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The story focuses on Coretti, a teacher of linguistics and social interaction theory that, [[{{Irony}} ironically]], is unskilled at social interaction with the people in his life. One day, he's able to approach and converse with a beautiful woman at a bar...only to notice that woman completely adjust her personality and back when someone interrupts them. Both curious of her abilities and jealous of her ability to fit in, Coretti stalks the woman to different bars, discovering that she is a ShapeShifter...and that she's not the only one of her kind.
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The story focuses on Coretti, a teacher of linguistics and social interaction theory that, [[{{Irony}} ironically]], is unskilled at social interaction with the people in his life. One day, he's able to approach and converse with a beautiful woman at a bar...only to notice that the woman completely adjust her personality and back when someone interrupts them. them, then snap back when resuming her talk with Coretti. Both curious of her abilities skills and jealous [[DrivenByEnvy jealous]] of her ability to fit in, Coretti stalks the woman to different bars, discovering that she is a ShapeShifter...and that she's not the only one of her kind.
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* DrivenByEnvy: Coretti's obsession with the Belonging Kind.
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* LossOfIdentity: The Belonging Kind don't really ''have'' identities, completely warping themselves to fit into their environment. [[spoiler:So Coretti becoming one is a straight example.]]
* MessOfWoe: The more Coretti obsesses over the Belonging Kind, the less he cares about his health, cleanliness, and own place in life.
* MessOfWoe: The more Coretti obsesses over the Belonging Kind, the less he cares about his health, cleanliness, and own place in life.
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''The Belonging Kind'' is a short story written collaboratively by Creator/WilliamGibson and John Shirley, with the desire and cost of conformity as its major themes. Originally published in 1981 in ''Shadows'' 4, a horror anthology, the story was later included in Gibson's ''Burning Chrome'' collection.
The story focuses on Coretti, a teacher of linguistics and social interaction theory that, [[{{Irony}} ironically]], is unskilled at social interaction with the people in his life. One day, he's able to approach and converse with a beautiful woman at a bar...only to notice that woman completely adjust her personality and back when someone interrupts them. Both curious of her abilities and jealous of her ability to fit in, Coretti stalks the woman to different bars, discovering that she is a ShapeShifter...and that she's not the only one of her kind.
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!!Tropes present in this work include:
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:The story ends with Coretti becoming one of the Belonging Kind.]]
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The reason Coretti fixates on the Belonging Kind, able to fit into a society he feels alienated in.
* {{Irony}}: Coretti isn't good at social interaction, but he can successfully teach theories relating to it.
* ShapeShifter: The titular Belonging Kind are this, able to appear and present themselves as whatever best fits their setting.
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The story focuses on Coretti, a teacher of linguistics and social interaction theory that, [[{{Irony}} ironically]], is unskilled at social interaction with the people in his life. One day, he's able to approach and converse with a beautiful woman at a bar...only to notice that woman completely adjust her personality and back when someone interrupts them. Both curious of her abilities and jealous of her ability to fit in, Coretti stalks the woman to different bars, discovering that she is a ShapeShifter...and that she's not the only one of her kind.
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!!Tropes present in this work include:
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:The story ends with Coretti becoming one of the Belonging Kind.]]
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: The reason Coretti fixates on the Belonging Kind, able to fit into a society he feels alienated in.
* {{Irony}}: Coretti isn't good at social interaction, but he can successfully teach theories relating to it.
* ShapeShifter: The titular Belonging Kind are this, able to appear and present themselves as whatever best fits their setting.
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