[HPforGrownups] Re: Outraged Harry ( was: Snape ... Dumbledore's sacrifice)

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 149178


  Catherine adds:
   
  Actually, I don't think Harry is a mediocre wizard, and I don't even think Snape thinks Harry is a mediocre wizard. I believe Snape is downplaying Harry's talent so as the DE's don't take him very seriously, so that they underestimate him.
   
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  Harry is a mediocre student with extrordinary depth of power, skill and talent. He just doesn't believe it yet. Kind of like Neo in "The Matrix" , he will reach the peak of his powers when he surrenders himself to them and starts to believe in himself.
   

kchuplis:

Oh, I agree with this. I just think that the idea is that everyone needs friendship, loyalty, and community to really succeed. Even really good wizards (read: people).  LV has servants, not friends and very little real loyalty, just service from fear or envy or greed - which can go wrong from many directions. Harry has real loyalty from his friends and it is, IMO, what will tip the scales. It's a more powerful framework by far than the tryannical fear in LV's camp.




(I promise, no more posts today elves. Just finally had something to say and couldn't keep to three posts.)

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