Timeline for Are the Hogwarts Potion Books intentionally misleading?
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| Jan 6, 2021 at 15:49 | answer | added | BigName | timeline score: -3 | |
| Nov 21, 2018 at 2:36 | answer | added | Alex | timeline score: 7 | |
| Apr 16, 2017 at 17:26 | comment | added | EvilSnack | It is also possible that the recipes are in fact wrong, but in following them, enough students go off the recipe, with their "errors" being something that actually corrects the recipe, that the errors in the recipe are never discovered for what they are. | |
| May 5, 2013 at 6:48 | comment | added | sjl | JKR may be alluding to the alchemical tradition of incomplete or misleading recipes. | |
| May 4, 2013 at 21:29 | answer | added | AugustoQ | timeline score: 10 | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 17:46 | comment | added | Adam V | It may be less about her talent and more about stress - Hermione always seems to push herself more than most students, and with the addition of wanting to impress a new teacher and the lure of the prize of Felix Felicis (not to mention that Slughorn appeared to give them barely enough time to finish), she was likely not in the best position to succeed. | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 16:11 | comment | added | Beofett | @AnthonyGrist Actually, Hermione successfully prepared a polyjuice potion in her second year, which is by all accounts a difficult potion, and far beyond what is expected of a normal second year student. So yeah, she may very well be extremely talented at Potions. | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 11:13 | answer | added | Dylan Yaga | timeline score: 14 | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 10:14 | comment | added | Anthony Grist | @Izkata Is it similar, though? I don't remember there being any indications in the first five books that Hermione wasn't extremely talented at Potions. If we're talking about the first Potions class in Half-Blood Prince then I think it's more likely that her annoyance at Harry not doing things the "correct" way (and, for once, doing better than she was) just caused her to make mistakes. | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 9:08 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSciFi/status/324086908617641985 | ||
| Apr 16, 2013 at 8:16 | comment | added | Anthony Grist | @aSlytherin As evidenced by the Half-Blood Prince's notes in the textbook Harry gets; pretty simple tweaks to the recipes that produce incredible results even for somebody who wasn't previously shown to be an incredibly gifted potions brewer. | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 6:33 | answer | added | Manishearth | timeline score: 35 | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 3:03 | comment | added | Izkata | @banana Rather similar to how she had difficulty on a broom - it's not just "follow the instructions and you'll do well". Like cooking, skill is involved. | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 2:57 | comment | added | banana | so your saying you have to add tweaks to make the so called 'recipe' better.However what hermione did following the instructions didnt even lead her to a finished product! | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 2:55 | comment | added | Solemnity | this comment doesn't actually address why the hell they feed students the wrong answer. Also, nothing in your answer gives then a core from which to be a cook/base upon. It's very literary though. | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 2:47 | comment | added | Slytherincess | Just as a recipe book doesn't intend for its directions to produce unpalatable or gross food, the Potions books do not intend for the students to produce sub par potions when following the directions there. A talented cook tweaks recipes to make them better; a talented potioneer tweaks potions recipes to improve the brewing process. It doesn't mean the regular way won't work. | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 2:45 | comment | added | banana | students or people who simply want to make potions | |
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