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Polyjuice - more than one source of hair

Discussion in 'Fanfic Discussion' started by Milamber, Dec 26, 2013.

  1. Milamber

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    I have been thinking how would polyjuice potion behave if in it is used more than one hair from different sources? Would the consumer of the potion be mix of these donors or pile of steaming flesh? We have seen the result of using animal hair in CoS.
     
  2. Spanks

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    It would probably cause the potion to fail. The instructions said to take a hair or some other piece of the body from the one they wish to turn into. By adding parts from other people into the potion you most likely no longer have a Polyjuice potion that works and instead have a something useless. If you decide to drink it anyway my guess is at the very least a trip to the infirmary.
     
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    A horrible abomination of nature, that must be given the mercy of death.

    Jokes aside, either it will fail, or cause a terrible accident like with Hermione.
     
  4. The Sorting Cat

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    Thread title sounds like some strange wizard porn.
     
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    Hairs from Harry Potter, Five Galleons each! A night of Famous Fun for You and Your Lover.
     
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    Look, just because she wasn't planned doesn't mean her parents didn't love her.

    They just didn't mind when she stayed with the Weasleys during vacation, even after not seeing her during the school year.



    Seriously, though, one wonders if hair from two sources could be used as some sort of 'if they mated' potion. "Oh, our kids could look like that? Sorry, sweetie, maybe we're better off marrying other people."

    Fanon animagus potion with hair from more than one animal... bad idea. You could turn into a man-bear-pig... or a jackassalope.
     
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    This happened in A Black Comedy, if memory serves. With sexy results.
     
  10. Nocturnesthesia

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    We saw a ton of slight potions mistakes turn into exploding/smoking/coagulating/poisonous messes in the books, didn't we? I figure it would be something like that. If you wanted to write something about someone accidentally inventing a new potion by fucking up an established recipe pretty badly, that would actually reflect the scientific process pretty well.
     
  11. South of Hell

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    I would think it would take the form of the first hair that hit the potion and the second hair untouched.
     
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