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This Near Pure Good was headlined on July 2023. | ||
| “ | Facing this stuff in real life... is not like school. In school, if you make a mistake, you can just try again tomorrow, but out there... when you're a second away from being murdered, or watching a friend die right before your eyes... you don't know what that's like. | „ |
| ~ Harry Potter. |
Harry James Potter, also referred to as The Boy Who Lived and The Chosen One, (b. 31 July 1980), is one of the two main protagonists (alongside Newt Scamander) of the Wizarding World franchise, serving as the titular main protagonist of the Harry Potter series.
He is the son of the late James Potter and the late Lily J. Potter, the godson of Sirius Black, the best friend and later brother-in-law of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, the husband of Ginny Weasley, and the father of their three children, James Sirius Potter II, Albus Severus Potter, and Lily Luna Potter. He is also the arch-nemesis of the most infamous power-hungry Dark wizard, Lord Voldemort.
He is a young wizard who survived the crisis of the Wizardry World as an infant, being intertwined with putting an end to Lord Voldemort's reign after inadvertently defeating the Dark Lord. However, Harry lived with dire consequences with his life which involved the betrayal of his own family's friend who was working among the Death Eaters which lead to being casted by Lily Potter as a final act of retaliation of supposedly destroying He-Who-Must-Not-Be Named, loosing both of his parents in the process who gave up their lives in protecting their son and ending the first war, coupled with being a ruthless target for the Evil Wizards after being engrained with a mark which earned unspoken abilities interlinked with powers subconsciously inherited from the sudden trait of being one of the many Horcruxes.
Being forced into Muggle-hood throughout the rest of his childhood after being taken in by his belittling aunt and uncle, while also warding away any threats coming after him throughout with a magical charm until he was ready to be nurtured into a Wizard by Hagrid's encouragement.
In the films, was portrayed by Daniel Radcliffe. In the TV show, he will be portrayed by Dominic McLaughlin.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Good?[]
In General[]
- While snarky, he never antagonizes people more than what is warranted and he subverts his sass in his later years as confirmed in The Cursed Child.
- Possesses an extremely loving, kind and gentle heart, extending courtesy and friendship to others most of the time and always doing his best to treat others of all statuses and races equally.
- He also outgrown his stark, absolute perception about things which made him unnecessarily biased, especially regarding Slytherin as he looked past the Hogwarts House' infamy due to many Dark Wizards originated from there. He also understood the reality of his role models are never flawless (Harry was understandably shocked to learn that his father, James Potter, used to be a bully prior to his change of heart into a good man Lily and his son knew; and later discovered Dumbledore's drive to do the right thing all this time, even if not above taking morally questionable choices, was to make up the guilt from his past tragedies).
- Never takes his heroic status in pride, remaining generally humble and never flaunting his achievements or status as the chosen one to others.
- Has proven on multiple occasions that he does not wish death upon his enemies, and when he resorts to violent things like stabbing the Serpent of Slytherin, it is almost always a last resort, especially since he knows they deserve it.
- As Dumbledore himself put it, Harry was never seduced by the Dark Arts or desired to obtain any power like Voldemort despite having access to his thoughts and his powers, refusing to be corrupted by Voldemort's influence.
- Though it was initially out of ignorance, he worked hard alongside Dumbledore to inspire people not to afraid of speaking Lord Voldemort's name because the Dark Lord was, for all intents and purposes, ultimately a mortal Wizardkind instead of omnipresent and omnipotent entity his reputation seemingly painted him as. He was forced to stop doing so after Voldemort made his name a taboo, however.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone[]
- He expressed sympathy to the snake in the zoo (who had no family like him), and after accidentally making the glass wall disappear, eventually frees it.
- He was extremely grateful for everything Rubeus Hagrid did for him.
- He reclaimed Neville's Remembrall when it was stolen from Draco Malfoy which led to him being put on the Quidditch team as Seeker.
- He defended Hagrid and Ron when Draco Malfoy made rude remarks about the two.
- He and Ron saved Hermione from a mountain troll despite there being nothing in it for either of them.
- He helps Hagrid by sending Norberta to a more pleasant and conducive place where she can live her life.
- He felt remorse over costing his house 150 house points for a violation of curfew.
