I found the discussion today interesting as it really delved into the gothic tropes of transformation and how it has numerous meanings that allows leeway into discussing bigger topics. With Mila's illustration and her discussion, it's neat that White Fell is caught midway between her transformation of becoming a werwolf. I thought it really significant as it hints at the idea that women can be feral - more specifically, that they are capable of being wild and capable of base instinct. It's not the way that White Fell had become some dainty damsel but that because she was the werewolf being hunted, I seen it as something that people feared because she was different.  That wildness is often associated to men or something generally not associated to women. Instead of blatantly making it grotesque in her transformation, there's a mixture of being sensual / coy (the upper body) and showing strength and hidden capabilities (the way the wolf's legs are much stronger than the one chasing her).

With Clemence's rejection of actions being decided based on sexuality, the transformation is similar to moving away from these ideal placed on women (or showing an almost violent hate for them to the point of no longer wanting to be human). To be the werewolf kind of seems similar to not being defined by human conventions, something unique and different that genuinely mad people want to chase out of curiosity but also made people afraid. The transformation trope was always interesting to think about in the terms of the gothic, not often are women the ones that are werewolves.