James: the better wizard?

[Joywitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 1536

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Steve Bates" <spicoli323 at h...> 
wrote:
> James was first in his class at Hogwarts, wasn't he?  I know that 
> doesn't automatically make him the best wizard, but it is some 
> evidence.  [snip] Not that Lily was timid or defenseless 
> (I imagine her as having just as much a sense of adventure and 
> mischief as James) but it just makes sense to me that James would 
be 
> the one to stay and fight--it fits what we know of his personality 
> very well.

Actually, it is pretty clearly stated (by Hagrid in PS/SS, IIRC) that 
James and Lily were Head Boy AND Head Girl, implying that they were 
both very skilled at magic.  We know more about James that we do 
about Lily, but to assume that therefore he is more likely to fight 
Voldy than Lily is simply not logical.  In fact, it seems to me to be 
a fairly sexist assumption.