- With assistance from Snape and Hermione, he stopped Quirrell from getting the Sorcerer's Stone, preventing Voldemort from returning for a little while longer. And while Quirrell did have his head grotesquely crumbling into ashes, Harry had no choice but to kill him in a brutal manner given his inexperience with wandwork, lest he would murder him and bring Voldemort back into the wizarding world.
- When looking into the Mirror of Erised, which showed the person's greatest desires, the only thing Harry saw was him with his family instead of power or fame.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets[]
- He regretted flying Arthur's car to Hogwarts, conceding it wasn't justified after all.
- Even after Dobby sealed the barrier and made a Bludger into a rogue one, he stops him from beating himself with a desk object after he had called him out on him strangling him being an empty threat mere moments prior.
- Refused to believe Tom Riddle when he tried to show Hagrid was guilty of opening the Chamber of Secrets, clearing his name.
- Braved the Forbidden Forest to face the malicious and pedicidal monster Aragog on account of needing information.
- Prevented Lockhart from abandoning Hogwarts and forced him to keep his promise and pursue the Heir of Slytherin.
- Upon learning he had been consorting with the Dark Lord Voldemort all along, he refused to show an ounce of fear.
- His sheer loyalty to Albus Dumbledore called Fawkes to him.
- Managed to kill the Slytherin Basilisk with the Sword of Gryffindor, ending its terror and ensuring no other students were killed by its gaze. And however unwittingly, he also imbued the sword with the ability to destroy Horcruxes.
- Destroyed Tom Riddle's diary, unknowingly destroying one of Voldemort's Horcruxes while saving Ginny's life in the process. It also led to Ginny to continue to fall in love with him even more.
- Helped Dobby become a free elf by placing a sock in Tom Riddle's diary before giving it to Lucius so that when Lucius gave Dobby the diary, unintentionally giving Dobby his freedom in the process.
- He was the first student to be genuinely nice to Myrtle.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban[]
- The reason why him blowing up Marge Dursley has not been listed as a corrupting factor, is because she undoubtedly deserved it considering she was sadistically insulting his parents in front of him (and had previously given him dog biscuits for Christmas alongside having found other similarly petty ways to wrong him for no reason), and besides he handled the situation well by not using any worse magic in stopping her on her verbal abuse.
- Although he kept physically assailing Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle, they absolutely deserved it.
- He and Hermione manage to save the life of Buckbeak, a hippogriff who'd been unfairly sentenced to execution because he'd attacked Draco, even though it was Draco who'd provoked Buckbeak in the first place.
- He helped fulfill Oliver Wood's lifelong goal of Gryffindor winning the Quidditch House Cup as it was Wood's final year at Hogwarts.
- He stops Sirius and Lupin from killing Peter Pettigrew because he believed his father wouldn't want either of them to become murderers, though on the other hand, Harry was still fine with giving Peter to the Dementors.
- Upon learning of Sirius' innocence, Harry goes out of his way to save Sirius from being given the Dementor's Kiss.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire[]
- He offers to get a Licorice Wand for Ron on the Hogwarts Express.
- He handles Cho Chang's rejection of going to the Yule Ball appropriately.
- In the Triwizard Tournament, Harry decides to tell Cedric about the first trial, even though Cedric was his rival and telling him would cause him to lose the advantage over him.
- During the second trial, along with Ron, Harry decides to save Gabrielle despite having no reason to and knowing it would likely cost him the trial. Despite the setback, he gets awarded points for moral fibre, was placed in second place in the second task, became friends with Fleur while Gabrielle started to develop a crush on Harry, similar to Ginny.
- In the final trial of the tournament, though he and Cedric initially became competitive with one another and determined to win, Harry still saves Cedric from an acromantula, and decides that the two of them should win the trial together and grab the Triwizard Cup simultaneously.
- He honored Cedric's wish to bring his dead body back to his father.
- He gives his winnings from the Triwizard Tournament to the Weasley Twins who use the money to open a joke shop.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix[]
- When he and Dudley were attacked by Dementors, he saved the life of his cousin and warded the Dementors away.
- Harry continued to insist that Voldemort had returned in spite of the constant slander and ridicule being thrown at him by the Daily Prophet, Fudge, and almost everyone at Hogwarts, openly stating that Voldemort returned during his first class with Umbridge when she tried to deny this claim.
