There's Something Special About Harry...

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No: HPFGUIDX 11526

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., cassandraclaire at m... wrote:
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> 
> I'd agree that he is  most likely not a special kind of wizard, 
> though as for amazing  abilities no other (living) wizard has, JKR 
> has *already* given him  some of those: Parseltongue, prophetic 
> dreams, the ability to resist the Imperius Curse, etc. (That some 
of 
> these powers result from the transference of some of Voldemort's 
> abilites onto Harry does not, IMHO, impact this argument. Powers 
are 
> powers, whatever their origin.)

The prophetic dreams are a power, but they seem only related to 
Voldemort. It would be neat if Harry used his Parseltongue abilities 
more... I wonder if Harry got anything else besides the Parseltongue 
power and the psychic ability to sense Voldemort through his scar 
from him. 

<snip>> Although JKR might  choose to endow Harry with powers, he may 
or may 
> not choose to use them at all, and more importantly he must decide 
> towards what ends he should employ them.  His character formation, 
> not to mention the fate of the wizarding world <g> rests on his own 
> individual personal and moral decisions, whether he has abilites 
> outside the norm or not. 
> 
> There is a middle ground between "Harry is completely normal and 
> possesses no special abilities that everyone else in his year at 
> Hogwarts does not possess in equal measure" and "Harry is Batman." 
> That's where I stand. (Although he would look lovely in the Batman 
> suit.)


Yes, I stay there too. Though, I've just got to point something out. 
Batman, unlike Superman or Spiderman, possessed no special powers 
other than being very intelligent and determined. Bruce Wayne wasn't 
bit by a spider, nor did he have mutant powers; he, disturbed by the 
unjust death of his parents, one day decided to dress as a bat to 
fight evil. 

Charmian