there are so many things you could do if you were a shapeshifter
be a crow and scare the crap out of people with omens or nonsensical prophecies (because crows are able to talk)
cause drama by appearing to be someone else
be a seagull and poop on bad people
make people even more scared of the ocean by making sea monsters real
be a stray cat and if someone adopts you turn back into a human immediately after they say something embarrassing that someone would only say to their cat
be a raccoon or a monkey and steal things
be a creepy thing in the woods
be a dragon and dramatically sit atop a mountain
impersonate political or religious figures
be absolutely done with civilization and hibernate for a whole season
be an exact copy of someone’s pet and see their owner’s reaction
pee anywhere as long as nobody sees that you’re actually a human (probably just for emergencies tho)
scream into the night without risk of getting the cops called on you because you can sound like a monster
have a really really good cosplay as any creature from anything ever
be a valstrax (really cool dragon from MH with jet engines for wings)