#melshiftingarchive

Yes, you read that right. There is absolutely nothing wrong with romanticizing shifting, your process, your dr, or anything else related to the topic. “'B-b-but Mel, if you romanticize shifting, then it takes you further away from achieving it.” Incorrect. Don’t confuse “idealizing” with “romanticizing.”

Many in this community are so against this idea, when in reality there is nothing wrong with it. By definition, let's differentiate these terms to clarify things better. ― Idealize: "to elevate things above reality through intelligence or fantasy,exaggerating their virtues and minimizing their flaws, seeking an unrealistic perfect model." ― Romanticize: "to embellish, or give something a more attractive and poetic character than it actually has, transforming the everyday or even the negative into something desirable or special."

In essence, the difference is that if you fall into the first group, you attribute perfection to shifting—basically, putting it on a pedestal, making it unattainable or something superior to YOU. On the other hand, if you fall into the second group, you are simply giving it a poetic character to embellish it. The difference may seem ephemeral at first, but the line is so thin that it sometimes becomes blurry—yes, putting your reality on a pedestal is bad (1st group), but romanticizing it is not bad at all.

“But life won't be all sunshine and rainbows in your DR, it's just a common reality like any other.”―that's the problem, who said it can't be? Why should you have to put up with bad things in a reality that YOU own, where you are the leader, just like in this one? It makes me so angry to see this false notion that i can't perfect my reality because, oh! i have to be/make it realistic. FUCK REALISM; WHY EVEN LINK IT TO AN EXPERIENCE THAT GOES BEYOND THAT TERM?

If I don't want to have a bad or boring experience in my reality, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT—why are we so used to setting up for negativity? didn't shifting teach you to overcome what you have already learned socially? Well, apply it to this too. Do you want to write things that are totally “beyond anything possible” just to be happy? Fuck it, just go with it if you want; it’s YOUR reality.

‧˚꒰ slow burn scenarios to script p.2 ୭ ˚. ᵎᵎ

𝜗ৎ 01. It was odd to see them so insistent on watching romantic movies, because you could swear they hated them. But it seemed even stranger that, whenever you smiled at a scene, they quickly took out their phone and wrote something down quickly… hmmm, almost as if they were taking notes; i mean, friends do that, right...?

𝜗ৎ 02. You have a habit of writing your initial on their arm when you're bored and there's a marker nearby—although recently this habit has been fading, you found it curious how your initial kept appearing as fresh as ever on their arm day after day, as if they themselves were rewriting it to keep it there forever…

𝜗ৎ 03. You know how much they hate taking photos, even though they're handsome; so seeing that their gallery had an album full of your photos titled with your initial felt quite logical—I guess they do that for all their friends, right?

𝜗ৎ 04. Sometimes you have the bad habit of staying up late at night sending them posts—and sometimes, when you check their chat, you see that they're writing…something strangely long. Although they always regret not sending it, the next morning, they can't bear to look you in the eye without blushing.

𝜗ৎ 05. You mentioned ONCE to them how much you liked receiving ____ (flowers, candy, etc.) as a gift. Strangely enough, there isn't a single Saturday that goes by without a pretty package with your name on it waiting at your door, filled with a strangely familiar scent.

𝜗ৎ 06. They always initiated physical contact with you: hugs, running their fingers down your arm, or leaning on your shoulder. You didn't think anything of it until recently, when you noticed that these displays of affection were accompanied by the phrase, “Let's stay like this a little longer, please?”, while their eyes sparkled with eagerness for you to accept.

𝜗ৎ 07. God, it annoys you that they are so charismatic with everyone and flirt shamelessly, even with you, which made you doubt their feelings towards you—but you never noticed the small detail that when they do it to you, they never stop staring into your eyes; for them, their feelings are as clear as water.…

