[HPforGrownups] Painful Transfiguration? - TR, the Quidditch star - Duels

[Gerard]

No: HPFGUIDX 34221

Amy wrote:

> It's possible.  OTOH, Animagical (?) transformations give no indication of
> being painful; nor do self-transfigurations such as Viktor's.  These are
> magical transformations; they circumvent Muggle physics (including, of
> course, conservation of matter--Draco's a lot bigger than a ferret).  We
> know that werewolf tranformations are painful, and Polyjuice
transformations
> are painful (at least when you're turning into Goyle <g>), but they're
> different.  We don't see Viktor in the moment of transformation, so I
won't
> try to draw conclusions from that, but we do see McGonagall transform back
> and forth, and they do it without a wince.  Being Transfigured by someone
> else might be yet a third ball of wax, of course, but it seems more akin
to
> Animagic than it is to lycanthropy or potion-induced transformation.

My opinion is that McGonagall still feels the transformation pain, but
because she's
been doing it for years and is so good, it's been reduced from it's bone
twisting intensity
down to the level of ripping off a bandaid or sticking plaster eg. Ouch, but
I got over it :)

There is nothing intrinsic in a magical transformation that makes it not
hurt. Unless there
is a specific part of the spell that deals with it IMO.  Just being
"magical" is not reason
enough.

Although on the other hand you could say the only reason a lycanthropic
transformation causes pain is because it's a Curse....hmm now I've confused
myself ;)

Just my two cents worth...

-Gerard