Abnormally Normal
And their intense focus on the physical is deeply erotic.
But there’s one more thing: they’re shifters.
The Shifter, according to Vogler, is the archetype that speaks directly to the mystery we always confront in the opposite sex. In The Writers Journey, he writes, “It’s natural for each sex to regard the other as ever-changing, mysterious. Many of us don’t understand our own sexuality and psychology very well, let alone that of the opposite sex.”
Shifters are the archetype for romance. They’ve one more function: they are the agents for change. For transformation.