Slughorn a dead end topic?

[Barb Fulton]

No: HPFGUIDX 137733

Barb now: Sorry if I oversnipped, but I only want to respond to 1 
tiny bit of a very long post. I also apologize if I give credit to 
the wrong person for a quote-I'm doing my best, as I haven't posted 
in a long time...

marydianne3123:
> I too am interested in Slughorn. I am interested to know why JK
> pointed out that he is a metamorph if it is not revelant in some
> way.
 
hg:
> Me, too.  I thought it possible for Slughorn to have taken 
> Dumbledore's place in the cave/tower scene; particularly compelling 
> to me are: the potions knife, the eyes reflected green in the basin, 
> the highly dramatic death.  Even if I can't determine one way or 
> another that it was Slughorn, his metamorphmagus skills would likely 
> come into play later.


Barb now:

Where does it say that Slughorn is a metamorphmagus? I know he 
transforms into an armchair (LOVE that, btw!), but we know that 
human transfiguration is possible, through wand-usage and potions 
(Tonks speaking in OOP, page 62 Am. ed. "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." I always assumed that Slughorn 
transfigured himself, and the spell ended when he got poked by DD-he 
was too distracted to keep the spell going. If there is other canon 
that says that Slughorn is a metamorphmagus, I missed it, but I 
don't think the armchair incident is any indicator of whether or not 
he is one.

Back to lurkdom...

-Barb, who is very interested in Slughorn, but doesn't think he and 
DD pulled a switch. DD, to my great sorrow, is lost to us.