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SPOILER!!: replies+miniactivity SPOILER!!: bernadette Quote:
Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl  Ani-MAAAAAGUS, or ANI-MAAAAGI, not animorphs. Right. Bernadette was going to remember that! She tore her eyes away from her reflection to nod solemnly at the professor, and briefly wonder if she should be taking notes?, then went back to staring at herself. Hang on, was there a bit of spinach in her teeth? All this H E A L T H Y school stuff was starting to get on her last nerve! She started digging it out with her pinky finger.
But soft! She'd gotten a mention by the teacher! Bernie swirled away from her reflection to BEEEEAAAAM in his direction spinach tooth and all. She was Miss Friday, did they all notice that? DID THEY DID THEY DID THEY HUH? Of COURSE her hand popped in the air again, honestly before a thought popped in her head, because she LIKED TRANSFIGURATION.
"WEREWOLVES," she answered breathlessly. Did that count? Er? OH! Another idea! "And POLLY-JUICE," that potion that made people into other people! "That's a bit of transfiguration on both parts, right? Humans into wolves, humans into other humans, are werewolves a type of cursed transfiguration? Because they are cursed by the full moon......" And did they count as humans still?
Hmm, yeah, she should probably be taking notes. Two insightful examples from the young Gryffindor.
Cursed transfiguration, that was certainly a way of putting it.
“Both are types of human transformation, correct.” Not exactly transfiguration, but also kind of transfiguration. But transformation, certainly.
THUMBS UP. SPOILER!!: cecelia+phoebe+blake Quote:
Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow Cecelia didn't really KNOW too much about transfiguration, but she was a FIRST YEAR, so she figured she got a pass since she'd be soaking up ALL this new information like the blonde sponge that she was. SOOOOAKING. IT. UP.
Opting to just LISTEN and nod super seriously as classmates answered the first question, she wondered what they'd be changing about themselves today, since that SEEMED to be the direction they were going in. She just hoped it wouldn't be her hair, 'cause she REALLY loved the way it was right now. No changing necessary.
Oh, she had an opinion on THIS question! "Bet it's SUPER hard to change a human, since they're alive and growing and changing all the time ANYWAY. Oh, also, you can change small things about yourself like your hair color, or BIG things, like how you look ALL together."
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Originally Posted by Cassirin "Oh, it's Phoebe, sir," Phoebe offered, popping her hand into the air so she was being juuuuust on the right side of politeness. She was sort of delighted to be called the wrong name for some reason, perhaps because it was almost like wearing a super secret disguise. She grinned broadly at the professor and gave him a conspiratorial wink.
No one said the for-real difference between Charms and Transfiguration - Transfig was so so so much harder. At the professor's second question, she was ready and Phoebe's hand shot into the air. "You can change your hair color and length and your nose and your eye color... so you can totally change how you look temporarily. With magic." Quote:
Originally Posted by love-for-HP "Well you can change your hair and eyebrow color, you can even change some facial features." Blake answered tearing his eyes away from his mirror and 'black head' in order to answer. But…… he thought that other small student was Phoebe. Or was that one Fiona?
Phoebe, Fiona. Fiona, Phoebe. It was all getting rather confusing.
But YES, examples. Hair, eyes, facial features.
“Super DUPER hard,” he added to Cecelia’s statement. Tricky to master and potentially catastrophic if not performed correctly. “But you’re spot on, all three of you,” he confirmed with a kind smile. “Muggles will go to great lengths to try and alter these features.” SPOILER!!: claudine Quote:
Originally Posted by FearlessLeader19 Claudine would like to put herself in the group as one of the students who had a fair understanding of what the first question was. There came an even in depth understanding from some of the other responses; others… not so much. The clearest of all came from Barlow and it would have to, right? He was the Professor, after all; here to make learning easy and fun.
“There’s the use of food to change persons into animals like Canary Creams which were invented by Fred and George Weasley,’’ the Snakette offered when Barlow selected her to give her answer.
