diff --git a/include/llama/View.hpp b/include/llama/View.hpp
index 7e08620dbd..14b91161be 100644
--- a/include/llama/View.hpp
+++ b/include/llama/View.hpp
@@ -585,24 +585,51 @@ namespace llama
 
     namespace internal
     {
+        // remove in C++23, from: https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/utility/forward_like
+        // NOLINTBEGIN
+        template<class T, class U>
+        [[nodiscard]] constexpr auto&& forward_like(U&& x) noexcept
+        {
+            constexpr bool is_adding_const = std::is_const_v<std::remove_reference_t<T>>;
+            if constexpr(std::is_lvalue_reference_v<T&&>)
+            {
+                if constexpr(is_adding_const)
+                    return std::as_const(x);
+                else
+                    return static_cast<U&>(x);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                if constexpr(is_adding_const)
+                    return std::move(std::as_const(x));
+                else
+                    return std::move(x);
+            }
+        }
+        // NOLINTEND
+
         template<typename Blobs, typename TransformBlobFunc, std::size_t... Is>
         LLAMA_FN_HOST_ACC_INLINE auto makeTransformedBlobArray(
-            Blobs& blobs,
+            Blobs&& blobs,
             const TransformBlobFunc& transformBlob,
             std::integer_sequence<std::size_t, Is...>)
         {
-            return llama::Array{transformBlob(blobs[Is])...};
+            return llama::Array{transformBlob(forward_like<Blobs>(blobs[Is]))...};
         }
     } // namespace internal
 
     /// Applies the given transformation to the blobs of a view and creates a new view with the transformed blobs and
     /// the same mapping and accessor as the old view.
-    template<typename View, typename TransformBlobFunc, typename = std::enable_if_t<isView<std::decay_t<View>>>>
-    LLAMA_FN_HOST_ACC_INLINE auto transformBlobs(View& view, const TransformBlobFunc& transformBlob)
+    template<typename ViewFwd, typename TransformBlobFunc, typename = std::enable_if_t<isView<std::decay_t<ViewFwd>>>>
+    LLAMA_FN_HOST_ACC_INLINE auto transformBlobs(ViewFwd&& view, const TransformBlobFunc& transformBlob)
     {
-        constexpr auto blobCount = std::decay_t<View>::Mapping::blobCount;
-        auto blobs
-            = internal::makeTransformedBlobArray(view.blobs(), transformBlob, std::make_index_sequence<blobCount>{});
+        using View = std::decay_t<ViewFwd>;
+        constexpr auto blobCount = View::Mapping::blobCount;
+
+        auto blobs = internal::makeTransformedBlobArray(
+            internal::forward_like<ViewFwd>(view.blobs()),
+            transformBlob,
+            std::make_index_sequence<blobCount>{});
         return llama::View<typename View::Mapping, typename decltype(blobs)::value_type, typename View::Accessor>{
             view.mapping(),
             std::move(blobs),
@@ -614,15 +641,15 @@ namespace llama
     /// \return A new view with the same mapping as view, where each blob refers to the blob in view.
     template<
         typename View,
-        typename NewBlobType = CopyConst<View, std::byte>*,
+        typename NewBlobType = CopyConst<std::remove_reference_t<View>, std::byte>*,
         typename = std::enable_if_t<isView<std::decay_t<View>>>>
-    LLAMA_FN_HOST_ACC_INLINE auto shallowCopy(View& view)
+    LLAMA_FN_HOST_ACC_INLINE auto shallowCopy(View&& view)
     {
         if constexpr(std::is_same_v<typename std::decay_t<View>::BlobType, NewBlobType>)
             return view;
         else
             return transformBlobs(
-                view,
+                std::forward<View>(view),
                 [](auto& blob)
                 {
                     LLAMA_BEGIN_SUPPRESS_HOST_DEVICE_WARNING
@@ -632,33 +659,33 @@ namespace llama
     }
 
     // Creates a new view from an existing view with the given accessor.
-    // \param view A view which's mapping and blobs are copied into a new view with the different accessor. If you no
-    // longer need the old view, consider moving it into the argument of this function.
-    template<typename NewAccessor, typename Mapping, typename BlobType, typename OldAccessor>
-    LLAMA_FN_HOST_ACC_INLINE auto withAccessor(View<Mapping, BlobType, OldAccessor> view, NewAccessor newAccessor = {})
+    // \param view A view which's mapping and blobs are forwarded into a new view with the different accessor.
+    template<typename NewAccessor, typename ViewFwd, typename = std::enable_if_t<isView<std::decay_t<ViewFwd>>>>
+    LLAMA_FN_HOST_ACC_INLINE auto withAccessor(ViewFwd&& view, NewAccessor newAccessor = {})
     {
-        return View<Mapping, BlobType, NewAccessor>{
-            std::move(view.mapping()),
-            std::move(view.blobs()),
+        using OldView = std::decay_t<ViewFwd>;
+        return View<typename OldView::Mapping, typename OldView::BlobType, NewAccessor>{
+            internal::forward_like<ViewFwd>(view.mapping()),
+            internal::forward_like<ViewFwd>(view.blobs()),
             std::move(newAccessor)};
     }
 
