[HPforGrownups]RE: Polyjuice potion and animal transformations, was Hopes for Book 5

[Helen R. Granberry]

No: HPFGUIDX 59147

 

One thread that has been left dangling and might offer plot 
possibilities is the Hermione-turns-into-a-cat problem. We now know 
that pollyjuice and an animal part turns you partly into that animal, 
and that it is reversable, if not easily. Why were we told all that 
if not to set up for a future plot point? Could a trapped person 
pollyjuice a hippogryff hair and fly away? Could a dying person 
pollyjuice a phoenix feather and resurrect? It might be worthwhile to 
carry a flask of pollyjuice and a collection of animal artifacts when 
one goes into dangerous or uncertain situations.

If Ms. Bulstrode's cat wasn't inserted into the pollyjuice episode 
expressly for this, then what other possible reason could there be 
for turning Hermione into a kitty? Was it to keep Hermione out of the 
Slytherin common room? What purpose would that provide? Does anyone 
have any other ideas? Just thought I'd throw this pebble into the 
pond and see where the ripples go ....

~Constance Vigilance

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Oh wow, I never even thought of that. What would happen if one kept a
phoenix feather on hand for such occasions?  

 

Really, why didn't Hermione get to go with Harry and Ron? It was not, in
anyway, particularly important to the plot of CoS. Much in the same way
the polyjuice potion itself was a dead end. Malfoy was not the heir of
Slytherin... but the polyjuice potion in CoS set up the use of the
polyjuice potion in GoF. Perhaps Hermione's unsuccessful animal
transformation was a setup for another type of animal transformation?

 

Helen

 

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