Potions Master Question

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 93857


> 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.   So why he was teaching transfiguration? He is powerful enough 
to be
> equally good in both fields. But still...


K responded: 
> There have been a lot of interesting answers to all of this - none 
of which
> addressed what I thought was the flaw in your logic - Potions 
making and
> alchemy aren't necessarily really the same thing. If the twelve 
uses of
> dragon's blood are alchemical in nature rather than as potions 
ingredients
> then there is no reason why Dumbledore should have any knowledge 
of potions
> at all. 


Potincat:
But we aren't told that the 12 uses of dragon's blood are alchemy. 
We're told he's famous for 3 different events. He defeated 
Grindlewald. He discovered twelve uses for the blood. He worked in 
alchemy.

DD is one of the most powerful wizards of the age, so it follows he 
would be outstanding in different areas of magic.
Potioncat