― "yearner S/O things to script" ― "(KPOP DRs) excuses to script in case you're the only girl in a boy band" ― "extras to be Y/N" ― "reasons to be a millionaire/have a lot of money" ― "S/O characteristics" ― "action DR extras" ― "excuses to explain why you don't have parents/they don't exist in your DR" ― "love/romance things to script" ― "small town dr things to script" ― "a list of (un)necesary talents to script" ― "romantic extras to script: 'nature' ver." ― "wedding extras" ― "better cr things to script" ― "pathetically lovesick S/O extras" ― "christmas extras" ― "closet things to script" ― "a list of (un)necesary talents to script p.2" ― "pretty privilege things to script" ― "queerplatonic extras to script" ― "ideas for getting recruited in your kpop dr" ― "world extras for kpop drs" ― "cooking/food things to script" ― "things to script: media DRs" ― "protective s/o things to script" ― "a list of (un)necesary extras" ― "things to script for an acting dr" ― "kpop dr extras" ― "power couple things to script" ― "things to script for a jjk dr" ― "extras for music-related drs" ― "superhuman athlete things to script" ― "a list of (un)necesary talents to script p.3" ― "things to script for a childhood dr" ― "cultural things to script" ― "things to script for living in NY" ― "things to script for idol shows" ― "things to script for a figure skating dr" ― "reasons to be extremely powerful in your dr"

heya!! i totally forgot to talk about this lol sorry, but i have a pinterest account that has a lot of shifting content in case you're looking for smth!!!

(click here to access!)

there you'll find...

― face claims

― house claims: ˃ bedrooms ˃ bathrooms ˃ kitchens ˃ living rooms ˃ gardens ˃ exteriors ˃ dining rooms ˃ offices ˃ extras

― hair claims:

˃ long hair ˃ short hair

― body claims

― fashion/closet claims: ˃ acubi style ˃ coquette style ˃ old money style ˃ gyaru style ˃ y2k style ˃ elegant style ˃ preppy style ˃ office siren style ˃ scene emo style ˃ light academia style ˃ smart casual style ˃ gorpcore style ˃ cotaggecore style ˃ mermaidcore style ˃ dark y2k style

― nail claims: ˃ red nails ˃ orange nails ˃ yellow nails ˃ green nails ˃ blue nails ˃ purple nails ˃ pink nails ˃ brown nails ˃ black nails ˃ white nails ˃ grey/silver nails ˃ multicolor nails

― accesorise claims: ˃ rings ˃ bracelets ˃ necklaces ˃ earings ˃ keychains ˃ bags ˃ hair clips ˃ headbands ˃ hats

― item claims: ˃ kitchen ítems ˃ makeup/skincare ítems ˃ vehicle ítems ˃ room ítems ˃ bathroom ítems ˃ extra ítems

― phone claims: ˃ phones ˃ cases

― vehicle claims:

˃ cars ˃ motorcycles

― paparazzi pic ideas

― brand claims: ˃ beauty brands ˃ clothing brands ˃ extra brands

― KPOP DRs claims: ˃ lightsticks ideas ˃ award show outfits ˃ make up ˃ visualization ˃ photocard ideas

― school DRs claims:

˃ building ideas ˃ uniforms ˃ school items ˃ visualization

― parent DRs claims: ˃ clothes ˃ room ideas ˃ visualization

in honour of the release of season 3!

Heya! I have deactivated my ask box for, at least, 15 days. It has gotten to a point where im starting to feel overwhelmed because of how many requests im getting (each with its own level of difficulty and time commitment) and to be honest, it makes me not want to continue with anything lol—so the best option is: finish the +15 requests i have now, enable asks for 15 days once all requests are completed, then disable requests once I reach 10, deactivate box until i finish those, and repeat the cycle.

It makes me feel bad to see that I have requests from a month ago, but time and creativity sometimes don't go hand in hand (not to mention that I also want to upload my own ideas).

I hope you can understand! And apologies to those who left me something and I haven't done it yet; I'll complete them all soon <3

― "summer scenarios" ― "toxic attention scenarios" ― "constant trend setter scenarios" ― "i'll always be N°1 scenarios" ― "pre-dating scenarios" ― "enemies to lovers and slow burn scenarios to script" ― "the exception to the rule scenarios" ― "pre-dating mlm scenarios" ― "fun kpop dr scenarios" ― "'dealing with hate' scenarios to script" ― "slow burn scenarios p.2" ― "academic weapon scenarios" ― "ways to meet your s/o in your dr" ― "'im the original' scenarios to script"