...Grey Snape/Dumbledore/Harry - Harry Skill.

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 143116

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:
> bboyminn: 

<snip>

> Yes, Harry's greatest strength is love, but it is abstract and
> internal; you can't wander through a wizard's duel or fierce battle
> handing out daisies and telling everyone you love them. That's not
> going to win you any duels. 

<snip>

> Harry is completely and thoroughly lacking in the most basic skills to
> do this job. If he was train up in dueling, Defense Arts, and curse
> breaking he would at least have some resources to draw on.

But then, if it's really the practical skillz which are so 
overwhelmingly important, why has Dumbledore been downright 
lackadaisical towards Harry's acquisition thereof?  Harry and Ron both 
think that his special lessons with Dumbledore are going to be cool 
magic to fight Voldemort with, but instead no, it's all about 
psychology.  Dumbledore is content to leave Harry's practical education 
in the hands of Snape, someone who he now for sure knows Harry doesn't 
learn well with.  He hasn't been giving Harry special education from 
the beginning of his Hogwarts career, and he doesn't really change his 
approach even after Harry's full awareness of his awful destiny.

I don't see things coming down to the kind of Your Mad Skills vs. Mine 
showdown which has filled the 'insert final battle here' speculation in 
many a scenario.  Rather, Harry tends to get through based on his 
overall quite fine intuitions--he has that fine sharp reactive edge 
that a book-smart companion like Hermione just doesn't.

Dumbledore seems to think that Harry knows what he really needs to 
know.  What ever happened to the solid faith in Dumbledore and all of 
his judgements that we're supposed to be evincing? :)

-Nora keeps on keepin' on with the suspicion that it's going to be a 
more elegant than action-packed finale