And that's always a good idea, really, because a kid probably isn't going to have the skill of someone who's been training their whole life.
I beg to differ. I could see how great reflexes and speed could have evened the field for Harry, somewhat, if he actually worked as hard at learning to fight as a star of your typical kids sports movie does at training. Some people _were_ good duelists at 18, when it was the matter of rapiers or pistols. So, given some additional intensive training in year 6 that one would have thought DD would have been happy to organize, and strong motivation, that should be a given, I'd find it plausible if the trio could successfully measure themselves against the DEs.
As regards Voldy, there were the whole "connection" and "Prophecy" aspects to give him an edge and change the normal rules of the game. I really liked that facet of Theowyn's fanfics, where the interesting use of their mental connection allowed for victory over Voldy and moral superiority gave that very last bit needed to achieve it. Of course, DH "solved" all this very differently...
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Date: 2008-10-10 09:51 pm (UTC)I beg to differ. I could see how great reflexes and speed could have evened the field for Harry, somewhat, if he actually worked as hard at learning to fight as a star of your typical kids sports movie does at training. Some people _were_ good duelists at 18, when it was the matter of rapiers or pistols.
So, given some additional intensive training in year 6 that one would have thought DD would have been happy to organize, and strong motivation, that should be a given, I'd find it plausible if the trio could successfully measure themselves against the DEs.
As regards Voldy, there were the whole "connection" and "Prophecy" aspects to give him an edge and change the normal rules of the game. I really liked that facet of Theowyn's fanfics, where the interesting use of their mental connection allowed for victory over Voldy and moral superiority gave that very last bit needed to achieve it.
Of course, DH "solved" all this very differently...