dragon blood (was Re: CHAPDISC: HBP4, Horace Slughorn)

[quigonginger]

No: HPFGUIDX 143345

Alla wrote (in the questions for her well-done chapter discussion):
> 6. Slughorn claims that he spilled dragon blood on the walls, when 
> he was preparing his little charade. He also says that it may still 
> be reusable. How do you think it could be reusable after already 
> being spilled? Dragon blood keeps showing up in the series. Do you 
> think it may play important role in the ending? Do you think it 
> already played the important role in the beginning, but we may not 
> know about it yet?
> What do you think?

Ginger:
Ooh, ooh, pick me!

I posted elsewhere that I had a theory that dragon's blood may have 
healing powers.  Remember back in OoP when Hagrid used it on a black 
eye he got from Grawp?  It wondered me back then because I have heard 
of beefsteak being used, and wondered why he was using such an 
expensive cut of meat.  We hear Sluggy talk of how expensive the 
blood is, and the twins have their new dragonhide jackets (treating 
themselves as business is so good), so why not settle for plain old 
beef?  

In response, someone (who I think may be on this list, in which case 
I'll let him/her speak for self) noted that the dragon steak was 
green, but Sluggy's dragon blood was red.  

That same someone also noted that the twins were making shield charms 
shortly after getting the jackets.  I thought that was interesting as 
well.  

Back to Sluggy, I don't doubt that being on the run has had a 
negative influence on his cash flow.  Or at least on his receiving 
gifts.  He just may need to be that frugal at this point.  It is also 
possible that in laying low he doesn't want to waste anything he may 
need that would require his wandering about in WW public.  

Whether or not it is still good after being spilled would, I suppose, 
depend for what one intended to use it.  It may not work as well in 
potions, but one could still use it to fake an injury, say if one 
wanted to pretend to fall off of a tower and needed some blood 
artfully dripping from one's mouth.  Or something like that.

Ginger, who thinks "furnituremorphagus" is the funniest thing she has 
read all week.