Re: Polyjuice And A Dead Person

Brian Wakeling wrote:
In a speech called es2dndjNZP_h2iDbnZ2dnUVZ_r7inZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Louis Epstein (le@xxxxxxxxxxxx) spake thusly:

doofy <nope@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
~ Shelly ~ wrote:
"Tim Bruening" asked:

What happens if you put the hair of a dead person in Polyjuice
Potion and then drink it?
Why would it matter if they were dead? Hair on living people is
dead, using it doesn't kill the potion-taker, so why would using
the hair of a dead person make a difference?

POA, JKR says Crouch had to keep Moody alive so the polyjuice potion
would work.
Hmmm...there goes the
Snape-kept-Lily's-hairclippings-for-his-visits-to- prostitutes
angle...

But if the hair was taken while she was still alive, how would the hair know the original owner was dead?


Well, it is stretch, but maybe 'magic'..

Do you think?
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