| 1 | [[center:[-[[Characters/ChildOfTheStorm Main Character Index]] | '''Harry Thorson''' | [[Characters/ChildOfTheStormHarrysFriends Harry's Friends]] ([[Characters/ChildOfTheStormCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]]) | [[Characters/ChildOfTheStormAvengersAndAssociates Avengers and Associates]] | [[Characters/ChildOfTheStormOtherHeroesAndAllies Other Heroes and Allies]] | [[Characters/ChildOfTheStormTheMagicalWorlds The Magical Worlds]] | [[Characters/ChildOfTheStormCivilians Civilians]] | [[Characters/ChildOfTheStormGodsAndCosmicEntities Gods and Cosmic Entities]] | [[Characters/ChildOfTheStormXMen X-Men]] | [[Characters/ChildOfTheStormVillainousGroups Villainous Groups]] | [[Characters/ChildOfTheStormNonAlignedVillains Non-Aligned Villains]]-]]] |
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| 3 | This page lists tropes associated with Harry Thorson, the main character of ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm''. |
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| 5 | !Harry Thorson né Potter a.k.a. Prince [[spoiler: Aurvandil]] of Asgard |
| 6 | ->''I never '''wanted''' power. I never '''wanted''' to be god. And I am '''done''' playing.'' |
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| 8 | TheHero of the story, and for the most part, as sweet and kind-hearted as in canon... but also as temperamental. The discovery that his father wasn't just James Potter - he was Prince Thor of Asgard, member of the Avengers and all round awesome guy, and the often chaotic ramifications of this, shape the story. Increasingly, Harry's responses to those ramifications shape the story, and Harry himself takes centre stage in the great supernatural chess game as a player in his own right.\ |
| 9 | Needless to say, this also drastically affects his CharacterDevelopment -- not all of which is for the better. An [[DeadpanSnarker increasingly snarky]], increasingly confident and assertive individual, he's more proactive and thoroughly resigned to the absurdity of his life. However, he's also deeply traumatised, occasionally ruthless, with a darker side and a sometimes dangerous temper. Even with his struggles, however, he's still a hero at heart and steadily maturing into a wise KnightOfFaith.\ |
| 10 | For tropes pertaining to [[spoiler: the Red Son]] and [[spoiler: the Dark Phoenix]], see their respective entries [[Characters/ChildOfTheStormVillainousGroups here]] and [[Characters/ChildOfTheStormNonAlignedVillains here]]. All canon tropes through ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets'' apply. |
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| 17 | * AcePilot: He is a natural at flying, even with a Quinjet. |
| 18 | * AdaptationSpeciesChange: Harry is a [[SemiDivine Demi-God]] in this story as a result of [[CompositeCharacter James and Thor being the same person]]. |
| 19 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: A rare written version, since he's explicitly fancast as a young Tom Welling (TallDarkAndHandsome heart-throb) who's growing into a young Pierce Brosnan/Henry Cavill (ditto). |
| 20 | * AdaptationalBadass: Aside from the ComboPlatterPowers, by ''Ghosts'', [[StrongAndSkilled he's]] ''[[MagicKnight lethal]]'' [[KungFuWizard in close combat,]] and far more tactically adept. As in canon, initially he wanders into trouble and {{Indy Ploy}}ed his way out. After some brutal lessons and tutelage from Bucky, Loki, and Strange, he upgrades to XanatosSpeedChess, becoming good enough to run rings around some of the most accomplished schemers and commanders in the story. |
| 21 | * AdaptationalMuscles: Magical correction of stunted growth, a properly regulated diet (both courtesy of his [[MedicalMonarch grandmother]]), a son-of-Thor related growth spurt, and training with Sean Cassidy/Bucky Barnes all help. Thus, he's considerably taller and somewhat more muscular than his novel counterpart. The end result is that he's [[YoungerThanTheyLook younger than he looks]], even pre skunk stripe. |
| 22 | * AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: At first. By ''Ghosts'', it's a bit more nuanced - less fear of what could happen if he loses control, more fear of what he might do. At the start of ''The Phoenix and the Serpent'', Shou-Lao systematically hammers this attitude out of him. |
| 23 | * AgentPeacock: While he's generally a fairly subdued figure in jeans and hoodie, he's got a streak of showmanship a mile wide, somewhat fancy if understated battle armour, and a tendency to pull on the SimpleYetOpulent Phoenix costume when wielding it. Oh, and he increasingly favours CombatParkour. None of this occasional flamboyance - which tends to vanish when he's in a particular mood - makes him any less dangerous. |
| 24 | * AGodAmI: He veers into it briefly when [[spoiler: he snaps and becomes the Dark Phoenix]]. |
| 25 | * AGodIAmNot: Technically speaking, he's a demigod, but he's not entirely happy with the idea and is very uncomfortable with the idea of being worshipped. Cue the quote. |
| 26 | --> "I never ''wanted'' power. I never ''wanted'' to be god. And I am ''done'' playing." |
| 27 | * ALessonInDefeat: Receives the typical one from Shou-Lao, as part of the Test of the Iron Fist in the third book (while he's not an Iron Fist, it serves the same function of testing whether he's understood what he's learned), as the Test is an UnwinnableTrainingSimulation. |
| 28 | * AllGenesAreCoDominant: Averted - he looks like his father (as James), eyes excepted, and he's got a developing Asgardian physique, but as noted by several people, he acts a lot like his mother and his PsychicPowers, which he has a greater natural affinity for, come from her. He even starts looking more like her as time goes on (though he still favours his dad). |
| 29 | * AllLovingHero: Mostly, even after [[ShellShockedVeteran his]] [[TraumaCongaLine traumatic experiences]] result in his steady evolution into a KnightInSourArmour. It becomes a plot point when the Avengers note that it would be just like him to [[spoiler: befriend and basically adopt the possibly evil LivingWeapon clone of his beloved cousin - she's not actually a clone, but that's another matter]]. Bucky remarks on it, noting how it can bring out the better natures of people who didn't actually know they ''had'' better natures. |
| 30 | * TheAllSolvingHammer: His pyrokinesis and telekinesis turn into this towards the end of the first book, until he finds out [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice the hard way]] that, no, they do ''not'' solve everything. |
| 31 | * AlternateSelf: In ''Ghosts''' he encounters [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld an older]] version of himself thanks to an enchantment malfunctioning under his powers' influence, and still present cracks in reality. The counterpart refers to himself as 'Nathan' for simplicity's sake, and comes from a timeline where Wanda adopted him after the events of his First Year, and ends up reappearing as [[spoiler: Jean and Maddie's Phoenix teacher]]. |
| 32 | * AlwaysSaveTheGirl: As an extension of his ChronicHeroSyndrome, emerging in the second book. While Carol can usually more than look after herself, he makes it quite clear that he's willing to threaten to cross his personal GodzillaThreshold and risk becoming the Dark Phoenix to get the gods of gods to bring her back should she die - or just to take her someone far safer and far away to do it anyway. Unusually, this is pointed out as a character flaw and explained just ''why'' it's a bad idea (short version: {{Top God}}s have long memories, touchy pride, and a talent for DisproportionateRetribution somewhere down the line). |
