[HPforGrownups] Re: Views of Hermione/Draco is quite the wizard

[Magpie]

No: HPFGUIDX 160581

 Amiable Dorsai:
> So you're saying that the Death Eaters and their ilk don't see wizards
> as a race apart?

Magpie:
All Wizards see Wizards as a race apart.  Every single Magicial character is 
pretty racist towards Muggles by standards I consider normal in our world. 
I think wynnleaf's point was that s/he didn't see Muggleborns as a race 
apart from Purebloods, so although the bigotry was no better, she didn't 
think of it as racism.

> Don:
>
> -I don't really think that  he is that good at the things that is
> said. First off if that was true that he was a great as they say,
> why hasn't he rid himself of Harry or any of the other ones? He has
> had many chances and it would have put him in favor with the Dark
> Lord. Also his father is always on his back about things. So you
> would think that they would have used those powers by now. But then
> again there wouldn't be much of a story if he did. Now when it came
> time to use his powers he froze and Snape had to help him out. So I
> think all of his so called power came from the help of Snape and his
> father.


Magpie:
But none of the powers listed came from Snape or his father.  Eddie wasn't 
saying he was secretly the best Wizard in canon, just that he's done things 
that suggest he's fairly competent for a Wizard his age, not inept.  And 
these aren't particularly Dark Powers either.  I wouldn't consider his not 
killing Dumbledore a failure of magical competency any more than Harry's not 
killing Sirius was a lack of competency.  In fact, I think a big part of the 
Tower scene is to acknowledge that he isn't a failure so that he can make a 
choice about Dumbledore's offer from a position of strength.

-m