diff --git a/src/anchor.js b/src/anchor.js
index 73fde64..0a06d96 100644
--- a/src/anchor.js
+++ b/src/anchor.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const aggregators = {
     }
 }
 
-const anchor = exports.parse = (raw, name, points={}, default_point=new Point(), mirror=false) => units => {
+const anchor = exports.parse = (raw, name, points={}, start=new Point(), mirror=false) => units => {
 
     //
     // Anchor type handling
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ const anchor = exports.parse = (raw, name, points={}, default_point=new Point(),
     }
 
     else if (a.type(raw)() == 'array') {
-        // recursive call with incremental default_point mods, according to `affect`s
-        let current = default_point.clone()
+        // recursive call with incremental start mods, according to `affect`s
+        let current = start.clone()
         let index = 1
         for (const step of raw) {
             current = anchor(step, `${name}[${index++}]`, points, current, mirror)(units)
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ const anchor = exports.parse = (raw, name, points={}, default_point=new Point(),
         return current
     }
 
-    a.unexpected(raw, name, ['ref', 'aggregate', 'orient', 'shift', 'rotate', 'affect'])
+    a.unexpected(raw, name, ['ref', 'aggregate', 'orient', 'shift', 'rotate', 'affect', 'resist'])
 
     //
     // Reference or aggregate handling
     //
     
-    let point = default_point.clone()
+    let point = start.clone()
     if (raw.ref !== undefined && raw.aggregate !== undefined) {
         throw new Error(`Fields "ref" and "aggregate" cannot appear together in anchor "${name}"!`)
     }
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ const anchor = exports.parse = (raw, name, points={}, default_point=new Point(),
             point = points[parsed_ref].clone()
         // recursive case
         } else {
-            point = anchor(raw.ref, `${name}.ref`, points, default_point, mirror)(units)
+            point = anchor(raw.ref, `${name}.ref`, points, start, mirror)(units)
         }
     }
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ const anchor = exports.parse = (raw, name, points={}, default_point=new Point(),
         const parts = []
         let index = 1
         for (const part of raw.aggregate.parts) {
-            parts.push(anchor(part, `${name}.aggregate.parts[${index++}]`, points, default_point, mirror)(units))
+            parts.push(anchor(part, `${name}.aggregate.parts[${index++}]`, points, start, mirror)(units))
         }
 
         point = aggregators[raw.aggregate.method](raw.aggregate, `${name}.aggregate`, parts)
@@ -90,14 +90,15 @@ const anchor = exports.parse = (raw, name, points={}, default_point=new Point(),
     // Actual orient/shift/rotate/affect handling
     //
 
+    resist = a.sane(raw.resist || false, `${name}.resist`, 'boolean')()
     const rotator = (config, name, point) => {
         // simple case: number gets added to point rotation
         if (a.type(config)(units) == 'number') {
             let angle = a.sane(config, name, 'number')(units)
-            point.rotate(angle, false)
+            point.rotate(angle, false, resist)
         // recursive case: points turns "towards" target anchor
         } else {
-            const target = anchor(config, name, points, default_point, mirror)(units)
+            const target = anchor(config, name, points, start, mirror)(units)
             point.r = point.angle(target)
         }
     }
@@ -107,14 +108,14 @@ const anchor = exports.parse = (raw, name, points={}, default_point=new Point(),
     }
     if (raw.shift !== undefined) {
         let xyval = a.wh(raw.shift, `${name}.shift`)(units)
-        point.shift(xyval)
+        point.shift(xyval, true, resist)
     }
     if (raw.rotate !== undefined) {
         rotator(raw.rotate, `${name}.rotate`, point)
     }
     if (raw.affect !== undefined) {
         const candidate = point.clone()
-        point = default_point.clone()
+        point = start.clone()
         point.meta = candidate.meta
         let affect = raw.affect
         if (a.type(affect)() == 'string') affect = affect.split('')
diff --git a/src/point.js b/src/point.js
index d6d5e12..160e1fa 100644
--- a/src/point.js
+++ b/src/point.js
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ module.exports = class Point {
         [this.x, this.y] = val
     }
 
-    shift(s, relative=true) {
-        s[0] *= this.meta.mirrored ? -1 : 1
+    shift(s, relative=true, resist=false) {
+        s[0] *= (!resist && this.meta.mirrored) ? -1 : 1
         if (relative) {
             s = m.point.rotate(s, this.r)
         }
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ module.exports = class Point {
         return this
     }
 
-    rotate(angle, origin=[0, 0]) {
-        angle *= this.meta.mirrored ? -1 : 1
+    rotate(angle, origin=[0, 0], resist=false) {
+        angle *= (!resist && this.meta.mirrored) ? -1 : 1
         if (origin) {
             this.p = m.point.rotate(this.p, angle, origin)
         }
diff --git a/test/unit/anchor.js b/test/unit/anchor.js
index 135ad2a..c9b3dd1 100644
--- a/test/unit/anchor.js
+++ b/test/unit/anchor.js
@@ -126,6 +126,30 @@ describe('Anchor', function() {
         )
     })
 
+    it('resist', function() {
+        const p = new Point(0, 0, 0, {mirrored: true}) // origin, but mirrored
+        
+        // resistance should be correctly propagated for shifts
+        check(
+            parse({shift: [1, 1]}, 'name', {}, p)(),
+            [-1, 1, 0, {mirrored: true}]
+        )
+        check(
+            parse({shift: [1, 1], resist: true}, 'name', {}, p)(),
+            [1, 1, 0, {mirrored: true}]
+        )
+
+        // ...and orients/rotations too
+        check(
+            parse({rotate: 10}, 'name', {}, p)(),
+            [0, 0, -10, {mirrored: true}]
+        )
+        check(
+            parse({rotate: 10, resist: true}, 'name', {}, p)(),
+            [0, 0, 10, {mirrored: true}]
+        )
+    })
+
     it('string', function() {
         // basic string form
         check(
diff --git a/test/unit/point.js b/test/unit/point.js
index 5f4b03f..33ef530 100644
--- a/test/unit/point.js
+++ b/test/unit/point.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('Point', function() {
 
     it('shifting', function() {
         const p = new Point(0, 0, -90) // at origin, "looking right"
-        // absolute shift up and left, should be up and left
+        // non-relative shift up and left, should be up and left
         check(p.clone().shift([-1, 1], false), [-1, 1, -90, {}])
         // relative shift up and left, should be up and right
         check(p.clone().shift([-1, 1]), [1, 1, -90, {}])
@@ -50,6 +50,19 @@ describe('Point', function() {
         check(p.clone().rotate(-90, [1, 1]), [1, 2, -90, {}])
     })
 
+    it('resistance', function() {
+        const p = new Point(0, 0, 0, {mirrored: true}) // origin, but mirrored
+        // non-relative shift up and left, mirroring changes it to up and right
+        check(p.clone().shift([-1, 1], false), [1, 1, 0, {mirrored: true}])
+        // ...but resistance keeps it up and left
+        check(p.clone().shift([-1, 1], false, true), [-1, 1, 0, {mirrored: true}])
+        
+        // mirroring changes rotation direction, too
+        check(p.clone().rotate(-90), [0, 0, 90, {mirrored: true}])
+        // ...but not when resistance is applied
+        check(p.clone().rotate(-90, false, true), [0, 0, -90, {mirrored: true}])
+    })
+
     it('mirroring', function() {
         const p = new Point(0, 1, 0)
         // make sure mirroring inverts rotation, as well as positions correctly