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Preston smiled. "Well, those first questions were rhetorical - about the match sticks and chickens. Examples of questions individuals have raised. But I'll address your comments in turn." Quote:
Originally Posted by Nymphadoraliz  Raising his hand, he replies "Well, sir if you needed for instance a needle and didn't have one, but had a match, or a small stick, or whatever was close, you could transfigure the item into what you need."
"It's not necessarily just because you want to transfigure something for fun. Most likely it's because we'll need to use transfiguration for something we need." "Quite true," Preston said in response. "Though, some times for convenience, and not absolute necessity?" Quote:
Originally Posted by CreativeAllie18 Alice smiled back at the Professor. "I'm doing well also."
Alice took out her notebook and copied down the list that appeared on the board. "Well Professor, I read somewhere that some statues can be transfigured into actual creatures. Perhaps if you had a rabbit statue and there was a small space in your house you couldn't get through or you needed to get under, you could just transfigure the statue, and have it go under and get it for you. For example a rabbit statue?" Preston stroked his chin thoughtfully. "Perhaps. You could certainly animate a rabbit statue or create a rabbit, but controlling it would require other spellwork." Quote:
Originally Posted by Lockhartian Hand up in the air, with scarf and everything. "But what if you only had a chicken and wanted to sleep, but didn't want anyone to steal that chicken, huh? The best you could do is turn it into a pillow...no one will steal the chicken, then" for some odd reason his eyes were to that Slytherin girl, the one friends with the Giraffe.
Chicken. Ha.
The hand was still in the air, one may want to tell Treyen that it isn't necessary to stay up the whole time he answered, "It depends on what you need at the moment and what you have...like the chicken example, though I'm not sure how many people will be under such circumstances" hand down. Preston nodded appreciatively. "Indeed. If you found yourself wanting a nap in a hen house, you would be well equipped." Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Kurumi was bubbling on the inside as the professor began class. She had been waiting all year for Transfiguration and the day was finally here. Adjusting her name plate an moving her scarf a little more to the right, Kurumi raised her hand to answer the professor's question.
" Kurumi Hollingberry, Professor," she said as a brief introduction. " Use of a Switching Spell could be very useful. Being able to switch the intended target with another item of the caster's choice could perhaps even save your life." "Yes, thank you Miss Hollingberry. Transfiguration, when creatively applied can save your life." Preston paused and surveyed the room. "We'll be getting to that shortly." Quote:
Originally Posted by hermygirl Nia raised her hand. "You can transfigure yourself, right?" she partly asked. She thought one could, but since she'd never actually done it yet...
"So then, if you lost an earring down the back of a sofa and you couldn't reach it, you could transfigure yourself so you could reach it. Either into a small creature, or just make your arm thinner so you could fit it down the gap." Professor Kingsley crossed his arms in front of his chest. "While it is true you can transfigure yourself, if you are not an animagus, transforming yourself into an animal will leave you stuck until someone else transfigures you back. Risky business, that." Quote:
Originally Posted by Steelsheen Seeing movement at the corner of his eye, the lad turned his head to face a young Puff then smiled at the rather amusing scarf design "Oh hey thanks for this kiddo! Whats your name?" he mumbled quietly.
Everyday applications? Salander thought about a usual predicament he seems to find himself when he eats "Well, when you have so many spoons and you need to cut into a nice piece of steak, we can just transfigure one of those spoons into a knife. " "Yes, good example." Quote:
Originally Posted by lilithpotter "Good, sir" she said " Some everyday use of transfiguration might be to turn a spoon to a fork"
"Your welcome" she said as she handed the scarf to the Slytherin, "My name is Renesmee but everyone calls be Nessa. Whats your name?" "Yes, thank you. But please, socialize after my class and not during." Preston looked at her pointedly. Quote:
Originally Posted by Danika Malik Danika raised her hand, gracefully, for she wanted to address some of the things the Professor just said.
"I do not know vhether you think it true..." the Transfiguration being not a practical discipline stuff, "...vut I disagree, for as much as theory can be over helpful, ve get novhere if practice does not take part in it, and I find that practice allovs less mistakes vhen dealing vith Transfiguration" especially the human part, it was much more successful if one practiced, otherwise it could turn out to be a rather chaotic experiment.
And now, Transfguration making life easier. "I do not think it makes it easier...it is more, like, current" yes, the explanation is coming, "Vy transfiguring an object into something ve need now, it saves time. It saves present time, vut not for long. That is why is current, vecause the effects eventually go avay" the hand was down, she'll leave the examples for the Hogwartians. "Excellent exposition, Miss Malik, thank you. I do think I may have been vague, though, in my request. I wasn't looking for practical versus theoretical, though your answer was correct. I was more looking for practical versus impractical. Meaning, what is useful and not superfluous about the field." Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaos.Doodles
Legend had scribbled down what the professor had asked before and left it at the side of his desk. The class was already moving forward because he wasn't paying enough attention. Crazy! The fifth year raised his hand. "If you're being chased by a crazy person and you need them to like, stop chasing you, you could transform like a rock or something into a giant spider. Or maybe something else that's scary. It doesn't really matter as long as it would scare them away." Of course Legend would come up with an answer like this. Picking up his quill he began jotting down some of the ideas that other people were saying, just in case he was wrong.
