), so I don't know what reveal you're talking about, but again, her part was probably boring if I've forgotten it so completely.

It's probably best if you don't remember the end of Jack as it's the worst ending of any Vertigo title ever published. It generally reads as if Willingham had no idea how to end it so just opted for kill em all

No, I mean Beauty. After the initial longer arc there is a single issue with Beast and Beauty with a reveal which is somewhat supported by elements of Fables but is also something which should have probably been revealed years earlier in the comic.