Priori Incantantem/Super Harry

[prefectmarcus at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23418

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., dfrankiswork at n... wrote:
> However, even if it is true that under some kind of equal conditions 
(whatever *that* means) Harry would still beat Voldemort, I would not 
regard that as making Harry different in kind from other wizards.  
After all, Voldemort is only human - the lesson that he has 
spectacularly failed to learn throughout his 70 years.
> 
> A Muggle parallel would be to say that a great general or a criminal 
gang leader could be beaten at arm wrestling - it doesn't really 
tackle the issue of how you really stop him.
> 
> David

True, but tyrants do not like to be shown losing.  It destroys the 
illusion and creates doubts in the mind of followers.

A parallel would be the battle of Waterloo.  The French were 
not really destroyed at Waterloo.  They still had a viable army.  But 
once the Old Guard was beaten back, the mystique of Napolean was 
forever shattered and nobody wanted to serve him anymore.

Voldemort staged this whole thing to prop up his wavering followers.  
He was going to destroy his destroyer in front of their eyes.  Instead 
they saw Harry defeat him in a battle of will-power and wits.  
Voldemort chose the terms of the fight, not Harry.  And Voldemort 
lost.  You don't think that at least one of those DE's isn't thinking, 
"This guy couldn't kill him when he was an infant, and he can't kill 
him as a 14-year-old?"

Marcus