Shapeshifting

it seemed to really like it. So... I had a shapeshifting companion, fun. Had I taken drugs? Must have been some pretty potent drugs. I lost track of how long I had been walking. It was beautiful down here. This place had a completely different ecosystem than anywhere on earth. I was sure I was hallucinating. Before I knew it, I was no longer walking on grass, but crystal. It was really smooth. Then I had the brilliant (not brilliant by the way) idea to pull out my miniature survival pickaxe and grab a piece of the crystal, ya know, for a souvenir. I reared back and struck the smooth surface, the moment I hit it, I was launched back by an explosion and slid quite a ways. I blacked out after that. I was back at the coffee shop watching the TV in horror. According to the news source the gas, called Ouroboros, had a serious leak. Ouroboros had the ability to multiply itself, so it could spread theoretically forever, unless someone hit a killswitch. It spread through Osaka, killing everything it touched, in exactly 125 hours from first contact. It had spread 200 miles before towns and cities realized they had to evacuate. It killed 300,000 people, including my entire family. Black Canyon Research was responsible for all of it, but they somehow got out of it. I woke up with the shapeshifting thing on top of me licking me. I thought to myself Kitsune would be the perfect name for him. In Japanese mythology Kitsune is a shapeshifting fox that after 100 years appears as a…

Originating in Greek mythology, werewolves have been depicted as some of the most aggressive monsters in history. The tale of the first werewolf, then called “Lycaon” is found in Homer’s The Iliad. The beast, portrayed as a half-man half-wolf, highlights aggression and primitive instincts in humanity. Though rarely provoked, nearly every modern account of werewolf sightings involve the beast attempting to attack witnesses. Whether these sightings are fact or fiction, society has a fascination…

Over the last couple centuries there have been many tales of the creatures of the night. Two of the most famous are Vampires and Werewolves. In the stories told of them they are almost always natural enemies. Fighting to the death over who knows what. Money? Power? Kristen Stewart? They’re alike in a lot of ways, but also different. Werewolves were thought to have originated in Europe, but a lot of the original stories came from Native Americans. The origination of vampirism did however…

Werewolves, also known as lycanthropes, are humans that posess the ability to shift into different forms. The werewolf, is one of the oldest legends of human monsters in history. The werewolf was a feared creature. They were able to commit monstrous crimes anytime they wanted, all they had to do was shift into their other form. Nobody would expect it to be them if they looked like a wolf. It could be your best friend, your neighbor, your parent, it could be anyone and you wouldn't know. Like…

The Imperfect side of Gods over Erotic Desire and Transformation The text Metamorphoses by Ovid contains a number of motifs of transformation as well as the title of the text indicates over erotic desire. The main theme of the poem is transformation, which is closely link to erotic desire and love of the Gods in terms of the imperfection of Gods and feminine perspective. The theme of erotic desire and following transformation symbolize the imperfect side of Gods compare to mankind. Ovid’s poem…

So as you know, my name is Charlie and I am head of new recruits at Shapeshifting International. We are an organization that regulates and protects shapeshifters all over the world. But what even is a shapeshifter, you might be wondering? Well, a shapeshifter is a human who can transform into an animal, like you and me. A shapeshifter’s true animal form will reveal itself around that person’s coming of age, or 18th birthday. No one knows where the ability to shapeshift comes from or how it…

Loki is the Norse god of trickery. He never had any intention to help anyone, but himself. This put Loki into many situations where he decided to help the giants instead of helping the other gods. However, Loki would be caught up by his own ambitions. He often made a promise to the giants that went against the gods, but then he had to make another new promise to the other gods that went against the giants. In one instance Loki had to captured the goddess Idun and gave her to the giant Thiazi.…

At the heath when the First Witch is speaking of drying out the sailor at sea, she talks of shape shifting into a rat, but her powers limit her to transform into, “a rat without a tail” (1.3.9). Along with their imperfections of shapeshifting, the witches cannot take away the free will of others. For example, she cannot kill the sailor, however, she can control the winds to keep his ship at sea until he dies of thirst. The sailor can only die when he allows himself to die. Another example of the…

Sky high (2005) directed by Mike Mitchell is a It has a sentimental take on the epic hero journey that follows the typical epic hero story structure. The film centers around Will Stronghold, son of the two greatest superheroes in the world, the Commander and the Jetstream. The main problem will goes through is not having powers. In the film, Will Strongfield is just an average teenage boy, but that is a problem because his parents are the greatest superheroes in the world, the Commander and…

Kitsune is a type of monster to nobody wants to encounter in life. Kitsune are from Japanese folklore and are a type of Japanese fox. The Kitsune ancient story portrays as evil spirit that grows stronger as it ages, but its enemies try to stop this powerful creature by defeating the odds of beating an immortal? A girl that reigns from japan was no ordinary female because of its’s ability to transform into a Kitsune (fox in Japanese). Most Japanese drama, roleplay game, trading cards, tv shows,…