There's Something Special About Harry...

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No: HPFGUIDX 11530

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., cassandraclaire at m... wrote:

> 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.)
> 
> Cassie

	Odd that you should choose Batman for your analogy, Cassie, since 
Batman is the one popular superhero who has absolutely no superhuman 
powers. Zip. Nada. He is simply a superbly conditioned and
intelligent human being, not an extraterrestrial like Superman or a 
radioactive mutant like Spiderman or a supernatural creature like 
Wonder Woman.
	As to Super-Harry, I think it does matter whether his extra powers 
derive from Voldemort. First, because I think it will create a moral 
dilemma about using them, and second because I think such powers are 
unlikely to survive Voldie's demise. So adult super Harry, I think, 
will remain confined to fan fic, where he can flourish and marry fan 
fic Hermione if his heart desires. I don't put much stock in him. All 
those delightful fan fics with him tend to concentrate on Hermione,
or Sirius or Draco or somebody. Harry as an adult superhero is  
Galahad, the parfait gentle superhuman grail-achieving knight, and he 
was a dull character if there ever was one. 

Pippin, who wants to borrow Keith's cloning device and make enough 
Hermione's to keep everybody happy