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I totally agree with you about the imprinting thing. I don't think Leah NEEDS to imprint, as pretty much any male will give her the same chance of having (or not having) children.star wrote:So, I totally agree with bronzehairedgirl. I think Leah is on a wolf's cycle and therefor can have children. Secondly (this is more aout imprinting than Leah having kids) I think perhaps Leah could or would have imprinted already if she were not a female wolf. Think about it. Leah is the first female wolf. All previous imprintings have been by male wolves on female humans. Maybe it just doesn't work the other way around. They say that you imprint on the person who gives you the best shot at passing on the gene right? To pass on the gene, the wolf gene from the father would have to be stronger than the human gene from the mother. Its similar to how the gene for brown hair overrides the gene for red hair. What if the gene is so strong in this case that the father really doesn't matter because Leah's wolf gene will automaticly override it? Then she would have no need to imprint. Leah points out that were it not for Jacob, Seth would have the best shot at being the alpha. Meaning that the Clearwater children have very stong genetic heritage on both sides. I think this genetic herritage would have to be very strong and combined with a firery temperment to awaken the gene in a female. Meaning that I believe female desendants of the wolves carry the gene and can pass it on, but only with a member of the pack. Members of the pack however can pass it on with whoever they imprint upon. So I believe Leah has not imprinted because her genetic code is so dominently wolf that she doesn't have to. Sorry if that is confusing and off topic.
happy_alice wrote:Well, Leah said herself in BD that she was menopausal, so I don't think she can have children if she stays a werewolf. However, if she stops becoming one, maybe her body will start up again, just like Jake said. It's a possibility.
Imprinting is about making the strongest possible werewolf, but I don't think it follows that you couldn't go mate with any old random person and not have a kid. It just wouldn't be the strongest possible genetic combination. Personally, I have a feeling Jacob is right, and once Leah stops phasing, that her body will resume it's normal processes and she'll be able to have kids. It might not be through imprinting, but either way, I'm betting it's possible.Amivera wrote:
Leah said herself that she was menopausal and she wouldn't imprint, because imprinting is, first and foremost, to carry along the strongest gene. If she can't pass the gene while still shifting into a werewolf, and being a werewolf is required to imprint, she won't imprint so she won't pass on the gene, so she won't have kids.
i dont know. i don't think that female werewolves can imprint... but then i am not really sure which it is stronger wolf or stronger gene. it is never actually resolvedmoon sidhe wrote:Imprinting is about making the strongest possible werewolf, but I don't think it follows that you couldn't go mate with any old random person and not have a kid. It just wouldn't be the strongest possible genetic combination. Personally, I have a feeling Jacob is right, and once Leah stops phasing, that her body will resume it's normal processes and she'll be able to have kids. It might not be through imprinting, but either way, I'm betting it's possible.Amivera wrote:
Leah said herself that she was menopausal and she wouldn't imprint, because imprinting is, first and foremost, to carry along the strongest gene. If she can't pass the gene while still shifting into a werewolf, and being a werewolf is required to imprint, she won't imprint so she won't pass on the gene, so she won't have kids.
I was thinking that for now she's still going to be in the pack, saving everyone. It depends on how long she stays in the pack, and then she needs to learn to master herself and keep from phasing— because extreme anger causes phasing, she'll have to stop that.moon sidhe wrote: Imprinting is about making the strongest possible werewolf, but I don't think it follows that you couldn't go mate with any old random person and not have a kid. It just wouldn't be the strongest possible genetic combination.
I agree. I thought there might have been a parallel between the female vampires and the female werewolves: neither can have children.Landiana wrote: i dont know. i don't think that female werewolves can imprint... but then i am not really sure which it is stronger wolf or stronger gene. it is never actually resolved