     // Creates a new view from an existing view with the given mapping.
-    // \param view A view which's accessor and blobs are copied into a new view with the different mapping. If you no
-    // longer need the old view, consider moving it into the argument of this function.
-    template<typename NewMapping, typename Mapping, typename BlobType, typename Accessor>
-    LLAMA_FN_HOST_ACC_INLINE auto withMapping(View<Mapping, BlobType, Accessor> view, NewMapping newMapping = {})
+    // \param view A view which's accessor and blobs are forwarded into a new view with the different mapping.
+    template<typename NewMapping, typename ViewFwd, typename = std::enable_if_t<isView<std::decay_t<ViewFwd>>>>
+    LLAMA_FN_HOST_ACC_INLINE auto withMapping(ViewFwd&& view, NewMapping newMapping = {})
     {
-        static_assert(Mapping::blobCount == NewMapping::blobCount);
-        for(std::size_t i = 0; i < Mapping::blobCount; i++)
+        using OldView = std::decay_t<ViewFwd>;
+        static_assert(OldView::Mapping::blobCount == NewMapping::blobCount);
+        for(std::size_t i = 0; i < NewMapping::blobCount; i++)
         {
             assert(view.mapping().blobSize(i) == newMapping.blobSize(i));
         }
 
-        return View<NewMapping, BlobType, Accessor>{
+        return View<NewMapping, typename OldView::BlobType, typename OldView::Accessor>{
             std::move(newMapping),
-            std::move(view.blobs()),
-            std::move(view.accessor())};
+            internal::forward_like<ViewFwd>(view.blobs()),
+            internal::forward_like<ViewFwd>(view.accessor())};
     }
 
     /// Like a \ref View, but array indices are shifted.
diff --git a/tests/view.cpp b/tests/view.cpp
index eb12c60aa6..742f6c0451 100644
--- a/tests/view.cpp
+++ b/tests/view.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #include "common.hpp"
 
 #include <atomic>
-#include <deque>
 
 namespace tag
 {
@@ -311,18 +310,48 @@ TEST_CASE("view.indexing")
         });
 }
 
-TEST_CASE("view.transformBlobs")
+TEST_CASE("view.transformBlobs.copy")
 {
     auto view = llama::allocView(llama::mapping::AoS{llama::ArrayExtents{16, 16}, Particle{}});
     iotaFillView(view);
 
     auto copy = llama::transformBlobs(
         view,
-        [](auto& vector) { return std::deque<std::byte>(vector.begin(), vector.end()); });
-    STATIC_REQUIRE(std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<decltype(copy.blobs()[0])>, std::deque<std::byte>>);
+        [](auto& vector)
+        {
+            auto* p = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(vector.data());
+            return std::vector<unsigned char>(p, p + vector.size());
+        });
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(std::is_same_v<std::decay_t<decltype(copy.blobs()[0])>, std::vector<unsigned char>>);
+    iotaCheckView(view);
     iotaCheckView(copy);
 }
 
+TEST_CASE("view.transformBlobs.move")
+{
+    auto view = llama::allocView(
+        llama::mapping::AoS{llama::ArrayExtents{16, 16}, Particle{}},
+        llama::bloballoc::UniquePtr{});
+    iotaFillView(view);
+
+    auto newDeleter
+        = [](unsigned char* ptr) { decltype(view)::BlobType::deleter_type{}(reinterpret_cast<std::byte*>(ptr)); };
+    auto moved = llama::transformBlobs(
+        std::move(view),
+        [&](auto&& p)
+        {
+            return std::unique_ptr<unsigned char[], decltype(newDeleter)>{
+                reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(p.release()),
+                newDeleter};
+        });
+    STATIC_REQUIRE(std::is_same_v<
+                   std::decay_t<decltype(moved.blobs()[0])>,
+                   std::unique_ptr<unsigned char[], decltype(newDeleter)>>);
+    iotaCheckView(moved);
+    for(const auto& blob : view.blobs()) // NOLINT(bugprone-use-after-move,hicpp-invalid-access-moved)
+        CHECK(blob.get() == nullptr);
+}
+
 TEMPLATE_TEST_CASE(
     "view.shallowCopy",
     "",