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Addicted To Stories:
I loved how the "the ingredients aren't important" for the don't-notice-me potion.  Nice call-back to the earlier books where every ingredient was described in detail as well as the potion creation process.

But - when he was describing the effects of the potion - he specifically said that the group had to stay together closely while walking so that the area covered by the shared potion was minimized.  OK.  Makes sense.  Until a few pages later we have Murphy driving the car and she had a drink of the same potion as well!  This puts quite a lot of distance between the group inside the castle and Murphy outside the castle - all sharing the same power from the same potion.   Ummmm...   Explanations?

Mira:

--- Quote from: Addicted To Stories on July 29, 2020, 09:40:59 AM ---I loved how the "the ingredients aren't important" for the don't-notice-me potion.  Nice call-back to the earlier books where every ingredient was described in detail as well as the potion creation process.

But - when he was describing the effects of the potion - he specifically said that the group had to stay together closely while walking so that the area covered by the shared potion was minimized.  OK.  Makes sense.  Until a few pages later we have Murphy driving the car and she had a drink of the same potion as well!  This puts quite a lot of distance between the group inside the castle and Murphy outside the castle - all sharing the same power from the same potion.   Ummmm...   Explanations?

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I asked many of those questions in another thread.. Where did Harry get the ingredients?  On page
anyway he had no access to a lab.. Was it a recipe he could make off of the top of his head?  He used to need Bob to dictate, and if he got it from Bonea he might have merely ended up with waffles..

Conspiracy Theorist:
The ingredients are not important - heh! Indeed they will be the least important, dullest, overlooked, most pedestrian ingredients Harry will ever need.

There was enough energy for two groups, not three or more by Harry’s estimation, he didn’t want to chance it. More than he had to.

Mira:

--- Quote from: Conspiracy Theorist on July 29, 2020, 11:41:33 AM ---The ingredients are not important - heh! Indeed they will be the least important, dullest, overlooked, most pedestrian ingredients Harry will ever need.

There was enough energy for two groups, not three or more by Harry’s estimation, he didn’t want to chance it. More than he had to.

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Um, ingredients are very important, even pedestrian ones, potions still have to be brewed and bottled..  Without access to the apartment Harry doesn't have a "pantry" either for the ingredients or for the premade potion that he just happens to keep on hand.

mrbassman:
Maybe he made a second. Bob always says to make 2 potions at a time.

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