Slughorn a dead end topic?

[hermionegallo]

No: HPFGUIDX 137736


> hg:
 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. 

hg:
Good point, it doesn't say that outright.  I just made a safe 
assumption that he was since we've never seen him with a wand.  JK 
makes very careful mention of his hands and eyes throughout the book, 
and I don't recall ever seeing a wand.  I admit the possibility of 
him being excellent at transfiguration without being a natural-born 
metamorphmagus.

hg.