But he couldn't be. He was right, duh. "Creative, thank you." Quote:
Originally Posted by Yourenodaisy
As Professor Kingsley began class, Emmaleigh gave him her attention. So, there were thing you couldn't do with Transfiguration? well, her example seemed to fall into the acceptable end of the spectrum. As the information appeared on the board, Emmaleigh began taking careful notes. SPOILER!!: Emmaleigh’s notes
Transfiguration Lesson 1
Professor Kingsley
Gamp’s Laws
Principle Exceptions - Cannot create food- can multiply if you have some
- Cannot create or duplicate money
- Cannot created love
- Cannot create life or reverse death
- Cannot create items with magical properties.
practicality of the discipline?
So, how was transfiguration useful? She tried to think about where she might be able to use it in her every day life. " Transfiguration would be practical if you're on holiday and realize you forgot something at home. You wouldn't be able to summon it because then in would fly through the air over muggle towns right?" She was pretty sure she had read that some where. "So you could just transfigure something into your favorite sweater, or a pair of boots or what ever it was you forgot. But, as long as its not magical." she added quickly.
Then, she heard one of the older students answer, and chose to add to it. " You could just transfigure a pebble or something into an earring. It would probably be easier than turning yourself into an animal. Although, not as cool." she admitted. "But then, you could just preform the summoning spell too." "Excellent, thank you. With regards to the summoning spell, sometimes, the spell that makes the most sense eludes our memory when we need it." Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashwinder Kellen put his hand up, "Transfiguration can also make your life easier by turning something that is bothering you into an item that is either inconsequential or beneficial. If your lawn is covered in weeds, for example, you could use transfiguration spells to change those weeds to flowers, or to water." "Perhaps not the most efficient weed removal, but yes, thank you." Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz Jim put his hand up slowly before answering. "Well, vanishing spells are transfiguration spells, and there are always things to get rid of, like rubbish or whatever. Sometimes vanishing something is the safest way to dispose of a thing." He suggested casually. "Yes, Mister Wilkes, thank you. Vanishing is indeed included and occasionally overlooked when considering applicable transfiguration spells." Quote:
Originally Posted by PattyH. Patroclus was stroking his scarf as he listened to Professor Kingsley......the Lion really like this teacher and subject!
Moving his head from person to person, as student's answered, Patroclus wondered about an answer from himself. "Professor, transfiguration can also help with the movement of objects, for exmaple you could transfigure a large solid rock chest, into a mtach box and move it with ease!" Patroclus had seen this before, Pollux had moved the sarcophagus of a death Wizard to reveal the magic texts that were buried beneath!
Patroclus had never thought till now, I wonder if Kingsley know's my Mother......he made a plan to ask after class. "Wonderful, yes. Ease of transportation. Moving house is certainly simpler when you can fit the majority of your belongings in a trunk." Quote:
Originally Posted by WeasleyObsession7 Sophia raised her hand. "You can transform normal robes into dress robes if necesarry." she said. Like if you forgot your dress robes for Yule Ball, with a flick of a wand, one could make a beautiful pair of dress robes. "Yes, though, you'll want to be careful not to do so unless you're certain the spell won't wear off in the meantime. Delicate work, that." Quote:
Originally Posted by brelovesweasleys Rae quickly shot up her hand. Oh, she strongly disagreed with what the professor had said about the chicken/pillow not being for daily use. "Giant chicken means entertainment. I would definitely use that daily! Who wouldn't?" Because Rae was being so reasonable, she didn't see how she could possibly be wrong. Yeah Rae, you got this. Preston smiled. "While I appreciate your enthusiasm, that is much of what the criticism is. Such folly is seen as impractical and superficial, however entertaining." Quote:
Originally Posted by BanaBatGirl
HEH. Fletcher knew better than to try to transfigure something into food. Silly children. Trix are for kids! And the Triwizard Tournament was only for awesome folk like himself! Awesome folk who totally knew the answer to this question.
"Proooooofesssa," Fletcher answered with the tone of a very patient, wise guru explaining the key to happiness, "transfiguration is quite possibly the most useful subject. Ever. It can be used for everything, from the moment you wake up and put on the wrong shaped or colored sock. Transfigure it and boom, you're on your way. Perhaps your desk chair isn't comfortable enough in your office. Transfigure it. Boom. All's better.