“Very good.” And a little bit of history thrown in there too. “Luckily the effects are only very temporary.” SPOILER!!: fiona+tavie Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra Fiona noticed that Professor Barlow did look taken aback. She smirked inwardly and thought of an answer regarding human transfiguration before raising her hand. "I think being a Metamorphmagus is a form of human transfiguration." Quote:
Originally Posted by PatInTheHat ”Human transfiguration is extremely difficult and dangerous, sir.” Tavie said thoughtfully, wondering if this was going to relate to what they would learn today. She was only a first year. A smart one, sure. But she didn’t much like entertaining the idea of permanently transfiguring her features into something hideous due to lack of skill.
Metamorphmagus is a form of human transfiguration, but it’s not a learned skill. It’s an ability you’re born with. There’s not many of them. But Tavie knew some! They worked at her mother’s theatre and fascinated her. A couple of mentions of metamorphmagus had Barlow nodding his head. “Absolutely. People born with this ability have the capability of changing their appearance at will without requiring their wand.” Imagine THAT. “Good stuff, well done.” SPOILER!!: jillian Quote:
Originally Posted by hjhm Human Transfiguration....
Something that Jillian is interested to learn in but it seems like the hardest thing to do right? Perhaps. She hasn't tried transfiguring into a cat so that she can talk to her pets and enjoy the things they enjoy.
Ohhhhhh, the endless possibilities of being able to transform into a cat and talk to your cat. Jillian smiled at the thought. She has thought about this before but has not really tried it.
Other examples? She has some in mind, one in particular she wants to try. "Transfiguring someone into a some thing." okay, maybe too extreme for a fifth year to do but it is an example "Transfiguring a human into a thing, a tall clock possibly?" And she heard one answered Polyjuice. She wondered if that is considered as a form of 'Transfiguration'. Technically it does change your physical aspects but then again it wears off on its own like most potions do. A human into a tall clock? A very specific example but an example nonetheless. “Good, yes. It’s not just about the changing of appearances or features, human transfiguration can also involve the transfiguring of humans or parts of humans into inanimate objects.” Just as difficult and equally as messy if not done correctly. SPOILER!!: tina Quote:
Originally Posted by MadMadamMalfoy Tina was not surprised to hear her answer was correct, but she was caught off guard when the subject turned to human transfiguration. So that's what they were doing today? Her heart sank. She could transfigure an inanimate object or an animal, no problem, but human transfiguration had much higher stakes than she was used to. What if she got stuck in a transformed state? What if she caused irreversible damage to herself or someone else? She wasn't vain about her appearance, but she didn't want to be disfigured either!
Tina willed herself to refocus her thoughts on Barlow's next question. Hopefully the more attention she paid, the fewer mistakes she'd make when it came time to do the actual spell work. So human transfiguration… she knew it was used to alter a person's appearance. She knew about Metamorphmagi and about the dangers associated with human transfiguration (hence her nervousness), but all of those things had been said. What else could she contribute? Aha, she had it! She raised her hand and said, "It's possible to transfigure humans into inanimate objects, but in order to change back, you'd need help from someone else or, if you transfigured yourself, you'd need the intent to keep your mental abilities behind your spell so you can change back yourself." “Very true, very true,” Barlow nodded at Tina’s response. “Or, if you transfigure yourself make sure it’s into something with opposable thumbs so that you can still handle a wand.” SPOILER!!: lucas Quote:
Originally Posted by hermionesclone Identity vs function. A simple way of putting it that he was sure he'd remember for a long time. Or, at least, for any exams Barlow decided to throw at them.
And yes, that was a snort.
Human transfiguration? Lucas felt his stomach drop slightly at those words as he glanced back at the mirror he was standing in front of. It was obvious, yeah, and something he wasn't at all surprised by. Maybe that was a good thing. Maybe it meant that when Barlow did say that they were, uh, changing their hair colour, it wouldn't be so much of a shock.
Which, by the way, he wasn't going to do. Any other hair colour would look terrible on him.
As for the question, Lucas chose not to answer, but went back to fiddling with the loose curl in his hair. He didn't really have anything to add to what everyone had said so...... yeah. Quiet. His gaze fell upon Lucas who was particularly quiet today. He was used to the Gryffindor being reserved, but he never normally looked this nervous.
