[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's abilities/Hagrid as Reliable Source

[John Walton]

No: HPFGUIDX 10586

Keith said:

> 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.

Magids! Yay! It's interesting that our two most highly-regarded works of
fanfiction both take the "higher level" thing as part of their plots. Lori
has the Mage thing going, and Cassie has the Magid thing. I'm going to be
expanding on the latter in the Song of Time, so watch that space ;)

Penny said:

> 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 have to disagree here, Penny. Canonically speaking, I can't see that
Hagrid's statement makes much difference, one way or the other. Essentially,
as much as we love him, poor old Hagrid has been kept out of the loop on
things -- we see this most particularly in PoA and GoF. My guess would be
that Hagrid (and most of the wizarding community) didn't know about the old
magic that Dumbledore knows about, and so assumed that it's something about
Harry.

OMG, I'm disagreeing with Penny. Someone get a camera :)

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John Walton                 john at walton.to

=| "Russian cabin boy in Celine Dion drag" of the HMS H/H
=| Receiver of the world's dumbest FFN review for Song of Time, Chapter *5*:
"really cool! so, what? Draco and harry r like, stepbrothers or sometihng?
cool idea" Mental note: SoT presumes reading of Draco Dormiens.

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