#metamorphmagi

[augureysfeather]

Curious question: If one were to transform into a Metamorphmagus with Polyjuice Potion...would they aquire the ability to transform their body as well?

Aquired injuries get transmitted (see Moody's eye), as do inherited conditions (Harry's eyesight). You cannot use it to transform into non-humans or half-breeds, but do Metamorphmagi fall under this category?

Likewise, what happens if you've transformed yourself into a werewolf and it's a full moon? Do you get turned, too?

[grabowskibeepboop]

Do you think a person could simultaniously be a metanorphmagus, an animagus and a werewolf at the same time? And what else do you think it could be combined with? Maybe also a Legilimens? I'm not asking about the likeliness I know that would be really low, but like do you think it would be possible, and if so, how would it work? Can we just make the most op most complicated most chosen one character? I've also thought of making a character that's the first ever person to have a magical animal as their animagus form, I think that could kinda fit, if not in the same character, but maybe as a love interest.

[fruitlicense]

Do you think it’s an accident that both of the people who are usually shipped with Remus Lupin - Sirius Black and Nymphadora Tonks - are also shape-changers of a kind?

I don’t know why exactly, but I really like that our werewolf character’s main love interests in canon and fanon are an Animagus and a Metamorphmagus, both people who know personally what it feels like to have a changing, not-always-fully-human physical form. The main differences are really only how much control they have over the change and how their shape-changing is viewed by wizarding society, and while those have a LOT of impact, the core of them is sort of the same. They share a dynamic way of being in the world.

I have minimal evidence/analysis here, just a lot of thoughts about “monsters” as defined in literature and theater, liminal spaces, and all that.

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To clarify, the class I’m taking right now defines a monster as something that exists in liminal space between two binaries created by society and functions as a warning of some kind (usually about going outside the box or violating social norms).

For example, werewolves straddle the oppositional binary between human and animal, and they serve as a warning of what happens if you cross the lines of “human civility,” so to speak. If we go back to the beginning (at least in Greek mythology), Lycaon became the first werewolf because he violated the host/guest relationship (it’s kind of a horrific story, but it’s online, you can Google it).

So it’s interesting, then, the lengths that Remus goes to in order to not cross societal lines. You can tell he doesn’t like living in a liminal space.

[regulusarchieblack]

🍇1/2 Consider further: Regulus grows up and looking more like Sirius than Walbruga and Orion. When Sirius runs away he can't very well look like Sirius anymore, so he has to stop using the face he grew up with. This is difficult bc it's his face, he can't just turn it off. So he constantly has to focus on making his face Look A Certain Way, and if he unfocus's long enough he forgets and.

2/2 So basically, what I'm getting at is when Sirius make up (this is a Regulus lives au bc I say so) Regulus uses his defaults back face without thinking. And it's soft

Awww omg. Like the hc that metamorphmagus automatically emulate the people they love.

Or how people emulate the way people they like speak.

That’s so wholesome!

[iamthelamp]

would a metamorphmagus need to put conscious effort into their ability or like, would they accidentally change their appearance in their sleep?

god imagine not only needing to pick out clothes every morning but also your entire physical appearance because you accidentally hit 'random' before you woke up

[ledasteray]

can metamorphmagi change the colour of their organs? like, they can definitely change their hair into “artificial” colours so, could they make their blood green? their heart yellow?

[official-ilvermorny]

Ilvermorny and Wandless Magic

Everyone knows that the most difficult form of sorcery to master is that without a wand. Nevertheless, Ilvermorny, along with most of the American schools, teach some form of this, however small. This allows witches and wizards to potentially never be caught defenseless simply because they lack their wand.

True wandless magic is far different in nature than accidental magic, the foremost distinction being the magician’s ability to control it. During most cases of accidental magic, the magic lashes out in an attempt to protect the magician from physical, mental, or emotional harm. Controlled magic is entirely intentional and requires concious thought to operate, as seen in the cases of Animagi, Metamorphmagi, Legilimens, Seers, and Parselmouths (it is important to note that the process of becoming an Animagus does require a wand, and that Parselmouths and Seers can access their abilities without meaning to or often even realizing it).

A common staple of wandless magic taught in America is that of potion-making. By the end of their third year, students in any of the major American schools of magic are expected to be able to create simple potions entirely wandless by waving their hand rather than their wand (all potions call for a wave of the wand to finish the potion, and often several other points throughout the brewing process, in order to bind the ingredients together magically). This is due to the Native American history of magic without wands, particularly in such potion-making.

Witches and wizards who are interested in controlled wandless magic will note that some spells are easier to master than others as would be expected, though sometimes, this happens even among simple spells. One wizard might find that they can cast a wandless Levitation Charm with relative ease, while another can more easily make a fire spring to life in their hands. Common studies in wandless magic include Levitation, Summoning, and other Motion Charms, as well as elemental magic.

Although wandless magic is taught in America, it is foolish to rely on it. Charms and Transfiguration are nearly impossible to do without use of a wand, and only the most powerful witches and wizards can consistently cast reliable wandless magic. Wands, as focusing and amplifying tools, create the precision and power in spells generally not possible through intent, words, and hands alone. Wandless magic is a useful and respected skill to have as many are not capable of even the smallest feats without a wand, but it is highly discouraged to neglect training with a wand in favor of that without.

~Prefect Selwyn

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[beawake]

Metamorphmagi

I have recently been thinking about metamorphmagi like Tonks and Teddy, and I just thought that we really do not know that much about them. How far does their power extend? How much can you change? Because imagine a metamorphmagi born in the wrong body, but they discover that they can change that, fully, and become the other gender. Like they want to. Could they make age wrinkles disappear? How does that work? How does their body grow older if they can just change it back again? How far does the power of a metamorphmagi extend? How much power do they have over their own body and how it works? Because what if metamorphmagi are immortal, because they can change their body when it grows old to a young one again? Can they change their gender?