Well, it doesn’t take a Seer to tell us the best hope is with capabilities V doesn’t know about. Other things could still play a part, but don’t expect them to make the decisive difference.
What does that leave us?
Aspects of Harry’s mind other than raw intelligence/creativity. In particular, V seems to have a hard time modeling goodness.
More accurate prophecy interpretation (Dark Lord is death)
Possibly control over dementors; V may not know the full extent, though he knows about the scaring and that Harry survived Azkaban.
Partial transfiguration. Dumbledore flagged this possibility way back, and I’m definitely calling Chekhov’s Gun on the shaping exercises. The problem is how Harry will get to do any transfiguration. And in the event he does get a chance to do one “harmless” transfiguration, V can just ask him in Parseltongue if he’s planning anything.
It’s also possible V won’t be able to fully predict Harry’s intelligence because he’s never faced a copy of himself before, but Moody is a pretty good practice opponent. In particular, having fought Mad-Eye means V won’t be caught of guard by the extent of Harry’s precautions.
Well, it doesn’t take a Seer to tell us the best hope is with capabilities V doesn’t know about. Other things could still play a part, but don’t expect them to make the decisive difference.
What does that leave us?
Aspects of Harry’s mind other than raw intelligence/creativity. In particular, V seems to have a hard time modeling goodness.
More accurate prophecy interpretation (Dark Lord is death)
Possibly control over dementors; V may not know the full extent, though he knows about the scaring and that Harry survived Azkaban.
Partial transfiguration. Dumbledore flagged this possibility way back, and I’m definitely calling Chekhov’s Gun on the shaping exercises. The problem is how Harry will get to do any transfiguration. And in the event he does get a chance to do one “harmless” transfiguration, V can just ask him in Parseltongue if he’s planning anything.
It’s also possible V won’t be able to fully predict Harry’s intelligence because he’s never faced a copy of himself before, but Moody is a pretty good practice opponent. In particular, having fought Mad-Eye means V won’t be caught of guard by the extent of Harry’s precautions.