Was Harry drugged?

huntergreen_3 patientx3 at aol.com
Sun May 16 10:59:55 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 98466

Luckie wrote:
>>In OotP, there is a passage where Harry is trying to write his
potions essay, but falls asleep as he's reading about scurvy-grass,
lovage and sneezewort...
[snip OotP quote]

Hot-headed and reckless... doesn't this sound like angsty!Harry?
And, for that matter, like Sirius? Who could have been making and/or
slipping Harry a potion? And why wait until the 5th year? There's no
saying how long the potion lasts, so my guess goes to Kreature, or
Umbridge.<<

HunterGreen:
There was a long thread about this passage back in March (if you're 
curious), it starts with post 93021. 
IMHO, while the passage seems to hint at a possible malicious use of 
the grass, I think it was just Harry falling asleep and his mind was 
wandering. There are plenty of non-magical reasons for Harry's mood 
during OotP. The same goes for Sirius (although his mood lifting 
during the time Kreacher is missing could be evidence of some sort of 
poisoning). I think either of their emotions during OotP being 
attributed to poisoning would detract from the story rather than add 
to it, its too simplistic. Personally, I enjoyed Angry!Harry, it was 
about time he got upset about everything he's subjected to, he always 
seemed to recover too quickly from each end-of-book-calamity. 







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