Minerva & DD-Transfiguration Professors-have they been playing other Charactors?

Susan Miller constancevigilance at yahoo.com
Sun Jan 11 19:03:58 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 88443

> Marianne:
> Well, Krum tried to transfigure himself into a shark for the second 
> task in the Tri-Wizard Tournament. As Bagman described it, "Krum 
used 
> an incomplete form of Transfiguration, which was nevertheless 
> effective..."  
> 
>  
> Taryn quotes QttA:
> "The witch of wizard who finds him- or herself transfigured into a 
bat may take to the air, but, having a bat's brain, they are sure to 
forget where they want to go the moment they take flight." (American 
hardback, pg. 1)
> 
> So it seems answered that when a person is TRANSFIGURED into an 
animal, they also retain the animal's brain, which is certainly 
detrimental. 

Constance Vigilance (me):

Which makes one wonder why Krum would choose to become a *shark*!! He 
might have *eaten* Hermione instead of rescuing her. Why not a cute 
dolphin or something, not only not as lethal, but smarter, too!

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