Priori Incantatem, Harry's IQ, and the Snape/Draco thing

[Jennifer Boggess Ramon]

No: HPFGUIDX 32610

At 6:50 PM +0000 1/2/02, christi0469 wrote:
>
>Also, I found the bit about Harry forcing the light beads back into
>LV's wand. To me it seems that this is yet another hint that Harry
>is becoming much more powerful as a wizard, and may even be a
>stronger wizard than LV is an that particular scene. Of course, LV
>has just been returned to his body and my not be up to full strength
>yet, but Harry may just turn out to be the stronger of the two
>wizards.

I always saw this as evidence that Harry's will is stronger than 
Voldemort's, along with Harry's being able to throw off V.'s Imperius 
Curse.  Whether this makes him a greater wizard remains to be seen, 
but it does seem to indicae he has potential he hasn't tapped much 
yet.


At 8:12 PM +0000 1/2/02, theo_kestrel wrote:
>I'm curious to know what people's thoughts are on the subject of
>Harry's intelligence. Harry is often described as being eerily
>similar to his father in many ways, in regards to looks, Quidditch
>skill, and even personality traits. Being the son of his father, who
>was Head Boy in his time, and his mother, the Head Girl, I'm curious
>why his own academic achievements seem to be less than impressive
>when compared to his parents.

Harry seems brighter-than-average; he and Ron pass with "good marks" 
at the end of their first year, and the only subject he's worried 
about his third year is Potions.  He does not, perhaps, apply himself 
academically the way Hermione does, but that's not uncommon among 
mildly gifted boys in their preteens and early teens.  He's no 
genius, but he doesn't struggle like Neville does, either.


At 8:29 PM +0000 1/2/02, haruspica23 wrote:
>Why
>would Snape, already having the guilt for being a former DE, be so
>biased towards Malfoy?... I would assume that Snape would distance
>himself from any interaction or associations with DE families...

Snape has been publicly cleared, in that at least everyone at 
Karakoff's trial heard Dumbledore's testimony that Snape came back to 
"our" side.  Presumably, Snape himself had some sort of hearing 
before that.

Remember that most of the DEs we see other than Wormtail and Crouch 
Jr. have been cleared, too; presumably most of them claimed to be 
acting under the Imperius curse.  Outwardly, there's no reason for 
them to be hostile to Snape, although they probably avoid being at 
the same social events and Severus has been permanently cut from the 
guest list at Malfoy manor.

Snape may very well see Draco in a similar position to himself at the 
same age - a talented Slytherin with a knack for Potions and the Dark 
Arts, overshadowed and shown up by a group of troublesome Gryffindors 
who never seem to receive the proper consequenses for their 
rule-breaking, in grave danger of being drawn into Voldemort's sphere 
of influence.  He may even be trying to ingratiate himself enough 
with Draco to nudge him onto his path, instead of Lucius's.  IMHO, of 
course.

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