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So if Luke (as a mouse) got the end of his tail cut off???


Would he not be (in some way) maimed when he was transformed back to a boy? - a finger missing? or worse!?

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I was just thinking this.

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Since boys don't have long tails in the first place, it shouldn't make a difference. Even if the transformation would leave him maimed, the spell could be adjusted accordingly.

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No, and boys don't have fur. You've missed the point, - the boy (as a whole) was transformed into a mouse. That boy as a mouse then had the end of its tail cut off. Then from a 97% intact mouse transformed back into a boy. He would've had some damage turning back into a boy.

Get it?

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I get your point, but I counter by saying that there are no real-world rules where fictional magical spells are concerned. It's very possible the good sorceress is skilled enough to restore him to 100% boy even if he's missing a minute percentage of his mouse body.

Or maybe he winds up missing something nonessential like a left little toe and doesn't notice it until after the credits.

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They missed a trick here. Grandma has a lost finger and it is implied she escaped Witches earlier in life. Although Luke isn't supposed to be transformed back, they should have had him also missing a finger which would then make you think GrNdma suffered the same ordeal.

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That would have been a really good idea IMO! I guess either the filmakers didn't think of it or they didn't want to further traumatize younger viewers by showing Luke with a missing finger lol

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they should have had him also missing a finger which would then make you think GrNdma suffered the same ordeal.


They obviously didn't want the audience to think that.

Can't stop the signal.

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Yes, Luke is now circumcised.

"You are what you choose to be...choose"

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If I remember correctly, he had a small cut on his hand at the end after being transformed back to his original form.

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