Was Harry cheathing in Potions in HBP WAS: Re: Bathroom Scene

[dumbledore11214]

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> Magpie:
> I think the karma thing is there if we want it--let's face it, 
> everyone always enjoys Snape doing a slow burn! (Oddly Snape 
doesn't 
> tell Slughorn that Harry is using his old textbook or demand any 
> proof of his skill.)
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Alla:

Well, sure but I gave you a specific reason why I think Karma is 
here. I do not think that this is a coincidence that Slugghorn uses 
Snape's line, if a bit changed. I think it is there for a reason. I 
mean, one can think so or not of course.

Oh, and could you introduce me to more people, hehe, who enjoy Snape 
getting a slow burn? I am sort of serious actually, because I think 
that I am one of the very few list members left who does :)



Magpie:
> However, the part I'm interested in is where Harry is where Harry 
is 
> presenting himself as coming up with this stuff himself because he 
> understands the laws of Potions when he isn't--not because I think 
> it's so terrible that Harry would do that or I need Slughorn to 
know 
> that Harry isn't so great in Potions. But just to say that's 
clearly 
> what's going on--not Harry's getting extra tutoring when Harry 
> himself couldn't make it any clearer that his success in Potions is 
> being misunderstood by Slughorn as something other than it is, and 
> that his success disappears when he's not following the 
> instructions. 
> 

Alla:

I already said that I agree with you on that, yes, I just don't agree 
that Harry is a mediocre student, but that has nothing to do with 
cheating.

I think Harry's "E" means that he is far from being mediocre, but he 
is not a Potions genuis, sure.

Marion:
<SNIP>
> Sorry, I don't buy that. There's a word for people who condemn a 
flaw in others whilst ignoring it or even nurtering it in themselves; 
those kind of people are called 'hypocrites'. 
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Alla:

You are talking about the HP characters here, yes? Please tell me 
that you are.