Harry's Power Vs Voldys Power

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No: HPFGUIDX 101029

Jason wrote:
> For a while now Ive been thinking the same thought everytime Harry 
> does something unusually magical or shows the talent for it, like 
> for instance, the recent idea that he'd be good at legillimancy.
> 
> Most of the time when something like this happens, people are quick 
> to say that Harry would be good at it or can do it because 
Voldemort 
> can do it. That it was just another one of his powers he 
> accidentally transferred to Harry.
> 
> I think to myself most times I come by these ideas, "Hey hang on a 
> sec... How come this has to come from Voldemort? Why can't Harry be 
> powerful in his own right? If the transfer had not taken place, 
> would Harry just have the same normal wizarding powers as everyone 
> else?"
> 
> Ill concede the parseltongue business because that is exceedingly 
> rare. But for most things I like to think that Harry would have 
been 
> powerful and skilled at most magic without the added presence or 
> gifts of Voldy. I tend to think that Harry has the potential to be 
> as powerful as Dumbledore at some point but is definately more 
> powerful than Voldemort. I've thought this since he forced those 
> little balls of light back into Volys wand in the graveyard.
> 
> Anyone have any thoughts on Harrys natural ability versus the extra 
> ability given him by the most feared wizard for a century?


Neri:
As the Harry haters would be quick to point out, that would not be 
very interesting. And fanfic writers will immediately recognize it as 
a Gary Stu syndrome. 

I think Harry is not a very powerful or very talented wizard. He has 
one power, a sort of anti-Voldemort thing, which is his main 
strength. Harry is a hedgehog rather than a fox. He doesn't know many 
things, but he knows one BIG thing.

I also hypothesized in the past that Harry can access all of LV's 
powers right out of LV's mind through the scar link. This could make 
Harry extremely powerful (practically the Dark Lord's "equal"), at 
the price of opening his mind to LV. It would also be a more 
interesting possibility than just-extremly-powerful Harry. In such a 
case, if LV is vanquished, Harry goes back to be a slightly-above-
average wizard.

Neri