Conspiracies and re-assessments

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 112366


> > 
> > Alla:
> > 
> > You mean Harry holding Draco upside down or vice versa? Yes, I would 
> > pretty much say that Draco deserved it based on their dynamics, I 
> > actually would doubt that Harry would do it under normal 
> > circumstances.
> > 

Finwitch:

Well, here's something of Harry's fighting-opponents.

Dudley Dursley
Dudley's best weapons are his fists and Smeltings-stick, his best  
defence is calling out for Mommy.
Fighting Dudley, Harry uses wit to attack (like that comment on the
toilet, and if he's angry, his magic aids him) and speed in defence
(with occasional aid of magic in case he's scared).

Second, Draco Malfoy
Draco has wits and magic, he retorts to teachers (particularly Snape),
he tells the press, he uses tricks... 

Harry has talents he himself is not aware of, he tends to *ignore*
Draco mostly, and trusts his friends.

Third, Voldemort
Both use all they have, and Harry has help from various sources that
help him win (Mom's love, Phoenix, Brother-wands, and finally,
DA-group and surprise-appearance of Dumbledore)

--- Vernon, Petunia, Umbridge and Snape aren't opponents, but adults
who bully Harry. Though Harry *defies* them (Umbridge in particular,
but then again, most in Hogwarts did, but none so much as Harry),
they're more of bullies than opponents, really.

--

And well, about Sirius&James on Severus Snape. I'd call them
opponents, not the bullys and the bullied. After all, SS knew more
curses than most learn for the 7th year as he first came to Hogwarts.
So it wasn't nice of Sirius&James to start on 'snivellus' - but, at
least the one they picked is the *strongest*, not the weakest of all
the students not in their little Moon-transformer-club...

Finwitch