@WriterblockIssues Actually, REGARDLESS of whether you use my SUBSTITUTE idea or not, you can have him possess TWO semblances (his own original one and 'zoopathy')!
Yes, I have SOME ideas, including one for a filler/side story based off the Japanese tale of Tamamo-no-mae and the Korean (or was it Chinese?) story 'The fox sister'! But, despite the source material involved, the inspiration for A PORTION of it came from a movie I watched (Bhool Bhulaiya 2)!