What has he discovered? What useful spells has he learned? He’s supposed to be a genius of near-Hermione level academic skill and far more strategic thought. When are we going to start seeing him pull out awesome, practical magical knowledge or skill?
And somewhere, someone begins thinking paranoidly, ‘yes, Harry has made very little practical progress, compared to how much time he has put into scheming against bullies, breaking into Azkaban, and fighting Ender’s Game—and isn’t it interesting that all 3 seem traceable back to one particular person?’
I was about to respond to wedrifid in agreement, suggesting that were actually several loose ends where Harry ought to have interesting research results, which I would very much like to read about. And yet it’s already April! So I was feeling a bit disappointed.
And somewhere, someone begins thinking paranoidly, ‘yes, Harry has made very little practical progress, compared to how much time he has put into scheming against bullies, breaking into Azkaban, and fighting Ender’s Game—and isn’t it interesting that all 3 seem traceable back to one particular person?’
I was about to respond to wedrifid in agreement, suggesting that were actually several loose ends where Harry ought to have interesting research results, which I would very much like to read about. And yet it’s already April! So I was feeling a bit disappointed.
But your explanation has cheered me up immensely.