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Which tells us that they don't have all the rules, because we know that it would have been against the rules if Harry had used the potion on Ron. It's why Hermione was making such a fuss over it.
A Skirt's Not So Bad [Harry Potter]
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Hermione made a fuss because it was illegal, not because it was against the rules of Quidditch.
Mizu
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Where would casting an anti-rain charm on glasses fall? Everyone else is getting their sight obscured by heavy rainfall, in that case, but not the glasses person/people.
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Speaking as someone with glasses, all making the rain not stick to your glasses will do is put you on the same level as people who don't have them.
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Specifically, Slughorn states it's 'banned from sporting events'. Whether that's a separate law governing use of the potion itself or an actual rule in the sporting events isn't ever elaborated upon, though.
Year Four, Chapter Twenty Nine
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Year Four, Chapter Twenty Nine
Holly quickly made her way back to the Champion's tent, drying herself off in one of the little cubicles and getting changed back into her uniform. Madam Pomfrey checked over both Holly and Ginny, before declaring them to not have been too harmed by the Task. Then Holly was practically dragged out of the tent by her friends. Ron, the Twins, Luna, and more were waiting for her outside the tent.
"I can't believe you finished second, Holly. You might really have a chance to win this thing," Ron said.
"Might have a chance? She's a lock! Odds on her have dropped from fifty to one to two to one - she's the current favourite!" George said.
"It's so romantic..." Lavender said as the whole group walked back up to the stands.
"Lucky Hermione!" Parvati replied, and Holly rolled her eyes. She was so glad to have succeeded, though, that she let the moment of annoyance pass. She had a great time sitting in the stands, eating pumpkin pasties and every-flavour beans whilst Bagman narrated the events below.
Holly was startled to find out that he actually was a very good commentator - she could follow what was going on just by his descriptions. She cheered when Fluer conjured a half-dozen squids to cover her escape from the tower and groaned when Krum was hit with a net. Ginny sat next to her the whole time, letting Holly rest her head on her shoulder.
Eventually, both Fleur and Krum made it out of the water, Fleur arriving before Krum, and Holly looked on eagerly as all the judges conferred. She'd imagined it was just a matter of who got out with their hostage the quickest, but the judges seemed to be talking about something quite involved. She heard Karkaroff and Maxime shout a little, too.
The dust seemed to settle, and the other judges let Bagman go back to his platform. He seemed quite happy with whatever had been decided, Holly though.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the Judges have reached a decision! Thanks to the network of onmioculars placed across the lake, we have been able to observe the events of the task in exquisite detail. Marks have been awarded to our gallant champions out of fifty..." Bagman announced, pausing to build up the suspense.
"In fourth place, Viktor Krum. Whilst he displayed impressive mastery of self-transfiguration, he was the last to return. As such, we award him thirty-five points," Bagman said, and Holly winced as she realised that Karkaroff must have awarded another ten to Krum. There was polite clapping from the audience, and booing from the Slytherins at the low score.
"In third place, Fleur Delacour. She displayed her mastery of the bubblehead charm, and of conjuration. She did, however, have to be rescued from the Grindylows by a fellow champion. We award her thirty-six points," Bagman said, and Holly thought she saw Karkaroff's face contort in rage.
"In second place, Holly Potter. Not only did she perform the bubblehead charm far more successfully than could be expected for a witch of her age, but she also showed great mastery of the water manipulation charm. Furthermore, some of us believe that her gallantry in rescuing Miss Delacour was worthy of an increased point award. Accordingly, we have awarded her forty-five points," bagman said, and the entire Hogwarts crowd went wild. The Gryffindors especially seemed to leap to their feet and cheer. Holly was surrounded by noise, and she nearly missed hearing Bagman announce Cedric's score.
"And in first place, we have Cedric Diggory. He showcased his strong charms skills with the Bubblehead and fascination charms, allowing him to proceed through the lake unhindered. Moreover, his disillusionment charm allowed him to retrieve his hostage without incident. In light of that, we have awarded him full marks - fifty points!" Bagman said, and Hufflepuff rose to their feet as one to emit a wall of sound even louder than the Gryffindors had for Holly. They cheered and whistles, and someone let off yellow and black fireworks in great numbers.
