Maybe it's just the animal instincts associated with your new form, a change in hormones or the complete rewiring of your neural circuitry, but for some reason the process of Shapeshifting tends to also transform the very way you perceive and think about the world around you. The title of this trope is a paraphrase of of Friedrich Nietzsche's declaration that the mind and soul are completely illusory products of one's physical brain and body (page quote). Compare Becoming the Mask, Shapeshifter Mode Lock and And I Must Scream; contrast Different for Girls. May lead to/from Sense Loss Sadness.
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| - Maybe it's just the animal instincts associated with your new form, a change in hormones or the complete rewiring of your neural circuitry, but for some reason the process of Shapeshifting tends to also transform the very way you perceive and think about the world around you. The title of this trope is a paraphrase of of Friedrich Nietzsche's declaration that the mind and soul are completely illusory products of one's physical brain and body (page quote). Compare Becoming the Mask, Shapeshifter Mode Lock and And I Must Scream; contrast Different for Girls. May lead to/from Sense Loss Sadness.
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| - Maybe it's just the animal instincts associated with your new form, a change in hormones or the complete rewiring of your neural circuitry, but for some reason the process of Shapeshifting tends to also transform the very way you perceive and think about the world around you. This may be relatively minor (e.g., you notice smells more and food seems more exciting) or may be so extreme that you're not even recognizable as the same person any more. The latter is particularly tragic when a more drastic change is combined with a permanent transformation, as it can be seen as a form of death. It is also sometimes used to bless a voluntary shapeshifter with suck. The title of this trope is a paraphrase of of Friedrich Nietzsche's declaration that the mind and soul are completely illusory products of one's physical brain and body (page quote). Often part and parcel of the Super-Powered Evil Side and Transhuman Treachery. See Sense Freak for a much milder example, and Loss of Identity for the much more extreme end result. Cybernetics Eat Your Soul is a subtrope. Can lead to Immortal Immaturity and the Second Law of Gender Bending. Compare Becoming the Mask, Shapeshifter Mode Lock and And I Must Scream; contrast Different for Girls. May lead to/from Sense Loss Sadness. For the exact opposite effect, where the body is a plaything of the mind, see Your Mind Makes It Real and some forms of Empathic Shapeshifter. Examples of The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body include:
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