I Am A Real Werewolf

Hello again. Trying to avoid spam... but I do have some thing I do want to bring up.
Lately there's been this trend, particularly on Amino, Instagram, Tumblr.
People are claiming werewolves and lycans are different. They are also claiming there are breeds like bloodchasers, fogbreathers, etc. Most of the info is on this page (https://theshapeshiftersof.tumblr.com/)
It has become quite the trend. Particularly the 'werewolf vs lycan' idea (they even go so far as to say werewolves and lycans have different genes).
I want to know (I personally, am challenging this, and don't believe this) if you agree with this, why or why not? What arguments would you use against this? What proof do you have that this is wrong?
Curious, as I am currently attempting to correct this issue on Amino right now.

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icouldntthinkofagooduser · 22-25

Oh yay, the First Family pack.
The main reason why people tend to say werewolves and lycans are different breeds is because they mean to say that werewolves are the hollywood monsters and lycans are neutral shapeshifters. Same for when people talk about werewolves and wolfbloods. Basically the same creature but they don't want to be seen as a murdering monster (but seriously I've never met anyone who assumed I was a mindless monster when I said I'm a werewolf). They want to make it less confusing but they only make it worse.
Were-wolf literally means man-wolf, so in fact there's nothing evil linked to the word. To legends yes but not the sole word...

"A werewolf, also known as a lycanthrope, is a human with the abiltiy to become a wolf or a wolf-like creature."