"Please give our champions one last round of applause, and be ready for the Third Task. It'll take place on the twenty-fourth of June - Champions, you'll be informed about it a month beforehand!" Bagman said, and then he left his commentary platform.
"Holly... you do realise what this means, don't you?" Hermione asked her.
"What?" Holly asked, then she started to do the numbers. Cedric had gotten thirty-five points in the last task, which meant that she and Cedric were actually tied for first.
"You're tied with Cedric for first! I can't believe you're doing this well," Hermione said.
"Not supporting Krum, then?" Ron asked.
"Oh shut it, Ronald. I'd be happy if Viktor won, but I'd also like Holly to win it," Hermione said, blushing a little.
"It's okay, Hermione. You've been a great help so far - all of you have been," Holly said, and she meant it. She didn't know what she'd have done if she'd been as alone a she had been at the end of her Second Year. She ignored the whispers telling her that she was never really alone, and went up to the tower to celebrate with her friends.
Holly's good mood was rudely interrupted by the next day's copy of the Daily Prophet, which was once again occupied by a large glossy photograph of the task. It seemed a little fuzzy, and Holly thought it might have been taken of an omninocular's lens. The picture itself was of Holly burst into the chamber with the hostages, and kissing Ginny.
Holly Potter wins Hearts and Tasks
Dear Readers, this intrepid reporter has had the privilege to view much of the second task in the Triwizard tournament, and it was spectacular. Our champion rescued the pretty but unskilled Beauxbatons champion, Fler Delacore, and managed to tie for first place with incredible feats of magic. Some are whispering that Dumbledore himself has been teaching her - and if he is, this reporter would like to thank him on behalf of magical Britain!
As you'll be able to read about in the sports section, the Second Task involved rescuing a hostage. As was reported in Witch Weekly, Holly Potter took a girl to the ball - Virginia Weasley, the same girl she rescued from a dark spirit and a Basilisk two years ago. Whilst at the time it was reported that they were merely friends, this was an understatement of their relationship. When the Girl Who Lived rescued Virginia, she gave her a rather more-than-friendly kiss!
Has word of this relationship, so untraditional, reached Miss Weasley's parents? This reporter reached out for comment, but my letters have gone unanswered. Of course, one expects girls at Hogwarts to become close - but will this relationship stand the test of time, or will Miss Potter move on to a more adult romance with a boy in a year or two?
Of course, she did try to ask Cedric Diggory to the ball and was rejected - could romance bloom between the two champions, now tied for first place? Read more in this week's Witch Weekly!
Holly crumpled up the paper and threw it away, her face red. She could see the Slytherins pointing at her and Ginny and laughing, and she felt awful that she was exposing her girlfriend to this.
"I'm sorry about this," Holly said to her as they left the breakfast table. Ginny had defence, which was on the way to Holly's transfiguration lesson.
"It's not your fault, Holly. I knew what I was getting into when I said yes to going with you. And ignore all that rubbish about my parents, yeah? Mum was over the moon when I told her about going with you - though I think she was holding out for you and Ron..." Ginny said. Holly spat out her pumpkin juice, and so did Ron.
"What? Me and Ron? That'd just be - no," Holly said.
"Yeah, I think Mum went a little off there. No offence, Holly," Ron said, but Holly thought his cheeks were a little red.
"Did you really ask Cedric?" Hermione asked, frowning.
"Yeah, but it was pretty awful. He was very nice about turning me down, but..." Holly said, feeling awkward. She didn't want to talk about her abortive crush on Cedric in front of her girlfriend.
"I'm not going to be offended, Holly. He's a right handsome bloke, that Cedric," Ginny said, laughing.
"Well, how did she find out? I can't imagine Cedric told her," Hermione said.
"That is a little suspicious," Holly said, but by then they were nearly at their classes, so she let it drop.
Plenty of people used Skeeter's article to mock Holly or Ginny, mostly Slytherins. Their leader in it seemed to be Pansy Parkinson, who even changed her 'Potter Sucks' badges to say other things when teachers weren't looking. Holly was surprised when Malfoy only half-heartedly took part, and she thought he looked rather tired. He had huge dark circles under his eyes, and he seemed to look more and more depressed when he read his letters from home.
