|| POLYJUICE POTION: DID YOU KNOW? ||
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hd_writersPolyjuice Potion: J.K. Rowling's gift to kink! Have you written a Polyjuice fic? Tell us about it in the comments.
All humor aside, J.K. Rowling actually put a great deal of thought and research into the ingredients of Polyjuice potion, and each ingredient has its own unique purpose within the potion.
Polyjuice is brewed using the following ingredients: lacewing flies (stewed for 21 days); leeches; powdered Bicorn horn; knotgrass; fluxweed (picked at the full moon); shredded Boomslang skin; and a wee bit of whoever the taker wishes to turn into.
Here's what J.K. Rowling says about Polyjuice: "I remember creating the full list of ingredients for the Polyjuice Potion. Each one was carefully selected. Lacewing flies (the first part of the name suggested an intertwining of binding together of two identities); leeches (to suck the essence out of one and into the other); horn of a Bicorn (the idea of duality); knotgrass (another hint of being tied to another person); fluxweed (the mutability of the body as it changed into another); and [shredded] Boomslang skin (a shedded outer body and a new inner).
The effects of Polyjuice Potion are temporary. Canon suggests that the effects of Polyjuice last only one hour; however, depending on the quality of the brew, one can actually remain Polyjuiced anywhere from ten minutes to twelve hours. Polyjuice is an immensely difficult potion to make. That Hermione managed to brew Polyjuice Potion at the age of twelve confirms her utter brilliance as a witch. A person can change race and sex via Polyjuice, but cannot change species. Polyjuice Potion is only meant for human-to-human transformations.
And there you have it -- all things Polyjuice! Did you know?
Sources: Harry Potter Lexicon and Pottermore
All humor aside, J.K. Rowling actually put a great deal of thought and research into the ingredients of Polyjuice potion, and each ingredient has its own unique purpose within the potion.
Polyjuice is brewed using the following ingredients: lacewing flies (stewed for 21 days); leeches; powdered Bicorn horn; knotgrass; fluxweed (picked at the full moon); shredded Boomslang skin; and a wee bit of whoever the taker wishes to turn into.
Here's what J.K. Rowling says about Polyjuice: "I remember creating the full list of ingredients for the Polyjuice Potion. Each one was carefully selected. Lacewing flies (the first part of the name suggested an intertwining of binding together of two identities); leeches (to suck the essence out of one and into the other); horn of a Bicorn (the idea of duality); knotgrass (another hint of being tied to another person); fluxweed (the mutability of the body as it changed into another); and [shredded] Boomslang skin (a shedded outer body and a new inner).
The effects of Polyjuice Potion are temporary. Canon suggests that the effects of Polyjuice last only one hour; however, depending on the quality of the brew, one can actually remain Polyjuiced anywhere from ten minutes to twelve hours. Polyjuice is an immensely difficult potion to make. That Hermione managed to brew Polyjuice Potion at the age of twelve confirms her utter brilliance as a witch. A person can change race and sex via Polyjuice, but cannot change species. Polyjuice Potion is only meant for human-to-human transformations.
And there you have it -- all things Polyjuice! Did you know?
Sources: Harry Potter Lexicon and Pottermore
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Date: 2013-01-10 03:21 pm (UTC)My feeling would be, no. Rowling states that race and sex can be changed by polyjuice, she does not mention age. I have a feeling the body part of the one the taker wishes to change into needs to be harvested "fresh". Otherwise it would make no sense why Crouch Jr. keeps Moody in the trunk. He could just cut of a bushel of hair and be done with him, no?