applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoIf a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.message-squaremessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down17
arrow-up183arrow-down1message-squareIf a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·8 days agoNo, they would turn into a normal bird. The extra mass is shunted into z-space where afterwards it can be called back to return the shifter to their previous form. Just don’t stay a bird for more than two hours.
minus-squarerockerface🇺🇦@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·8 days agoThe real issue is remembering you’re not a bird once you have a bird brain
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·7 days agoThat’s easy enough. But for the love of god, don’t morph into colony insects like ants or bees!
minus-squarezelahdieliekeis@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoVery Inkspell/Inkdeath.
minus-squareHaquer@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 days agoAnimorphs was literally my first thought as well
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoDid he ever manage to turn back in later books? It really stuck with me.
minus-squareGriffus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoI only read the first 34, and he got the power to morph again, but not his human form. I learned how it all ended and stopped reading in anger.
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThanks. That’s so sad.
minus-squarebecausechemistry@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days ago ctrl-f “z-space” Aww, yeah.
No, they would turn into a normal bird. The extra mass is shunted into z-space where afterwards it can be called back to return the shifter to their previous form. Just don’t stay a bird for more than two hours.
The real issue is remembering you’re not a bird once you have a bird brain
That’s easy enough. But for the love of god, don’t morph into colony insects like ants or bees!
NOT THE BEEEES
Very Inkspell/Inkdeath.
Animorphs was literally my first thought as well
Oh, Tobias.
Did he ever manage to turn back in later books? It really stuck with me.
I only read the first 34, and he got the power to morph again, but not his human form. I learned how it all ended and stopped reading in anger.
Thanks. That’s so sad.
Aww, yeah.