The first-years conspiracy

[M. Thitathan]

No: HPFGUIDX 141972

 

Lucianam73 wrote: 
"If the liquid inside the bottle inside the sock inside the trunk did contain Felix Felicis, still it could be over its 'expiration date', for example (Slughorn giving away valuable potions? Dodgy!).
But what if the liquid was not Felix Felicis? "  <SNIP>

 
CH3ed: Well, Hermione would have recognized if it wasn't Felix, wouldn't she? Considering she recognized all the other potions, if anything she would have gone and look up the description of Felix potion after class out of pure curiosity and recognized it if the liquid in the bottle wasn't Felix.
 
 
Lucianam73 wrote:
 "Harry pretends to drop FF in Ron's drink before a Quidditch match. He does so during breakfast, and he's not particularly careful about it because he wants his friends to notice what he has done, leading them to think Ron's been dosed." <Snip>
 
 
CH3ed again: 
Harry wanted only Hermione to think he had slipped Ron the potion, but nobody else, or they would have turned him in because using Felix in a sporting competition is illegal. 

Ron did give a grand performance during the game because he was confident for once (and you are right, the confidence was obtained because Ron thought falsely that he was lucky from being given Felix). It was a good lesson for Ron that he had the ability all along and just needed to believe in himself.  
 
I think Harry did drink the real Felix the evening he got Slug's memory. There is no other way to explain his impulses to go down to see Hagrid and to take the roundabout path that took him by the greenhouse where Slug happened to be. And it was a good thing he didn't take it all but left enough in the bottle for Ron, Hermione and Ginny to share the night they fought the DEs because the DEs' curses were missing them left and right. Anyhow, I'm quite interested to know what makes you think Harry didn't get the right memory from Slug. Wouldn't Dumbledore have noticed if it wasn't the right one?
 
CH3ed (whose vision is going blurred trying to read all the posts)