| 33 | * AmazonChaser: Harry's magnetic attraction to danger extends to his taste in women. If he's interested, it's because the lady in question is somewhere between 'formidable' and 'terrifying'. |
| 34 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: He starts becoming this more and more as time goes by, particularly when he gets angry, at which point he starts shading into HumanoidAbomination territory. It scares him witless. |
| 35 | * AndThisIsFor: |
| 36 | ** When ripping Gravemoss's heart out, he makes it clear it's [[PayEvilUntoEvil for what he did to Sif]] under Paris. |
| 37 | ** Subverts it in chilling fashion in ''Ghosts'', when dismembering [[spoiler: Dudley]], [[TranquilFury calmly]] explaining that this is not being done out of revenge, or rage, but because it must be done. |
| 38 | * AnimalMotifs: He's also repeatedly described as resembling a young bird of prey, often a falcon, fitting his lean physique, aerial talents, razor-sharp eyesight, [[HyperAwareness frightening observation skills]], tendency towards lightning-fast surprise attacks to compensate for a relative lack of physical power, and habit of working alone. |
| 39 | * AnimalThemedSuperBeing: Is increasingly associated with the Phoenix, pyrokinesis and all. Given that his mother merged with the Phoenix Force, this isn't entirely surprising. More generally, he's sometimes described as resembling a bird of prey, particularly a falcon. |
| 40 | * TheAntiNihilist: Starts out as a textbook idealist, albeit with a cynical streak. After his [[TraumaCongaLine more unpleasant experiences]] and rapidly expanded knowledge of just what makes the cosmos tick, plus a brief dabbling with [[StrawNihilist Nihilism]], he comes around to this idea in chapter 35 of ''Ghosts''. |
| 41 | --> [[{{Literature/Hogfather}} If you took apart the universe down to its smallest bits, I’m willing to bet you wouldn’t find any justice, or any mercy. There’s no mercy in the universe. No justice. Just us. And what we do.]] [..] If the universe is a dark place, then I want to bring some light into it. If there’s no justice, then I’d like to bring some. And if there’s no mercy in the universe, then I’d like to try and show some. |
| 42 | * ApocalypseMaiden: Part and parcel for being connected to the Phoenix, which he underlines by [[spoiler: nearly destroying the world as the Dark Phoenix.]] |
| 43 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: While his position as ''de facto'' leader of the younger generation owes more to personal loyalty, part of why he's increasingly taken seriously in the sequel is his phenomenal track record in defeating obscenely powerful threats - something which Strange goes to some trouble to very publicly hammer home. |
| 44 | * AstralProjection: Does this a couple of times - the second time, in the sequel, he manages to project an avatar across the Atlantic capable of going hand to hand with a Grey Court Master. Gorakhnath later notes that this was [[DamnedByFaintPraise both impressive and like watching a child juggle hand-grenades]]. |
| 45 | * AttackAttackAttack: While he usually [[GuileHero plays it smart]], his strategy devolves into this once Luna dies and Daken [[IShallTauntYou taunts]] [[ManipulativeBastard him]], so he quite understandably really loses his rag. He's powerful enough by this point that it almost works. Almost. |
| 46 | * AwesomenessByAnalysis: Like canon, he is frighteningly perceptive when he puts his mind to it - and increasingly does so from the second book onward, using his talent for reading people to his advantage ([[ManipulativeBastard and to sometimes somewhat morally ambiguous ends]]). |
| 47 | * BackFromTheDead: Not only is he exceptionally hard to kill, this tends to happen via the Phoenix. In ''Ghosts'', it's made clear that this has consequences, to the universe if not just to him. However, there are options and workarounds, and if he's not on Earth, the consequences are minimal. This gets a typically snarky LampshadeHanging in Book III after his latest technical death lasted about five minutes and turned into an off-the-cuff ThanatosGambit. |
| 48 | --->'''''I realise that I come back from the dead so often that my coffin might as well have a revolving lid...''''' |
| 49 | * BackToBackBadasses: With Carol on several occasions, and with his father later during the Battle of London. |
| 50 | * BadassBoast: He makes a few, much like his dad. |
| 51 | ** He makes a couple more in chapter 70 in the throes of TranquilFury that are truer than anyone, least of all him, realises. While he suffers a DisneyDeath at the end of chapter 70, the Phoenix instantly resurrects him and goes on a rampage. |
| 52 | --> If there’s one thing I can guarantee, just one, it is this. You have never faced anything like me. |
| 53 | --> Because Daken, ''there is no power on this Earth that can stop me now!'' |
| 54 | ** Shortly after, when in [[TranquilFury a similar mood]] he combines it with a short NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech. |
| 55 | ---> [[Film/XMen1 You people and your guns.]] Did you really think that they would protect you from '' me''? [[note]] The answer to that would be a resounding 'no.' [[/note]] |
| 56 | ** And in chapter 28 of ''Ghosts'', he gives this one to a surprised group of adults, including Crouch Senior, Bagman, Karkaroff, and Maxime, after being selected for the Triwizard and demonstrating his powers by [[spoiler: levitating the Durmstrang ship, all 6,000 tons of it, while inspecting his fingernails]] when they're questioned. |
| 57 | ---> What? Surprised? Let me make it very simple. I don't know what you've heard, what you know, or what you think you know, but it boils down to this: you have limits. ''I don't.'' |
| 58 | ** In ''The Phoenix and the Serpent'' he embraces his role as something of a CosmicPlaything, pointing out how he's BornLucky (with certain limits). |
| 59 | -->'''Harry''': I'm a wild card. Where I go, I tip the balance, I change the odds, and logic goes out the window. I'm Doctor Strange's own pair of loaded dice, made for the biggest roll of all. Alone, I'm dangerous. With others? In the right hands, what do you think I'm capable of? What do you think I'm ''not?'' |
| 60 | * BadassInDistress: In ''Forever Red'', he's [[spoiler: captured, then re-captured, by the Red Room, and tortured in an ultimately successful attempt to transform him in the Red Son.]] And that's the abridged version. |
| 61 | * BadassFingerSnap: Develops a habit of signalling a telepathic or telekinetic manoeuvre with one of these, something picked up from his mother at the end of ''Child of the Storm''. Hermione disapprovingly notes that it's an unnecessary piece of theatrics, and Harry admits that she's right. |
| 62 | * BadassLongcoat: Twice in ''Ghosts'', first when adapting the PowerLimiter the [[spoiler: Red Room]] gave him, and secondly when pretending to be the [[spoiler: Dark Phoenix to trick Dracula]]. |
| 63 | * BattleCouple: During the Battle of London, Thor teases him by saying that he and Carol (with whom Harry is JustFriends) make a very fine BattleCouple. Harry lets out a wail of teenage embarrassment, but doesn't exactly deny it. This gets a CallBack in ''Ghosts'' when Harry brings up the battle, and Thor snarks that it wasn't a battle, it was a first date. Cue another wail of teenage embarrassment. Nevertheless, by ''Ghosts'' they're frequently seen fighting side-by-side, and their psychic connection means that they're much more in-tune with each other than would otherwise be possible - and [[spoiler: after chapter 46, they're dating]]. |
