Inside True Blood Blog: “Go-To Shift” Defined

In the latest entry of the Inside True Blood Blog, writer’s assistant Benjamin Hayes defined an entry in the True Blood dictionary of terms. The term in question is go-to shift and it is the animal a shapeshifter feels the most comfortable shifting into, hence his/her go-to shift:

go-to shift | gō-to SHift |
noun

The default animal into which a shifter turns, usually an animal the shifter feels most comfortable with. There’s no rhyme or reason to this; similar to being right handed, it’s a preference expressed subconsciously. Sam (Sam Merlotte) explains to Sookie (Anna Paquin) that his go-to shift of a dog is because “people like dogs, and most other animals will leave you alone.”

Source: Inside True Blood Blog.com- “True Blood Dictionary”

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