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Yasmine
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PostPosted: August 26, 2008 5:09 pm    Post subject: Polyjuice Potion Reply with quote

OK, I have a question about polyjuice potion.
In the 'Seven Potters' chapter, when

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they all transform into harry


they have their own voices.
But when the trio
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try to get the locket from the ministry and are transformed into runcorn, cattermole and hopkirk


they seem to have the voices of the people they've transformed into.

Can someone help explain this. Have I got it wrong? Maybe there's an ingredient to change voices? Sorry if this has been asked before.
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PostPosted: August 26, 2008 7:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

what makes you think they still had their voices in the seven potters chapter? I'm pretty sure they didn't.
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PostPosted: August 26, 2008 7:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i think they do keep their voices, probably just a little slip up in continuity but do they get crabbe and goyles voices in CoS or do they just speak a bit deeper?
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PostPosted: August 26, 2008 10:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Polyjuice Potion Reply with quote

Yasmine wrote:
OK, I have a question about polyjuice potion.
In the 'Seven Potters' chapter, when

Spoiler:

they all transform into harry


they have their own voices.
But when the trio
Spoiler:

try to get the locket from the ministry and are transformed into runcorn, cattermole and hopkirk


they seem to have the voices of the people they've transformed into.

Can someone help explain this. Have I got it wrong? Maybe there's an ingredient to change voices? Sorry if this has been asked before.


They don't keep their voices, but they do keep their accents (Fleur and Mundungus) since it's just the way they're used to talking, not their natural voice.
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PostPosted: August 26, 2008 11:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In CoS their voices change. In Deathly Hallows Fleur has her French accent, still. So, like kwidditch says, their voices change, but perhaps their accents stay the same, which is still kinda strange, if ya ask me.
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PostPosted: August 27, 2008 4:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

GinnyX wrote:
In CoS their voices change. In Deathly Hallows Fleur has her French accent, still. So, like kwidditch says, their voices change, but perhaps their accents stay the same, which is still kinda strange, if ya ask me.

Thanks for wrapping it up. It was mainly because of Fleur which I assumed they kept their own voices.
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PostPosted: August 27, 2008 4:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

GinnyX wrote:
In CoS their voices change. In Deathly Hallows Fleur has her French accent, still. So, like kwidditch says, their voices change, but perhaps their accents stay the same, which is still kinda strange, if ya ask me.


no it makes sense. they still retain their own brains, and the brain is where the inventory of sounds you know how to make are kept, so nothing should change accent wise.
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PostPosted: August 27, 2008 12:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

In the second movie when Ron talks while transformed into Goyle, Harry/Crabbe told him he had to sound more like Goyle. (Or was Ron was Crabbe? idk) anyways...that's about it.
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PostPosted: August 27, 2008 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Simply Just wrote:
In the second movie when Ron talks while transformed into Goyle, Harry/Crabbe told him he had to sound more like Goyle. (Or was Ron was Crabbe? idk) anyways...that's about it.


That's just the movie, though. It's always best to go by the books, for the most part. In the book Harry also doesn't need his glasses anymore when he changes. In DH, the 7 Potters needed glasses. In the 2nd movie, Harry, playing the part of Goyle, is still wearing glasses, leading up to Draco's line... about how he didn't know he could read, as talked about in this thread...
http://www.potterforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=19045
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PostPosted: August 27, 2008 6:12 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

GinnyX wrote:
Simply Just wrote:
In the second movie when Ron talks while transformed into Goyle, Harry/Crabbe told him he had to sound more like Goyle. (Or was Ron was Crabbe? idk) anyways...that's about it.


That's just the movie, though. It's always best to go by the books, for the most part. In the book Harry also doesn't need his glasses anymore when he changes. In DH, the 7 Potters needed glasses. In the 2nd movie, Harry, playing the part of Goyle, is still wearing glasses, leading up to Draco's line... about how he didn't know he could read, as talked about in this thread...
http://www.potterforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=19045


Huh...Well, okay then.
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