I picked "immortality" over "shapeshifting" on that poll I just boosted. I'm surprised by this, given my usual "meh" attitude towards my own demise.

Guess it's a matter of which I could be of more practical help with? I'm not that attached to existence for its own sake, but I have that sense of obligation to see friends through.

And I could do a LOT more good with 100s of years of preserved knowledge than, I dunno, having cool wings and a tail. No judgement, but for me, a bit self-indulgent?

(OTOH, on the grand scheme of things, I just don't give enough of a shit about my physical form on a daily basis. As noted earlier, I'm just not that *physically* dysphoric-- I just want my feminine/feline/equine/whatever personality traits acknowledged socially.

For someone who feels more seriously misembodied than I do, I don't think choosing shapeshifting over immortality is necessarily "self-indulgent" in the slightest. *I* just don't need it or know what to do with it personally, yanno?)

@zebratron2084 Better a short life in a body that I'm satisfied with than to live forever yearning painfully. :/

@Soreth Yeah, you're pretty high on my list of People Who Need The Other Option. *hug*

Shapeshifting would be selfish for *me* because I just don't feel those pangs as anything more than occasional passing wistful urges. I know a lot of my friends get emotional *pain* from these things, whether they're gender or species, and I would not only endorse the shapeshifting option for them, I might have to insist on it, desperately though I'd miss them in a few centuries. n.n;; <3