| 64 | * BattleHaltingDuel: Gets into one with Daken, which ends abruptly when Daken kills him. Then the Phoenix takes over. |
| 65 | * BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: |
| 66 | ** When Chthon possesses him, thanks to the machinations of Doctor Strange, and with some support from his parents, he's able to cast the Elder God out. |
| 67 | ** He has another epic one with [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor]]. She's more powerful than him, but he's got cunning to spare, and he's intentionally avoiding a direct fight, allowing him to hold his own - though it's made clear that he's fighting a losing battle. Since winning the fight wasn't ever part of his actual plan, this suits him just fine. |
| 68 | ** He also manages to get away honours even from one with Surtur - though the latter was handicapped by reaching back through time, and a vision, and [[spoiler: Harry's a Phoenix host, so inoculated]]. |
| 69 | ** Really, it's not surprising that his plan to deal with an EldritchAbomination that specialises in MindRape is to lock it in his head and force it into a psychic cage-match. |
| 70 | * BecameTheirOwnAntithesis: Compare the open-hearted impulse driven [[TheCutie cutie]] of the first book, and the ruthless, thoughtful, and pragmatic manipulator of the sequel. The latter is an entirely different and much darker kettle of fish, even after his [[TookALevelInKindness regained levels in kindness]] and [[CharacterDevelopment maturity]]. |
| 71 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Gets hit with this ''hard'' when he darkly remarks in ''Ghosts'' that he ''hopes'' the telepath [[spoiler: (Sinister)]] who intervened to keep him at Privet Drive to study him comes around and has a go. Cue ''[[DarkestHour Forever]] [[TraumaCongaLine Red]]''. |
| 72 | * [[BecauseDestinySaysSo Because Doctor Strange Says So]]: Subverted. [[RageAgainstTheMentor Harry gets understandably resentful of Strange's manipulations]], claiming that he doesn't have a choice in anything he does. Strange's retort boils down to the fact that it's precisely because Harry chooses to be a hero, no matter what, that he focused on him to begin with. |
| 73 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: He remembers kindness very clearly, but he tends not to hold grudges when it comes to those who slighted him. However, on the inverse of this, he also remembers those who are cruel to people he cares about - and in that case, he can and will hold a truly ''monstrous'' grudge. |
| 74 | * BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: How he wound up as the Red Son, then the Dark Phoenix.]] He is, thankfully, talked down, but at the very least he is a much more ruthless and morally pragmatic individual afterwards. |
| 75 | * BestFriend: Up through the beginning of his fourth year, Ron and Hermione were this. However, as all three of them sadly come to realize, Harry's increased secretiveness and unwillingness to open up (even if there are, sometimes, good reasons for it) mean that they simply cannot maintain this. |
| 76 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: While the 'nice' is in doubt for a fair chunk of ''Ghosts'', thanks to [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]], he is caring and has a good heart. He will also not hesitate to earn those comparisons to [[TheDreaded Doctor Strange]] and [[ReformedButNotTamed Magneto]] if you threaten the innocent, particularly his loved ones. |
| 77 | * BewareTheSuperman: Harry is a fundamentally kind and compassionate person, but there's a streak of KnightTemplar in him, he's got a horrifying capacity for cold rage, a deadly mind, and [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds enough trauma to break him into a monster]]. Without others around to hold him in check, there is - at times - a risk that he'll veer straight into TheUnfettered, one he recognises. Comparisons are made to a young Magneto, ''by Magneto himself'', and [[PayEvilUntoEvil with]] [[TranquilFury reason]] - and even ''Magneto'' is stunned by what Harry is capable of. Even following his SanityStrengthening field trip in Book III, his nightmarish side is still present and all the more frightening for being so well hidden. |
| 78 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Becomes increasingly prone to this, as he becomes one of the more senior members of the younger cast. |
| 79 | ** Uhtred and Diana after being kidnapped by the Disir, protecting them and [[ShipperOnDeck shipping]] Uhtred/Jean-Paul and Diana/Ginny. When talking to Jean-Paul in Book 2, he mildly tells his friend that if he thought the latter were cheating on Uhtred, he would break Jean-Paul's leg before demanding answers. Bear in mind that Harry has previously stated that given how powerful and ruthless Jean-Paul is, he'd rather go another round with Dracula (who [[CurbstompBattle curbstomped him, twice, and nearly killed him both times]]) than fight him. |
| 80 | ** Luna Lovegood, becoming a BullyHunter to try and protect her. [[SubvertedTrope It ends up backfiring]]. |
| 81 | ** Also towards Ginny Weasley, setting her up with [[spoiler: Diana]] and firmly telling her that he's more than happy to [[TerrorHero intimidate anyone who has a problem]] with [[spoiler: her sexuality]] - though he also acknowledges that she might not want this 'help' given how it backfired last time he tried it (with Luna). |
| 82 | ** He immediately takes Clark under his wing when they meet in ''Ghosts'', offering the benefit of his experience to help him through his issues and ensure that he won't make the same mistakes. They can actually pass quite easily for brothers, and Harry's skunk stripe and demeanour make him seem notably older than Clark. Then, he finds Clark StrappedToAnOperatingTable. See UnstoppableRage for what happens next. |
| 83 | ** His attitude to [[spoiler: Francis]] in ''The Phoenix and the Serpent'' is similarly protective, and he implies a similar willingness to go in to bat for [[spoiler: Johnny Storm]] if the Grandmaster is abusing him in the way he suspects (thankfully, he's not). If that was the case, then as he puts it, he'd do what he did in London - "make an Elder God scream." |
| 84 | * BigBrotherMentor: As noted above, Harry is protective of Clark (who could easily pass for his younger brother), mentoring and teasing him, giving him advice on everything from espionage to romance. |
| 85 | * BigLittleBrother: Jean treats him like a much loved little brother, despite the fact that by the time they meet again, properly, he's about as tall as she is - and with a growth spurt, is quickly at least half a head taller than her and increasingly muscular with it. Hormonal lobby aside, Harry doesn't mind it in the slightest. Also, despite how powerful he becomes, it's worth noting that Jean is still ''considerably'' stronger than he is. |
| 86 | * BigManOnCampus: Played With, then Subverted. He's a skilled sportsman, handsome, and famous. However, his PTSD and secretive behaviour mean that while he's seen as fundamentally decent, he's also generally considered to be distant, dangerous, and unpredictable. He's more or less resigned to it, noting that it's not like his fellow students don't have reason to think that of him. |
