[HPforGrownups] Harry's abilities (normal or otherwise)

[Rina Stewart]

No: HPFGUIDX 10531

Keith wrote:

<<Actually I just thought of something curious - why hasn't Harry, son 
of two of the best students at Hogwarts in recent years, shown signs 
of being a brilliant student like them? Academically he seems a 
fairly ordinary Joe, even if he is superb at Quidditch. I certainly 
don't see him being able to become an Animagus at age 15. I think 
I'll put up a new post about this...>>

Well, it could be motivation. James and his friends were actively looking to do this. And who's to say that Lupin, for instance, wasn't a male Hermione? ;) Refresh my memory, when did someone refer to J&L as the best students? It could be that one of them, not necessarily James, was a brilliant wizard who loved to look things up. A cross between F/G Weasley and Hermione, I suppose. <g> 

Also, genetics. I work in a kindergarten. There's this one little boy is as average as you can be. That's not bad, he is doing just fine, but he's average. His two older siblings, however, are geniouses and their dad works for NASA. <g> Just because he's Lily and James' son doesn't mean he has to be brilliant at academics. But he is doing fine, and he can do better than fine when he's with his friends. Maybe even James and Lily did better than fine because they were with their friends.

On an almost completely unrelated tangent, I keep reading about Lily Evans. Did JKR mention her maiden name in one of the books and I missed it, or is this like Scully always using strawberry shampoo? <g> (IE, is it something a fan came up with and the rest of the fan community ran with it, so that almost everyone forgets it's not really canon.)

Rina
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