James: the better wizard?

[Ebony Elizabeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 1537


> --- 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] 

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Joywitch " <joym999 at a...> wrote:
> 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.

For some strange reason, I think that it has been fairly well implied 
that if there was any imbalance in the Potters' wizarding abilities, 
Lily would have come out on top.

Ebony (dropping the AngieJ b/c it's confusing)