• BakerBagel@midwest.social
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    8 months ago

    Yeah the truth is that Harry is more or less completely useless at anything other than quidditch in the books. He’s just a symbol that actually talented people rally around

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      8 months ago

      Functionally, he’s good at being reliably moral. See: the mirror of erised, the second GoF task, going willingly to his death.

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        8 months ago

        Reliably moral by traditional wizarding standards*. Hermione is more reliably moral by standards external to the wizarding world.

        • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works
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          8 months ago

          Hermione blackmailed a journalist and kept her in a jar for several weeks. The following year she cursed a fellow student and left them permanently disfigured. I’m not sure that I would consider her more reliably moral… a good person overall, but with flaws.