Lily and Potions

templar1112002 templar1112002 at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 20 04:44:34 UTC 2005


No: HPFGUIDX 133363

Claire" <cfitzsimmons at k...> wrote:
> All through Slughorn's many pronouncements that Harry had inherited 
> Lily's potions mastery, I kept thinking, "no, her wand was best 
suited 
> for charms."  That's what Ollivander said to Harry in SS/PS.  While I 
> realize that a person can excel in more than one subject, it didnit 
> seem possible that for Lily it would be potions.  So it begs the 
> question(s), for me, was Snape helping Lily?  Did she somehow copy 
> from Snape's advanced potions book?  How does that relate to Harry 
and 
> what she "bequeathed" to him via her eyes?
> 
> HBP is presenting as many questions as it answered.  The more I read 
> it (twice so far) the more things jump out at me.



**Marcela now: I noticed that Hermione always thought that the writing 
looked like that of a woman's or girl's... She took a lot of teasing 
from the boys because of the Prince and not Princess connection... But 
maybe it was Lily's writing after all?

Marcela






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