| 87 | * {{Blackmail}}: He's entirely willing to use it to achieve his ends if more conventional methods don't work. |
| 88 | * BlemishedBeauty: His famous lightning bolt scar mostly attracts curiosity, and his white streak is considered more of a mysterious accent than a deformity. |
| 89 | * BlessedWithSuck: See HybridPower. Also more generally, his new-found family and [[ReallyRoyaltyReveal rank]], while awesome, attracts trouble like nobody's business and sparks the plot of the first book and most of the second. |
| 90 | ** ''Ghosts'' elaborates on this. While the Phoenix gives him access to immense [[RealityWarper reality warping powers]], and [[HolyBurnsEvil acts as both passive defence and active boost against evil powers/creatures]], actually using it a) risks turning him into a HumanoidAbomination if he loses control, and b) breaking the Seal of Muspelheim and unleashing something far worse - [[EldritchAbomination Surtur]]. Also, it burns off anything trying to affect his soul -- useful in some circumstances, but also nullifying anything Strange could come up with to help heal him. |
| 91 | * BloodKnight: Reluctantly comes to realize that a large part of him ''enjoys'' being in life-or-death fights. |
| 92 | * BlowYouAway: What he's next best at, after fire magic, though again, he generally prefers his telekinesis. In ''Ghosts'', he proves capable of condensing a thunderstorm into something the size of a golf-ball. |
| 93 | * BlueBlood: |
| 94 | ** Very much so, on his dad's side. He's in direct line to the throne of Asgard, his great-grandmother was Zeus's Aunt and, also through his dad, he may very distantly be related to the House of El - though that relation, in the latter case, is either non-existent or watered down to the point of homeopathy (though his adopted great-uncle was an ancestor of the House of El). |
| 95 | ** The sequel reveals that on his mother's side, via the Grey family, there was a solid amount of middle-ranking English nobility, though nothing really relevant in the present day. He was even distantly related to Lady Jane Grey a.k.a. 'the Nine Days Queen'. However, it's implied that (since the House of Grey is still extant) his ancestors were not in the line of inheritance for whatever titles there were. |
| 96 | * BookDumb: Downplayed. He's not by any means bad at academics, he's frighteningly intelligent, and he's got a [[HiddenDepths surprisingly philosophical streak]]. However, his education is often interrupted, and outside of a very specialised skillset, his knowledge is usually shown up compared to those around him. This means that while he has a brilliant intuitive grasp of magic, his understanding of the theory is fairly loose - he's noted to learn better by doing than studying. As a result of this and his [[FatalFlaw impulsiveness]], even those who know him quite well forget how smart he can be when he puts his mind to it - he can play a ''mean'' game of XanatosSpeedChess, [[OutGambitted outplaying]] and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating]] some of the most dangerous characters in the series. |
| 97 | * BoringButPractical: By the sequel, thanks to becoming a CombatPragmatist. While he's creative, with a vast array of abilities and skills, he's got two primary battle-tactics: move fast and blow everything up, or an illusion-aided sneaky back-stab. Neither is particularly exciting, but with the raw power he can bring to bear, blowing things up usually works. When that doesn't work or isn't practical, stabbing someone in the back [[GroinAttack (or somewhere]] [[EyeScream even more painful)]] tends to do the job. That being said, he can be very creative when going up against a sufficiently powerful opponent. |
| 98 | * BornLucky: While his general luck is probably the worst in the known multiverse (even ''[[TheChewToy Peter Parker]]'' is sympathetic), he'll usually get out of any situation, no matter how hairy, by the skin of his teeth. And even if he can't do it by himself, that's okay - Wanda's blessing boils down him always having back-up. He turns it into a BadassBoast in ''The Phoenix and the Serpent''. |
| 99 | -->'''Harry''': I'm a wild card. Where I go, I tip the balance, I change the odds, and logic goes out the window. I'm Doctor Strange's own pair of loaded dice, made for the biggest roll of all. Alone, I'm dangerous. With others? In the right hands, what do you think I'm capable of? What do you think I'm ''not?'' |
| 100 | * BorrowedCatchphrase: He borrowed [[Series/DoctorWho the Eleventh Doctor's "Geronimo!"]] when going into the Chamber of Secrets shortly after meeting his uncle, and later [[Series/DoctorWho the Tenth Doctor's "Allons-y!"]]. In a much darker example, when going up against Dracula, he gives the following PreAssKickingOneLiner, borrowed from his father: |
| 101 | -->"Dracula, King of Corpses, Lord of Leeches. I, Harry Thorson, Prince of Asgard, would have words. Words, vampire, with '''thee'''." |
| 102 | * BoxingLessonsForSuperman: He gets a broad selection of teachers from Sean Cassidy to Doctor Strange to Shou-Lao the Undying for this exact purpose, turning him a [[UnskilledButStrong raw powerhouse]] into [[SkilledAndStrong someone lethally dangerous with or without powers]]. |
| 103 | * BrainyBrunette: He has his father's (mortal) black hair, white streak notwithstanding, and while no one mistakes him for stupid, but both Hermione and Jean-Paul note that he's far smarter than most people realise. In the sequel, he's frighteningly perceptive even without his powers, and capable of out-thinking some of the most accomplished schemers in the series. |
| 104 | * BreakTheCutie: Chapters 60 through 74 of the first book - ''especially'' 70 to 74 - break him quite comprehensively, though chapters 76 and 77 put him back together again. Then, in the sequel, ''Forever Red'' breaks him all over again, and [[MentalHealthRecoveryArc the repair process takes much longer.]] |
| 105 | * BrilliantButLazy: Initially, he has canon counterpart's preference for living a relatively ordinary life - and still remarks wistfully on it, even if he realises that he enjoys combat and danger a bit ''too'' much to stay away from it. When that stops being an option, he brings his canon drive and intelligence to the intense tutelage he gets in order to survive. |
| 106 | * BringIt: A couple of times in ''Ghosts'', usually when he feels like making a show of his fight. |
| 107 | * BruiserWithASoftCentre: By the end of Book 1, he could blow up a reasonably sized mountain, and halfway through the sequel, he's estimated as being one of the most powerful people in Europe. He is also, for the most part, a total sweetie - though for a while in Book II, before further CharacterDevelopment, that centre can be harder to find under all the trauma. |
| 108 | * BrutalHonesty: Occasionally on display, especially in the second book, when confronting what he perceives as teenage stupidity ([[SarcasmMode not that he ever]] [[HypocriticalHumor displays such stupidity himself, of course]]), or more generally doesn't feel he has the time to waste by being polite. |
| 109 | * BulletDodgesYou: First via the Phoenix possessing him, with magic and energy bolts as well as bullets. Shortly after, he does it himself, and in ''Ghosts'' he repeats the trick [[spoiler: as the Red Son.]] |
| 110 | * BullyHunter: He is this, because he wants to protect people who can't protect themselves. [[DeconstructedTrope However, it tends to do more harm than good]], and he starts stepping back on it. |
