[HPforGrownups] Re: Shrinky Dink Brains

[Audra1976 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 45954

In a message dated 10/30/02, anglinsbees at yahoo.com (Ellen) writes:

<< Well we already know that Wizards can create Tardis like spaces- 
Things that are much larger on the inside than they are on the 
Outside. Moody's trunk, the trunk/ boot and backseat of the Flying 
Ford Anglia, and the Tents used at the Quidditch Cup are three 
examples that pop quickly to mind.
In a world where such divergences of space and volume are 
commonplace, why can't a Wizard tuck his brain, let alone his or her 
entire human body into, say, the appendix (Or some other undrused 
organ) of their animagi form?>>

Me:
Well, I dig the Dr. Who reference, and that is a theory too, but the logic 
doesn't necessarily follow, as the examples are all inanimate objects.  Sure, 
wizards have housed intradimensional spaces within tents, trunks, and Ford 
Anglias, but inside a living body?  There are no examples of this in canon, 
and in theory I should think there would have to be very special 
considerations made for that.  

And maybe it's just me, but putting an intradimensional space within the 
animal body that houses either a human nervous system or entire human body 
seems unnecessarily complicated, and I like to use Occum's Razor.  The 
nervous system transforming just like the rest of the body would be simplest. 
 But, as you said, what is seems complicated to me might be a piece of cake 
to a wizard.  

Melody:
<<Physically there are
many issues with transfiguration.  Not being able to dissect a
animagus wizard, I don't think we will ever know.  But if you find
canon to show that an animagus has those non-human inner traits,
please do point them out.  I would like the challenge to try and work
that into the "shrinky-dink brain" I've drawn in the snow. >>

Me:
I can't think of any canon examples of Animagi using distinctly animal senses 
that solidly support my theory, but I will keep an eye out.  We know Rita 
Skeeter can fly.  If my theory holds true, she could fly *instinctually* the 
first time she transformed.  If not, she would have to have *learned* to fly, 
as humans do not know how to fly.   But we don't have a canon account of the 
first time Rita transformed.  We'll have to for some more information in 
future books.

Audra