[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: counterfeit Galleons, designer robes, humans (via Transfiguration
kemper mentor
kempermentor at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 25 16:45:08 UTC 2005
bboyminn wrote:
> Of course, the standard answer is that objects that are conjured are
not permanent, so I suspect that objects that are transformed in this
way are also not permanent.
>
> In addition, while you may be able to transfigure objects to look
like Galleons, would they really be Galleons, would they really be
made out of gold? Remember the whole purpose of Alchemy is the
conversion of matter; specifically the transmutation of base metals
into gold. If you could simply transfigure objects, there would be
little need for Alchemy. But we know that Alchemy exists, so one could
conclude that the transfiguation of 'objects' into true gold is not
possible.
Carol responded:
What about true silver? Wormtail's silver hand appears to be permanent
(and very strong, given the twig that he crushes to powder when he
first receives it). And yet it seems to be conjured out of thin air.
And if it's true silver, might it be lethal to a werewolf? (I'm
thinking of Fenrir Greyback, if he's at large or escapes from Azkaban,
not Remus Lupin.)
>
Kemper now:
And has Wormtail's Silver hand locked him to his human form? Or can he make the change to rat?
If rat, then does the silver hand change to paw or silver paw? Or is he some freak rat with a silver, human-esque hand?
Carol, are you suggesting Wormtail's (I hesitate to use the word) redemption is saving Harry from Greyback? Or that Greyback attacks Wormtail in some full-moon lunacy, and Wormtail, frightened and wandless, flails his fists about accidentally maiming/killing Greyback even though Greyback does land a killing claw on Wormtail's treacherous jugular? Because if you're suggesting this last one, I like it a lot.
Kemper
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