Under the influence

[fhmaneely]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "eloise_herisson" 
<eloiseherisson at a...> wrote:
> These thoughts did arise as a result of the alcohol thread (I was 
in 
> pursuit of a facetious theory that DD dies of Absinthe poisoning, 
but 
> it was a green light, not green liquid). In fact they're unrelated.
> 
> On reading through the scene in the cave again I was struck as I 
was 
> the first time by Dumbledore's peculiar ravings as he drinks the 
> potion. Now clearly we're meant to think that he's suffering 
delusions 
> brought on by the potion, or that he's simply referring to the way 
the 
> potion's making him feel. But this is JKR and I wonder, I really 
> wonder. What better way to slip in some memories and make Harry 
think 
> that it's Dumbledore speaking for himself rather than recalling 
someone 
> else's words?
> 
> "I don't want to...don't make me...don't like...want to 
stop...No...I 
> don't want to...I don't want to...let me go...Make it stop, make it 
> stop. No, no, no...no...I can't...I can't, don't make me, I don't 
want 
> to..."
> 
> So far so good. This could easily just refer to drinking the 
poison. 
> But then...
> 
> "It's all my fault, all my fault, he sobbed, "please make it stop, 
I 
> know I did wrong, oh, please make it stop and I'll never, never 
> again..."
> 
> Delusion or memory? And if a memory, who's saying it? Doesn't sound 
> like something Dumbledore would say to me.
> 
> "Please, please, please, no...not that, not that, I'll do 
anything...No 
> more, please, no more. I want to die! I want to die! Make it stop, 
make 
> it stop, I want to die! KILL ME!"
> 
> Now to be honest, it doesn't actually sound like anyone in 
particular, 
> except for perhaps Crouch Sr in his madness. It *does* possibly 
sound 
> like someone being Crucio'd. snip
> ~Eloise

I always thought the liquid in the basin contained the bad memories 
of others such as the people LV tortured, killed and turned into 
inferi to guard the locket.  IIRC, the basin was discribed as as 
penseive-like only the liquid in the bowl is green. Since this is LV 
we are talking about, why couldn't his pensieve liquid be green. 
Its bad enough to die a slow death from poisoning but having to live 
the nightmares or bad memories of others before you kick the 
bucket...yucko!

Fran