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	Ghouls have... pre-existing notions ~~attached to~~ them, from various myths and commercial products. Ghouls are commonly associated with zombies (which we know to be unrelated, even inversely related), mutants, post-radiation syndrome afflictees, and {{TooltipInline\|genetic abhorrations\|Your mom.}}. Perhaps most damagingly, Ghouls are continually haunted by the pervasive question, '''"what is a Ghoul?"'''		Ghouls, as a concept, have... pre-existing notions of them, from various myths and commercial products, contradictory and ill-defined. Ghouls are commonly associated with zombies (which we know to be unrelated, even inversely related), mutants, post-radiation syndrome afflictees, and {{TooltipInline\|genetic abhorrations\|Your mom.}}. Perhaps most damagingly, Ghouls are continually haunted by the pervasive question, '''"what is a Ghoul?"'''

	Those who ask will rarely take the easy answer, the correct answer: they're people whose DNA doesn't work. Unfortunately, simple answers rarely yield satisfaction, and those who dig risk digging past the treasure they seek, to find layers of dirt with no basis in the question and ascribe them meaning beyond the concept of intent.		Those who ask will rarely take the easy answer, the correct answer: <u>they're people whose DNA doesn't work</u>. Unfortunately, simple answers rarely yield satisfaction, and those who dig risk digging past the treasure they seek, to find layers of dirt with no basis in the question and ascribe them meaning beyond the concept of intent.

	{{TooltipInline\|'''"The Ghoul Mystery"'''\|Fun fact, this was originally "The Ghoul Question" except [[wikipedia:Jewish_question\|hey no let's not do that actually]]. If it slips in later in this article, yell at me to change it, and I'm sorry!}} effectively supersedes "The Ghoul", as the obsessive mind ignores what makes the ghoul interesting (their personality, their livelihood, the gun in their hand) and demands truths from simple biological realities, and the mania of desire inflates a chalice of comfort too deep to ever fill with any basis in rationality. Pull at the strands in the tapestry of truth for long enough, and the pile of yarn takes new life. Ghoul Truthers rarely settle their viewpoints into a finished state, but their initial manias are well documented, usually starting with a fixation on one of a few "discrepancies."		{{TooltipInline\|'''"The Ghoul Mystery"'''\|Fun fact, this was originally "The Ghoul Question" except [[wikipedia:Jewish_question\|hey no let's not do that actually]]. If it slips in later in this article, yell at me to change it, and I'm sorry!}} effectively supersedes "The Ghoul", as the obsessive mind ignores what makes the ghoul interesting (their personality, their livelihood, the gun in their hand) and demands truths from simple biological realities, and the mania of desire inflates a chalice of comfort too deep to ever fill with any basis in rationality. Pull at the strands in the tapestry of truth for long enough, and the pile of yarn takes new life. Ghoul Truthers rarely settle their viewpoints into a finished state, but their initial manias are well documented, usually starting with a fixation on one of a few "discrepancies."

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= Ghoul =

Decrepit, twisted people whose flesh is fairly interchangible and loosely connected to them.

Reductively, Ghouls are effectively a 'meat golem'. Despite their theming and incoherent bodies, Ghouls are not undead abominations.
When DNA goes wrong, refuses to replicate or does so harmfully, various treatments exist to keep the person alive. These bypass the uses of DNA, though might still be able to use it, resulting in a person poorly coupled to their body.
Ghouls structure their body via intentional design, not via the encoded shapes inherent in their DNA. Ghouls can separate their limbs into meaty mass, and consume raw animal meat to regrow lost limbs. Through odd means, this means that muscle tissue is interchangeable for Ghouls, whether it originates from them or not.
This also means the body does not care as much when any particular piece of it is lost; limbs fall off easily and are replaced just as easily, and as a result the person generally is exceedingly fragile.

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