#heroic things

[keystone-asterism]

"The qualities that each of the founders valued were far more specific than they are widely acknowledged to be." Lucius drew his fingertips idly through the flame of one of the candles, watching the shadows waver across the table. "For example, Godric Gryffindor valued not courage, but a certain kind of courage - a thoughtless, physical, headstrong kind that causes Gryffindors to rush in where angels fear to tread. In every generation, this kind of courage produces a handful of heroes and a battalion of canon fodder. Godric himself was not blind to that fact, which people would do well to remember when they denounce Slytherins as manipulative."

Mirabella, Shadow of his Wings

[keystone-asterism]

“Harry has a lot of power of his own,” Percy argued. “And a large dose of luck.” “Potter was, and as far as I know still is, a sledgehammer. A malleus maleficarum, if you will,” Lucius said. “Brute force and a tenacious refusal to die will get one surprisingly far, but he hasn’t the intellect to match against Tom Riddle’s, which is why it’s fortunate for him that there is even less of Tom Riddle left in Voldemort now than there was when Potter’s parents were killed.”

Mirabella, Shadow of his Wings