Felix Felicis and H/G

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 135358

Roxane asked:
"When Harry drank the FF was he imbuded with good-luck for everything?
He had been wanting Ginny and low and behold when he gets back from
his noctunal visit she is "free" of Dean Thomas.  Harry is
uncomfortable around Ron and Lavender and yes...they break up too.  A
conincidence? I think not.  His contact with Ginny/Dean and then
Lavender allowed the FF to act in his best interest.  What is done is
done, and cannot be undone"

*Rizza* answered:
"The amount of Felix Flicis Harry was given by Slughorn, was a only a
24 hours worth. He drank enough to get information out of Slughorn,
which only lasted a few hours, then wore off. Felix was completely out
of his system by the time he arrived to the portrait of the Fat Lady,
after leaving Slughorn and Hagrid."

Del counters:
Yes, but both Ron/Lavender and Dean/Ginny broke up *right after* Harry
took the Felix Felicis.

Here are the quotes (British Ed.)

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p.447: the Trio is in the boys' dormitory, Harry takes some FF, and
then...

"(Harry) pulled the Invisibility Cloak over his head and set off down
the stairs, Ron and Hermione hurrying along behind him. At the foot of
the stairs Harry slid through the open door.

'What were you doing up there with *her*?' shrieked Lavender Brown,
staring right through Harry at Ron and Hermione emerging together from
the boys' dormitories. Harry heard Ron spluttering behind him as he
darted accross the room away from them.

Getting through the portrait hole was simple; as he approached it,
Ginny and Dean came through it and Harry was able to slip between
them. As he did so, he brushed accidentally against Ginny.

'*Don't* push me, please, Dean,' she said, sounding annoyed. 'You're
always doing that, I can get through perfectly well on my own...'

The portrait swung closed behind Harry, but not before he had heard
Dean make an angry retort..."

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And then, the very next day (p.481):

"'We split up,' (Ron) told Harry out of the corner of his mouth. 'Last
night. When she saw me coming out of the dormitory with Hermione.
Obviously she couldn't see you, so she thought it had just been the
two of us.'

'Ah.' said Harry. 'Well, you don't mind it's over, do you?'

'No,' Ron admitted. 'It was pretty bad while she was yelling, but at
least I didn't have to finish it.'

'Coward,' said Hermione, though she looked amused. 'Well, it was a bad
night for romance all round. Ginny and Dean split up too, Harry.'

Harry thought there was a rather knowing look in her eye as she told
him that, but she could not possibly know that his insides were
suddenly dancing the conga: keeping his face as immobile and his voice
as indifferent as he could, he asked, 'How come?'

'Oh, something really silly... she said he was always trying to help
her through the portrait hole, like she couldn't climb in herself...
but they've been a bit rocky for ages.'"

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So it is very clear that both couples split right after Harry took the
Potion AND that Harry was directly involved in both cases. So there's
no denying that FF had a hand in both couples splitting.

*However*, it must be noticed that both couples would have end up
splitting anyway! Ron had wanted to ditch Lavender for a while, and
Dean/Ginny had been rocky, according to Hermione.

So FF did not force two happy couples to split up just in order to
please Harry. It just created the perfect conditions for what was
inevitably coming. Those two couples would have split up someday
anyway, with or without FF.

Del