Thomas Avery was also keeping away from her, fearful of Moody. The retired Auror's defence lessons had only gotten more intense as the year went on, and Holly was consistently his best student. While the rest of her class were struggling to perform even a basic verbal shield charm, Holly had her silent shield charm down.
Moody often asked her to help demonstrate a spell or technique, and Holly found herself enjoying the lessons even when they focused on something she already knew. Helping her classmates learn even basic spells taught her a lot about them, too.
Holly had quite the weekend on a day in March, competing in the Fifth Year Duelling Competition and playing Ravenclaw right afterwards. Angelina Johnson looked rather nervous, but she promised that even if she was knocked out, at least Ginny would still be able to play on her firebolt.
She had already improved her skills quite a bit from where they had been after the Fourth Year competition, and Holly found the Fifth year Competetion no harder than the Fourth Year one - easier, even. None of the foreign students were as good as Emeline, and she quickly and efficiently worked her way through a parade of O.W.L. students to emerge the winner of the fifth year competition. Cho Chang, who Holly thought might be quite good at it, didn't compete.
Ginny did have to take her place against Ravenclaw (Holly was rather worn out by all the duelling), but she managed a quick victory thanks to matching Cho in skill and having a much better broom. Holly cheered especially loudly from the stands as her girlfriend caught the snitch in barely fifteen minutes.
Near the end of March, Dumbledore summoned Holly for another lesson. She arrived and saw that Dumbledore had put his Pensieve on his desk, and had an armchair conjured for her in front of it.
"Hello, Professor. What are we doing tonight?" Holly asked.
"It's good to see you, Holly. Tonight, we shall be examining a memory - firstly one of mine, but perhaps others if we have the time. I am still putting this collection together, but as you have advanced in your Occlumency far enough to defend your mind against any subtle attack, I thought it prudent to share these with you," Dumbledore said.
"What are the memories about, professor?" Holly asked. They had to be secret, for Dumbledore to mention her Occlumency, but she was at a loss as to what they could be. Secrets from the first war with Voldemort or some grand feat of magic Dumbledore had witnessed?
"They are about a young man - one you are unfortunately familiar with. It is my hope that, by examining his past, we may find the information useful to us now. I speak, of course, about Tom Riddle. Are you ready, Holly?" Dumbledore asked and Holly nodded. They both lent forwards, and Holly felt herself falling into the memory.
Holly quickly made her way back to the Champion's tent, drying herself off in one of the little cubicles and getting changed back into her uniform. Madam Pomfrey checked over both Holly and Ginny, before declaring them to not have been too harmed by the Task. Then Holly was practically dragged out of the tent by her friends. Ron, the Twins, Luna, and more were waiting for her outside the tent.
"I can't believe you finished second, Holly. You might really have a chance to win this thing," Ron said.
"Might have a chance? She's a lock! Odds on her have dropped from fifty to one to two to one - she's the current favourite!" George said.
"It's so romantic..." Lavender said as the whole group walked back up to the stands.
"Lucky Hermione!" Parvati replied, and Holly rolled her eyes. She was so glad to have succeeded, though, that she let the moment of annoyance pass. She had a great time sitting in the stands, eating pumpkin pasties and every-flavour beans whilst Bagman narrated the events below.
Holly was startled to find out that he actually was a very good commentator - she could follow what was going on just by his descriptions. She cheered when Fluer conjured a half-dozen squids to cover her escape from the tower and groaned when Krum was hit with a net. Ginny sat next to her the whole time, letting Holly rest her head on her shoulder.
Eventually, both Fleur and Krum made it out of the water, Fleur arriving before Krum, and Holly looked on eagerly as all the judges conferred. She'd imagined it was just a matter of who got out with their hostage the quickest, but the judges seemed to be talking about something quite involved. She heard Karkaroff and Maxime shout a little, too.
The dust seemed to settle, and the other judges let Bagman go back to his platform. He seemed quite happy with whatever had been decided, Holly though.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, the Judges have reached a decision! Thanks to the network of onmioculars placed across the lake, we have been able to observe the events of the task in exquisite detail. Marks have been awarded to our gallant champions out of fifty..." Bagman announced, pausing to build up the suspense.
