The magic power of love. Was: BANG! You're dead!

[arrowsmithbt]

No: HPFGUIDX 76944

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "severusbook4" <severusbook4 at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
> <arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "feetmadeofclay" 
> <feetmadeofclay at y...> 
> > wrote:
> > > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
> > > <arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > ] Mental liberation requires discipline. That Harry does not 
> have,
> > > > yet. Will he ever?  Anybody's guess.  And I'll bet my second 
> best
> > > > cauldron against a chocolate frog that V. enters Harrys' mind 
> > > > again in the next book.
> > > > Kneasy 
> > > 
> Severus Here:
> 
> I'll take that bet.  Harry has been stumbling around in a fog of 
> self relization for the first five books.  Wouldn't you have been a 
> little more that curious as for as why LV would not leave you alone? 
> And kept trying to kill you?  I think Harry was in a state of self 
> denial, trying to forget about it and make it will go away.  Now 
> that he has been named by the prophecy and heard the prophecy 
> himself, his self discipline is going to soar.  He has a cause now, 
> he is the chosen one to save all wizard kind.  When it came to the 
> tri-wizard competition, Harry busted his hump learning new spells to 
> help him out and he succeeded in his quest and yes he was helped out 
> by his friends also.  I will agree occulemencie (sp?) was not his 
> strong side but as it was said I think LV will not want to go there 
> anymore, LV will find it painful. Remeber Harry is quite powerful in 
> his magical ability, his patronus is superior to many other full 
> grown wizards, and he did force LV's AK beam back into LV's wand, it 
> was his power behind his wand that enabled him to do that.  I think 
> we will see a much older Harry after the summer is done.

What he's been through would turn anyone old and grey. But I think
that you're overestimating Harry. He's not a skillful wizard, he stumbles
from one crisis to another, coming through by sheer luck or outside
influence (such as co-incidental wand conflict). What he is though, is
lucky. He can learn a new spell when needed, but a whole new state
of mind, plus a new mental discipline, plus a new magical subject?
Don't think so. He could probably manage to stay ahead of most of
the students, but Voldemort? Arch-fiend and super-mentat? I'd 
better start dieting now, I'm going to have a lot of choccie frogs.

Kneasy