You know what I've always wondered?

[Whateverist]

I know some women have large enough breasts that it causes separation of the ribs in their backs and other general back problems, so weight can be a significant thing.  This is at least one reason why breast reduction surgery is an option some women choose.  Having boobs can be a real drag.

Aye... I've heard the same... from someone who claimed to have some 2kg on each. And she also considered having a reduction.... and yes, whatevs, the nipple repositioning is a thing. Which means no ability to breastfeed, ever, because all the connections are severed.... as well as all the nerves.
It must suck to loose all sensation on there.  

Color me surprised. Poor ladies!

[Clueless Morgan]

Apparently as a species we have been selecting for bigger breasts and penis size for a long time.  We're pretty much freakasaurs of the animal kingdom for our size.  You women not only have breasts ahead of needing them, you're also receptive for mating whether any eggs are ready to go or not.  We're weird.

If you're interested in the subject you could read Jared Diamond's book The Third Chimpanzee which talks about genital sizes among the great apes and why humans probably developed such strange genitals.  For example, your average male human has very conspicuous genitals compared with the average male gorilla, whose genitals are small enough to not even really be that visible.  Why the disparity?

Read the book, it's really interesting.

But there are several more examples of polyjuice potion being used in the books where nothing goes wrong - Harry and Ron into Crabbe and Goyle; Barty Crouch into Mad-Eye Moody for a whole year; Crabbe and Goyle as random students in Half-Blood Prince; the seven transformations of the Order members into Harry; Ron, Hermione and Harry into Ministry employees to find Umbridge and the locket... you're focusing on the one time in the books where it went wrong and forgetting that that's far outweighed by all the times it went right.

And the point of the animagus transformation is to turn into a non-human animal anyway.

Why are humans so special?
They're just animals... the same as the others... and if you're magically retaining all the cognitive function of your original self, there's no need to alter your brain mechanisms. So it's just the same!
Also the polyjuice potion went wrong one time in the books.... how many times did an animagus screw up their transformation?

The animagus transformation isn't an easy spell, it's complex, difficult, and at some point involves holding a mandrake leaf in your mouth for a month.

It's comparatively much easier to brew a complex potion than to learn to become an animagus, hence why so few wizards and witches choose to learn to do it and why it was extra impressive that James, Sirius and Peter learned to do it while still in school.

But I don't know, necessarily, that you can control what kind of animal you would turn into.  The best guess at this point is that it might be based on some aspect of your personality.  There may be limitations on the spell that we just don't know about because they never come up in the books.

I don't know that either, but one must assume anything goes. We're talking magic, after all! Not just some physics pre-determined machine.

Yes, we're talking magic, but I'm talking about the real magic in Harry Potter that has rules and theory behind it, not just the willy nilly shit made up in bad fanfiction.

Aye... I've heard the same... from someone who claimed to have some 2kg on each. And she also considered having a reduction.... and yes, whatevs, the nipple repositioning is a thing. Which means no ability to breastfeed, ever, because all the connections are severed.... as well as all the nerves.
It must suck to loose all sensation on there.  

Yes, whatevs, the nipple thing is for real.  They're removed and then reattached or kept attached and, like, sewn around to reshape the breast... if you really want to know, google it, but be prepared for some gnarly stuff.

As for sensation loss, I'm in for that whether I get reconstruction or not.  Reconstructed breasts (post mastectomy) are numb, as can be a flat chest if you don't get reconstruction. /fun fact

[Whateverist]

Apparently as a species we have been selecting for bigger breasts and penis size for a long time.  We're pretty much freakasaurs of the animal kingdom for our size.  You women not only have breasts ahead of needing them, you're also receptive for mating whether any eggs are ready to go or not.  We're weird.

If you're interested in the subject you could read Jared Diamond's book The Third Chimpanzee which talks about genital sizes among the great apes and why humans probably developed such strange genitals.  For example, your average male human has very conspicuous genitals compared with the average male gorilla, whose genitals are small enough to not even really be that visible.  Why the disparity?

Read the book, it's really interesting.

Funny enough, I picked it up this year and read through that part at least. Wasn't impressed with the book on the whole, a little too sales-pitchy, I thought.

Aye... I've heard the same... from someone who claimed to have some 2kg on each. And she also considered having a reduction.... and yes, whatevs, the nipple repositioning is a thing. Which means no ability to breastfeed, ever, because all the connections are severed.... as well as all the nerves.
It must suck to loose all sensation on there.  

Yes, whatevs, the nipple thing is for real.  They're removed and then reattached or kept attached and, like, sewn around to reshape the breast... if you really want to know, google it, but be prepared for some gnarly stuff.

As for sensation loss, I'm in for that whether I get reconstruction or not.  Reconstructed breasts (post mastectomy) are numb, as can be a flat chest if you don't get reconstruction. /fun fact

Well there you have it, the wonders of modern medicine.

This hits a little close to home for you. Somehow I think you'd be able to handle any body-image adjustments which may be necessary. Just get well, get strong and everything else will sort itself out.

[pocaracas]

Why are humans so special?
They're just animals... the same as the others... and if you're magically retaining all the cognitive function of your original self, there's no need to alter your brain mechanisms. So it's just the same!
Also the polyjuice potion went wrong one time in the books.... how many times did an animagus screw up their transformation?

The animagus transformation isn't an easy spell, it's complex, difficult, and at some point involves holding a mandrake leaf in your mouth for a month.

It's comparatively much easier to brew a complex potion than to learn to become an animagus, hence why so few wizards and witches choose to learn to do it and why it was extra impressive that James, Sirius and Peter learned to do it while still in school.

That's just because... people in books are like.... kids... and they don't want to study.

I don't know that either, but one must assume anything goes. We're talking magic, after all! Not just some physics pre-determined machine.

Yes, we're talking magic, but I'm talking about the real magic in Harry Potter that has rules and theory behind it, not just the willy nilly shit made up in bad fanfiction.

Oh... the real magic that requires words in some weird Latin-like language?
I wonder what the Romans would think of that...
[translated from Roman speak]Legionare, fetch me that spear!
Magically a spear would float through the air!

Aye... I've heard the same... from someone who claimed to have some 2kg on each. And she also considered having a reduction.... and yes, whatevs, the nipple repositioning is a thing. Which means no ability to breastfeed, ever, because all the connections are severed.... as well as all the nerves.
It must suck to loose all sensation on there.  

Yes, whatevs, the nipple thing is for real.  They're removed and then reattached or kept attached and, like, sewn around to reshape the breast... if you really want to know, google it, but be prepared for some gnarly stuff.

As for sensation loss, I'm in for that whether I get reconstruction or not.  Reconstructed breasts (post mastectomy) are numb, as can be a flat chest if you don't get reconstruction. /fun fact

Your concept of "fun" is being a bit too broad  

[Whateverist]

That's not just any broad, that's our buddy Morgan!

[pocaracas]

So... I was wondering where I'd seen the Captain of the USS Discovery, before... (From the new Star Trek Discovery)...
I went digging and he was

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Malfoy.

Lucius Malfoy.

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Looks different... not being blonde and all...

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[ignoramus]

Poca, have you watched the first 5?
I'm not convinced yet...

[pocaracas]

Poca, have you watched the first 5?
I'm not convinced yet...

I did.
Hate the Klingons' "new look" and the holograms. Everything else seems on par with standard Trek.

[ignoramus]

What I find really dumb and inexcusable is at one point the hologram actually rested his but on a table? Did he just happen to have a table in exactly the same spot millions of miles away? Little things like that kill a little bit of my soul...
I don't even mind breaking canon, just don't be stupid in the future...