applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoIf a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.message-squaremessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down18
arrow-up179arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up34·1 month 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-up18·1 month agoThe real issue is remembering you’re not a bird once you have a bird brain
minus-squarezelahdieliekeis@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoVery Inkspell/Inkdeath.
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoThat’s easy enough. But for the love of god, don’t morph into colony insects like ants or bees!
minus-squareHaquer@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 month agoAnimorphs was literally my first thought as well
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDid he ever manage to turn back in later books? It really stuck with me.
minus-squareGriffus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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-up2·1 month agoThanks. That’s so sad.
minus-squarebecausechemistry@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month 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
Very Inkspell/Inkdeath.
That’s easy enough. But for the love of god, don’t morph into colony insects like ants or bees!
NOT THE BEEEES
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.