[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry is dull (not!)/ Trelawney's predictions

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 45851

> Richelle challenged:
> >>>He's succeeded at everything he's truly tried.  Any charm, spell,
> sport.  Name one time he's failed at something he really tried to do.
>  I can't think of one.<<<

Melody responded:

> Um, well, when Harry was frantically looking in the library for some
> way to survive underwater for an hour, he failed in finding anything.
>  Even with Hermione's and Ron's help.  And I would say he was really
> trying.

He didn't drown, though, did he?  By the time he was in the water, he had
his answer.  He often never gets his breakthrough until it's nearly life or
death.  I firmly believe if Dobby hadn't been around to overhear Moody,
Harry and co. would've come up with something.

> But having said that, Harry does manage to pull all his resources
> together even if he does not know they are working for him.  It seems
> to me that it is the behind the scene rigging that keeps Potter afloat
> more often than not.

Yes, but that's half the battle, isn't it?  Being able to figure something
out is a lot handier than memorizing spells one by one.  Harry'll find a
way, and he's not afraid to ask for help.  Which is a great quality.  (Yes,
I know, he's hesitant to ask adults, other than Sirius, but that's a "kid"
thing.)

One more thing, when I was listing Harry's near death experiences I missed a
couple.  There was, of course, the bouncing AK when he was a baby.  And I
also missed the jinxed broomstick in SS/PS.

Richelle