"And as my classmates have said... perhaps you're bored, sitting in a meeting at the Ministry. Transfigure two plain ole briefcases sitting on the desk and BOOM, you're the office hero for entertaining everyone with a giant chicken fight. Transfiguration is TOTALLY a useful, practical subject."
"I appreciate your enthusiasm as well, Mister Fletcher, though having worked at the Ministry in my youth, I'd hesitate to try that unless I were keen on being fired." Quote:
Originally Posted by Magical Soul Hmm.. everyday benefit? Well Louisa could do without Transfiguration at all but let's see if she could use it wisely. She listened to her classmates answers and eyes the board that had the stuff she can't transfigure or create. Hmm money would've been awesome.
"Can we use it to change leaves of trees into books? Not written... just empty books..?" Might be weird but the girl was a bookworm and she'd use some empty books to fill them out. Heh. Louisa waited in her seat and a weary smile on her face, she didn't want the Professor to remember her from the food fight trouble. Better to have that memory erased and prove herself as a good girl ^__^
Or..
She could cling to that memory and prove herself as a good girl who learnt from her mistakes. Yeah. That sounded mature and better. A big smile now was drawn upon the girl's face. "Perhaps. I'd have to think on that some. There's not reason it shouldn't be possible, though potentially time-consuming." Quote:
Originally Posted by HogwartsHokage Jenny pondered. When is transfiguration good for everyday life? She never thought of it before; her parents must have done a lot right in front of her face and she never even knew what spell it would be.
Speaking of her parents, Jenny's thoughts went back to her dad and how he would constantly turn anything nearby into something else to help him with his cooking.
"Maybe you could turn a cutting board into a mixing bowl if you need to mix ingredients you just cut up." Then her stomach grumbled.
Darn, Jenny shouldn't have mentioned that. Now all she could think of was food. "Good, though you'll want to be careful not to hit the food with the spell." Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Kurumi giggled at Jenny's growling stomach. "Or, maybe you could transfigure your cooking untensils into whatever it is you needed. I mean, if you start with a spoon, but then need something else, you could just do it right there on the spot with no dirty dishes to wash!" "Again, yes, rather convenient, though not necessary. After all, you might not need to worry about dishes if you manage a good cleaning spell." Quote:
Originally Posted by HogwartsHokage "And if you need to clean up some spills on yourself, you can transfigure whatever you're holding into a handkerchief." Jenny nodded. Then she heard another small grumble. Stupid stomach. Hopefully Kurumi didn't hear that one. Preston did not hear the rumbling stomachs, and if he had, wouldn't have cared. There was a no food rule in the classroom and he was sticking to that.
"You could also conjure a handkerchief. Remembering, conjuration is a form of transfiguration as well." Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie Now Kurumi was starting to get hungry hearing how much Jenny's stomach was growling...and the kitchen was just next door where all her cooking supplies and friendly house elves were. *frown*
"If you were good at Conjuration, perhaps you could make a trash can appear to put all your dirty handkerchiefs in!" or...a telephone to order some food... "Yes, thank you." Quote:
Originally Posted by mellamaet "uh...I'm sure transfiguring statues into ducks could be of use to someone..." Cass said uncertainly as she played with the end of her scarf.
Then she ducked (ooc: no pun intended) her head down and remembered to write on the parchment on her table. Name: Ara Cassandra Prewett House and Year: First Year Slytherin An example of a practical use of transfiguration:Turning rats into water goblets. Preston nodded before continuing on. Quote:
Originally Posted by Dianna Malfoy Dianna raised her hand, "If you need to change something into a useful item or defend yourself by means of transfiguring the person into a stone or something, that's were transfiguration comes in use. I guess in life..Ermm.I can change let's say my sock into a stuff teddy bear instead.." she said with a smile as she lowered her hand. Sock to Teddy bear? Really? "Human to inanimate object is tricky and can be dangerous, but yes, possible. If you're defending yourself against an attacker and not just an annoying sibling, it could be quite useful." Quote:
Originally Posted by dan arjay
Jaxon raised his hand and said, "If one person is well versed in the art of Transfiguration, he or she can make use of a single object and transform it to different things. Like for example you are traveling, you can carry a small amount of stuff you have and just transform some regular things into things that you really need." he said with a smile "Yes, indeed. It's quite helpful in that manner. By way of an example, I traveled abroad with my sister this summer and through a combination of charms and transfiguration, managed to bring most of my library with me."
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Preston walked to the chalkboard and turned to face the class once more.
"Most of what you've named is convenience. Not wanting to carry things or fixing the fact that you mismatched your socks that morning - though pattern changing or color changing would be more charm work than anything else. Are their situations, like was mentioned with switching spells, where transfiguration isn't just convenient but a means of survival?"
Preston paused and looked over the class.
"The events of the Triwizard Tournament have troubled me, because the tournament itself demands the creative applications of all disciplines. It is that application we will study this term."
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