Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows discussion thread (SPOILERS)

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On a complete tangent, did anyone else think the whole subject of Potions was underrated throughout? I mean, its basically cooking, only easier, right? Every time anyone was shown to [censored] it up, its because they forgot something, or read a line wrong; its not like they couldn't tell how long a rare steak needs versus a medium-rare.

But at the same time, potions seemed to be able to do things that would be comparatively really hard for a [censored] wizard to do, like Polyjuice or Felix or whatever. It just seemed to me that if someone said, "You can be a second year and make a potion that will disguise you as another person, or you can study transifguration for decades and maybe never achieve the same result," I'd be think, "Sweet! Potions it is!"

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i think the more complex potions had a lot more downside to them also. I remember reading one potion if not made properly could kill you. Dont remember which potion that is. I dont think there were any risks that big in transfiguration