"In fourth place, Viktor Krum. Whilst he displayed impressive mastery of self-transfiguration, he was the last to return. As such, we award him thirty-five points," Bagman said, and Holly winced as she realised that Karkaroff must have awarded another ten to Krum. There was polite clapping from the audience, and booing from the Slytherins at the low score.
"In third place, Fleur Delacour. She displayed her mastery of the bubblehead charm, and of conjuration. She did, however, have to be rescued from the Grindylows by a fellow champion. We award her thirty-six points," Bagman said, and Holly thought she saw Karkaroff's face contort in rage.
"In second place, Holly Potter. Not only did she perform the bubblehead charm far more successfully than could be expected for a witch of her age, but she also showed great mastery of the water manipulation charm. Furthermore, some of us believe that her gallantry in rescuing Miss Delacour was worthy of an increased point award. Accordingly, we have awarded her forty-five points," bagman said, and the entire Hogwarts crowd went wild. The Gryffindors especially seemed to leap to their feet and cheer. Holly was surrounded by noise, and she nearly missed hearing Bagman announce Cedric's score.
"And in first place, we have Cedric Diggory. He showcased his strong charms skills with the Bubblehead and fascination charms, allowing him to proceed through the lake unhindered. Moreover, his disillusionment charm allowed him to retrieve his hostage without incident. In light of that, we have awarded him full marks - fifty points!" Bagman said, and Hufflepuff rose to their feet as one to emit a wall of sound even louder than the Gryffindors had for Holly. They cheered and whistles, and someone let off yellow and black fireworks in great numbers.
"Please give our champions one last round of applause, and be ready for the Third Task. It'll take place on the twenty-fourth of June - Champions, you'll be informed about it a month beforehand!" Bagman said, and then he left his commentary platform.
"Holly... you do realise what this means, don't you?" Hermione asked her.
"What?" Holly asked, then she started to do the numbers. Cedric had gotten thirty-five points in the last task, which meant that she and Cedric were actually tied for first.
"You're tied with Cedric for first! I can't believe you're doing this well," Hermione said.
"Not supporting Krum, then?" Ron asked.
"Oh shut it, Ronald. I'd be happy if Viktor won, but I'd also like Holly to win it," Hermione said, blushing a little.
"It's okay, Hermione. You've been a great help so far - all of you have been," Holly said, and she meant it. She didn't know what she'd have done if she'd been as alone a she had been at the end of her Second Year. She ignored the whispers telling her that she was never really alone, and went up to the tower to celebrate with her friends.
Holly's good mood was rudely interrupted by the next day's copy of the Daily Prophet, which was once again occupied by a large glossy photograph of the task. It seemed a little fuzzy, and Holly thought it might have been taken of an omninocular's lens. The picture itself was of Holly burst into the chamber with the hostages, and kissing Ginny.
Holly Potter wins Hearts and Tasks
Dear Readers, this intrepid reporter has had the privilege to view much of the second task in the Triwizard tournament, and it was spectacular. Our champion rescued the pretty but unskilled Beauxbatons champion, Fler Delacore, and managed to tie for first place with incredible feats of magic. Some are whispering that Dumbledore himself has been teaching her - and if he is, this reporter would like to thank him on behalf of magical Britain!
As you'll be able to read about in the sports section, the Second Task involved rescuing a hostage. As was reported in Witch Weekly, Holly Potter took a girl to the ball - Virginia Weasley, the same girl she rescued from a dark spirit and a Basilisk two years ago. Whilst at the time it was reported that they were merely friends, this was an understatement of their relationship. When the Girl Who Lived rescued Virginia, she gave her a rather more-than-friendly kiss!
Has word of this relationship, so untraditional, reached Miss Weasley's parents? This reporter reached out for comment, but my letters have gone unanswered. Of course, one expects girls at Hogwarts to become close - but will this relationship stand the test of time, or will Miss Potter move on to a more adult romance with a boy in a year or two?
Of course, she did try to ask Cedric Diggory to the ball and was rejected - could romance bloom between the two champions, now tied for first place? Read more in this week's Witch Weekly!
Holly crumpled up the paper and threw it away, her face red. She could see the Slytherins pointing at her and Ginny and laughing, and she felt awful that she was exposing her girlfriend to this.
"I'm sorry about this," Holly said to her as they left the breakfast table. Ginny had defence, which was on the way to Holly's transfiguration lesson.
