This started as me wanting to jot down all the different kinds of mental changes I've run across in my long time lurking, since I like to do all sorts of them in my stories. At some point I got the idea to make something interesting out of it. <br /><br />In the end it's still just a list, but the textbook made it take off a little I think.<br /><br />I did come up with a few other ideas for excerpts, like Personality Changes (loosely, any change that transforms one human identity into another that isn't simply cosmetic - including TGs), the Absorption/Fusion section (I've always wanted to write an Absorb/Fusion story, but I can never think of a good plot) and a section on transforming diseases like the TG-Flu. I also came up with a backstory for the Morphos Institute, but I doubt I'll ever use it.<br /><br />A lot of the stuff about gorgons and full transformations (especially the "transforms the soul" bit) was inspired by the amazing stories <span class="username-with-symbol u"><a class="u regular username" href="https://theamberbub.deviantart.com">TheAmberBub</a><span class="user-symbol regular" data-quicktip-text="" data-show-tooltip="" data-gruser-type="regular"></span></span>, <span class="username-with-symbol u"><a class="u regular username" href="https://sekikumo.deviantart.com">Sekikumo</a><span class="user-symbol regular" data-quicktip-text="" data-show-tooltip="" data-gruser-type="regular"></span></span> and their group have been making which have been seriously inspiring me recently. There's also a small reference to a very similar series <span class="username-with-symbol u"><a class="u regular username" href="https://jmd1961.deviantart.com">JMD1961</a><span class="user-symbol regular" data-quicktip-text="" data-show-tooltip="" data-gruser-type="regular"></span></span> once did.