Hot take: Letting people call themselves and each other master shifters was detrimental to the shifting community. It instilled an unnecessary hierarchy and, even after getting rid of said hierarchy, distracts from the main idea of shifting. No matter how you see shifting, I genuinely do not think master shifter has or will ever be a real term or compliment. There are no master shifters, only shifters.
To believe shifting is an innate ability for everyone and call yourself/others (a) master shifter(s) is contradictory. Master implies it’s a skill and while there are skills that may help you that you can learn, they aren’t mandatory.
You are a shifter and that’s all you need. Take pride in that.
















