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[–] bobusdoleus ago  (edited ago)

[m]I would leave that up to the author of whatever story, but generally the transformation is supposed to be a bad thing, a cost, and turning entirely into X is meant to be a cessation of existence (which is what I meant when I wrote it), or for some other reason a really not desirable thing - like being reduced to mindlessness, or being unable to connect with one's people and one's motivations, or something, depending on author I guess (because it's not like I own this thing, and people have votes). That was the intent anyways.
At the very least, a complete transformation means you can't keep doing the magic, because you have nothing left to transform.

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[–] NobleParadox [S] ago 

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[–] bobusdoleus ago 

[m] I thought that it might still be appropriate. For instance, initially one turns into magic partially, as one does more and more metamagic (That is, affecting other people's magic. Breaking curses perhaps, redirecting spells, screwing with people that are partially or nearly-fully transformed, the more transformed the more screwing, that sort of thing) and then when turning completely into magic, one can become, for example extremely powerful for a while before fading away, or do a single great feat of metamagic - say, denying all magic in a large area, or countering a powerful spell, or exploding all partially-transformed people in an area - and, in so doing, become undone, in a single instant of supermagical ecstasy and understanding. Is that appropriate? I'm not trying to ruin things.