Confidence. It was important to have confidence when performing this type of magic. He was going to have to keep a closer eye on this one today. SPOILER!!: kaiser+missa+eiji Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir Hokey cokey? Don't know her.
Kaiser was pretty much prepared to coast through the rest of this class, at least inasmuch as you could coast through a Transfiguration lesson, and just kind of sit stand back until the question part was over.
Except that something that the human canonball aka plant-licker aka Phoebe James had said had him thinking, so he raised his hand anyway. Not to answer the question, but to ask one in return.
"Can a person change how they look permanently with Transfiguration? Or do the spells always wear off?" Was that something he ought to have already known, as a sixth year? Probably. Well, whatever. He never claimed to be a Transfiguration genius, or even a, uh... not-quite-genius. Barlow was looking at a bonafide D-student, right here. Quote:
Originally Posted by Samia Missa didn't fail to notice Eiji didn't even make an attempt to stand with her - or even look at her. She wasn't REALLY the clingy type, nor did she want to be - but it did leave her feeling a little off and wondering if this was how he always felt when she avoided him.
...
No matter. She would just focus on the lesson, and not overthink this. Because maybe - JUST MAYBE he didn't see her at all.
Thankfully though, the professor started speaking and she was able to concentrate.
Trying to add something else to the answers, Missa put her hand up before speaking, "Human transfiguration is different than being a Metamorphmagus - as one needs a wand to perform it, and it is difficult to perform as well because if you do it wrong, you can get stuck in your transfigured state" Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Okay....WELL...he had already sort of answered this question with the previous one, referencing switching spells on human and animal body parts, so he was disinclined to respond to this one. His stomach only became more unsettled with this particular branch, the one that could replicate what metamorphagi could do naturally. Thank Merlin Rebecca was always too busy making giddy hearteyes at this professor to speak up in these lectures.
NEWT level coursework though, that's what this was. He was still trying to focus on OWLs, thanks.
And then Missa had to chime in on the series of answers about metamorphagi. Great. Fantastic.
Thankfully Kaiser, Eiji was noticing him more and more in classes these days, asked something that distracted and inspired him enough to respond. "You can get trapped in your transfigured state if you do not perform the casting correctly. It's why this branch of Transfiguration is so dangerous." It wasn’t his intention for the subject matter to turn quite so… well, dark. He’d expected answers about turning ears into eggplants and turning one’s head into a pumpkin. But really, when did anything really ever go as expected?
“All magic has an expiry date,” he said, tone suddenly serious. “It would take a great deal of energy to sustain a spell for that period of time. The greater the period of time, the greater the risk involved and---”
Well, yes. What Missa and Eji both said.
“There have been reported cases of the caster becoming trapped in the transfigured state.” Or worse. But enough about that… “We’ve only skimmed the surface here, there are many shapes and forms of human transfiguration.” And just to reiterate. “It’s by far, the most complex branch of transfiguration and if performed incorrectly the results can be disastrous.” He gave them all a very serious look before cracking into his usual goofy grin. “But no fear, I won’t be asking you to turn limbs into tentacles today. A safe starting point is hair.”
“We’re going to kick things off with a warm up exercise on our eyebrows. Instantly growing our eyebrows.” Yes, they’d heard right. “It’s a simple spell but not one to be underestimated so eyes on me for a demonstration.” He cleared his throat and with the tip of his fir-wood wand, gently tapped his left eyebrow and then his right eyebrow. “Crinis Excresco!”
Et voilą!
His dark, bushy eyebrows promptly grew to an insane length. Long enough to actually tuck behind his ears, which he did with a “peek-a-boo!” because they were getting in the way of his vision.
“Go on, face your mirrors and give it a whirl. It’s a fun one.” He thought so anyway. OOC: Well here it is, the mini-activity. You’ve got about 48 hours to crack on with this section and then we’ll move onto the main-activity! Any questions, give me or Barlow a shout. 
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