turn into anything

[u/Hummerous]

https://www.tumblr.com/dragons-locator/770759490920464384?source=share

[u/linuxaddict334]

Reminds me of a horrorifying scene in Discworld where a witch turned a wizard into a frog.

But frogs are so very small, and humans are so big, so where does all the extra mass go?

Well the witch put it into a pink balloon, and the baloon started leaking….

It was bad.

Mx. Linux Guy

[u/Jasrek → u/linuxaddict334]

That reminds me of Animorphs, when they started asking Ax about where the extra mass went when they morphed something small, and got told it was stored in hyperspace and the odds of it getting disintegrated by a ship going through hyperspace was just really really small...

[u/EldritchCarver → u/Jasrek]

And then in book 18, they turn into mosquitoes in order to steal a Secret Service member's DNA, and something really really unlikely happens...

[u/StonkeyTonk666999 → u/linuxaddict334]

Reminds me of a horrorifying scene in Discworld where a witch turned a wizard into a frog.

But frogs are so very small, and humans are so big, so where does all the extra mass go?

Well the witch put it into a pink balloon, and the baloon started leaking….

It was bad.

Mx. Linux Guy

Dragons

DRAGONS LOCATED

[u/world-is-ur-mollusc → u/linuxaddict334]

Which book is that?

[u/EzeyTheEpic → u/world-is-ur-mollusc]

"A Hat Fill of Sky", the second book in the Tiffany Aching sub-series.

[u/world-is-ur-mollusc → u/EzeyTheEpic]

Thanks!

[u/maladicta228 → u/world-is-ur-mollusc]

I think Hat Full of Sky. When Tiffany/the Hiver turned the shop owner of a magic shop into a frog when on her rampage.

[u/world-is-ur-mollusc → u/maladicta228]

Thanks!

[u/ShadoW_StW → u/linuxaddict334]

I mean, in this case the extra mass goes to the beyond. Like, there are few consistent elements in portrayal of things from beyond, but the idea that our universe is not a closed system to them is a pretty fundamental one. When you stick your hand in a pond, you are violating conservation of mass in the pond, surprising nobody but the fish.

[u/centralmind → u/linuxaddict334]

GNU Sir Terry Pratchett.

[u/Hummerous]

you might be wondering, what value does dragons-locator add to the post

the answer is obvious: dragons

[u/DarkNinja3141 → u/Hummerous]

a valuable addition

[u/BestUsername101 → u/Hummerous]

you might be wondering, what value does dragons-locator add to the post

the answer is obvious: dragons

Dragons located!

[u/chipsinsideajar → u/Hummerous]

DRAGON!!

[u/Mega_Glub → u/Hummerous]

well duh. they add to everything

[u/Bustedbootstraps → u/Hummerous]

Dragons do make everything cooler, like good ol’ Dungeons and Dragons and Dragons

[u/NoNeuronNellie]

Lt. Odo (RIP, Rene Auberjonois)

[u/noonaneomuyeppiyeppi → u/NoNeuronNellie]

I'm glad someone else thought of him!

[u/NoNeuronNellie → u/noonaneomuyeppiyeppi]

I know it was mostly for budget reasons, but the idea of a shape shifter who preferred to stay in his "original" form is quite intriguing

[u/ScaredyNon → u/NoNeuronNellie]

I mean, don't most main cast shapeshifters in fictional media stay humanoid because it's easier to relate with both for the audience and the other characters? He's certainly not picking up any more alien hoes as a boulder or anything

[u/NoNeuronNellie → u/ScaredyNon]

Maybe, but Odo specifically prefers his humanoid form to anything else because he hates change and chaos. He'll turn into a bird or a lamp in order to catch the bad guy, but his whole thing is about order and stability. I'll put it this way, he could have been anything in the world and chose to be a cop

[u/pepsicoketasty]

Oh the extra mass gets send to zero space.

Now if a ship traveling through it hits it. Shit happens..

[u/TransLunarTrekkie → u/pepsicoketasty]

Then you have to say "it's animorphin time!" and animorph all over the place.

[u/mgman640]

Immediately thought of Kandra from Mistborn lmao. “Do you have ANY idea how hard hair is? It took me CENTURIES to get this right AND YOU WILL APPRECIATE THAT FACT.”

[u/surprisesnek]

"My arms are too long."

[u/Infinite_Worry_8733]

reminds me of firestorm, dc hero who can manipulate matter but requires a talking stephen hawking in his mind to constantly help him with his chemistry (but sometimes they write that out or just give him fire powers)

[u/YaBoiHorseJesus]

Wild Blue Yonder be like

[u/EdibleMussel533]

Hungarian mentioned?

Odd choice.

[u/TheEndurianGamer]

10 pounds of tannerite.

[u/centralmind]

Dragons are known to shapeshift, yes. Checks out.

[u/ShadoW_StW]

Every time I see low-context superpower discussion I need to have clarfications on what "shapeshifting" means because it's one of the most commonly-used terms that can mean such large number of things. I probably should get a "creepy vs wet" style chart for it to post and ask people to point into the column "shapeshifting" means this time.

[u/Valiant_tank]

Ah yes, Odo DS9. Also everyone's favorite fascist collaborator cop.

[u/SimplyNothing404]

The dragons have been found, rejoice

[u/No_Lingonberry1201]

I would have the perfect opportunity to get obliterated by a God for being a smartass, since I speak Hungarian.