- Brought hope to the students of Hogwarts by forming Dumbledore's Army.
- The lessons he taught his club members were extremely vital in defending themselves, and were the only reason any of them were able to successfully fight against the Death Eaters at the Department of Mysteries.
- When he learned about Snape's past of being bullied by his father, he felt a great sense of empathy for Snape since he went through similar bullying as a child and was greatly disturbed by his father's past actions.
- Did not hesitate to go after Sirius when he believed he was being tortured by Voldemort at the Department of Mysteries.
- Tried to bring Bellatrix to justice for murdering Sirius. And while he did use the Cruciatus Curse on her, it's not like she had done nothing to deserve it.
- In the film, when given the chance to kill Bellatrix and being persuaded by Voldemort to give in to his darkness and finish her off after having killed Sirius, he refused to stoop to such a level, though this did not occur in the book.
- He managed to break free from Voldemort's possession by having thoughts of love and friendship, feeling a great sense of pity for Voldemort due to his inability to feel love or comprehend righteousness.
- While he acted like a jerk and became wrathful, this was caused by his trauma from Cedric's death and not receiving help for that, and he overcame it in the end. Not to mention he had to learn the severity of corruption that marred the Ministry of Magic in the hard way — the same issue which ultimately foreshadowed its inevitable alliance with Lord Voldemort later on.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince[]
- He congratulated Fleur Delacour's engagement to Bill Weasley despite the fact that Ginny and Molly Weasley and Hermione hated Fleur at first.
- He took Luna Lovegood to Horace Slughorn's party despite it being an unpopular decision.
- He defended Neville and Luna when Romilda Vane was rude to the two while asking Harry to sit with Romilda and her friends.
- He tried to stop Mundungus Fletcher from stealing the late Sirius Black's possessions, even before Hermione reminded him that was Harry's own property.
- Though he used Sectumsempra on Draco as retaliation for Draco having cursed Katie Bell, it was only done because Draco was about to use an Unforgivable Curse on him and because he had no knowledge of what the spell would do. He is then immediately horrified by Draco's injuries, demonstrating he never truly wanted to kill his rival.
- Felt very guilty for failing to complete the task Dumbledore gave him of retrieving Slughorn's memory and apologized for not treating it as a greater priority.
- He went to Aragog's funeral even though he tried to murder him and his best friend as a preteen.
- He helped Dumbledore procure Slytherin's Locket, and while he had no clue it was a fake, the intention counts.
- He tried to prevent Snape from getting away from Hogwarts, and while he had no clue Snape was secretly righteous, his intentions once again count.
- He attended Dumbledore's funeral.
- Before leaving to search for the Horcruxes, he broke up with Ginny in order to protect her and ensure Voldemort would not use her as leverage against Harry.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows[]
- Harry protected his uncle, aunt and cousin from being targeted by Death Eaters, caring about their safety even though they'd all treated him terribly his entire life.
- When he said their goodbyes, Harry was surprised and touched by Dudley's statement that he didn't believe Harry to be a waste of space and thanking Harry for saving his life, and the two of them shook hands.
- Harry attempted to shake Vernon's hand even though Vernon had treated him the worst out of the entire family by far and had every reason to loathe him.
- He, along with Ron and Hermione, went on a quest to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, successfully managing to destroy all of them and weakening Voldemort enough for him to eventually be killed.
- Successfully procured the locket from the Ministry of Magic, and upon having a golden opportunity to kill Dolores Umbridge, constrained himself enough to curse her instead. He proceeds to save several Muggle-borns from Voldemort's pawns.
- Reclaimed Mad-Eye Moody's stolen eye and gave it a proper burial.
- Forgave Ron for deserting them during their hunts for the Horcruxes and comforted him after seeing visions created by Voldemort's Horcrux to make Ron jealous, explaining that Hermione was like a sister to him and nothing more.
- In the books, Harry tried to save Peter Pettigrew from being strangled by his silver hand which Voldemort made as a fail safe, despite Pettigrew betraying his parents to Voldemort in the first place.
