Shapeshifter as a gender-type

[Edge]

Yeah I know it's called genderfluid and I can't actually shift my shape (much as I'd like to). I also know I talk too much and I would apologize, but I'm bored.
Sometimes, I feel male and I want to look male and be perceived as male. Sometimes, I feel female. Sometimes, I feel like both and it's an inner tug-of-war. Sometimes, it feels like both are there, but the tug-of-war isn't bad. Sometimes, it feels like a mixture, but that usually means I'm in the middle of shifting.
And then sometimes, I feel male, look down at my female bodied self, shrug, and go, "Meh." At these times, even though I personally identify as male at that time, but... I guess I feel kind of like Loki or Alucard when they take female forms. I don't care what pronouns people use or what form I take and find it kind of fun to play at being female.
I'm not really sure why I wrote this. Maybe I should ask for a blog or something.

[Annah]

 I dont understand. Shapeshifting is fictional...i try not to get philosophically deep if a shapeshifting dog is its own gender.

Sam Merlott is a guy

[Edge]

I don't understand the part about a shapeshifting dog. I guess I was just rambling about being genderfluid. Genderfluidity exists I hope or else there's yet another reason I don't exist. *pats self* I'm pretty sure I exist. Who's Sam Merlott?

[Devlyn]

Edge clearly identifies with the term "Shapeshifter" by using it as the Custom Title in their avatar. I respect that. Hugs, Devlyn

[Edge]

Thanks, Devlyn.

[Shang]

That sounds like genderfluid to me. -shrug-  It doesn't matter what word is used (to me), though.

[Annah]

Ohh you were talking about genderfluidity. I thought u were asking what the gender of a shapeshifter would be. Thats why i mention Sam Merlott because he identifies as a human male even tho he could shapeshift into a dog, hawk, and cow.

He's on TrueBlood (HBO)

[Edge]

Oh! That makes more sense. He's the main character's boss right?
I don't really care about the word either. I just ramble a lot. I'd apologize, but I like doing it too much.

[Amazon D]

Edge clearly identifies with the term "Shapeshifter" by using it as the Custom Title in their avatar. I respect that. Hugs, Devlyn

thats because your so respectable Devlyn 

[Ariel]

Maybe genderfluid people would be happiest if they could shift their shape? I know I would be.

[Edge]

Oh I definitely would. My dysphoria was so bad as a teenager, I felt like I was suffocating.

[Jamie D]

Shapeshifter, anyone?

[Annah]

omg if i was a shapeshifter...i would have way too much fun! 

[dalebert]

omg if i was a shapeshifter...i would have way too much fun! 

IKR!

I really liked Sam's little brother and had hopes that he would redeem himself and become more likable. Those bastards.

My co-host brought up the idea of future medical technology and if people could casually change genders, back and forth, extremely effectively and how that might change how people look at gender and how they behave. We had a nice exploration into how we would personally act under such circumstances.

[Ariel]

Shapeshifter, anyone?

I approve!

My co-host brought up the idea of future medical technology and if people could casually change genders, back and forth, extremely effectively and how that might change how people look at gender and how they behave. We had a nice exploration into how we would personally act under such circumstances.

I wonder... something to think about. Right now I think it would be going back and forth a lot as I figure things out.

[Sephirah]

My co-host brought up the idea of future medical technology and if people could casually change genders, back and forth, extremely effectively and how that might change how people look at gender and how they behave. We had a nice exploration into how we would personally act under such circumstances.

You should read the Culture novels by Iain M. Banks. They're science fiction but in them, people can do just that - entirely biologically without medical intervention. It seems to be a means to an end, such as a means to get pregnant as a woman then switch back and raise the kid as a man, or just to see if it's any easier to fit into society as another gender, sort of as a fix for something lacking in someone's personality. Interesting stuff.

This is a personal favourite. The story is told partly in flashbacks of when the main protagonist was a woman, and it's a sort of lesbian love story, intermixed with current events of when he's a man again and meets his former lover.

[Taka]

I guess I feel kind of like Loki or Alucard when they take female forms.

i always wondered if alucard actually feels that way about it

shapeshifter is a way cooler gender than genderfluid, but... that implies you could also be any other being once in a while
not that bad really, at least it would give me a better explanation for identifying as a werewolf, or behaving like a vampire
i even speak cat, so... maybe i really am a shapeshifter gender

[Edge]

i always wondered if alucard actually feels that way about it

To quote him directly (although translated), "Appearance and shape hold no meaning for me." Also, I think I read somewhere that Kohta Hirano has stated that Alucard no longer has a gender.

shapeshifter is a way cooler gender than genderfluid, but... that implies you could also be any other being once in a while

Not physically, but yeah I can. It has caused me a lot of grief because I am very much a skeptic and I still struggle with it even though I have accepted that it is not going away. (I am aware of the possibility of being insane, but it has been confirmed by professionals that I do not have a chemical imbalance.)

[Taka]

Not physically, but yeah I can. It has caused me a lot of grief because I am very much a skeptic and I still struggle with it even though I have accepted that it is not going away. (I am aware of the possibility of being insane, but it has been confirmed by professionals that I do not have a chemical imbalance.)

hmm.. i'd like to hear more about that. sounds interesting

[foosnark]

Shapeshifting might be exactly what I would want.  I am indecisive, and can't see choosing any particular body type and being stuck with it.  Constant flow and change would be fine though.