Harry and special abilities (was Occlumency and Shield Charm)

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 89750

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> 
> > Hitomi:
> >  > JKR in responding to a reader asking her which character she 
> > missed most when done writing (at Royal Alber Hall interview with 
> > Stephen  Fry): "I really miss all of them, but I suppose I'm 
going 
> > to have to  say Harry, because he is my hero and there is a lot 
of 
> > me in Harry."
> > >>
> > 
> > Frost:
> >   That just means that she loves him, warts and all.  And being a 
> > hero... heh.  I think she's a woman who has enough insight to see 
> > beyond the "muscle" and see what is truly heroic about a person. 
> > That doesn't require them to be perfect.  I mean, really who 
would 
> > you rather read about?  Superman or Batman. I'd pick Batman any 
> > day.  Batman is my hero, and he's the dark grumpy guy without any 
> > superpowers, (beyond his Bottomless bat-wallet.)  Hero's don't 
have 
> > to be perfect.  They just have to show something that we admire 
and 
> > strive for. 
> 
> 
> Carol:
> I think Hitomi may be misreading JKR's use of the phrase "my hero."
> She doesn't mean that he's her personal hero as Popeye is Olive
> Oyl's--"my hero!" (swoon)--in the old cartoons. (Sorry I can't think
> of a better example). She simply means that he's her protagonist, 
the
> hero of the book she's writing, not her personal hero.
> 
> Carol, who apologizes for the bad example. No ridicule intended.

Siriusly Snapey Susan now:

Carol, I don't like to nitpick...but I suppose I am.  That's an 
awfully strong statement:  "She [JKR] doesn't mean that he's her 
personal hero....  She simply means that he's her protagonist...."  
How do you KNOW this?  You've stated it as fact, not opinion, but how 
do you know?

Siriusly Snapey Susan