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[alt_ron]

So. I got Avery's owl today.

It says I've got to undermine either Malfoy, Hydra, Patil or Finnigan in some way that would significantly impact their standing in the contest.

So, I mean, the first thing is which of them to target, right? Not Malfoy and not Hydra, obviously, but, really... Finnicky or Patil?

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[alt_ron]

And that's actually a good idea, trying it on both of them. That way even if one of them missed taking it somehow, one of them would.

[alt_sally_anne]

Do you think you could make them fall in love with each other? Or would that not work, given that apparently Finnigan doesn't actually like girls that way?

A love potion would be FANTASTICALLY distracting. There are antidotes, but the person would have to know they'd been dosed, right?

[alt_ron]

Okay. I've been thinking about this and the only downside I can think of is...

...what if Finnigan fell in love with ME?


That would be awkward.

[alt_sally_anne]

Well, MOST love potions are targeted, you put in a tiny bit of hair or fingernail or whatever from the person you want them to fall in love with, which could be complicated, actually, since you'll have to get it. (Most of the time when a lad feeds someone a love potion it's because he wants that person to fall in love with HIM. Your own hair is easy to come by.) There is one that makes you fall in love with the next person or creature you see. Definitely don't use that one on Finnigan. You use it while they're sleeping, so odds are good he'd fall in love with you, Neville, or Thomas. Or possibly Trevor. Which would be a laugh, but the other thing about that one is, anyone with half a brain would work out what had happen and that potion is also dead easy to reverse.

Anyway, thinking about this, you definitely do want a target that would be plausible. With Patil, you could make her fall for Moon; that would give her plenty to do, because although I'm pretty sure he used to fancy Patil quite a lot, he's dating Lavender Brown now, and he's far too gentlemanly to just throw her over. So Patil would need to scheme against Lav.

With Finnigan, hmm. I suppose you could make him go utterly MAD over Remy. If they're actually in love it wouldn't make that much difference probably but if it's casual... do you know? I suppose he doesn't confide in you much.

Anyway, if you need a hair from Remy, Justin or Hydra should be able to get it. Moon, you know, that would be harder. There are some other options with Patil, though. You could make her fall for Cedric -- him, you could just ask for a hair. Lares Tamblyn wouldn't be any sort of stretch, everyone would believe that was for real.

It's tempting to try to hit two birds with one hex and use Teddy Nott, but I don't hate Patil THAT much. Ugh. Besides, people would work out that had to be a love potion, though they'd probably assume Teddy gave it to her.