The first-years conspiracy

[allies426]

No: HPFGUIDX 142090

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hg_skmg" <hg_skmg at y...> wrote:
> hg:
> lucianam, I agree that Harry not being under the influence of the 
> Felix is a huge thing -- but at that point our thinking seems to take 
> separate paths.  I hope that I can contribute something valuable to 
> you anyway, especially seeing how much you've put into your theories.
> 
> I think Harry had the real thing, and it wasn't working anymore by 
> the time he got the memory.  He thinks the bottle holds 24 hours' 
> worth, but it holds 12; he takes a "carefully measured gulp" which, 
> if he drank the amount he thought he was, actually covers him for 
> only 60-90 minutes.  Plus, he leaves at sunset and arrives back at 
> the castle past midnight.  

Even if the Felix had worn off by the time Slughorn gave Harry the 
memory, by this point, Harry had wheedled him and gotten him drunk.  
It's still due to the Felix that Harry receives the memory at all.  (I 
do happen to think it's the right memory, though I'm not sure how 
Dumbledore knew that memory was SO IMPORTANT.)  It is a good point that 
maybe something ELSE that happened in the hut could have gone better if 
Harry had measured more carefully.  Something relating to Hagrid, maybe?

Allie