| 111 | * BurningWithAnger: After he develops a talent for PlayingWithFire, this starts happening - and, after ''Forever Red'', the smell of wood-smoke appears when he gets ''really'' hacked off. The latter in particular is generally a sign that you should start running. Preferably to another galaxy. Or another universe. [[CosmicEntity And even that might not be far enough]]. |
| 112 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: He's occasionally prone to forgetting how significant certain events were to other people. This is forgivable, considering how regularly epic scale horror shows up on his doorstep. He becomes aware of it in the sequel and starts pointing it out to illustrate a) how messed up his life is, b) why he is the way he is, and c) why he doesn't want to drag the likes of Ron, Hermione, or Clark into it. |
| 113 | * ByronicHero: TallDarkAndHandsome, passionate and temperamental to the point where it rules him at times, brilliant in specific ways, greatly gifted, and his lifetime is a tapestry of tragedies. And yet, he keeps going. |
| 114 | * CainAndAbel: The Abel to Dudley's Cain, though [[spoiler: he ends up killing Dudley - who, admittedly, had become both a vampire and an absolute monster before he was turned]]. |
| 115 | * CatchPhrase: ''Burn.'' Fortunately, it only shows up when some supernatural monster has really angered him. Unfortunately, he's not always that discriminating once said button has been pressed. |
| 116 | * TheCallPutMeOnHold: His powers wait until the final quarter of the first book to appear in earnest. They promptly prove more of a problem than a solution. |
| 117 | * TheCape: During Book I and Book III, after spending most of Book II as TheCowl following a brutal TraumaCongaLine and a steady {{Reconstruction}} of his character, going from a WideEyedIdealist and KnightInShiningArmour with a sardonic streak to a temperamental and embittered but kind-hearted KnightInSourArmour to a thoughtful, meditative, and compassionate (if sometimes terrifying) KnightOfFaith. In Book III in particular, he endeavours to be a compassionate figure and, at times, an inspiration, rather than simply a terrifying one. |
| 118 | * CelebrityIsOverrated: He deeply dislikes his fame, and the attention that comes with being who he is - though unlike canon, he is sometimes, begrudingly, willing to use it to his advantage and realistic enough to know that it's not going away. |
| 119 | * ChainPain: During the fight with the Fallen Fortress' Spirit, he uses a magical chain to both hurt it and try to bind it, with varying effectiveness. |
| 120 | * TheChampion: |
| 121 | ** Platonically to Luna Lovegood (which explains why he went berserk after [[spoiler: she was killed]]). |
| 122 | ** Later, [[CourtlyLove not-so-platonically]] to Carol (though she has been known to flip the script). The positive aspect is that she's a very effective MoralityChain, because he'll always listen. However, the negative is that if something were to happen to her, his reaction would be downright horrifying. [[spoiler: Like, return-of-the-Dark-Phoenix horrifying]]. |
| 123 | * CharacterDevelopment: In spades, in just a year. By the latter point, he's a [[AntiHero morally flexible]] ActionHero, with talents as a [[ConsummateLiar liar]], [[MasterActor actor]], and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulator]], who's SeenItAll and [[FantasticallyIndifferent is]] generally [[DissonantSerenity unimpressed]]. He's also OlderAndWiser, and much more [[CombatPragmatist practical]]. After approximately another year's worth of character development following the time-travelling TimeSkip in Book III, he's mellowed out considerably into a FieryStoic, a philosophical KnightOfFaith, and [[TookALevelInKindness has regained much of his kindness]] (and taken it to new heights) and [[PowerOfTrust faith in others]] - though he's still fully capable of being ''very'' dangerous, and is occasionally prone to BrutalHonesty. |
| 124 | * ChestInsignia: |
| 125 | ** The [[PlotRelevantAgeUp brief age-up]] netted him some rather nice armour as well, including a Phoenix symbol on his chest. It reappears when he's resurrected and possessed by the Phoenix in chapter 71 and [[spoiler: when he taps into the Phoenix's power in ''Ghosts'', and later becomes the Dark Phoenix.]] |
| 126 | ** Later, he seems to explicitly choose a version of one used by his distant ancestor, Frey; a stylised Yggdrasil with seven stars over it, in gold on a silver-white background, and it reappears as part of [[PoweredArmour Project Galahad.]] |
| 127 | ** In Book III, after passing the Test of the Worthy in [[spoiler: K'un L'un]], he gets the traditional chest tattoo of [[spoiler: the Iron Fist, a simplified, stylised tattoo]]. While he doesn't hold the rank or powers this is usually associated with, it's given to him because he's passed the same test, given for the same reasons, and as an acknowledgement of the lessons he's learned - he's not [[spoiler: an Iron Fist]], but he could have been. |
| 128 | * ChekhovsSkill: In his first sparring match against Uhtred, he flips over his Uhtred's head to deliver a finishing blow, albeit hurting his ankle in the process. About a year later in ''Ghosts,'' he does this again to [[spoiler: the mutated Dudley]], this time landing gracefully. |
| 129 | * ChickMagnet: From ''Ghosts'' onward due to a combination of being a) TheChosenOne, b) TallDarkAndHandsome, and c) a literal KnightInShiningArmor, even if he's sometimes rather short-tempered due to his PTSD. He finds it very irritating, and employs a variety of means to avoid female attention. |
| 130 | ** Ironically, as is pointed out, his [[TookALevelInJerkass attitude]] post-''Forever Red'' actually makes him more attractive to [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys a certain group]] - though as is also pointed out, it makes him less attractive to others. |
| 131 | * TheChosenOne: He is this, much to his irritation/resignation. |
| 132 | * ChromeChampion: His 'Galahad' armour goes with this. It's silvery-white, and thanks to Asgardian input and no weapons system bar its repulsors (because, as is pointed out, ''[[GlassCannon Harry]]'' is the weapons system), much sleeker than most Iron Man suits. It's all finished with emerald green eye-lights and an entirely blank white mask, one often compared to 'the skull of an angel' for unnerving effect. |
| 133 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: This crossed with LeeroyJenkins is identified as a FatalFlaw in ''Ghosts'' when it reaches its apogee: having just escaped from the Red Room, he dives right back in, as they're vanishing to parts unknown, to try and save [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor/Rachel Grey]]. The resultant brutal TraumaCongaLine strongly informs his CharacterDevelopment, and by the next major arc he makes sure to have both a plan and where possible, back-up. That being said, his ChronicHeroSyndrome is still as strong as ever post-CharacterDevelopment. He just plans better. |
| 134 | * ClashingCousins: |
| 135 | ** With Dudley, as per canon. They end up fighting when Dudley reappears after several years under Sinister's influence, and Harry beats him to a pulp. Then, he reappears [[spoiler: as a Grey Court Vampire, Voldemort having got hold of him and given him to Dracula as a new super-minion, nearly kills Uhtred, and promptly gets dismembered]]. |
| 136 | ** Also with Maddie, [[spoiler: Jean's SeparatedAtBirth twin]] - though in that case, she's a PunchClockVillain at worst thanks to her upbringing as a SympatheticSentientWeapon and deeply skewed moral education, and he spends most of his time trying to redeem her. [[spoiler: He succeeds... eventually]]. |
