random HP fanfic observation...

[ratcreature]

After reading a lot of Harry Potter fanfic with plenty of usually foul tasting potions (which of course wouldn't work with pleasant flavoring), it occurred to me that if I were a witch who had to swallow something like that, I would simply charm/spell my sense of taste/smell numb for a short time, thus avoiding the experience without altering the potion. Somehow it's strange that I've never seen that happen in fanfic.

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[ratcreature]

I guess the foul-tasting potion became such a fanfic staple because of the Wolfsbane description, and iirc Skele-Gro wasn't tasting good either, but after coming across it again and again in fanfic for all kinds of potions, I'm starting to find it weird that people invent all kinds of spells for all situations (like the infamous lubrication spells and what not *snerk*), and I've come across numbing spells for pain, blinding hexes, night vision enhancements, and all kinds of sensory spells, but none to numb conveniently taste for such a purpose.