"It's not your fault, Holly. I knew what I was getting into when I said yes to going with you. And ignore all that rubbish about my parents, yeah? Mum was over the moon when I told her about going with you - though I think she was holding out for you and Ron..." Ginny said. Holly spat out her pumpkin juice, and so did Ron.
"What? Me and Ron? That'd just be - no," Holly said.
"Yeah, I think Mum went a little off there. No offence, Holly," Ron said, but Holly thought his cheeks were a little red.
"Did you really ask Cedric?" Hermione asked, frowning.
"Yeah, but it was pretty awful. He was very nice about turning me down, but..." Holly said, feeling awkward. She didn't want to talk about her abortive crush on Cedric in front of her girlfriend.
"I'm not going to be offended, Holly. He's a right handsome bloke, that Cedric," Ginny said, laughing.
"Well, how did she find out? I can't imagine Cedric told her," Hermione said.
"That is a little suspicious," Holly said, but by then they were nearly at their classes, so she let it drop.
Plenty of people used Skeeter's article to mock Holly or Ginny, mostly Slytherins. Their leader in it seemed to be Pansy Parkinson, who even changed her 'Potter Sucks' badges to say other things when teachers weren't looking. Holly was surprised when Malfoy only half-heartedly took part, and she thought he looked rather tired. He had huge dark circles under his eyes, and he seemed to look more and more depressed when he read his letters from home.
Thomas Avery was also keeping away from her, fearful of Moody. The retired Auror's defence lessons had only gotten more intense as the year went on, and Holly was consistently his best student. While the rest of her class were struggling to perform even a basic verbal shield charm, Holly had her silent shield charm down.
Moody often asked her to help demonstrate a spell or technique, and Holly found herself enjoying the lessons even when they focused on something she already knew. Helping her classmates learn even basic spells taught her a lot about them, too.
Holly had quite the weekend on a day in March, competing in the Fifth Year Duelling Competition and playing Ravenclaw right afterwards. Angelina Johnson looked rather nervous, but she promised that even if she was knocked out, at least Ginny would still be able to play on her firebolt.
She had already improved her skills quite a bit from where they had been after the Fourth Year competition, and Holly found the Fifth year Competetion no harder than the Fourth Year one - easier, even. None of the foreign students were as good as Emeline, and she quickly and efficiently worked her way through a parade of O.W.L. students to emerge the winner of the fifth year competition. Cho Chang, who Holly thought might be quite good at it, didn't compete.
Ginny did have to take her place against Ravenclaw (Holly was rather worn out by all the duelling), but she managed a quick victory thanks to matching Cho in skill and having a much better broom. Holly cheered especially loudly from the stands as her girlfriend caught the snitch in barely fifteen minutes.
Near the end of March, Dumbledore summoned Holly for another lesson. She arrived and saw that Dumbledore had put his Pensieve on his desk, and had an armchair conjured for her in front of it.
"Hello, Professor. What are we doing tonight?" Holly asked.
"It's good to see you, Holly. Tonight, we shall be examining a memory - firstly one of mine, but perhaps others if we have the time. I am still putting this collection together, but as you have advanced in your Occlumency far enough to defend your mind against any subtle attack, I thought it prudent to share these with you," Dumbledore said.
"What are the memories about, professor?" Holly asked. They had to be secret, for Dumbledore to mention her Occlumency, but she was at a loss as to what they could be. Secrets from the first war with Voldemort or some grand feat of magic Dumbledore had witnessed?
"They are about a young man - one you are unfortunately familiar with. It is my hope that, by examining his past, we may find the information useful to us now. I speak, of course, about Tom Riddle. Are you ready, Holly?" Dumbledore asked and Holly nodded. They both lent forwards, and Holly felt herself falling into the memory.
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Surprised no one pointed out that Skeeter couldn't even get Ginny's full name right. Or Fluer for that matter.
Now I'm picturing Molly storming the Daily Prophet, "Correct my daughter's name or you'll be receiving howlers until the end of time!"
Tale Swapper
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Ah, so we're learning more about Tom early. That's not going to change much in the short run, but in the long…
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Haven't really been following the thread discussion but malfoy's attitude is really raising my eyebrow and there's been a thought percolating away in the back of my mind. Sorry if I'm going to say something that's already been said but I have two theories.
