First of all, I must confess to never having tasted absinthe in my life. To be rectified, asap! But I can quite easily imagine Snape to be obsessed by that stuff, the sort of sexy gothic figure that he is;)
As for other addictions, I'd actually prefer to see more Magic Addicts, meaning wizards/witches addicted to some substance, not of the Muggle, but of the Wizarding Word (not necessarily Ogden's, though, as that's grown a bit old, I think). Especially these pure-blood-enthusiasts aren't exactly likely to develop a habit with anything Muggle, so why not come up with a whole new range of Wizardidng substances, including absinthe and perhaps even a brand of cigarettes, just to make it more about the wizards and less about us muggles trying to force our likes and dislikes onto the HP characters.
Anyway, addiction is a great plot device - yet another obstacle standing in the way of romance:) - so, I definitely don't want people to stop writing about it, but perhaps make it a bit more Wizarding?
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As for other addictions, I'd actually prefer to see more Magic Addicts, meaning wizards/witches addicted to some substance, not of the Muggle, but of the Wizarding Word (not necessarily Ogden's, though, as that's grown a bit old, I think). Especially these pure-blood-enthusiasts aren't exactly likely to develop a habit with anything Muggle, so why not come up with a whole new range of Wizardidng substances, including absinthe and perhaps even a brand of cigarettes, just to make it more about the wizards and less about us muggles trying to force our likes and dislikes onto the HP characters.
Anyway, addiction is a great plot device - yet another obstacle standing in the way of romance:) - so, I definitely don't want people to stop writing about it, but perhaps make it a bit more Wizarding?