harry can’t duel
harry can’t duel
harry cannot duel
he only uses expelliarmus and he cannot duel
even if he’s dueling the FUCKING DARK LORD
Imagine the conversation ministry officials must be having when they see his auror application:
“He’s Harry Potter!”
“I know but that doesn’t change the fact-”
“Harry! Freaking! Potter!”
“We still need him to attend extra duelling lessons-”
“We can’t put Harry Potter in extra duelling lessons!”
“He only ever uses one spell-”
“Yeah, but he’s really good at it.”
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who had practiced one kick 10,000 times. - Bruce Lee
Harry Potter, the boy who dared to ask, “why study all these other spells if I can get really good at yeeting everyone’s wands out of their hands”
Are you kidding? Harry is GREAT at dueling. DADA is the only class he ever truly excelled at. He picks up jinxes and defensive maneuvers far quicker than most and once or twice even better than Hermione (remember he scored higher than her on their year 3 DADA end of year exams? The only year they both took the test and had a competent teacher?). Harry has fast reflexes, good impulses, and is a powerful spellcaster (he cast patronus as a 13 year old which is practically UNHEARD of). He is able to effectively lead the DA to the point that the members are well prepared to assist in the battle for Hogwarts. This requires him to have mastered a number of dueling spells - how could he be an effective teacher if he didn’t know the spells himself?
Harry is great at dueling, but he chooses to avoid it when possible. He does not like being violent, but he WILL defend himself and his loved ones when he needs to. His whole life has been filled with people who want to hurt him - his relatives, Snape, Malfoy, Voldemort, the list is endless. It would be so easy for Harry to resort to violence to solve his problems, he has innumerable examples to draw inspiration from.
But he doesn’t.
Harry could be a master dueler, wreaking havoc and pain on the battlefield. Yet, despite his potential to excel at offensive magic, the spell Harry Potter is most well known for is the disarming spell. A spell that does not injure the target. A spell the prevents further violence from occurring.
That is no accident.
This is still the best response to a post I’ve ever written on this godforsaken website, and I’m glad to see it still getting reblogged occasionally.



















