tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post8573970048264636347..comments2023-04-04T09:15:46.871-05:00Comments on Shapeshifter Seductions: How much shapeshifting is too much…or not enough?Serena Shayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17959664736807639363noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-15162147100119732352010-01-19T10:48:20.546-06:002010-01-19T10:48:20.546-06:00I'm with Paris. The needs of the story will di...I'm with Paris. The needs of the story will dictate how often your shifters change and how long they need to stay in each shape. Author preference also figures in: I love dialogue, but animals can't talk, so my shifters tend to stay human most of the time so I can indulge my love of snappy repartee. Of course, if a shifter wants to end the conversation they can just change into their animal form. This is especially handy in interrogation scenes.<br /><br />Then there's character preference. My latest story has a half-breed wolf who's never changed because he loathes his shifter side. Others might go the opposite direction and almost never turn human. Either can lead to intriguing conflict. Again, it depends on the character, the story, and the world.<br /><br />Pat C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-77824634403014329912010-01-19T01:48:09.614-06:002010-01-19T01:48:09.614-06:00I think Paris said it best 'true to the worlds...I think Paris said it best 'true to the worlds they create' ~ <br /><br />My red lioness. Sun Rocket, is in all three of her forms, but is probably in her lioness woman form the most because it's key to the sex scenes.<br /><br />Sable, my heroine in Black Cat Beauty, keeps her little cat ears because she's wearing a black cat costume and can get away with it.<br /><br />Zio, my stallion prince shifter, is in both his human and stallion form about equally because his stallion form is crucial to the story.<br /><br />Trail is mostly in his human form during his story. However, when he is a stallion and a stallion of ash and flame, those times are key to the suspense element.Savanna Kougarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698138048388102279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498899580300269250.post-88601818468083046542010-01-18T15:16:22.504-06:002010-01-18T15:16:22.504-06:00In Assassin's Kiss, the hero was in his Jaguar...In Assassin's Kiss, the hero was in his Jaguar Warrior form through almost all of the book but that was purposely done because it was part of the plot, which I think determines how many times your shifter's "change" more than anything.<br /><br />Another determining factor is the world you set up and whether your character's can change at will or rely on the the moon's influence to change (or any other outside influence).<br /><br />As a reader, I expect authors to be true to the world they create;-)Love those shifters!Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18430750954598484156noreply@blogger.com