The green liquid in the basin

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 165663

> > Goddlefrood earlier:

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> > What I find most interesting relative to the potion in the basin 
is to wonder whether or not the potion that was there when Dumbledore 
and Harry arrived on the scene was the same as what was there when the
original protection of the Horcrux was set up.
 
> Carol responded:

> If RAB refilled the basin with a different potion altogether, then 
he must be a powerful Dark wizard himself, intent on torturing and
killing anyone who retrieved the fake Horcrux--not to mention that
drinking the horrible potion not only made the drinker suffer, later
to weaken and possibly die, but also caused a terrible thirst that
forced the drinker to drink the water in the lake, releasing the
Inferi. The whole diabolical chain reaction has to be Voldemort's
plan, not RAB's--unless RAB is as murderous and powerful as Voldemort.
 
<SNIP> balance for length

Goddlefrood now:

Que?

What would lead to the conclusion that if R. A. B. refilled the basin 
(and we have all been assuming that he put the fake lcket in the 
basin himself) he must have been a powerful dark wizard?

There is not enough to go on to conclude that the potion Dumbledore 
drank was fatal or intended to be so by whoever placed it there. 
Indeed if it were intended to be fatal to whomsoever might drink it 
then wouldn't it be more likely that it would be fairly instant and 
not give the drinker the time to consume a dozen or more goblets of 
the stuff?

Over to you

Goddlefrood