Sophronia Franklin Quiz

[DrDeath]

One of the questions in the quiz is "true or false? Can you change species if you drink polyjuice potion" in the game the answer is false yet in the Sorcerer's Stone Hermione drinks Polyjuice Potion and turns into a cat of sorts because she put a strand of hair from a cat into the potion.

How can the devs get something like this wrong?

[Galaxy_Siege]

Literally just was playing through this section of the game and had to see if anyone else noticed this lol. She said "wrong" and I was like you liar! I actually wouldn't mind if the devs didn't change this though because it is quite funny when you think about Sophronia thinking she is all smart and knowledge is power but then she doesn't even got her facts straight. It almost makes me think it was intentional actually just to be funny or frustrate players on purpose.

[FunnyTheDog]

she didn't turn into a cat.
She got stuck as an half cat, half human being and had to stay in the infirmary for a week.

[Theta]

She didnt turn into a cat. It did not change her species.
A human shaped furry person with ears and whiskers isnt a cat.

[cap-boulanger]

Except... Hermione did that by mistake and was in the Hospital Wing for days (weeks?) afterward...

So it's debatable. You *could* but it has bad side effects.

[Takingdomscosimog]

She didn't change species she was just a hairy cat like humanoid. Polyjuice's function is to mimic the appearance of another person.

[LordTyranos]

pretty sure it wasnt classified as turning into another species. just looked like a cat while still being a humanoid.

[IchigoMait]

Originally posted by Theta:

She didnt turn into a cat. It did not change her species.
A human shaped furry person with ears and whiskers isnt a cat.

You seem to not understand what a species is.
An alien, from another planet with sligthly different look is still another species.
Being humanoid does not equal being the same species. Albeit being human, no matter what skin color you have, minor bone shape difference is still the same species. Point is you compare what one has or doesn't have, but not in terms of how the environment may alter it over time.
She was neither human species anymore, or cat species, she was something else now, a hybrid, like you have mules and etc.

[Krieger]

Originally posted by IchigoMait:

Originally posted by Theta:

She didnt turn into a cat. It did not change her species.
A human shaped furry person with ears and whiskers isnt a cat.

You seem to not understand what a species is.
An alien, from another planet with sligthly different look is still another species.
Being humanoid does not equal being the same species.

Wrong. Species is defined as being able to reproduce offspring that can reproduce as well. Meaning if a human can have children with an alien it's the same species, different race. Doubt hermione would have been able to have kittens with a male cat in ther furry form.

[Theta]

Originally posted by IchigoMait:

Originally posted by Theta:

She didnt turn into a cat. It did not change her species.
A human shaped furry person with ears and whiskers isnt a cat.

You seem to not understand what a species is.
An alien, from another planet with sligthly different look is still another species.
Being humanoid does not equal being the same species. Albeit being human, no matter what skin color you have, minor bone shape difference is still the same species. Point is you compare what one has or doesn't have, but not in terms of how the environment may alter it over time.
She was neither human species anymore, or cat species, she was something else now, a hybrid, like you have mules and etc.

I meant that it did not change her into the correct species of animal.
Animal hair into polyjuice does not turn you into that animal, so the answer is false.
A human/cat hybrid isnt a cat species, its some abomination.

[Takingdomscosimog]

Originally posted by Krieger:

Originally posted by IchigoMait:

You seem to not understand what a species is.
An alien, from another planet with sligthly different look is still another species.
Being humanoid does not equal being the same species.

Wrong. Species is defined as being able to reproduce offspring that can reproduce as well. Meaning if a human can have children with an alien it's the same species, different race. Doubt hermione would have been able to have kittens with a male cat in ther furry form.

While I agree that she was still human and you are mostly correct, lions and tigers are separate species and can reproduce but they are (granted) from the same genus.

[Krieger]

Originally posted by Takingdomscosimog:

While I agree that she was still human and you are mostly correct, lions and tigers are separate species and can reproduce but they are (granted) from the same genus.

Yes, but their offspring technically can't reproduce since male Ligers are always sterile.

[DrDeath]

You lot should be in a lab splicing genes and cloning instead of playing a Harry Potter game arguing over what the definition of species is.

[Jynn]

You all are diggin way too deep into it lol

She didn't turn into a cat, she was a mutated mixed up result. Because it isnt supposed to be used with animal hair, so it didn't work

Just because she did get some cat features, which got her hospitalized, doesn't mean it can do that thing.

So the answer is still 'false', it isn't supposed to be used with animals, it cannot be used to turn into animals, and trying to do so could wind up with you permanently disfigured

[Dr.Abscondus]

Originally posted by Theta:

She didnt turn into a cat. It did not change her species.
A human shaped furry person with ears and whiskers isnt a cat.

Oh dangerous ground there. Don't let the woke hear you say that!

[Knavenformed]

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