Dragonicity

Barry Arrowsmith arrowsmithbt at kneasy.yahoo.invalid
Fri Feb 11 21:05:40 UTC 2005


--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Charme" <dontask2much at y...> wrote:
> 
> You know that thingy (don't you just love that word: so unrefined, yet so 
> handy in times of descriptive need) about your boy DD and, I think, Nicolas 
> Flamel?  The one about discovering the 12th use of dragon's blood? I think 
> that's probably more how dragons enter the soiree - dragon's blood 
> mythically could make one stronger, braver, understand the language of birds 
> (Norse/Siegfried),  heal and protect from disease. 
> snip>

I seem to recall that there was a short thread way back on HPfGU on what
the 12 uses were - Muggle Remover and Wand Polish were a couple of my
contributions, somebody else suggested it as an ingredient in cocktails -
good thinking that, the WW seems distressingly deficient in many of the finer 
things in life. Just think of the curries if dragon's blood were blended in.
Mmmm! And to take care of those uncomfortable after-effects a haemorrhoid
preparation was a further suggestion. All good ideas likely to enhance
civilised society.

But since most wizards are a bit woolly when it comes to logic, I sometimes
wonder about how they'd go about investigating something new.
1. Feed it to an Elf. If he stays upright 
2. Bash it with your wand (no, not the Elf)
3. Mix it with anything handy.
4. Repeat 1.
5. Continue until something interesting happens.

Bet it's a real bundle of laughs being a research alchemist.

Mind you, you're probably right. The total silence on the uses of dragon's 
blood in FBaWTFT is not coincidental IMO. Hope it doesn't become too 
deus ex machina for comfort.

Kneasy









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