| 137 | ** Also, technically, with Voldemort, as they're very, ''very'' distantly cousins. |
| 138 | * ColorCodedEyes: Has green eyes per canon. They fit his spitfire nature like a glove and they're even more significant than usual owing to the facts that Jean Grey is his second cousin [[spoiler: (as is Maddie Pryor)]] and his mother merged with the Phoenix Force. |
| 139 | * ColorMotif: Initially, red and gold, representing his [[HotBlooded temper]], royalty, and heroism. In the sequel, it shades into silver-white and gold, both because GoldAndWhiteAreDivine, and because it represents his increasingly colder, more controlled, and harder to read demeanour. |
| 140 | * CombatParkour: In the sequel, he mixes this with [[DanceBattler dance-style moves]], his speed, reflexes and agility making him exceptionally hard to hit - and that's before he starts [[MasterOfIllusion throwing out illusions]]. |
| 141 | * ConflictingLoyalties: Harry's loyalty tends to be both straightforward and [[UndyingLoyalty absolute]]. However, in Book II he's constantly struggling between his loyalties to his old friends, Ron and Hermione, and to his biological and extended family and new friends, including the Avengers and their associates, as obligations to one often end up hurting the other. Since he'd rather die than hurt those he loves, he finds the experience pretty miserable and develops a fair degree of self-loathing as a result. Over the course of ''Ghosts'', it becomes increasingly clear that he's picked a side, even if he hasn't exactly admitted it. |
| 142 | * CoolAndUnusualPunishment: As the Ravenclaw Quidditch team found out (for their part in the bullying of Luna Lovegood), he has a proclivity for these. It can drift into PayEvilUntoEvil, and one part of his CharacterDevelopment is keeping this tendency in check. |
| 143 | * CoolBigBro: To Uhtred, Diana, and Clark, the latter two of whom he immediately takes under his wing after they meet (with Uhtred, there's some [[TheResenter initial tension]]). He also immediately bonds with [[spoiler: Francis Storm-Richards]] in Book III, slipping into this role with perfect ease. |
| 144 | * CoolCrown: Favours circlets for official occasions - initially a simple golden one with a triskelion design, then a silvery-gold one with a gem that resembles pure starlight set in the brow - with the usual connotations of ModestRoyalty [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething who do stuff.]] |
| 145 | * CooldownHug: He sometimes needs them, but he's quite good at handing these out, pulling one on Diana in Book I when she'd lost herself in a berserker rage, and one on ''[[spoiler: Anakin Skywalker]]'', of all people, in Book III ([[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments he promptly tried to squirm out of it and failed miserably]]). |
| 146 | * CoolHelmet: His first 'Galahad' suit, silvery-white, has what resembles a futuristic Numenorean helm. The later version is more slimmed down, with an even blanker face mask than most Iron Man suits that's repeatedly described as 'the skull of an angel'. |
| 147 | * CoolKidAndLoserFriendship: He's arguably the ultimate cool kid, on paper at least (he's often EndearinglyDorky in person), but tends to pick odd-balls and outcasts for friends - probably because underneath, he has more in common with them. The main exception is his cousin Jean, who's even cooler. |
| 148 | * CoolSword: The altered Second Prophecy, and Trelawney's unexpectedly accurate tarot reading, allude to one. In ''Ghosts'', Uhtred [[TheBlacksmith personally forges, under Tony's guidance]] (with enchantments from Loki) a sword as a belated birthday gift. It's an almost perfectly balanced sabre. [[ReforgedBlade It later gets an upgrade]]. |
| 149 | * CombatPragmatist: When he's actually in a fight, he tends to be quick, brutal, and effective - one of many things that, per a passing comment from Thor, he gets from his mother. His GuileHero tendencies (as noted below) and his [[IndyPloy quick]] [[XanatosSpeedChess thinking]], combined with his raw power, make him very dangerous when he's thinking clearly. However, he's still got ChronicHeroSyndrome, he's still impulsive, and suffers from TheDulcineaEffect. This has absolutely horrific consequences in the ''Forever Red'' arc. |
| 150 | --> When it came to fighting creatures [[EldritchAbomination such as this]], Harry left his scruples at the door. |
| 151 | * ComboPlatterPowers: PsychicPowers in the same weight class as Jean Grey (in fact, aside from Maddie, who's her equal, he's the only one who can even compete), magical gifts supercharged by divine heritage to the point where they're explicitly described as strong as his psionics, and developing physical powers that will max out at about three-quarters of his father's strength/durability (meaning he's ''still'' a PhysicalGod) and implied to be considerably faster, along with the associated HealingFactor and instinctive combat skill... and then there's his Phoenix fragment, which is simultaneously [[DeathActivatedSuperpower an emergency response]], a protection against any soul-based attack, and easily supercharged by emotions into a RealityWarper that even the Gods of {{Physical God}}s fear. Oh, and then there's a chaos blessing courtesy of Wanda Maximoff that he's extremely resistant to being reality warped or otherwise altered - and that's not even getting into the implications/metaphysical headache of his mother merging with the atemporal Phoenix, which is implied to have retroactively meant he was always a child of the Phoenix. Given that he was as a potential Thanos-killer by Doctor Strange, this makes more sense than it doesn't. |
| 152 | * ConsummateLiar: Becomes this in ''Ghosts'', and is so good that even he sometimes doesn't notice he's doing it. Hermione is disconcerted when she notices, and he bluntly tells Ron that he's one of the best liars Ron will ever meet, [[{{Irony}} and Ron can trust him on that.]] He later lampshades this, bitterly observing how good he is - and, implicitly, the kind of things it says about him. A blunt demonstration of this when the secret of Hermione's heritage comes out causes a major rift between the trio. |
| 153 | * CovertPervert: He's a teenage [[DirtyMindReading telepath]] with an active imagination, and to his mortal embarrassment, an increasingly active sex drive. This leads to a few reasonably serious scenes being punctuated by him trying to focus and ignore his libido: e.g. when he's mulling over a vision of multiple universes and the implications of the fact that his subconscious selected them for him to view and learn a Very Important Lesson from, a large part of his mind is stuck on one universe where an older version of him and Carol were about to have a ShowerOfLove and comparing Naked!AU!Carol to Sleepwear!Carol. This is actually justified - the subconscious, after all, includes the libido. |
| 154 | * TheCowl: In Book II, he protects, he defends, he looks after children... and frequently does it by being as scary as the monsters, if not even more so. In Book III, he's dialled back on it, but he demonstrates a couple of times that he's fully capable of whipping out the style when he wants to. |
| 155 | * CrazyEnoughToWork: His plans are considered in-universe to be absolutely crazy, yet surprisingly effective (usually). It gets to the point where estimating how crazy something is tends to be considered a good way of figuring out whether or not it was one of his ideas. |
