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RallyBot2 (Elder Troper)
Malady (X-Troper)
2019-06-12 03:44:05

I just had an incomplete, locked TRS about this.

Anyone wanna remake?

I'm out for half a day.

Disambig Needed: Help with those issues! tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13324299140A37493800&page=24#comment-576
wingedcatgirl MOD (Holding A Herring)
2019-06-12 06:28:58

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.

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
Unsung Since: Jun, 2016
2019-06-12 08:17:17

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.

dragonfire5000 Since: Jan, 2001
2019-06-12 08:19:13

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...

"I squirm, I struggle, ergo I am. Faced with death, I am finally, truly alive."
Unsung Since: Jun, 2016
2019-06-12 08:22:38

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
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