Talk:Alp/@comment-70.208.12.176-20150209180538/@comment-26097222-20150211013505

I could see ways to use the effect benignly -- just like anything in life, you WILL find people with odd desires. Being able to steer what someone turns into would allow some of those desires to be fulfilled. For example, suppose you have a man who for whatever reason wants or needs to be female? I can think of a couple possibilities off the top of my head that could have prevented wars in real life. I can think of a fair number more at the fanfic-contrivance level. This effect could be used to do exactly that. Oh, and since I finally got around to registering, I'm claiming ownership of a couple of the Anon posts in this thread -- the one starting with "Scary idea.", and the one two spaces down from it about how this sort of mind screw is pretty much how charm spells work.