| 156 | * CreepyChild: At times in Books I and II, particularly to those who don't know him so well. He acts far older than he is, he knows far too damn much, he's far too perceptive for anyone's comfort, and moves just a little too gracefully to be human. By Book III, he's mellowed out considerably, and is closer to the age he looks, but his casual ease with cosmic horror and well-hidden homicidal streak still unsettle people. |
| 157 | * CreepyGood: For many of the same reasons as CreepyChild, to the point where even his ''[[PoweredArmour armour]]'' borders on the creepy, resembling 'the skull of an angel'. His response to danger is a disturbing degree of casual amusement, his rage usually manifests in the [[TranquilFury most eerily quiet and cold ways imaginable]], and during Book II, to an outward observer, he sometimes goes off like a bomb without obvious reason. He's a potential messiah, but also a potential Anti-Christ, an ApocalypseMaiden who could open the gates of armageddon as he wishes - and nearly does at one point post RageBreakingPoint. Hell, in Book II, freaking ''Dracula'' refers to his reputation as TheDreaded with a certain amount of approval, "as one professional to another". As he sadly notes, he scares people, and with good reason. Even when he's that much saner in Book III, the scary side can still come out to play, and it's all the more alarming for being unexpected. |
| 158 | * CreepyMonotone: In Book II, while plumbing the depths of TranquilFury, to the point of bordering SoftSpokenSadist territory. |
| 159 | * CrushBlush: Occasionally, usually around [[ShipTease Carol]]. This happens even [[spoiler: after he's gone Dark Phoenix]] and by all logic, should not be able to blush. A particularly prize-winning version pops up after Carol [[AnywhereButTheirLips kisses him on the cheek]]. |
| 160 | * CryIntoChest: Several times in chapter 72 of Book I, [[BreakTheCutie with good reason]], first Wanda, then Thor, then Carol. |
| 161 | * CuddleBug: He has evolved into this, now that affection is freely given. |
| 162 | * CurbstompBattle: Notable examples include both rounds with [[spoiler: Dudley]], as a Blob-type mutant and later, a mutant vampire and [[DraconicAbomination the Elder Wyrm]]. However, he's also on the receiving end in ''Ghosts'' from [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor]] and Dracula. |
| 163 | * CurbStompCushion: While [[spoiler: Maddie]] has him more or less on the ropes, he wins a tactical victory - they'd made enough noise to act as a homing beacon for the Avengers. Later, though Dracula batters him from pillar to post, Harry gets several good strikes in, actually hurting the VampireMonarch, and if he had been up against almost any other vampire, he probably would have won. |
| 164 | * CuteAndPsycho: Develops into this thanks to various {{Trauma Conga Line}}s (plural), and dialled up after ''Forever Red''. The Magneto comparisons didn't come out of nowhere. Unusually, he spends much of the second book dialling down the 'Psycho' part, through therapy (though he gets much, much worse before he gets better). By Book III, the 'Psycho' part is entirely invisible - unless he chooses to show it. |
| 165 | * TheCynic: After hints in the first book, he becomes this (and a KnightInSourArmour) in ''Ghosts'', after the TraumaCongaLine of ''Forever Red''. However, [[CharacterDevelopment he later notes]] that it's good for surviving, not living, and a reflex he's trying to overcome. By Book III, he seems to have more or less succeeded. |
| 166 | * DanceBattler: While fast to begin with, by the later parts of ''Ghosts'', he's a highly accomplished classical and Latin dancer (as he smugly explains, [[MundaneUtility Asgardian muscle memory is good for more than just learning how to fight]]), and an exceptionally graceful fighter, being almost impossible to hit - on several occasions, he's described as "dancing" in a fight, whether between lightning bolts or away from chaos blasts. By Book III, he's good enough that he can nigh-flawlessly impersonate [[spoiler: Obi-Wan Kenobi, enough that it takes a few minutes of frenzied duelling for Anakin Skywalker to catch on that this ''isn't'' Obi-Wan]]. |
| 167 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: One made worse than canon by the addition of Sinister. |
| 168 | * DeadlyUpgrade: |
| 169 | ** The [[spoiler: Dark Phoenix]] usually functions as this, though the transformation is more a FateWorseThanDeath. |
| 170 | ** In ''Ghosts'', he gets a short-lived power boost from Jean and Maddie - short-lived because there's no way he can sustain it for more than a couple of minutes, and it leaves him drunk on power, but it serves its purpose by [[spoiler: making Dracula think he's facing a Phoenix host]]. |
| 171 | * DeadpanSnarker: He's pretty mild to begin with, but rapidly becomes freer with his snark and evolves into a full-on StepfordSnarker in the sequel. |
| 172 | * DeathActivatedSuperpower: The Phoenix, as HYDRA find out the hard way. |
| 173 | * DeathSeeker: In Book II. He has a disturbing lack of a self-preservation instinct, though how much of it is ever a desire to die, and how much is simply a belief he is more expendable/that he is more likely to survive the trauma is unclear. By Book III, he's fairly blase about death, but that's because as he remarks, he comes back so often his coffin should probably have a revolving lid. |
| 174 | * DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: He loves his father deeply, and they get on like a house on fire. However, he's constantly drawn to his mother, as even though she turns out to be NotQuiteDead, her situation is such that he's met her in person exactly once. While he's realistic about his father being a case of ParentsAsPeople, albeit a very good one, he places great significance on his mother and everything about her. |
| 175 | * DefenseMechanismSuperpower: His mother's protection a.k.a. a fragment of the Phoenix Force, which activates whenever he's in mortal danger. The results are never, ever, pretty. |
| 176 | * DefiantCaptive: With the Red Room and especially [[spoiler: Sinister]], [[SpitefulSpit spitting in the latter's face]]. |
| 177 | * DefiantToTheEnd: |
| 178 | ** When being battered from pillar to post by [[spoiler: the mutated Dudley]], Harry refuses to give up, and his refusal to lay down and die gives him a HeroicSecondWind. |
| 179 | ** When [[spoiler: Dracula]] considers killing him, Harry tells him to go ahead, as it can't be more painful than listening to him talk. |
| 180 | * DeityOfHumanOrigin: A complicated example, since his father was human when he was conceived, but he's now beginning to develop the usual godly powers. This is actually a minor plot point in ''Ghosts'', since Doctor Milbury [[spoiler: a.k.a. Sinister]] states that Harry's unique nature holds the key to the transformation from humanity to divinity. |
| 181 | * DemonicPossession: Briefly possessed by Cthon during the FinalBattle of ''Child of the Storm'', but casts him out. |
| 182 | * DesperatelyCravesAffection: Downplayed. He's not clingy, per se, but given his lonely (and abusive) childhood, he's prone to getting very attached to very specific people [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe (usually those who treat him as just Harry, without preconceptions)]], very quickly. It's not entirely surprising that a lot of his friends [[LonelyTogether were as lonely as he was]]. |
