Shapeshifter
Sep. 23rd, 2023 12:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nimdreamsBeing a shapeshifter can be quite confusing. When I take the form of an animal I will often not feel like a shapeshifter at all, but feel fully like the animal whose shape I am taking. It is especially bad with my heartedtypes; dogs, hares and elfae. I have identified as these many times and questioned them *a lot*. In the end the shifts, as a shapeshifter, change to a different being and I am left a bit empty. Yesterday I had a particularly strong dog shift, with all my maternal feelings flooding back in. Today I am shifted as a hare, and they are just so magical and interesting to me, all my feelings of being a hare are coming back.
But I know logically, that I am not truly a hare and perhaps thus also not truly a dog. At the same time, maybe these experiences are enough for me to claim both as theriotypes, but why do I have to? A kin/theriotype shouldn't be put above hearted identities and if I did call these theriotypes it feels like I am putting that weight on them.
These are just some of my thoughts today. I don't think I can decide right now whether I will or won't use dog as a theriotype. I am going to take more time, as much time as I need.
But I know logically, that I am not truly a hare and perhaps thus also not truly a dog. At the same time, maybe these experiences are enough for me to claim both as theriotypes, but why do I have to? A kin/theriotype shouldn't be put above hearted identities and if I did call these theriotypes it feels like I am putting that weight on them.
These are just some of my thoughts today. I don't think I can decide right now whether I will or won't use dog as a theriotype. I am going to take more time, as much time as I need.
