There's Something Special About Harry...

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Ebony Elizabeth Thomas" <ebonyink at h...> 
wrote:
 making here.
> 
> I'm unsettled by the idea that any special abilities/powers that Harry 
> possesses are derived from his contact with Voldemort.  A few, yes.  Some, 
> perhaps.  But I hope that the core of his magical ability is innate.  To 
> pick up on the Thanatos thread, can Death beget life in and of itself?  Can 
> darkness bring forth life in and of itself?

	Oh, I'm not saying Harry would have been a Muggle, or that all his 
special abilities derive from Voldie. Harry's Quidditch skills don't 
descend from Voldie...the kids don't find any Quidditch trophies with 
Riddle's name on them, and Tom never betrays any enthusiasm for the 
sport. But if Harry's powers and Voldie's have become entwined, then it 
may cost him part or all of Harry's own powers to defeat the Dark Lord. 
	I don't think that Voldemort is innately evil. I think the books 
are saying that evil is a choice, made by us, or forced on us by others 
who have chosen. Voldemort may identify with Death and Evil, but he is 
neither Death nor Evil incarnate, and any powers  transferred to Harry 
could be used either for evil or good. It's Harry's choice.

> entirely explain away the mystery of how he survived Avada Kedavra in the 
> first place.
	I think Lily had more to do with it than Harry. Her love, her 
skill in charms, and her knowledge, perhaps, of ancient magic, known to 
few, plus being a Muggle born. Voldie underestimated her...it's a habit 
of his.
Pippin