Lucious was the one who lost a hand to Holly's dark cutting curse at the world cup and it's negatively impacting his health.
Or Lucious is being really pressured by Barty Crouch Junior and for some reason that's falling very heavily on Draco and Draco failing in something is making that worse.
Lucious was the one who lost a hand to Holly's dark cutting curse at the world cup and it's negatively impacting his health.
Or Lucious is being really pressured by Barty Crouch Junior and for some reason that's falling very heavily on Draco and Draco failing in something is making that worse.
Mizu
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Ginny's canon full name is 'Ginevra', according to the wiki. Was this a muck by the reporter, or the author?
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It's Skeeter's error - I think she or someone else at the Prophet makes it in canon too.
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Skeeter does that kind of thing so much it is a popular sign of her lack of journalistic integrity in the fandom.
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He graduated last year though?
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... I feel rather silly. Fixed!
He has learned that Hogwarts is playing two other schools this year and spontaneously materialized on the field.
NSMS
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Skeeter sinking to such an obvious target is pretty predictable, though I'm a bit surprised she didn't put a more blatantly negative slant on it- as insulting and bigoted as it is, restraining herself to 'lesbian romance is just childish playing' is oddly tame by her standards (no claims that one is defiling the other, that Holly is just 'confused', that this is a sign she's not really trans, etc). Which makes me worry she's just stockpiling up a bunch of stuff to launch at once. Either that, or she's currently working up the 'evidence' to launch her smear article on Hermione, and Holly is a side issue for her.
Not sure which possibility I like less.
Not sure which possibility I like less.
Considering it's very lightly implied that Molly initially shipped Hermione/Harry OTL (which probably explains a few things), Molly shipping Ron and Holly isn't that much of a surprise
that said, Hermione better get to Rita before Molly does
that said, Hermione better get to Rita before Molly does
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Juuuust had a nasty Skeeter thought.
First, is it fanon or canon Molly used a love potion when she was at Hogwarts? I honestly don't remember, but if it's canon I could easily see Skeeter claiming that Molly's history means she might be providing them for Ginny to feed to Holly, to force her into a 'fake' relationship. And that Molly's refusal to comment here is to avoid being found out, or something.
First, is it fanon or canon Molly used a love potion when she was at Hogwarts? I honestly don't remember, but if it's canon I could easily see Skeeter claiming that Molly's history means she might be providing them for Ginny to feed to Holly, to force her into a 'fake' relationship. And that Molly's refusal to comment here is to avoid being found out, or something.
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I believe it was mentioned in one of the books that she caught his attention using a love potion. I can't recall whether it was in OotP or HBP, though.
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Hmm...
did she Keep using it, or did she realize what she was doing, and try what she could to make up for what she did?
Considering none of the canon weasleys are abominations against nature lacking even the ability to even grasp the concept of love*; I'm going to wager that under ordinary circumstances Love potions are not that potent, at least vis a vis wizards (Romilda's seems to have been so strong due to Ron downing the whole box, and it curdling after sitting there for weeks)
*on the other hand, Merope could have used a love potion/imperious combo to rape Tom Sr
*on the other hand, Merope could have used a love potion/imperious combo to rape Tom Sr
zhuull
SB still lying to protect Racists what else is new
You seem to be making the mistaken assumption that Rowling in anyway understood or cared about the ramifications of what she was putting into her story. In her world love potions are just a "funny joke" not the date rape equivalent that any sane person would see them as.
NSMS
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Eh... yes and no. At times they're treated as a joke, but other times they're treated pretty seriously. Slughorn, for example, specifically calls out amortentia as the most dangerous potion in a room including potions like felix felicis. And then there's the whole business with Merope and Tom Sr, which is portrayed very negatively. It basically seems to be down to who's using them and the consequences, from what I remember, which still isn't good but is at least better than portraying them entirely as a joke.
Check out how much she mangles Fleur's name... at least Virginia still looks like a proper name, even if it's the wrong one.
Internal consistency has never been one of Rowling's strong points.
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Though to follow on from this... the general attitude to love potions from the magical world is much, much worse. The fact that they're literal over-the-counter purchases rather than being outright banned says things that JK probably didn't consider about the society they exist in.
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