History Fridge / TheWolfman2010

** The first one, Gwen is bitten by the Wolfman, but she manages to shot the silver bullet, killing him. But she survived. She is condemned with a life of lycanthropy in the middle of London City. And Abberline was also bitten. London's future seems ''dark''.
** The other is almost the same, except that the Wolfman actually kills Gwen, when he bite her throat. Apart of the horrible suffering that Gwen passed, emotional and physical pain, her last thinks must be very ''devastating''. She will never return with her father, she is being killed by the man that she love, she probably think that she would be ripped into pieces and her body eaten sharing the same fate as Ben, but also, she ''cannot'' free Lawrence. She was so ''close'', but probably her last think is that she ''failed him''. But it's not the end. Lawrence killed her true love in a tragic parallel with his father. If he survives the night, imagine what would he will think after know that he killed Gwen...

** The other is almost the same, except that the Wolfman actually kills Gwen, when he bite her throat. Apart of the horrible suffering that Gwen passed, emotional and physical pain, her last thinks must be very ''devastating''. She will never return with her father, she is being killed by the man that she love, she probably think that she would be ripped into pieces and her body eaten, but also, she ''cannot'' free Lawrence. She was so ''close'', but probably her last think is that she ''failed him''. But it's not the end. Lawrence killed her true love in a tragic parallel with his father. If he survives the night, imagine what would he will think after know that he killed Gwen...

** The other is almost the same, except that the Wolfman actually kills Gwen, when he bite her throat. Apart of the horrible suffering that Gwen passed, emotional and physical pain, her last thinks must be very ''devastating''. She will never return with her father, she is being killed by the man that she love, she probably think that she would be ripped into pieces and eaten alive, but also, she ''cannot'' free Lawrence. But it's not the end. Lawrence killed her true love in a tragic parallel with his father. If he survives the night, imagine what would he will think after know that he killed Gwen...

** Imagine if also Sir John return...

* If this follows the tradition from ''Franchise/UniversalHorror'', probably Lawrence can't find rest, and eventually can return as a cursed immortal werewolf...

* In a scene in the extended edition, shortly before the first full moon after Lawrence is bitten, Sir John asks him why Gwen is not at Talbot Hall. He seems genuinely puzzled as to why his son would think it would be unsafe to keep her around. [[spoiler:Later on, we learn that he ''knew'' that he was a werewolf and that his son was also one and still thought it was alright to keep Gwen on the grounds during the full moon. This is even worse when you consider that while he locked himself up, he made no such plans for Lawrence, meaning that there was going to be a murderous animal running around no matter what.]]

* A subtle but significant moment; when [[spoiler:Sir John and Lawrence fight in their transformed states, Sir John tears off his shirt once the change has completed while Lawrence retains his clothing beyond what was damaged as he assumed his wolf shape. This basically reflects their contrasting attitudes towards their curses, with Sir John revelling in the power of the beast at the cost of his humanity, while some part of Lawrence is able to hold on to enough of his true self that he's not quite the indiscriminate monster his father was]].

** I personally interpreted that comment as meaning [[spoiler:only someone who truly loves Lawrence can set him "free" in the sense of releasing him from the curse so that he can pass on to Heaven; if a werewolf dies at the hands of someone who's just equipped with the right weapons, they die damned to Hell in the rage of their curse, but someone who killed them to save them shows that they were fundamentally a good person damned due to bad circumstnaces]].

* A subtle but significant moment; when [[spoiler:Sir John and Lawrence fight in their transformed states, Sir John tears off his shirt while Lawrence retains his clothing beyond what was damaged as he changed. This basically reflects their contrasting attitudes towards their curses, with Sir John revelling in the power of the beast while some part of Lawrence is able to hold on to enough of his humanity that he's not quite the indiscriminate monster his father was]].
* Building on the above, it's not immediately noticeable, but in his wolf form, Lawrence acts a lot more like a frightened animal than aggressive predator. His first night as a werewolf, he is lured by the stag the hunters have set out for bate. Only once he falls into their pit-trap and they start shooting does he turn around and massacre them. Likewise, the second night he's strapped down in an asylum by doctors and orderlies that have been tormenting him for weeks, and when he transforms, all he really does is try to get out of the crowded room as fast as possible, slashing at anyone in his way. When you think about it, the entire London sequence is him trying to ''escape Abberline.'' During his third and final transformation, he doesn't kill anyone, [[spoiler:except his father in the fight]]. The only person he really ever hunts down persistently through the whole movie is [[spoiler:Gwen]], which has a whole other laundry list of implications. This is all in contrast to [[spoiler:Sir John]], who attacks the gypsy camp, and went out to kill Ben.

