The Power of Harry ... (was: Harry's Characterization)

[eggplant107]

No: HPFGUIDX 163546

Forget Harry's grades, life is the ultimate IQ test. I've posted this
list before, it's the times Harry has shown exceptional magical
ability. The retort is always in the form of "yes but Harry only has
this ability because of this reason"; explaining why someone is
powerful does not make him less powerful.

 1) Harry is the only one to receive the AK curse and live. Well OK
Voldemort did too but Harry just got a minor cut on his forehead while
Voldemort nearly died with far more serious injuries. 

2) At age eleven with no instruction Harry could fly better than
anyone his age and better than most wizards of any age. 
3) In all of recorded history only 3 wizards have been able to speak
Parseltong. Harry is one of them.

4) Harry could produce a Patronis at a extraordinary young age but
more important it was so powerful it awed even Hermione, because the
only other wizard she knew who could repel a hundred Dementors was
Dumbledore. 
 
5) Harry could easily overcome the Imperious Curse, something even
formidable wizards like the real Moody and Crouch junior and senior
found extremely difficult to do.  For example, Crouch junior struggled
against it for over a decade and even then was only partially
successful, Harry could triumph over it in just a few minutes. 
  
6) I can't think of a better demonstration of pure raw power than the
scene in GoF where Harry engages man to man in magical arm wrestling
with the most powerful dark wizard in a thousand years and wins. Harry
forced those beads of light into Voldemort's wand not the other way as
the dark lord wanted.

7) Voldemort was able to possess Ginny and even a defense against the
dark arts teacher for months but when he tried to do the same thing to
Harry he had to retreat in defeat after just a few seconds. 

8) The greatest Dark Wizard of all time, the best student ever to
attend Hogwarts beating even Dumbledore, tried to kill Harry 5 times
and failed 5 times, nobody is that lucky.



Eggplant