...dragon's blood & the AK : Tangent - Skin

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 130502

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jlv230" <jlv230 at y...> wrote:
> > firebird:
> > does anyone think LV's  experiments in immortality, which 
> > prevented his death that night in GH, might have involved dragon's
> > blood? Seems to fit with the fact  that curses rebound off 
> > dragons' hides. There would also be a neat irony if DD's discovery
> > ended up preserving LV's life.

> JLV:
> 
> Based on this quote:
> 
> (1999 interview)
> Q: What are the 12 uses for dragon's blood? -- Kelsey Biggar, age 9
> A: I have a very good reason for not telling you --... But I can 
> say that the 12th use is oven cleaner.
> 
> Dragon's blood *must* have something to do with ... Voldemort's 
> immortality experiments ..., especially as Dragons (as you 
> say) repel curses and are highly magical creatures.
> ...
> 
> JLV xx


bboyminn:

A lot of people have speculated that Snape helped Voldemort with his
Immortality Experiments, but Voldemort is twice as old as Snape. I
have to believe Voldemort performed many, or some, of his experiments
before Snape was even born. That however, does not mean that Snape
couldn't have help with later experiments.

Given JKR's quote, it seems like Voldemort's experimentation might be
an area where Dragon's blood could come into play. However, if there
is a connection between Dragon's blood and 'protection', it could be
applied to the stories in a variety of ways.

-People are always specualting that Lily performed, /performed/ not
just invoked, some ancient magic at Godrics Hollow. Perhaps she was
feeding Harry a dragon blood potion to protect him. 

-Other's, meaning ME, have speculated that Voldemort will kill Harry
but only by technical definition. In that moment of Harry's apparent
death, Voldemort will be at his peak vulnerability, which will allow
someone else to kill him. So, to allow Harry a technical death but
still protecting him from true death, Harry will take at protective,
but short term, dragon blood potion, and/or a restorative or reviving
dragon blood potion. Perhaps a mix of dragon's blood, and a mixture of
unicorn blood which was either voluntarily given or taken without
harming the unicorn. 

I'm sure if I worked on it long enough I could think of other ways to
bring dragon's blood into the story in areas other than Voldemort's
immortality. Although, even though I could think of other places to
fit it into the story, that wouldn't necessarily it couldn't be
applied to Voldie too.

On a tangent, we know the hide of living dragons is magically
protected, magic bounces off of it, but I wonder about Dragon hide
gloves or the dragon skin jackets that the twins were wearing? The
protective gloves does somewhat imply that they are capable of
protection greater than simple rough cowhide gloves. So, could I
fairly extend that to imply that dragon skin jackets might have some
shielding characteristics that could be beneficial in a magical fight?

So much speculation, and so little time.

Steve/bboyminn