Werewolf Appearance

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 32666

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jrober4211" <midwife34 at a...> wrote:
> What happens to their clothes when they transform? Also, when Sirius 
> is hiding in the cave during GoF, he transforms from dog to man and 
> back again. Well, is he naked? I know Rita Skeeter and Professor 
> Mcgounagall's glasses go with them when they transform, do the 
> clothes also transform into fur, feathers, or whatever?
> 
> Jo Ellen
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IMHO:
Clothes disapear while they are transformed. So do any other thing they 
are wearing/carrying. The issue of the glass-shaped marks is a little 
more complex, but I've got a pet theory which will probably will be 
beaten to the ground quite quickly, but which I'm going to display 
anyway.

We know (thank to Hermione' studies) that (legal) animagus are tightly 
controled. The first time they transform, note is taken about the 
animal into which they transfor, and a minute description of such 
animal is taken. 

However, some people of HP4GU have pointed out that that description 
cannot be accurate, if whatever the person is wearing (such as glasses) 
make an impresion on the animal. How can this be?

Easily, by my theory: the animal form indeed reflects what the person 
is wearing the first time. However, from then on, you're stuck with 
whatever they caused to be that first time. So, maybe you need to read 
aloud an incantation written down in some book, and both Rita and 
McGonagal had to wear their glasses when they transformed, and now 
their alter-forms wear "glasses-marks" forever.

Now, to answer the original question: the clothes disappear (do not 
transorm), and indeed the animals are naked (as are most animals, 
except sometimes dogs-which I feel real pity for).

Hope this helped

Grey Wolf

PD: For a very obscure theory (but very precise and correct, when you 
understand it) on what happens to objects carried while transformed 
into an animal, read the Belgariad series, by David Eddings.