- Brutally incapacitated Amycus Carrow and thwarted his attempt to trick Lord Voldemort into murdering several Ravenclaw children just to justify scapegoating. And while he did subject him to an Unforgivable Curse, not only was it temporarily legal because of Voldemort's puppet regime, but Carrow absolutely deserved it especially considering he himself had used such curses on defenseless eleven-year-olds, something which Harry himself was fully aware of.
- When Aberforth suggests using Slytherin children as hostages, Harry calls him out on this moral greyness by rightfully retorting that this wouldn't stop Voldemort's entire army (especially because Bellatrix and Dolohov don't have kids in the first place and Voldemort has brought Acromantulas, Dementors, and giants along), adding that he would put it past Albus.
- Saved Draco's life from the Fiendfyre's flames that had been spread by Crabbe despite their past and that Draco was his enemy.
- Even though he despised Snape, he was still shocked at the way Voldemort ruthlessly killed Snape to master the Elder Wand's power, and felt sorry for his former teacher.
- After learning the truth about Snape's allegiance to Dumbledore and his love for Lily, Harry forgives Snape for all of the mockery, cruelty and mistreatment he endured at Snape's hands for many years, going so far as to call Snape one of the bravest men he ever knew and naming one of his sons after his fallen teacher to honor him.
- Attempted to sacrifice himself to save the world from Voldemort; this act not only destroyed the piece of Voldemort's soul inside of him, but it also gave his friends the power of sacrificial protection, allowing them to withstand and defend against spells that should've incapacitated or killed them.
- While in Limbo, it is implied that Harry was moved enough to want to help Voldemort upon discovering what befell his soul fragment there but is powerless to do so — a sentiment shared by Dumbledore. Indeed, up until that moment, neither of them know how severe the damage the Dark Lord done to his soul just to attain immortality via. Horcruxes.
- Also in the Limbo, Harry forgave Dumbledore for having lied to him and the pain he unintentionally put The Boy Who Lived through. When Dumbledore asked Harry if he was better than Voldemort, Harry assured him he was completely different, saying that such a question was ridiculous to ask and expressing full faith in Dumbledore's righteous heart.
- In their final confrontation, even after all of the unspeakable atrocities he committed, Harry still gave Voldemort the chance to repent and feel remorse for his crimes, allowing the Dark Lord to end things peacefully.
- Instead of using the Elder Wand to attain greater power, he decided the trouble it had caused exceeded its worth as a magical artifact and selflessly chose to keep it stored away so when he died, its power would disappear and no one else would be killed to gain its power. In the film, Harry breaks the Elder Wand so that no one else could use its power.
- Defeated Voldemort, putting an end to the tyrannical reign of the greatest dark wizard of all time, saving both the wizard and muggle worlds and ushering in an era of peace the world hadn't experienced for more than a decade.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child[]
- Confirmed to make amends with Dudley as adults in spite of their bitter past, visiting him often and watching as their children played with one another.
- Maintained a mostly cordial relationship with Draco when they became adults in spite of some lingering hatred, and eventually, when the two of them talked, Draco expressed his jealousy of the genuine friendship Harry had with Ron and Hermione, as well as the details of his wife's death. After this moment, Harry put all of the past enmity and hatred for Draco behind him, and the two finally became friends.
- Chose not to kill Delphini and attempted to reason with her since he understood her pain of not having any parents.
What Prevents Him From Being Pure Good?[]
- Casts the Cruciatus Curse, an Unforgivable Curse that causes searing pain on Amycus after spitting in Professor McGonagall's face. While this moment is arguably understandable, it is still too lethal for a Pure Good character. Moreover, it has been established that one of the Unforgivable Curses' chief prerequisites is a deep desire to use the curses for malevolent purposes and take great pleasure in their victims' sufferings, which Harry fulfilled albeit not to the same extent as actual Dark Wizards since the rage he channeled into the spell was righteous one instead of actual malice.
- Though he had since outgrown them, it took him quite some time to outgrow the tendency to be indecisive and tackle most situations and problems alone without considering potential outcomes throughoutly, as well as improving his social intuition and academic curiosity. To be fair however, he was raised in an unloving environment which hindered such development.
External Links[]
- Harry Potter on the Heroes Wiki
- Harry Potter on the Harry Potter Wiki
- Harry Potter on the Ultimate Good Wiki
- Harry Potter on the Shonen Heroes Wiki
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