Herbology Club: Potter Plants

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Oopsies....a little late because I was getting wings work ran late tonight but here you go! :)

Activity: Potter Plants
Details: Turn your favorite Harry Potter character into a plant! Explain why you think that the plant you've chosen fits them. Comment on other people's "Potter plants" with why you agree or disagree.
Points: Long debate style: 10 points for your first comment; 2 pts for anything posted after; cap of 30 pts possible.
Deadline: Will run from Sunday(today), July 25th @ 4:00 UTC (11 pm CDT) till Saturday, July 31st @ 5:00 UTC (12 pm CDT).

2 of you can earn an extra 5 pts for doing this activity: raphaellover & stellar_kar

You also have to be on my roster to get points for this.

Comments won't be screened for this activity.

Any other questions? Drop them below :) I'm pretty sure this is cut and dry though ♥

Come frolick in the flowers with me and the rest of the Herbology Club today!!

Comments

[et-tu-lj.livejournal.com]

I think the Artemisia Absinthium or Wormwood is a good match for Severus Snape. Its leaves are silvery green and covered with silvery trichomes, so it's got the Slytherin colors down. (Also, it has special oil producing glands, for that extra special shine.) Wormwood grows naturally on uncultivated, arid lands, which represents Snape's rather sad childhood, and on rocky ground, which represents the difficulties in his life.

Wormwood is a symbol of bitterness, and its secretions can actually keep other plants around it from blooming (poor little potions students). But it's also a key ingredient in absinthe and is used as a flavoring in other spirits and wines. This fits because while Snape's bitterness may be hard for some to stomach, he certainly is worth savoring to others.

Kimberly/Ravenclaw

[turtleyurtle1.livejournal.com]

Haha, I think that's perfect, especially the part about his secretions keeping others from blooming, but still being a key ingredient in things. Snape himself is a key ingredient to the story as a whole, even if some people do find him hard to stomach.

Desiree // Gryffindor.

[caitriona-3.livejournal.com]

It is a good choice - the bitterness colors so much of his life. In addition to preventing others (students) from blooming, it destroys the potential for remaining friends - such as the tension between him and Lily.

Caitriona//Gryffindor

[my-badgers-27.livejournal.com]

I love that you matched Wormwood with Snape because he mentions it in the first book! I also agree with all of this. He was so bitter his entire life, and it affected everyone around him. The oil part is particularly funny. How many times have we heard about his greasy hair?

Melissa//Gryffindor

[et-tu-lj.livejournal.com]

Yes, and I think it's one of JKR's intentional symbolisms. After all, the context it's mentioned in is in a potions recipe, where wormwood mixed with asphodel makes the draught of the living death. As asphodel is both a symbol of grieving over the death of the loved one and a kind of Lily, it seems too layered to be coincidental. Whether you're a fan of Snape/Lily or not, it's an interesting parallel.

Kimberly/Ravenclaw

[los-york.livejournal.com]

I really like this connection! The plant's colors are Slytherin colors which fits because that was is house and he was a head for it too. And that they are both bitter & uncultivated which it makes it hard for them to open up to others, which fits perfectly with Snape's history.

Olivia//Gryffindor