golpolott's third

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No: HPFGUIDX 150847

Len  wrote: <SNIP>
"Why didn't H&DD try to take some of the green potion out of the 
cave and try to figure out an antidote?"


CH3ed:
Well, I think we should keep in mind the state of mind of Harry and 
DD in the cave. They were being attacked by a swarm of inferi and 
just made it back to the boat. DD was severely weakened. I think it 
is perfectly understandable and realistic that the thought of taking 
a sample of the horcrux basin potion with him might be a good idea 
didn't pop up in Harry's head just then.


Len wrote:
"Why would the biggest brain of the age just gulp down random 
poison, set out by LV?"


CH3ed:
That does seem reckless to me, too. Tho I would give DD the benefit 
of the doubt that he knows about magical potions and how LV's mind 
works more than I do, and made the best guess anyone could have made 
about the way the potion works.


Len wrote:
"The only logical conclusion I can come to is that DD's 
incapacitation/death (I'm not convinced he's dead, but that's a 
whole other thread) is part of a much bigger plan that DD and Snape 
must have hatched. otherwise prudence would have dictated an attempt 
to determine what the green kool-ade was before drinking."


CH3ed:
But DD did try repeatedly to determine what the potion was before 
concluding that the only way to get rid of it (and it's shielding 
effect on the locket it was guarding) was to drink it. DD stood over 
it for quite a while trying to vanish it or turn it into something 
else without success. 

Also, drinking the unknown potion in an isolated cave where help 
cannot come quickly doesn't strike me as being part of a bigger plan 
that would benefit Harry and the WW. If things turn out wrong and DD 
drops dead in the cave, Harry's safety would be severely 
compromised. I really don't think DD would risk dying in short order 
and leaving Harry stranded in that kind of situation without 
ensuring that someone will get Harry out of it (there was Snape on 
the Tower in the following chapter). 


Len wrote:
"Another thing in the cave that struck me was that the description 
of the lake's behavior was eerily similar to the description of the 
behavior of draught of living death. It could be a way to store the 
people who failed to retrieve the horcux until LV gets around to 
checking on it, and can interrogate them on his own time." 


CH3ed:
Yep, sounds good a theory to me. Tho I doubt that all the inferi in 
the cave are people who have attempted to get to LV's horcrux. 

CH3ed :O)  ...still not caught up with the posts yet. Going thru 
them one subject at a time.