Leader of Order of the Phoenix.

[richter_kuymal]

No: HPFGUIDX 149333

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "deborahhbbrd" <hubbada at ...> 
wrote:.... Harry is the prophesied destroyer of LV. [snip} But the 
only leadership he's shown has been in the  DA lessons, where he did 
well with a bunch of volunteers his own age  and younger; and a few 
brief, shining moments as Quidditch captain  which came to an 
ignominious end. Consider the Arthurian legends. Consider Lancelot – 
and, if you like,  Perceval and Galahad. And now consider Arthur. <<


PAR: Actually Arthur got the job of leader as a young, untried "not 
even a knight" kid AND did a fair amount of war leading before 
forming that round table.  So on that basis, the kid with the sword 
(of Griffyndor) gets the job.  However, I am more reminded of an 
actual historical parallel in Roman history.  Disregarding the moral 
positions of the players -- 
If Dumbledore is Julius Caesar and Snape is Brutus (fits well in 
that role IMO), Harry is Augustus -- who was Julius' heir apparent 
as a teenager and stepped into that role with a lot fewer 
credentials than JKR has given Harry. 
Will Harry have "advisors" or even an "acting leader" for a while? 
probably.  But pharnabazus (over on live journal) has done a very 
good job of analysis of the way the wizard patronage /protection 
system works IMO, and if he is right, then it's Harry who is the 
heir to both the power and the responsibility.  And this puts him in 
a reasonable position to go after those horcruxes and do something 
about the other WW problems as well.
PAR