Wouldn't muggle born wizards have more incentive than pure bloods and therefore be more powerful?

[Mary Olearchik]

No: HPFGUIDX 106126

Mo <fauntine_80 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> My theory is that muggle borns are actually more 
> powerful than Pure Bloods because of incentive- 
> i.e. Hermione, and Harry (because he lived with 
> Muggles) etc. and will help conquer LV again.
> 
> Obviously, this won't fit with every wizard, but
> what do you think about the theory?


Actually I think you have a very good point.  In the
first book (sorry I don't have it with me) I recall
reading that both Harry and Hermoine are very eager to
prove themselves (Hermoine proving she isn't a
dunderhead sticks in my mind).  Both start to become
very powerful as we all know.  As for the purebloods,
I think you also have a point.  It isn't that they
don't try, they just have less motivation than
muggleborns, I mean you don't see Malfoy working very
hard.  Of course there are exceptions, Neville.  
As for defeating LV, I also think that they will be
instrumental in his fall, and not just those two, but
many muggleborn and halfbloods out there, as well as
some purebloods who don't care around blood relations.
 How they could all work together to beat him...I need
to ponder some more.  

SilverD