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Imran Siddiqui is offline Imran Siddiqui
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Of course then the issue is what happens when the bottle has one last swig in it... that would create a dilemma if the potion has a self-preservation instinct.
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True, but Harry didn't feel lucky & confident until he actually put it to his lips and took a swig, and then slowly, but surely, the feeling came over him.


Yes, but it would be terribly ironic to waste luck, wouldn't it? It's one of the properties of the potion.
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Of course then the issue is what happens when the bottle has one last swig in it... that would create a dilemma if the potion has a self-preservation instinct.


No, it doesn't have a self-preservation instinct. It's just lucky - and it would be bad luck to waste it. So it doesn't get wasted.
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So on another forum, in a thread about possible awesome lines in HP, I saw this gem:

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Tom: *flicks wand and the letters rearrange themselves*
I AM YOUR FATHER
Harry: Noooooo!
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I guess so, but that also could open it up to cheese factor... hopefully it doesn't go that way.
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No, I think it isn't cheesy at all, not given that we're talking about liquid luck.
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This thread is still alive, eh? Lucky for you guys, Imran's dad works at the Temple of Doom. I'm sure he pulled some strings. Kalima! Kalima!

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quote:
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So on another forum, in a thread about possible awesome lines in HP, I saw this gem:

quote:
Chamber of Secrets
Tom Riddle: Voldemort...is my past, present and future, Harry.
TOM MARVOLO RIDDLE
Tom: *flicks wand and the letters rearrange themselves*
I AM YOUR FATHER
Harry: Noooooo!

I saw the same thread. @ our shared nerdiness.
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No, I think it isn't cheesy at all, not given that we're talking about liquid luck.


You don't see how it could open itself up to cheese moments? Hell, the concept itself must be balanced very carefully or else it can easily become too cheesy (ie, the concept of liquid luck is cheesy that Rowling somehow made work).

For example, when you drink the last bit perhaps you get so lucky that you amazingly make more of the Felix potion! You can see how it could get ridiculous.
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It doesn't necessarily have to be ridiculously lucky. Like if you played Poker with it, you wouldn't get a straight flush every hand, but you'd always do pretty well and win most hands, and come out way ahead.
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I realize that, but what I mean is that in the magic world there seems to be a counter to just about everything. Even Avada Kedavra can be blocked (end of the OotP), but if you have Felix, nothing goes wrong. It can't be blocked. You can do whatever and not lose.

... Perhaps an explination to Voldemort's rise to power was an ample supply of Felix Felicitus, which he forgot to bring (or just ran out) to Godric's Hollow with him?

I mean, imagine if Harry took Felix with him when he faced Voldemort... how could he lose?
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I saw the same thread. @ our shared nerdiness.


I started that thread

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I started that thread


You win .

Btw, was it Mugglenet?
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Yeah, cosforums
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quote:
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I started that thread

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I'm a lurker there... I believe I haven't registered. I didn't want to get into arguments with shippers .
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http://www.cosforums.com/showthread.php?t=65908 is the thread
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I have about 200 posts there. I registered a little bit after HBP came out.
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It's even the same username.


I don't look at the usernames when I read there, because it's about twice the size of 'poly and the traffic is a lot more concentrated, and it's not worth getting to know people's posting styles and stuff. But I swear I read that post today.
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I always use the same username.

I've familiarized myself with many of the more established posters and moderators.
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Wow, 14 pages...
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yeah close this shitty ****ing thread about stupid piece of **** harry potter
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If I had a login there, which I might or might not, I assure you I wouldn't use the same username.

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Yeah, you'd be Jaguar Warrior

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Never mind.

http://www.cosforums.com/member.php?u=34633
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That nick isn't registered.


I conceal my nerdiness a fair bit better than you do.


Think it's time for a sig change, BTW?

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Hmmm, he seems to be from Wales. Naunces!
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I would happily impersonate a 22-year-old Welsh girl, and PoA is the best book, but I would never say Ron is my favorite character.
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I just registered... now it says I'm waiting in the moderator queue for the forums, whatever that means.
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Imran joins us.
 
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