Potions and checks (was Re: Fear of Lupin irrational? )(Was: Sexuality

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 119597


  
> > catkind:   
> > But if that is the scenario, doesn't it make Dumbledore guilty 
of gross negligence? At the very least there should have been a
 double-check on Lupin taking the potion. 
> > 
> > Mind you, Dumbledore is pretty reckless in general. 
> 
> Potioncat:
> The double check may have been that Snape would both brew 
the potion  and see that Lupin got it.  Of course, on that one 
evening he takes  it to Lupin, sees the map and forgets it just like 
Lupin did.<

Pippin:
Or Snape knew that the goblet of potion, which he advised Lupin 
to drink "directly" earlier in the story, would have  broken down or 
evaporated by the time he caught up with Lupin. It smokes, so 
apparently it's not very stable. He does inform Lupin that he's 
forgotten to take it. Lupin's failure to react to this information is 
very strange, and would certainly account for Snape's refusal to 
take him or Sirius seriously about the rat.

It seems there are a great many Hogwarts parents who would 
agree that a werewolf is too dangerous, even with the potion, to 
be around their children. But since we don't have accident 
statistics from the wizarding world, we can't really tell whether 
their fear is irrational in the sense that they have no problem 
allowing their children to face other potentially lethal  but more 
familiar perils.

Pippin