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WILLIAM WAS NOT TREATED THE RIGHT WAY


And I mean by the writers. he was the brother of marcus and the strongest wolf and he should be equal to marcus not the inferior brother they showed us like he was no real leader never changed to human and they only told us he was just for rampage and out of control and then he was in prisoned until marcus freed him only to die at the end of the movie by Michael.

OK THAT'S BULL.

Even Lucian and now marius were shown as greater lycan leaders than William was.

even victor and Michael had far more important roles than William.

DO U THINK THE WRITERS DID UNJUSTICE TO WILLIAM'S CHARACTER ?

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It was written the way they wanted; the most dangerous of the immortals! It was just as insane of Marcus to want to free his brother to rampage and destroy cities with no conscience! He would have been a blight on the planet! I found no problem with how William was written, but some might have come up with a better way of imprisoning him! Just standing there for over 500 years waiting had to intolerable; esp. after the first couple 100! 

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that's what i'm saying. the writers which wrote William that way made a huge mistake.

1) instead of presenting William a great wolf leader they diminished him in to a secondary character.

2) How marcus could change form but not William ? they were brothers with the same blood both bitten and changed to those monsters so if the one could change form so should the other which means that writing WAS BULL.

3) The first and strongest wolf was presented like a criminal who couldn't syop killing and rampage when he could be the leader Lucian and even marius was if the writing was different.

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I agree a poorly written character reduced to nothing more than a plot device.

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1) instead of presenting William a great wolf leader they diminished him in to a secondary character.


William was more of an animal. He had no character to speak of.

2) How marcus could change form but not William ? they were brothers with the same blood both bitten and changed to those monsters so if the one could change form so should the other which means that writing WAS BULL.


There is a massive strength disparity between vampires and lycans, Elders notwithstanding. We see in Underworld 1 and in Rise of the Lycans that most Lycans can pretty much tear through most vampires like wet tissue paper. Naturally, there would be more of a trade-off for that kind of power. Vampires are weaker, but more in control of themselves and their identity.

3) The first and strongest wolf was presented like a criminal who couldn't syop killing and rampage when he could be the leader Lucian and even marius was if the writing was different.


That's not the case, nor did it need to be so.

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1) instead of presenting William a great wolf leader they diminished him in to a secondary character.


William was not a leader of any kind. William had no humanity left. He was an animal, in the literal sense. This is certainly mentioned in the movie, if not the novelisation.

2) How marcus could change form but not William ? they were brothers with the same blood both bitten and changed to those monsters so if the one could change form so should the other which means that writing WAS BULL.


The virus that the wild and dangerous wolf transmitted to William reacted differently to the way the relatively harmless bat virus reacted to Markus's DNA inherited from his father. Markus could only change to a bat when he was infected by the lycan virus to become a hybrid. Other than fangs and glowing eyes occasionally there were no obvious physical changed when a human became a vampire.

3) The first and strongest wolf was presented like a criminal who couldn't syop killing and rampage when he could be the leader Lucian and even marius was if the writing was different.


Yes. William was nothing more than a dangerous wild animal. The first generation of werewolves he created were equally dangerous. It wasn't until several generations later where the remained human until the full moon. He couldn't be tamed. The reason for imprisoning William was to usurp power from Markus. Viktor lies to Markus and rubs it in his face for centuries to come.

This movie is about evolution i.e. the future is hybrids, not about resurrecting old potential imprisoned leaders.

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u guys who insists William was just a wild animal.....etc...etc.....u just remind us what the writers did to William's character.

what u say IS WHAT THE WRITERS DID TO WILLIAM. THAT'S THE PROBLEM CAUSE GUYS IF THE WRITERS HAD WRITEN THAT WILLIAM COULD CHANGE TO A HUMAN LIKE MARCUS AND LUCIAN COULD AND HE COULD BE A GREAT LEADER LIKE MARCUS AND LUCIAN WERE THEN ALL THAT U SAID WOULD NOT MATTERED.

I ALSO SAID WILLIAM WAS ONLY A WILDE ANIMAL BUT I SAID HE COULD BE A LOT BETTER THAN THAT IF THE WRITERS HAD CHANGED HIS CHARACTER AND PROFILE.

IT'S THE WRITER'S FAULT WILLIAM COULD NOT CHANGE TO A HUMAN.....NOT WILLIAM'S FAULT..............DEAL WITH IT.

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Looking forward to seeing your alternative screenplay and how you're going to raise funds.

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And I mean by the writers. he was the brother of marcus and the strongest wolf and he should be equal to marcus not the inferior brother they showed us like he was no real leader never changed to human and they only told us he was just for rampage and out of control and then he was in prisoned until marcus freed him only to die at the end of the movie by Michael.


First of all, William couldn't become human again. He was the "source", the original werwolf. As Tanus said, these were rampaging monsters, unable to return to human form ever again. This was why William was sealed away to begin with, because he was destroying everything in his path and infecting anyone he came across. How is someone who who's basically a rabid animal supposed to lead anyone? He was a rampaging monster. What did you expect?
And what's wrong with Michael killing him? Did it seem too easy? Don't forget that as a hybrid, Michael's strength at least matched William's. But William was also trapped for centuries with no food or water or anything. He wasn't in the best condition. Actually, he was likely in a hibernative state similar to what the vampire Elders did, and we saw how weak Viktor was when he first woke up.

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You have to blame the father most of all; couldn't care less about his compassion and unwillingness to kill his own son! He called him a rampaging monster so was quite aware of the repercussions of allowing William to run amuck! Why Marcus was trying to free him is still beyond me!   

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Haha, I wish we could thumbs up posts like this

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