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Did killing accelerate the transformation process?

posted 8 years ago by am-23762
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I apologise if this has been brought up before here, but I always wondered if this was true. There was a marked change in her appearance after killing Mr. Wayne for example, and especially after killing the janitor.

Or was it just with time, the transformation sped up? Before that, it seems as though throughout most of the month of October, her transformation was more gradual. During that time she wasn't killing people, only (as far as we know) two dogs, Norman and Morley (the latter referenced in the bathroom scene which I only really discovered after reading this board!). Then again I guess it could be argued that she had killed other people, although unlikely because it seemed to be a progression, i.e. dogs to people.

Was it once again supposed to be a metaphor of sorts that the physical change was a reflection of her altered mental state, i.e. becoming devoid of emotion, which was a result of her killing people?

[–] rosepetals334 8 years ago

No worries! I felt like they kind of went hand in hand...i felt like her killing dogs and then eventually killing people was just showing how she was further progressing the changes she was experiencing. Also, because ginger did not fear or try to restrict or stop the changes like Bridget does in Ginger Snaps Back, it would only make sense for ginger to have an easier transition into a werewolf. I feel like, whatever came natural for Ginger was more of a growing pain for Bridgette (pun intended :p )

i hope this helps!

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[–] am-23762 8 years ago

When I watched the director's commentary, John kind of confirms what I was on about in my original post. He said he wanted the physical changes to coincide with killing people, or something to that effect.

So while that doesn't necessarily support my opinion that Ginger killing people made her transform quicker than she would have otherwise, it was at least done intentionally in the film by the director, and I think it was a smart decision, that we didn't necessarily see it happen (at least not until the very end when she fully transformed in the back of van -- not one of my favourite scenes for several reasons).

I like the fact that for most of the film it was a gradual transformation, more like Cronenberg, e.g. The Fly, rather than something like AWIL, where the guy was sitting in a living room and all of a sudden he just rapidly changes. Famous as that scene may be, I've come to kind of dislike it in a way. That film was definitely more of a comedy than Ginger Snaps ever was (although I do like the film as a whole).