Will Harry lose his powers? (Was:Book 7 predictions)

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No: HPFGUIDX 98028

> Carol adds:
> Except that his flying ability and its offshoot, his Quidditch 
skills, seems to be inherited directly from James. We've yet to 
see Voldemort on a broom, and there's no indication, IIRC, that 
Tom Riddle ever played Quidditch. So I don't think Harry would 
have been a Squib, though I agree that he would have been 
much less powerful--an ordinary wizard kid like Ron--if he hadn't 
acquired most of Voldemort's powers at Godric's Hollow.<

I think that's too easy. This is supposed to be a sacrifice; Harry's 
got to give up something he really wants.  Like Quidditch. We do 
have canon for Voldemort's flying abilities, I'm afraid -- 
Quirrellmort not only caught the flying key in Book One, he did it 
without extra help. Harry needed Ron and Hermione. Harry 
certainly has his father's athletic talent, but is that magic? 

>From what I've read of JKR's interviews, she doesn't like the sort 
of series where the hero is the ageless, changeless protagonist 
of endless sequels--I don't think she'd leave Harry to such a fate.

Pippin