[HPforGrownups] re: Giants/Half-Giants/Metamorphmagus/TMR's relatives/H&H siblings?

[F Nitschke]

No: HPFGUIDX 102996

Much snippage.

>annunathradien wrote in
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/102505 :
>
><< You can learn to be a metamorphmagus too after enough practice >>

To which Catlady responded:
>Excuse me, my memory is appallingly bad, can you point me to the canon
>that metamorphmagism can be learned?

Just re-reading OOP, so it's fresh in the memory. However, I don't think 
it's conclusive one way or the other. From OOP, 1st Oz edition, p52:

   'Can you learn how to be a Metamorphmagus?' Harry asked her, 
straightening up, completely forgetting about packing.
   Tonks chuckled.
    'Bet you wouldn't mind hiding that scar sometimes, eh?'
   Her eyes found the lightning-shaped scar on Harry's forehead.
   'No, I wouldn't mind,' Harry mumbled, turning away.  He did not like 
people staring at his scar.
   'Well, you'll have to learn the hard way, I'm afraid,' said Tonks. 
'Metamorphmagi are really rare, they're born, not made. Most wizards need 
to use a wand, or potions, to change their appearance. But we've got to get 
going, Harry,...'

I thought the text rather ambiguous in that Tonks doesn't give a straight 
yes or no to Harry's question.  Her comment that he would have to 'learn 
the hard way' does, to me, imply that this talent can be learned to some 
degree if it's not innate. But that's almost immediately contradicted by 
'they're born, not made'.  Mayhap it's 'not proven' until HP6 or beyond.

I know there was discussion of this before... (paging Mr Bannister?)

Fiona

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