Halfbloods more powerful?

[jeeva160889]

Has anybody ever noticed that JKR has depicted the half bloods more powerful? The main characters, Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore, Voldemort?
Also Severus Snape!

Did you also notice that the two who have both magical parents (Harry and Dumbledore) are Gryffindors and the ones with one magical and one non-magical (Volde and Snape) are Slytherins?

[Kitty279]

It's not that surprising. The purebloods have by now to be so inbred that it has to have genetical consequences. What they need are some biological-genetical classes.

Don't forget the two muggleborn girls who were called the 'smartest witch of her age' - Lily and Hermione.

No, hadn't noticed that one. But wasn't Dean the son of a wizard and a muggle, too? And Seamus the son of a witch and a muggle? And both are Gryffindors. So I think that one doesn't count too much.

[jeeva160889]

oops forgot about those two.

Although Hermione is said to be smartest, I agree she might be powerful, but not more than Harry. She was not able to produce a Patronus so easily.

As for Lily, I cannot argue that she might be more powerful.

[Kitty279]

Smart isn't the same as powerful, no. Besides, I always got the feeling Hermione can memorise the theory well, and by that way is often one of the first to get it, but when it comes to applying what she learned under stress, or to raw power, Harry surpasses her. He may not always understand how a spell works, but he knows instinctively what to do in an emergency, while Hermione tends to panic and freeze, or at least she did in the beginning. And the Patronus was an interesting proof that Harry is more powerful than his classmates. Even if they got the spell reasonably fast, how many would have been able to use it with actual Dementors around? And worse, to drive off a hundred Dementors? That would be interesting to see.

[physicssquid]

There's another thing that proves that Harry has more raw power. His accidental magic was quite impressive, vanishing glass, shrinking a jumper, regrowing his hair, flying/apparating to the roof of a school building. I know that the books don't mention what accidental magic others did, except Neville, who bounced after being dropped, but there was never any mention of anyone else doing something impressive, and even after getting his wand, Harry was able to do accidental magic, when he blew Marge up in book 3 and shocked Vernon in book 5.

And Kitty, Hermione still panicked in the seventh book, when they were attacked in the cafe. Harry was the one to take charge while she lost her head.

[Kitty279]

Good point. Besides, if Ron had done any impressive accidental magic, he'd have bragged about it, and then Hermione would have told them what she did, or at least that's how I think they would do it. As we never hear about it, I suspect it wasn't anything special.

Ah yes, had forgotten about that one. She's really more use when it comes to research, but in an emergency, I'd rather trust Harry
I always suspect that Harry would be better able to use simple spells to good effect in a duell, while Hermione wouldn't think of them because that's not their primary use - like Wingardium Leviosa or the like. Not what you learn in DADA, so she'd probably not think to use them. Harry, however, I could see doing these more unconventional things.

[jeeva160889]

Unfortunately, not much is known about Seamus and Dean's power levels. It would have been nice to see if the theory of Half bloods being atleast bit more powerful than an average Pureblood or a Muggleborn.

It is true that Hermione is the brains of the group, but Harry certainly s a leader. I would gladly follow Harry during an emergency too. He keeps a cool head in times of danger. It seems others panicking makes him take charge to get out of the situation. The only time Hermione had to get Harry out of the place would be when the visited Godrics Hollow and that was only because of the vision.

[Kitty279]

Personally, I think while these theories can be true on average, there will always be exceptions to the rule. James was a Pureblood, as was Sirius, and my impression was that they weren't that bad, either. But overall, I guess we simply don't know enough to answer these questions with certainty, we just can speculate. Or try to insert that into a story and answer it there.