Spilled Potion (WAS Broken potionvial etc. etc.etc.)

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 163262

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> Dan:
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> Now, all this arguing over spilled potion is quite the point Rowling 
> was making - the point is neither that Snape sabotaged the potion, 
> nor Harry flicked it accidentally, how can it be? We aren't told, and 
> there's no key given to "solve" what happened (the so-called truth) - 
> but people will take pointed sides based on the what IS known - THAT 
> Snape gloated, THAT Harry fumed. This is, of course, the point - but 
> to try to extrapolate some ideal "what happened" from emotional 
> reactions is not only silly, it's damn dangerous.
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Potioncat, tea kettle in hand:

I love it! By the power vested in me at HPfGU (which is actually not
much at all) I declare that from this time forward, we will call any
situation where two sides are arguing over an unsolvable issue "crying
 over spilled potion."


Potioncat....OK, it's no power what-so-ever. Tea, anyone?
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