Magical components

[dfrankis at dial.pipex.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 18701

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Amanda wrote:
> 
> > > *ahem* At the risk of being a tad disgusting, there's nothing 
to 
> suggest
> > > that things made *out* of wizards would not be just as powerful 
as
> > > things made out of magical animals. But that's not done, at 
least 
> by
> > > anyone we know. So the parallel may indeed be there, unseen. 
> Things
> > > probably could indeed be made, which derive their magic from 
> having a
> > > wizard component. Ugh.
> 
> Pippin wrote:
> 
> > 	Voldie's resurrection potion requires not just human blood 
but 
> > wizard blood "another witch or wizard --any wizard", "any wizard 
who 
> > had hated me"  GoF ch's 1 and 33.   
> 
> Yeah, I think you're onto something, Amanda.  I wouldn't be 
surprised 
> if a lot of dark magic required human parts.
> 
> Pass me the dried spleen, would you?  I gotta finish this Crippling 
> Concoction tonight or Snape'll have my head.
> 
> Amy Z
> 
> ----------------------------------------------
>  . . . summoning the memory of the day I had 
>  been voted President of the local Gobstones 
>  Club, I performed the Patronus Charm.  
>      -Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
> ----------------------------------------------

... and weren't there those fingernails in Knockturn Alley? ...and 
how *does* Bertie Bott get the earwax flavour? Who was the Hand of 
Glory's original owner? Fleur 'as a bit of her grandmuzzer about her 
person...

so it goes

David