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If involuntary, it is Baleful Polymorph.
I just had an incomplete, locked TRS about this.
Anyone wanna remake?
I'm out for half a day.
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The description says involuntary transformations are Baleful Polymorph but then goes on to describe a whole bunch of reasons and situations and types of involuntary transformations that apparently still qualify as Animorphism even though they don't. Okay.
Trouble Cube continues to be a general-purpose forum for those who desire such a thing.
The trope is apparently just transformation into an animal, voluntary or not. The description could be fixed up, but I don't think the trope itself is a problem.
I mean, with a name like Baleful Polymorph, you'd think the trope refers to the "bad" type of transformation, what with "Baleful" being part of the name and all...
Baleful Polymorph is an involuntary transformation as a curse or hex, but it's not just into an animal. It could be anything.
Edited by Unsung
rjd1922 removed an Animorphism wick from The Princess And The Frog saying "Animorphism must be voluntary". And indeed, that's what it says on the laconic page. But the page itself has a section for both voluntary and involuntary examples.
So, is it required for the trope to be voluntary or not?