self-transfiguration

[earendil_fr]

No: HPFGUIDX 99966

bboy_mn wrote:
> I'll bet dollar to donuts** that what Hermione actually said was 
that
> they start learning Human transfiguration in 6th year, not
> SELF-tranfiguration. To me, that implies transfiguring other humans
> which sound EXTREMELY dangerous. Would you volunteer to let Neville
> tranform you?

Earendil:

You're right about Hermione saying they start learning human 
transfiguration in 6th year (I think she said this in GoF), and I 
can't wait for book 6 to learn more about this. But I always assumed 
it meant self-transfiguration, at least for the main part.

It's a known fact that transfiguration is hard and dangerous. So as 
you said, would you trust anyone to experiment human transfiguration 
on you? (apart from people like McGonagall of course) And in fact, 
would you even experiment on yourself, knowing how wrong it could 
turn? You would have to be either very confident about your own 
abilities, or very daring (though being stupid is another 
possibility...)

Earendil.