I'm not sure as I haven't read about greek philosophers in a while but I think it has something to do with plato. "forms" or something(?), when you transfigure something into a pig you transfigure it into the true essence of the pig, the imaginary perfect pig of which all 'real' pigs are shadows. you cannot transfigure a specific pig. you can specify breed/sex/size perhaps but you are just trying to transfigure the pig which is the essence of saddleback boars, not a copy of a real pig. Harry transfigured atypeof rocket not an actial copy of an existant rocket. but thete is no essence of Hermione. the best you could do would be a blank figure which might look somewhat like Hermione.I realise that everything I've just typed is nonsensicle rubbish
Specificity probably is a problem, but why? Why could McGonagall Transfigure a pig, but not a specific pig? Does the fact that she's Transfigured that pig prohibit her from Transfiguring it again? The pig she Transfigured clearly had a functional brain with a given brain state, so I have trouble seeing why she couldn't Transfigure a specific pig, or indeed person, especially since Harry Transfigured a specific type of rocket. Of course, there'll be a reason why it's impossible because otherwise Quirrell would have taken over the world with an army of Merlins, but it's something Harry "I broke the laws of Transfiguration in my first year" Potter-Evans-Verres could try.With regard to psychological aspects, Hermione may be eleven years old, but she's rational enough; she can't cast the Patronus Charm because she can't force herself not to think about something. I doubt she believes in souls or would be so horribly bothered about being Transfigured that she'd rather die. Harry could always justify it to Hermione as needing her help to hack Atlantis and take overoptimise the world :P.You do have a point about the Interdict, though. It was more of an off-hand suggestion as to why Hermione couldn't Transfigure a particular book, but Harry could Transfigure a specific rocket. Maybe Hermione tried to Transfigure a unique book?
so all the teachers are just going to agree to participate i. this possibly dangerous never-before-been-attempted transfiguration which probably offends at least some of their morals. it seems likely that they would see it as dark and misguided at best and evil at worst. even if they agreed then we don't know how difficult it would be to coordinate an effort from all teachers to maintain one transfiguration permanently, what sort of contact would be needed, would a teacher have to stay in Hermione's dorm at night or wpuld the common room be close enough? at the very least it confines Hermione to Hogwarts for the forseeable future. what happens if too many teachers are killed or exhausted? or if they need their magic to defend the school? how would Hermione feel in such a situation? how would she feel anyway knowing that it was only the constant effort of the teachers that was keeping her from reverting back to her true Form, that of a corpse?
And now I have A Taste for Adventure stuck in my head. If you've been following Homestuck (and particularly how it used the ending of the song), you know why. :D
There is really no reason I couldn't meet up with the other PA heapers (given that it takes only about two hours to drive from one end from PA to the other), but it's more a matter of finding the time and a decent reason.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
You'd vastly improve the Almond Ice Cream, but you'd vastly disimprove the Hat. This process would continue until the horror of the Almond Ice Cream was zero and the greatness of the Hat was zero. Either that, or they'd both explode, like what happens when you put Mien Kampf on top of The Communist Manifesto. Either way, ITS NOT SAFE DONT DO IT BROOB.
I keep my bed made, but I have many spiderwebs underneath it. A well-made bed looks classy, and an unmade bed still looks clean (no stains, no mud, no pee or poo) but sloppy and lazy. Then again, I do love to look at the folds of a scruffy bed.
Someday, I will meet Yarrun in real life. He'll probably hate me, which is why I kind of hope we never actually meet. Besides, there's so much left unsaid...
More people have said that and been killed than there are thorium decay products.
How do some people get paid to animate cartoons? :o That would be so fun but I would have to have talent and the ability to work on something and also art skills which I don't have. It is just one example of things people do though.
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He'll probably hate me, which is why I kind of hope we never actually meet.
Besides, there's so much left unsaid...
to play rock paper scissors
I want to be a pagan for fun maybe. :)
^whatever you gangsta wannabe
Either that, or they'd both explode, like what happens when you put Mien Kampf on top of The Communist Manifesto. Either way, ITS NOT SAFE DONT DO IT BROOB.
I keep my bed made, but I have many spiderwebs underneath it. A well-made bed looks classy, and an unmade bed still looks clean (no stains, no mud, no pee or poo) but sloppy and lazy. Then again, I do love to look at the folds of a scruffy bed.
Still, I had to think about that one.