Potions Master Question/ Viridis?

[cerebella316]

No: HPFGUIDX 94760

Viridis wrote:

[Dumbledore] is famous for defeating the dark wizard Grindelwald in 
1945, for discovering the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and for his 
work on alchemy with his friend Nicolas Flamel. (HP Lexicon quoting 
Chocolate Frog Card)

Ergo ? Dumble himself must be of the top Potions Masters of WW.  I 
find it hard to believe he was just a clerk for Flamel. We don?t 
know what he was doing for better part of his life, so he could 
easily enjoy *beauty of the softly simmering cauldron with its 
shimmering fumes, the delicate power of liquids that creep through 
human veins, bewitching the mind, ensnaring the senses*.
 
So why he was teaching transfiguration? He is powerful enough to 
be equally good in both fields. But still... 
 
 
 
Potioncat:
 This one took on a life of its own!  I up-treaded back to see what 
started it all. And here I am.  
 
Viridis, was your question ever answered?

Potioncat (who thinks that with the above idea of DD's potion making 
skills, he and Snape must be cooking up something)



Bella's 2 knuts:

I have no doubt in my mind that Dumbledore is excellent at 
everything he does! 

OoP, US hardback, p. 711:

Prof Marchbanks on Dumbledore--"Examined him personally in 
Transfiguration and Charms when he did his N.E.W.T.s...Did things 
with a wand I'd never seen before..."

This leads me to believe DD was pretty awesome at Charms, in 
addition to Transfiguration and (presumably) Potions.

My question for you all is, why could it not have been that Flammel 
worked with DD because DD excelled in Care of Magical Creatures?? 
Maybe DD has a way with dragons that we don't know about!! I 
mean...Fawkes is pretty loyal to him...and Hagrid respects him so....

Just thought I'd throw that into the discussion!

~Bella, who is not to be confused with nasty Bellatrix and happens 
to identify more with Hermione and Harry (because of different 
aspects from each character's personality)...but keeps being told by 
the silly quizzes she's compelled to take that she is most like 
Dumbledore--Heehee! (Not that that's in any way a bad thing!)