[the_old_crowd] Re: HBP: thoughts...

[Magda Grantwich]

--- Barry Arrowsmith <arrowsmithbt at ...> wrote:

> Many of the fandom have long been comfortable with the illusion
> that Harry is a 'powerful' wizard. Some of us have tried to point 
> out that this isn't justified in the text. He's been enormously 
> lucky, having all that protection, 
> both spell induced and with  DD turning up at the right moment, and
> the finale battle at Hogwarts puts his power in perspective....
> Magically Harry is not in the First Division.


I'm not disagreeing with you, although I think there are signs that
Harry is a stronger wizard than he realizes.  Harry is best when he
does something automatically without thinking about it - casting a
patronus, flying a broomstick - or when he's in a tight corner - it
was his idea after all to break the prophecy globes so that the
hextet could make a break for it while they were trapped in the DoM. 


If he stops to think about it, he's often stymied or doesn't
accomplish what he wants.  He also gets frustrated, which probably
doesn't help.  

Magda

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