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By @chloe-skywalker
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Why does the power to shapeshift always seem to come with eidetic memory in media? Just once I want to see a shapeshifter get into a Situation because they shapeshifted into the guy they saw once for 30 seconds with the wrong eye color.
The Kumiho is a shapeshifting creature of Korean legend. A nine tailed fox who has learnt to take human form, they typically transform into beautiful women to (literally) eat the hearts of unlucky young men.
There are many tales of shapeshifting, multi-tailed foxes (with nine being the desirable number) but what sets the Kumiho apart from the others is the source of their power. Each Kumiho is said to carry a bead, called a yeowoo guseul, which their power comes from. They are able to drain the energy of a human by inserting and retrieving the bead from a human’s month (under the guise of kissing).
This is a risky method - if a human steals and swallows the bead they can grain incredible knowledge.
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personally, i'm much more interested in a shapeshifter's default form if they have one. in the infinite expanse of self-expression, is there still a place where they would gravitate?
but it's even more fun when they don't have one. the distinguishment between "this and many more" and "all things but no single one", y'know?
generally not super into shapeshifter characters being revealed to have like a singular True Form. isnt it much more interesting to imagine a creature so fluid and ever-changing that even they cant identify any one body as the "true" self, or simply dont see the need to?
is this you? yes. this one too? yes. but then which one is the real you? define "real" define "you" theyre all me. even the ones that are someone else? especially those.
