[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry is dull (not!)/ Instincts?

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No: HPFGUIDX 45865

This is perhaps a collection of other posts, I really don't quote all that 
much (sorry).

Melody? once said
> 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.

Like life, it's all a matter of what's there, using your brains to apply to 
the situation, and luck. Harry has all three, but one thing that I think is 
the most important is his instinct. I doubt when he was asking for help in 
CoS, he was thinking of Fawkes and the Sorting Hat. He just thought the first 
thing that came into his mind. He also (and he admits to not knowing why) 
instinctively puts that fang into the diary.

He instinctively pushes those glowing balls towards Voldy's wand in GoF. He 
instinctively talks to snakes (yes, that's under debate), and suddenly 
realizes that he has to play his father to save himself in PoA.

My question that I doubt will ever get answered until JKR shows us her 
brilliance again is whether his instincts are of himself, Voldy, or his 
parents? He possesses so much of Voldy's quirks from the curse which manes me 
wonder which parts are all him or which parts are Voldy speaking. Obviously, 
the Tom Riddle name came from Voldy, though.

As for asking about his parents... well... Maybe he has gone through life 
*not* asking about them and it just carried on with him? Or perhaps 
subconsciously, he wants to know what HE can do, as opposed to what his 
predecessors have done i.e. his parents.

Just some rambling :)

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