* Building on the above, it's not immediately noticeable, but in his wolf form, Lawrence acts a lot more like a frightened animal than aggressive predator. His first night as a werewolf, he is lured by the stag the hunters have set out for bate. Only once he falls into their pit-trap and they start shooting does he turn around and massacre them. Likewise, the second night he's strapped down in an asylum by doctors and orderlies that have been tormenting him for weeks, and when he transforms, all he really does is try to get out of the crowded room as fast as possible, slashing at anyone in his way. Then ends up trapped in the omnibus, and again panics and rips his way out. During his third and final transformation, he doesn't kill anyone, [[spoiler:except his father in the fight]]. The only person he really ever hunts down persistently through the whole movie is [[spoiler:Gwen]], which has a whole other laundry list of implications. This is all in contrast to [[spoiler:Sir John]], who attacks the gypsy camp, and went out to kill Ben.

* Building on the above, it's not immediately noticeable, but in his wolf form, Lawrence acts a lot more like a frightened animal than aggressive predator. His first night as a werewolf, he is lured by the hunters' bait (a stag). Only once he falls into their pit-trap and they start shooting does he turn around and massacre them. Likewise, the second night he's strapped down in an asylum by doctors and orderlies that have been tormenting him for weeks, and when he transforms, all he really does is try to get out of the crowded room as fast as possible, slashing at anyone in his way. Then ends up trapped in the omnibus, and again panics and rips his way out. During his third and final transformation, he doesn't kill anyone, [[spoiler:except his father in the fight]]. The only person he really ever hunts down persistently through the whole movie is [[spoiler:Gwen]], which has a whole other laundry list of implications. This is all in contrast to [[spoiler:Sir John]], who attacks the gypsy camp, and went out to kill Ben.

* It's not immediately noticeable, but in his wolf form, Lawrence acts a lot more like a frightened animal than aggressive predator. His first night as a werewolf, he is lured by the hunters' bait (a stag). Only once he falls into their pit-trap and they start shooting does he turn around and massacre them. Likewise, the second night he's strapped down in an asylum by doctors and orderlies that have been tormenting him for weeks, and when he transforms, all he really does is try to get out of the crowded room as fast as possible, slashing at anyone in his way. Then ends up trapped in the omnibus, and again panics and rips his way out. During his third and final transformation, he doesn't kill anyone, [[spoiler:except his father in the fight]]. The only person he really ever hunts down persistently through the whole movie is [[spoiler:Gwen]], which has a whole other laundry list of implications. This is all in contrast to [[spoiler:Sir John]], who attacks the gypsy camp, and went out to kill Ben.

* FridgeHorror: In a scene in the extended edition, shortly before the first full moon after Lawrence is bitten, Sir John asks him why Gwen is not at Talbot Hall. He seems genuinely puzzled as to why his son would think it would be unsafe to keep her around. [[spoiler:Later on, we learn that he ''knew'' that he was a werewolf and that his son was also one and still thought it was alright to keep Gwen on the grounds during the full moon. This is even worse when you consider that while he locked himself up, he made no such plans for Lawrence, meaning that there was going to be a murderous animal running around no matter what.]]

* FridgeHorror: In a scene in the extended edition, shortly before the first full moon after Lawrence is bitten, Sir John asks him why Gwen is at Talbot Hall. He seems genuinely puzzled as to why his son would think it would be unsafe to keep her around. [[spoiler:Later on, we learn that he ''knew'' that he was a werewolf and that his son was also one and still thought it was alright to keep Gwen on the grounds during the full moon. This is even worse when you consider that while he locked himself up, he made no such plans for Lawrence, meaning that there was going to be a murderous animal running around no matter what.]]