If you were a shapeshifter...

Save about $30,000 on cosmetic surgeries, and that's not counting hormone injections.

Hmm, could I turn myself into a statue? 'Cause I totally would.

And I'd be a Homestuck troll for a while. And a cat. And some kind of a bird.

Other than that I'd probably stay mostly looking the way I usually do but have a different hairstyle/haircolor every day til I get sick of messing with my hair and never get wrinkled.

Stupid doomed timeline...

I would make myself good looking, I would change into my alternate personalities based on my mood, and uh... Cosplaying would be a cinch!

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I'd cure my acne.

Yeah, I don't see this getting a lot of use other than that.

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Well, you could use your shapeshifting powers to become effectively immortal...

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I'm going to shapeshift my DNA into having more telomerase!!

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Let's see - instantly lose 20 pounds, and never have to shave again are the two most pragmatic. But probably I'm going to spend most of my time at home Furry*

and hit every sci-fi convention I can as fictional characters that can't be easily cosplayed - like full-size Avatars or RedXIII or maybe one of those robots from Ghost In The Shell Stand Alone Complex.

Then there's all the bedroom stuff that my wife would want me to try ...

That’s the epitome of privilege right there, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw

I would change into a variety of attractive men and women, go around the country making out and having sex with all sorts of random people.

I would just be worried about every single shift I come up with having their own personality and in the end, they would all fight inside my brain for dominance.

I could impersonate politicians and create a more pleasurable political environment.

Also, impose my total will on the world and take joyrides on Air Force One! Wheeee!

How much mass do I have at disposal for my transformations?

Because if this is not specified, I could turn into a mobile, sentient, earth-enveloping, fruit-producing apple tree, and solve world hunger singlehandedly.

And no one would try to bother me or experiment on me without my approval — after all, I am the guy who can increase his mass enough to turn Earth into a black hole... ;)

edited 13th May '11 7:14:52 AM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

Make myself look so handsome that even the guys will want me and.... I dunno, pick up chicks or something. I'm not sure. I only ever got to the "make myself really attractive" part.

That, and cosplay. Or turn myself into the '93 San Diego Padres.

edited 13th May '11 7:56:42 AM by Icarael

"Stealing is a crime and drugs is a crime too BUT if you steal drugs the two crimes cancel out and it’s like basically doing a good."

Fight crime. Fight wars.

Imagine how the Mujahedin and Taliban types would react to a seven-foot, bulletproof killer Boar-monster with an axe...

Fun times.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'

Get into acting and play everything.

Everything.

edited 13th May '11 8:26:01 AM by annebeeche

Banned entirely for telling FE that he was being rude and not contributing to the discussion. I shall watch down from the goon heavens.

The first few years would be for sexual pleasure, and then I would take over the world.

"My brain used to be a little bitch, so I mugged it's ass." -kegisak

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Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.

Lose weight.

anne raises a good point, you could play every single part in a movie with dozens of roles.

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.

Not really, no. you can look the part, yes, but acting is harder than that. Also, you can't multiply yourself. Also, also, you can't play the extras.

Although, you can go method without actually going method...

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It's called editing juan! Just film yourself walking past as a dozen different people, and overlay the film. Likewise, just put two seperate shots together for characters interacting.

Although you're right that it would take a highly talented actor to do it all.

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.

Depends. We talking Painful Transformation - style shapeshifting or that magical painless shapeshifting I've heard so much about?

If it's the former, nothing.

If it's the latter, TURN INTO A GUY. DUH. I think the first thing most people would do is become the opposite gender.

I'm in your fanfiction, correcting your spelling.

Sex.

... yeah, that'd pretty much be it.

You would turn into sex?

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.

I never got the reason for the fascination, actually. I guess it'd be about the same, with more/less dangly/bouncy bits and some rather confusing changes in societal expectations.

Wouldn't it be more interesting to experience the ctenophora◊ side of life?

edited 13th May '11 1:06:49 PM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.

That's a step up from being a plant.

Charlie Tunoku is a lover and a fighter.

How would you (or I) know? Perhaps Ctenophores have all the fun. All of it.

Float, float, float, float... hey, a fish! Hello fish! Jummy fish!

Float, float, float, float, float... hey, a fish! Hello fish! Jummy fish!

Float, float, float, float... hey, a fish! Hello fish! Jummy fish!

Float, float, float... hey, a fish! Hello fish! Jummy fish!

Float, float, float, float... hey, a fish! Hello fish! Jummy fish!

and so on.

edited 13th May '11 1:16:44 PM by Carciofus

But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.