Slughorn's potions in first day of class

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 161148


Shelley:

> Just speculating on the Felix Felicis: maybe Slughorn was tired of
trying to 
> jump from Muggle house to Muggle house to hide in, and was planning
to use a 
> steady stream of Felix Felicis to stay alive and in hiding? Then
when he 
> accepted his Hogwart's position, it so happened that he was already
brewing 
> it? That wouldn't have explained the Polyjuice Potion, of course,
unless he 
> wanted to be someone other than a couch for once. <evil grin>

Finwitch: 

Oh yes, for someone who had to hide, I'd expect he had plenty of Felix
Felicis ready. Anyway, Slughorn *did* say he had used the FF twice -
how much did he make the time he brew those?

As for the Polyjuice, ingredient preparation/gathering took most of
the time (one of them required full moon), the brewing itself was a
matter of hours. Unlike the Trio, Slughorn could have quite easily
bought all that, unless he had some ready.

Love Potion -- doesn't seem all that hard to make, what with all those
girls trying to feed it to Harry... not likely they're patient enough
for a potion to brew a long time. That, I suppose, Slughorn brew on
short notice.

Veritaserum, though... Maybe he was planning to sell some to Aurors
pre-knowing of the Hogwarts job?

Finwitch