What if Harry had a tiny bit of brains in his empty skull?

[Asphodel]

^see above^

[Asphodel]

I like Hermione way more. Harry just doesn't get it.

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

I really do agree.
But then again, if Harry had some brain he wouldn't have let Cedric take the Trophy in the Triwizard tournament. He would have gone to win. And Cedric wouldn't have ended up dead.

[Asphodel]

Right, I mean when i wrote the title I was kind of... well you know. I mean I know Harry is the hero and all, but his low... IQ gets on my nerves.

[Phoenix in the Ashes]

Agreed.
But then, what kind of a story would it be if he did? He would be going out with Cho still, guaranteed. He just wouldn't be Harry Potter.

[Asphodel]

I guess I should give Harry some credit. He isn't really dumb he's just average.

[espionage]

yeah but you want a hero to be above average in some respects. harry has nothing to really stand him out from anyone else, except from a past, a lot of dumb luck and the stupidity to get himself and others into dangerous situations a lot of the time. i agree with you entirely asphodel. it gets on my nerves too.

[Rory Pridinham]

Yeah, but look at Harry's upbringing.

He was brought up in the most Muggle household there is - with the Dursleys. The schools he went to were Muggle schools and his imagination was not allowed to flourish. I doubt he even was allowed to read a book besides the texts he read for school. Wouldn't you mind kinda be shut to new ideas if you were treated that way for 11 years?

Then he was plunged into an entirely different world - wizarding world, that is. There is a whole history of this world that he had no idea about, and is still learning about it along the way through his trials in the books. Even Ron, who can be a bit of an airhead at times, has an advantage over Harry because he was brought up in a wizarding household - magic is NORMAL to him, and he gets to see what's up in the wizarding world through the daily paper. Plus he has a whole community of wizards to talk to. If you were plopped into a totally different society, wouldn't you be a bit shell-shocked? It's like learning all your basic motor movements all over again - it takes TIME.

What I'm getting at is this: sure Harry doesn't seem to bright in these books, but he's playing a huge game of catch-up. And what normal teenage boy wants to spend hours reading newpapers and books and hanging out with professors to get a handle on the wizarding world?

I think we should give Harry a chance - he is maturing as a wizard, after all. And that whole Voldemort thing on top of learning wizardry - can you imagine how much stress that poor boy is under?



Ok. I'm done now

[sorcerer83]

besides he has emotional iq (if thats how you say it) - well not so much when it comes to girls but yes about leadership and encouraging weak people and helping people, he has alot to stand him out on that aspect - the psychological aspect, especially after hbp and more so after 7 im sure
and he has very good dunno if street smart but something like it - he reacts very quickly, hes good under pressure and stuff like that