DH reread CH 13-14

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 186514


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> Potioncat:
> Good point.
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> So, I wonder how well they worked in the class rooms if the teachers knew what was going on? I wouldn't put it past Snape to confiscate the other half of the candy, conjure a bucket, and tell the student to tough it out.
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Pippin:

Heh. But Snape's never tried to keep an injured student from going to the hospital wing. And he likes the attention of his class focused on him, not on a puking student. OTOH, antidotes are a specialty of his ... I wouldn't put it past him to take the opportunity to  demonstrate one which just happened to have  distressing side effects.

Come to think of it, do we ever hear of the snackboxes being used for their intended purpose? The *idea*  is funny, a riff on the way some kids  get psychosomatic symptoms. My brother used to develop a fever and upset stomach sufficient to keep him home and recover precisely at 3:15 PM when school let out. But  a child deliberately poisoning herself to get out of class, even if the antidote is handy? 

Pippin