Felix question

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 161423

---  sad_angel_crying tears_of_blood
<the_sadness_in_my_eyes_aint_fake at ...> wrote:
>
> > >>David:
> >> ... Why doesn't Harry just drink some Felix right 
> >> before, or while he is facing Voldemort? <<
> 
> 
> That might be a silly/simple question but I think it's
> true. Come on he could just drink some Felix and have 
> good luck right. The problem is where is he going to 
> get more Felix. 
> 
> sad_angel
>

bboyminn:

Luck to a certain extent is like Fate, it can favor you
but that doesn't guarantee that it will protect you. I
think we are giving too much weight to the power of luck.
Luck may guide Harry along the right path illuminating
his way, but even the right path can be fraught with
unseen dangers, and sometimes luck alone is not enough
to protect you. 

To some extent, Harry doesn't really know when he will
face Voldemort again. While he certainly anticipated
trouble in all his adventures, I don't think he 
necessarily anticipated meeting Voldemort each time.
Since he never knows when Voldemort will pop up, he 
would have to take the 'Luck' Potion all the time. JKR
foresaw this and had Slughorn explain why the 'Luck' 
potion can not be taken on a regular basis; nasty long
term side effects that result in the opposite of luck.

Now Harry could carry a bottle of 'Luck' around with him
at all times and that would certainly help, but I don't
think it comes with a guarantee. It might sway things to
his favor, but sometimes, even when things are going your
way, the force against you is so overwhelming that even
the very best of luck is not enough to save you. 

Also, I think there is an element in bottled luck that is
very similar to taking drugs. If you take drugs, you feel
very very good, but it is an illusion. You are not being
good, life is not good, it merely /feels/ good. When you
come down, nothing has changed, you are still trapped in
the same miserable life you were always in, and you still
have all the problems you always had. So, you get high
again, just so you can feel good for a while, then it 
wears off and around and around you go never really 
accomplishing anything.

I think feeling 'lucky' is no substitute for creating you
own genuine luck. Work hard, gain skill, apply those skills
diligently and you will create you own very real luck that
won't wear off after a few  hours. That is what Harry 
really needs to do, he needs to create his own genuine luck
through skill, determination, and perseverance, and though
high moral fiber. That will carry him a lot farther and
serve him far better than any artificial bottled luck.

Just one man's opinion.

Steve/bboyminn