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Ghost Story Book Club - Chapters 46-FINISH **MAJOR SPOILERS**
john4200:
laura_be:
Did you mean the SENIOR Council (seven)? Because there are hundreds of members of the White Council, and the majority of them are probably NOT a match for Harry.
laura_be:
--- Quote from: john4200 on August 31, 2011, 04:26:16 AM ---laura_be:
Did you mean the SENIOR Council (seven)? Because there are hundreds of members of the White Council, and the majority of them are probably NOT a match for Harry.
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Yeah, I was thinking about them when I wrote that, not the whole Council, 'cause you know, there's all kinds of wizards there, though Harry was apparently the youngest ever accepted until the vampire war. But yeah, the Senior is the key word.
HellsBells:
Just a thought,
This disease that seems to have affected a few of the Sidhe, especially the more powerful ones.
What if its turning them more human, as Maeve expressed fear of in Proven Guilty.
Maybe the one affected by it can lie now?
Quester:
There is no diease. Mab is Pissed off and Lea was given a "traitorious gift".
huangjimmy108:
--- Quote from: Kalam on August 28, 2011, 05:29:53 PM ---To go on from the quote below and from a few other points, i think we all need to remember that harry is at the beginning of his life as a wizard, and in most cases other wizards consider him to be a child, however that being said, i beleive they also FEAR him - i disagree with the earlier comment that almost all of the white council could defeat him through skill rather than raw power, because as we read the books, harry grows and becomes more than what he was, he created little chicago, and that in itsell according to bob was a massive acheivement for any wizard, he is mostly self taught and he learns most of that in the thick of battle, he is self depricating also so when he talks about how "good" he is, i actually beleive he sells himself short.
he has the leansidhe as a body guard and the white council have had cause to end him more than once and they havent.
his birth apparently is meant to give him power over the outsiders, perhaps the only mortal man that does, so he is valuable.
personally i beleive we dont know nothing yet as to where his main powers lie, but he is a combat wizard through and through, however his skill at making items is rapidly improving.
(furthermore to that note about items he creates, notice that they get better because his old one failed, and he put more thought into the different types of incidents he would likely be subject to ergo, the only thing in his way, his the limits he puts upon his own psyche)
keep in mind that harry is a lonely man, he likes his lonliness like a companion, but that has to breed self consiousness from him
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That is exactly what I meant. Most of time, Harry only get rated by himself. You can argue that he is self deprecating but it is also possible that he knows what he is talking about. Anyway, we cannot know for sure.
If only Morgan have ever grunted in approval (Hell will froze over first) when seeing Harry do some battle magic or If for example, the Merlin compliment Harry (Which would happened one day after Morgan grunted in approval) when Harry do something magical then we would have something to work with.
As for creating magical items, what I mean is, If Ramirez, at the age he is could already make items that equal or maybe surpass Harry's creation before white knight, when Harry is approximately around Ramirez's age then that means Harry's talent in that particular area is not phenomenal. Not like Molly who can make veil on insting.
I personally thinks that Harry is a rather lazy wizard. He would not push himself to greater heights of power. Either because he is under-motivated or because he is afraid to have that much power. He only makes significant improvement after: his girlfriend becomes half turn, His house got busted a couple of times, he nearly died several times, being dragoon into joining the warden and when his daughter got captured. Things like that. He could do it if he makes the effort, but he does not seem to be a self motivated guy when it comes to magical achievement.
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