Aster the Shifter

| he/it | reality shifter | minor |

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Hello! You can call us Aster/Asteroid

We haven’t shifted YET, though we suspect we have minishifted. It’s difficult to tell, because our memory is bad

Reminder: never use one sole blog, or one sole tiktok page, as your source of information. See multiple sides, and see what you believe. Take what you think would help you, leave what you think will hinder you

This is a side blog of @solarwindsempire, and we’re a system! However since this blog isn’t for that, we won’t always be tagging our posts as who made them. You can use he/it for us unless specified otherwise or referring to us as a collective!

We’ve been in the shifttok community on and off since 2020, and we’re working on updating our discord server! We’re happy to be on Tumblr now, and hopefully can receive further knowledge from you guys- as well as share what we know!

Here is a post highlighting what shifting is, basic terms, and the two most popular theories on how shifting is possible

Here is our DNI list (for this blog specifically)

Here is our tags list

We’ll be discussing things such as permashifting, scripting, shifting methods, etc. on this blog. We understand that particularly the topic of permashifting can be triggering for some people, and as such it will be tagged appropriately

Our ask box is always open! For random things such as conversation openers, questions, or even advice! We also have post submissions on for motivation, methods, tips, etc.!

[lovereality]

Hi do you have any tips on how to motivate yourself to shift/ how to get into that mindset?💕💕

Great question!

Ways to motivate yourself to shift/respawn!

Read your script

Change stuff you don’t like in your script

Draw (or use picrew) to make your DRself, your DR S/O, your family, or friends

If they are from a media (TV, book, comic, etc) then watch the show or read the books again

Watch fanmade animations to get ideas for headcanons

Look up headcanons

Listen to songs or audio edits that make me feel like my DRself

Do things your DRself would do (make tea, read a book, cook, etc)

Write about things you could do in your new reality (eat, drink, go shopping, etc)

Make a list of affirmations (“I have shifted.”)

Daydream about your S/O

Think about fun hangout ideas you could do with your DR friends

Come up with names for your DR kids (if you want kids)

Make a list of your DRs and WRs and see what else you could add

Finish any scripts you have unfinished

Make your scripts aesthetic

Listen to playlists on YouTube or Spotify dedicated to your S/O (e.g “Tracing freckles on Midoriya playlist”)

Make a Pinterest board with stuff relating to that reality

Find pictures on Pinterest to add to your script (room, bathroom, school, etc)

Script your school (if you go to school in that reality)

Listen to shifting motivation subliminals throughout the day

Make your own shifting subliminal (there are tutorials on YouTube)

Cast a simple shifting spell (you can find many on amino)

Watch TikTok edits of your DR people

Dress up as your DRself

Look at outfits for your DR self and add them to your script

Script your type of relationship with your DR people (are you guys constantly prancing each other, do they play with your hair, etc)

Read or watch shifting stories (on YouTube and Amino, I don’t recommend shiftok)

Script scenarios (funny, baddass, cool, scary, etc)

This was all I could come with on the spot, I’m sorry if it’s not enough ;(0w0)

Happy shifting/respawn and as always, stay safe!

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Websites/Apps to aide with scripting!

Note: I can’t specify which is the best, as that’s up to personal preference

Apps/Websites for scripting

Google Docs/Word

Allows for a document that’s easily printed out, best used without images as those are often difficult to format within word/google documents

Google Slides/Powerpoint

Best if you don’t plan to print your script. Provides multiple slides for you to easily organize information, and make your script pretty; useful for those who have trouble reading a page w/o color

Notion

Allows for multiple pages of a script, without having to worry about formatting it all. Supports images, links, tables, videos, and things for organization such as dividers

Apps/Websites for photos

Pinterest

We all know Pintegrest, it’s pretty much the website/app for images

Picrew

Picrew is a website primarily used for character creators! It’s helpful when you’d like to script what you look like, without wanting to draw or describe yourself

Tumblr

And of course; tumblr has many blogs dedicated to aesthetics, those images can help decorate your script (or even be used for locations in your DR)

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*sigh* the masculine polyamorous urge to shift to a peaceful little cottage where you can live a quaint little life with two boyfriends who love you dearly

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DNI

-Basic DNI criteria [racist, xenophobic, ablest, anti-LGBTQ+, etc.] -(No)MAPS/Supportors -Minor x adult ships -Incest ships -Anti-MOGAI/mspec -TERFS -Transmeds -Anti noun/neopronouns -Anti-shifting (our other accounts are fine to interact with, but this is a shifting specific account so it’d be weird to have people who don’t believe in it interacting-) -Shifting to hurt/kill people

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Tags

#aster’s nonsense - us talking about anything

#aster’s pinned - things we would pin if we could pin multiple posts

#aster reblogs - anything we reblog

#aster scripts - posts about scripting

#aster’s methods - explaining the steps to any given method

#aster explains - explaining anything about shifting

#permashifting talk - posts relating to permashifting

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What is reality shifting?

[While not always the case, talks of shifting can sometimes trigger derealization. Tread with care, please]

There are various theories as to the how, but in essence; reality shifting, often shortened to just shifting, is traveling to and experiencing other realities. Including fictional ones

It’s often described as moving or becoming aware of your consciousness in another reality

Shifting and Lucid Dreaming are two entirely separate things. Lucid dreaming is a dream that you’re aware is a dream, that you can sometimes control. Many equate them to the same thing when they, indeed, are not

More under the cut vvvv

Basic terminology

Shifters - The term for the people who reality shift

CR/OR - Current reality/original reality, basically it means here. We (/sys) don’t particularly like “original” since you can make any reality your “home-base”, and original feels a little misleading

DR - Desired reality, meaning the reality/realities that you plan/want to go to. In a sentence this may look like; “Oh! I have a DR where I go to UA, I scripted out the traumatic bits though”

WR - Waiting room, a waiting room is just a DR that you go to to fix up your scripts, relax, and generally get a breather before shifting to your DR. These are optional, and many people don’t use them/have one

Clone - While we don’t like the term clone, as it isn’t particularly accurate, it’s the most widely used term and we don’t have any suggestions for a different one. A clone is you when you aren’t here, so to speak. They’re literally just you, you just aren’t experiencing this reality so therefore people dubbed it as a “clone”

Scripting - Scripting is not a necessity, and therefor your scripts can be as detailed or as vague as you’d like. Typically this is writing it down, or typing it, but anything can be used as a script (including an already written book)

Method - A method is a series of steps used to aide in shifting, it is not necessary to use a method to shift

Minishift - This applies to when you shifted for a short period of time (minutes or even seconds), shifted to a reality very similar to your CR by mistake (i.e. a tree is in a different spot than usual, a pattern on your sweater is slightly different, etc.) This is actually shifting, and can/should be used as a motivator for shifters

Theories

The two primary theories are known as the perspective theory and the multiverse theory

The Multiverse Theory

This theory believes that there are infinite realities within the multiverse. In some of these realities; you exist, and shifting is simply a matter of moving your awareness from your consciousness in one reality to another

The Perspective Theory

This theory says that your brain creates the reality that you see/feel, for instance; you see your blanket the way you do because your brain makes you. This theory believes that shifting is just changing how your brain perceives reality around you

Note: we, as a collective, believe in the multiverse theory (as it makes more sense to us), however we don’t shame those who view shifting differently than we do