Disclaimer: I’m not trying to be dismissive or condescending. If I come across that way, I truly apologize. Let me reiterate that is not my intention. I’m simply sharing my opinion and responding to the person I’m reblogging. This is not solely targeted at them but to anyone who may stumble upon my reblog or that carries similar ideals
First of all, let’s be clear. This topic is way more complex and nuanced than how it’s usually presented. You cannot throw a blanket judgment over something as rich, layered, and diverse as reality shifting. That kind of oversimplification just proves a lack of understanding.
Second, we need to get two things straight. Morality is subjective. And no, you are not “changing race.” You are shifting to a reality where you were always that race. You aren’t modifying yourself like a character creator in a video game. You are accessing a version of reality where your entire existence, ancestry, upbringing, culture, language, and internal experience is different because you were born into that identity.
That is the key distinction between shifting and RTCA. RTCA means race change to another, and it is exactly that. Adopting the appearance or aesthetic of another race without the substance or lived experience behind it. RTCA is surface-level. Shifting is full embodiment. You don’t pretend to be Black, Asian, Arab, or anything else in your DR. You are.
So when you say :
“They’ll still have the personality, beliefs, habits, etc of a yt person unless they script for it”
Your’re just wrong. That assumes shifting is a lucid dream where you have to manually script every tiny detail to feel real. But if you actually shift, you don’t need to script embodiment. You are that version of yourself fully and completely. You carry that life, history, culture, and identity naturally because that is who you’ve always been in that reality. If that kind of integration didn’t happen, shifting wouldn’t be real. It would just be a hyper-realistic fantasy at best.
And no, not everyone is shifting for shallow or fetishistic reasons. That tired assumption needs to be retired. Some people shift for spiritual exploration. Some shift to connect with lost civilizations, extinct languages, and alternate histories that never existed in our timeline. This isn’t all about fantasy aesthetics. For many, it’s about experience, knowledge, and transformation.
Now let’s really talk about the hypocrisy.
The same people who cry about how "problematic" it is to shift into a BIPOC identity are often the exact same ones who are out here shifting to be elves, Na’vi, mermaids, dragons, vampires, werewolves, literal aliens, and other so-called "fictional" races without a second thought. Suddenly it’s all fun and creativity and spiritual growth when it’s a glittery blue space cat or a forest elf, but the moment it involves a real-world race or culture, now they want to become morality police?
Let’s be real. Most of these people don’t actually believe shifting is real. And their entire argument collapses because of it. If you don’t believe shifting is real, then what are you even mad about? A fantasy someone had in their head? That’s no different from writing fanfic or playing Skyrim. Your outrage means nothing because you're reacting to something you treat like fiction. So you're not defending real people, you're just clout-chasing off selective outrage.
Now on the flip side, if you do believe shifting is real, then none of these species or identities are fictional. They exist. Somewhere in the multiverse, they are real. Every Na’vi tribe, every mermaid city, every ancient dragon bloodline, all of it exists on some plane. So if it’s "unethical" to shift into a culture you weren’t born into in this reality, then why is it somehow perfectly fine to shift into a completely different species with an entirely foreign culture, language, spiritual system, and biology?
You think it’s harmless to shift into a Na’vi because it’s "just fantasy," but that’s only your perspective from this reality. In their reality, you’re an outsider. So based on your logic, you’re still intruding. You’re still “taking up space.” You’re still embodying an identity that was never yours in CR. So where’s that energy? Where’s the outrage? Or do the rules only apply when it involves "real-world" racial groups that you feel performatively obligated to protect?
Let’s not kid ourselves. This is not about ethics. This is about convenience. This is about optics. This is about who people feel safe criticizing without looking silly. Nobody is calling out someone for shifting into a mermaid. Calling out someone for shifting to be Arab or Black gets clicks because people can weaponize real-world discourse to sound righteous, even if they don’t actually understand the context of shifting or how it functions.
The hypocrisy is so loud it’s embarrassing. If you believe no one should shift into any identity other than their CR one, then you better be keeping that same energy for every single non-human, non-earthly, non-CR-aligned being too. But they won’t, because they’re not actually interested in consistency. They’re interested in being morally superior based on half-baked logic and an assumption that CR is the one true yardstick for what is and isn’t valid.
And that brings us to the bigger issue. The way people put this current reality on a pedestal is laughable. As if CR is the center of the multiverse. As if this is the default setting and every other reality is somehow less real, less sacred, or less meaningful. That mindset is colonial in its own way. You’re acting like this version of existence is the gold standard and everything else is just play-pretend or off-limits.
That logic is rooted in limitation. In ego. In ignorance. No reality is superior to another. Shifting doesn’t make you less authentic just because you’re not conforming to your CR circumstances. The whole point is that reality is fluid, and consciousness is infinite. The experiences you have in DRs are just as valid, just as deep, and just as real as the life you’re living here. Sometimes even more so.
The argument of “what if someone in your DR found out you were white and shifted to be Black” makes no sense if you actually understand how shifting works. In that DR, you were never white. You don’t arrive there pretending. You exist there as that person in every way. There’s no secret identity or cultural theft. You are just living your DR life.
So no, this is not a black-and-white ethical question. This is a layered conversation about consciousness, identity, embodiment, and intention. If you're not willing to talk about it with that level of nuance, then you’re not ready to have the conversation at all.
And yes, I say this as a fellow BIPOC. I know my view isn’t universal. Some agree. Some don’t. But stop acting like there's only one correct moral stance. There isn’t. And if you haven’t studied or experienced shifting, maybe sit with the complexity before deciding what's ethical or not.
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