The green liquid in the basin

[irenetsui]

No: HPFGUIDX 165677

> Carol:
> > I'm with you on this one, Mike. Someone please give me a plausible
> > explanation for "I can only conclude that this potion is supposed to
> > be drunk." Once he's conjured the goblet and dipped it in, how can
> the
> > potion know whether it's being drunk or otherwise disposed of?
>
> zgirnius:
> Sure. It's magic!
>
> More seriously, Dumbledore does some magic, involving wand-waving and
> perhaps other elements I do not recall (did not bring my books on
> vacation), that Harry does not recognize. He summarizes for Harry his
> findings by saying it can't be Vanished, Transfigured, etc. You seem
> to be assuming that Dumbledore knows this because he tried those
> things. But perhaps what he did was a spell or spells along the lines
> of "Specialis Revelio" which tell him the magically induced
> properties of the potion (and/or the bowl), one of which could be
> that the potion returns to the bowl instantly if spilled rather than
> drunk.


Irene:

I have another question regarding this scene.

When DD begged for water, why didn't Harry try to direct the Aguamenti
charm to DD's mouth or face before he concluded that the water must be
taken from the lake? Water did appear for a few brief seconds in the
goblet before it vanished afterall, so he knew the charm could work to
a certain degree on that island.

Irene