Great or lucky?

[jenny_ravenclaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 32371

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Katze <jdumas at k...> wrote:

>I think, "Yeah...he's pretty powerful"... 
> 
> I think his powers are going to sneak up on him (much like Marge, 
and the pillow, and the broom).>

Nice list, Katze.  I'd have to put Harry down in the Great Wizard 
department.  As far as luck is concerned, most of Harry's has been bad 
luck (like losing his parents and having to live with the Dursleys), 
but other seemingly lucky things about him are easily explained.

Harry's parents were pretty powerful wizards in their own right; 
Voldemort wasn't after them for nothing and Lily did something so 
magically powerful that Voldemort couldn't even harm a baby boy.  
Hagrid also mentioned in SS (though it is never mentioned again) that 
Harry's parents were Head Boy and Girl.  Whether they were excellent 
students or showed a good deal of promise magically, they were both 
standing out enough to be recognized by Hogwarts for it.  Other things 
like Quidditch talent is also not just luck as James Potter was a 
known Quidditch talent when he was at Hogwarts.  For all we know, Lily 
played Quidditch too.  All of these things could have been inherited 
by Harry.

I think Harry's powers really stand out when he performs magic 
involuntarily, like at the zoo or blowing up Aunt Marge.  The more he 
is able to control and channel his emotions into his magic, the more 
powerful he will become.  Come to think of it, it is quite interesting 
that when he duels with Voldemort, it is Harry's wand that forces the 
previous spells from Voldemort's wand, not the other way around.  If 
that came from Harry, that is another great example of how great a 
wizard he is.  

--jenny from ravenclaw *********************