TBAY: DRIBBLE SHADOWS (long)

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 128781

SSSusan and Jen look up to see Potioncat walking down the dock. 
"Come join us, we have margaritas!" SSSusan calls. Potioncat's pace 
quickens and soon she is sitting in a beach chair, sipping a 
margarita.

"I couldn't help but overhear your conversation," Potioncat said.
"No, of course you couldn't. Not with those extendable ears," Jen 
pointed out."
Potioncat hastily stowed them in a pocket, and kept talking. This 
idea sounds very good. You were saying:


>DRIBBLE SHADOWS
> 
> "Dragon's Resistance In Blood Bestows Life-saving Effects:  Snape, 
> Hagrid And Dumbledore's Ointment Was Supplement." 
> 
> Sipping greedily at her margarita, and eyes beginning to dance with 
> excitement, SSSusan continues, "I think what happened – and the 
> reason DD trusts Snape – is that Snape found out Voldy knew a 
> portion of the prophecy *and* that he was targeting the Potters.  
> Snape decided to turn away from Voldy – maybe because of old 
> feelings for Lily, who knows? – but he went to DD with the 
> information.  And then these two began to consider what they could 
> do to protect Harry.  DD, already knowledgable about dragon blood – 
> having determined its 12 uses, after all – asked Snape about the 
> possibility of somehow utilizing it.  

Potioncat:

I like DRIBBLE SHADOW!
Keep all your ideas and add this variation: What if dragon's blood 
was part of LV's experiments with immortality? Remember, JKR says we 
should ask why LV didn't die, not why Harry lived. Under DD's 
protection and with Hagrid's help, Snape is also investigating the 
uses for dragon's blood in the hopes of coming up with either a 
protection for whichever child LV marks, or a way to foil LV? In the 
meantime, the attack happens. The AK is reflected and Harry sustains 
some injuries. 

Perhaps at this point DD already suspects some transference from LV 
to Harry. Or perhaps he's worried about the contamination in the scar 
or that Harry's injuries are very serious. At any rate, Hagrid dashes 
Harry off to Snape who gives an antidote made from dragon blood to 
Harry.

All three pause, taking gulps of margaritas as they picture Professor 
Snape trying to get a 15 month old to take his medicine. It's not a 
pretty picture. 

The only difference from your idea is that LV was also using Dragon 
blood and perhaps that Snape's original goal was to defeat LV more 
than to protect Harry. But of course, his work in one direction had 
an unexpected outcome. It still fits with his not getting the 
recognition he wanted.

I like DRIBBLE SHADOW! Potioncat agrees. And we can call my part OOPS!

Offering Other Potion Swiftly!

SSSusan rolls her eyes and Jen just shakes her head.
"OK, never mind," Potioncat sighs, "I just wanted an excuse to use 
it."


Potioncat (Honestly, just kidding about Oops.)