Harry's abilities (normal or otherwise)

[Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 10570

Hi --

Well .... despite all the recent discussions, I guess I still subscribe
to the Super-Harry theory.  Here's one of the things that stands out in
my mind:

Hagrid (from Ch 4 of SS): ""Most of us reckon he's still out there
somewhere but lost his powers.  Too weak to carry on.  'Cause somethin'
about you finished him, Harry.  There was somethin' going on that night
he hadn't counted on -- I dunno what it was, no one does -- but
somethin' about you stumped him, all right."

Something about *Harry* that Voldemort hadn't counted on and that
stumped him.

I do agree that he gets alot of help along his way in each book, but
it's Harry alone who fights the final battle each time.

Keith Fraser wrote:

> Why isn't Harry, son of two of the best students at Hogwarts, one of
> whom managed to become an Animagus at age 15, a better wizard?
> Academically he seems a fairly ordinary Joe, certainly compared to
> Hermione, even if he is extremely brave and brilliant at Quidditch.
>
> I thought of this while trying to hold up the super-Harry theory. I
> believe it may, just may, support it. Possibly James and Lily's
> abilities have combined to make Harry immensely powerful on an
> instinctive/higher level which he hasn't learned how to access yet.

I think this is very possible.  I don't necessarily know if it's because
of his being the offspring of James & Lily, but I think he has alot of
untapped potential that we'll see more of in the coming books.

Penny