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said_scarlett) wrote2004-06-20 10:31 am
said_scarlett) wrote2004-06-20 10:31 am
On Transfiguration....
I watched an FMA marathon last night.
And I realize that this is only going to make sense to those on my Flist who are both HP fans and FMA fans without a full explanation.
I've started to think of Transfiguration as having the same basic rules of Alchemy. Obviously with some differences, since it's two different things. But the whole principle of equal trade makes sense.
But the idea that you can't make something more than what you've already started out with makes sense to me. I don't mean the exact weight and size, obviously, because matter can be stretched and thinned.
I have no idea if I am explaining this correctly. Basically what you get is what you get. You can manipulate the matter, you can stretch it and thin out the molecules, you can manipulate the molecules into something different, but you can't produce more molecules out of nothing.
The more experienced someone becomes at transfiguration, the better they can manipulate the molecules. It's actually an extremely subtle and difficult subject, I think. Especially when it comes to transfiguring living matter. The more power a witch or wizard has, the more they're able to get around those rules.
A first year could just take a molecule and turn it into something else. A seventh year could get around the matter for matter rule by splitting a molecule, and transfiguring the two split bits into wholes, and so on and so forth.
I've just always believed that even magic has to obey the basic laws of nature. Especially the way that JKR presents her magic.
And I realize that this is only going to make sense to those on my Flist who are both HP fans and FMA fans without a full explanation.
I've started to think of Transfiguration as having the same basic rules of Alchemy. Obviously with some differences, since it's two different things. But the whole principle of equal trade makes sense.
But the idea that you can't make something more than what you've already started out with makes sense to me. I don't mean the exact weight and size, obviously, because matter can be stretched and thinned.
I have no idea if I am explaining this correctly. Basically what you get is what you get. You can manipulate the matter, you can stretch it and thin out the molecules, you can manipulate the molecules into something different, but you can't produce more molecules out of nothing.
The more experienced someone becomes at transfiguration, the better they can manipulate the molecules. It's actually an extremely subtle and difficult subject, I think. Especially when it comes to transfiguring living matter. The more power a witch or wizard has, the more they're able to get around those rules.
A first year could just take a molecule and turn it into something else. A seventh year could get around the matter for matter rule by splitting a molecule, and transfiguring the two split bits into wholes, and so on and so forth.
I've just always believed that even magic has to obey the basic laws of nature. Especially the way that JKR presents her magic.
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