handwriting (was Re: too many topics to fit in this subject line, sorry

[Peggy Wilkins]

No: HPFGUIDX 148883

Catlady wrote:
> >I think the HBP's book has a slightly less dangerous enchantment -- it
> > attracts the person it belongs to and repels all others. It attracted
> > Harry and made him trust the Prince for no logical reason. It repelled
> > Ron by being illegible to him and repelled Hermione emotionally.
> >snip<

Potioncat:
> Oh, I really like this idea. I'm not sure if canon gives any hints for
> it, but I'll be looking for them now. I never gave it a second thought
> when I first read it, that one person could read the writing and the
> other two couldn't. I assumed Ron was too impatient to bother and
> Hermione was determined not to.

When I first read this proposal, I thought it was an unlikely idea,
but the more I think about it, the more I like it.  In particular, I
think it could tie in to Dumbledore's  insistence that Harry had the
ability to obtain the Horcrux memory from Slughorn.  Did Dumbledore
himself "make sure" that Harry would end up with the Half Blood
Prince's book, thus ensuring his high performance in Potions and
immediately ingratiating Harry to Slughorn?  Did Dumbledore himself
suggest the Felix potion as a first day prize?  Or perhaps Slughorn
made a yearly habit of giving away Felix on the first day, and
Dumbledore was banking on his continuing the practice.  Dumbledore is
probably also counting on Harry's character: that Harry wouldn't use
Felix on something wasteful or selfish.

No direct evidence for this, but an interesting idea nonetheless.

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Peggy Wilkins
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