applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 days agoIf a human shapeshifter turned into a flying bird they would be the largest one alive, assuming mass is conserved.message-squaremessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down18
arrow-up180arrow-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 · 12 days agomessage-square54linkfedilink
minus-squareWoodScientist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·12 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-squareHaquer@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up7·12 days agoAnimorphs was literally my first thought as well
minus-squarerants_unnecessarily@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoDid he ever manage to turn back in later books? It really stuck with me.
minus-squareGriffus@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 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-up2·6 days agoThanks. That’s so sad.
minus-squarebecausechemistry@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 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.
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.