Is Harry a Metamorphmagus?

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 117269



Finwitch wrote:
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> Anyway, a *strong* Metamorhmagus could, ultimately, take on forms of 
> animals. It's only a matter of degree, I think. <snip>

Carol responds:
I don't think we've seen enough metamorphmagic to know what it is yet.
Tonks can change the shape of her nose and the color and style of her
hair at will, and she has appeared as two different older women,
neither corresponding to any known person. We don't know whether she
could change her height and weight to appear as, say, Delores
Umbridge, or whether she could appear to be male, whether as a known
person, say, Lucius Malfoy, or as some imaginary man or boy. We've
seen no indication at all that she can turn into an animal (or, as
Hannah Abbott thinks Sirius can do, change into a potted plant!).

I'm quite sure we'll see more of Tonks, but I doubt that we'll see a
second metamorphmagus (certainly not Harry, who has more pressing
concerns), but my impression is that the ability is somewhat more
limited than you suggest.

I could, of course, be 100 percent wrong!

Carol