| 183 | * DestructiveSaviour: A recurring habit in the first two books, thanks to raw power, an explosive temper, a penchant for dramatics, and an inclination to just plough through everything in his way. Bucky, Coulson, Carol, and Natasha all lampshade this tendency in ''Ghosts'', along with his habit of making big entrances. However, he can be subtle when he feels like it, to Coulson's surprise. |
| 184 | * DetectEvil: As part of his SensorCharacter shtick, though until he trains with Magneto, it isn't totally reliable. |
| 185 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: |
| 186 | ** He goes mind to mind with Chthon (admittedly, a weakened fragment) in the finale of Book 1 and wins. This reaction is intentionally invoked by Doctor Strange in the sequel, who sets him up to face down and slay (with help) [[spoiler: the Elder Wyrm]], so Harry can very publicly demonstrate how powerful he has become. |
| 187 | ** He also goes mind to mind with [[spoiler: Surtur]] in the sequel, and comes out honours even, resisting handily and getting under his skin with a good ReasonYouSuckSpeech. He escapes with nothing more than burns to his face, temporarily impaired vision, and a nasty headache. While it was through the medium of a vision into the future and across time, [[spoiler: Surtur's]] a vastly powerful EldritchAbomination. Harry's reaction is ButForMeItWasTuesday. Everyone else, up to and including ''Odin'', thinks otherwise. |
| 188 | * DishingOutDirt: Like with water, it's not his thing and he prefers to use his [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] for anything he might use Earth Magic for, but in ''Ghosts'' he gets the basics under his belt, and becomes fairly proficient with brute force gravity magic and electromagnetism, as well as a few more subtle tricks. |
| 189 | * DisneyDeath: He's killed by Daken, only to then be immediately resurrected by the Phoenix at the start of the next chapter. |
| 190 | * {{Determinator}}: He is insanely stubborn, as underlined in ''Ghosts'' when he resists [[spoiler: psychic attacks from Sinister, brainwashing from the Red Room, and torture]] for ''two whole days'' without sleep, food, or water, all while simultaneously [[spoiler: keeping his Phoenix fragment locked away inside him, despite/because he knows it could get him out of there instantly, and obliterate everything in his way.]] |
| 191 | * DidntSeeThatComing: This is usually the root of his status as a SpannerInTheWorks. A lot of antagonists either dismiss him as a child or don't expect him to get involved. The more dangerous villains tend to be those who either plan specifically to deal with him or adapt to his involvement. |
| 192 | * DissonantSerenity: Like his canon counterpart, he tends to be disturbingly calm and relaxed in hideously dangerous situations. This, and the associated CasualDangerDialogue (and, where Carol is concerned, FlirtingUnderFire), is something that those around him - even his ''grandfather'', who's got five millennia of adventures and cosmic warfare under his belt - tend to find disturbing. When he slips into TranquilFury, it becomes even more disturbing as it gives him a CreepyMonotone that borders on [[SoftSpokenSadist the sadistic]]. |
| 193 | * DivineParentage: His father is Thor. Also, his mother became the White Phoenix of the Crown and conferred upon him a fragment of the Phoenix - due to the atemporal nature of the Phoenix, Sunniva later suggests rippled backwards in time to influence him from birth. |
| 194 | * DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: Initially, both with SuperStrength and PsychicPowers. By ''Ghosts,'' he's got both under control. ''The Phoenix and the Serpent'' has him start to truly master the Phoenix in the same fashion. |
| 195 | * DontCallMeSir: Dislikes being reminded that he's a Prince in any formal capacity. Naturally, [[ServileSnarker Uhtred]] sometimes does it to annoy him. |
| 196 | * DontMakeMeDestroyYou: He sometimes hands out warnings like these, especially earlier on. Later, if sufficiently angry, he doesn't bother. |
| 197 | * DoomMagnet: A JustifiedTrope, as he's got vast amounts of personal and political power already, and will only grow stronger and more influential with time. As a result, a lot of mortal and supernatural beings and organizations would like to either control that power for their own ends, or to stop him before he grows into that power. Furthermore, his ChronicHeroSyndrome means that even if monsters such as HYDRA or the Grey Court aren't explicitly interested in going after him, he's still going to get mixed up with them if they go after someone he's determined to protect, like Bobby Drake, his family, [[spoiler: or Carol]]. |
| 198 | * DramaQueen: |
| 199 | ** He's usually much more of a DeadpanSnarker than a LargeHam, with George Weasley noting in ''Ghosts'' that [[StepfordSnarker "understated sarcasm is his coping mechanism of choice."]] However, he can also occasionally be ''spectacularly'' histrionic - usually when particularly stressed out. Carol does not hesitate to point this out. |
| 200 | -->'''Carol''': Oh my ''god'', you total fucking drama queen. |
| 201 | ** He sometimes plays up to it for effect, by his own wry admittance, and usually to get - or misdirect - someone's attention. For instance, he's clearly having the time of his life in Book III when, to hold the Grandmaster's attention, he uses Phoenix-endowed VoluntaryShapeshifting and his acting skills to flawlessly impersonate [[spoiler: Obi-Wan Kenobi]] in the Contest of Champions. |
| 202 | * TheDreaded: By the sequel, if only because of the Phoenix fragment within, though as more than one person points out, that he's repeatedly survived the outright ''impossible'' and left supposedly far more powerful, skilled, and experienced enemies in ruins behind him... and that was ''before'' he got high-end PersonOfMassDestruction level powers and the skills/experience to properly use them. Doctor Strange taking him as his apprentice underlined it even further, as no one (bar those Strange has told) knows exactly ''why'' he's so interested in Harry. Even [[spoiler: ''Surtur'']] is afraid of him. |
| 203 | * DrivenToMadness: The events of ''Forever Red'' push him right off the deep end, and most of Book II is spent shaking off the remains. |
| 204 | * DrunkOnTheDarkSide: A potential [[spoiler: Dark Phoenix]] related hazard, and in Book III he notes to [[spoiler: Anakin]] that he's been in his shoes. |
| 205 | * DualWielding: Sif starts training him in this later in the sequel, as an extension of his swordsmanship training with Fandral. ''Why'' this is happening is unclear other than Doctor Strange rather pointedly suggested it. |
| 206 | * TheDulcineaEffect: Very, very prone to a non-romantic version of this due to his ChronicHeroSyndrome, and it frequently gets him into trouble, as ''Forever Red'' demonstrates. |
| 207 | * EatingTheEyeCandy: Downplayed. He's a HormoneAddledTeenager and a bit of a CovertPervert, but mostly considers his immediate reaction to be a bit embarrassing, and understands how this can embarrass and upset the recipient (e.g. Carol and the tankini in ''Ghosts''). Also, having learned the psychic basics from the gorgeous Betsy Braddock means that he's much better at controlling and hiding his feelings than most teenagers. |
| 208 | * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: He has dark hair, pale skin, and from time to time is described as being 'fey', faintly unnerving, and vaguely inhuman. After ''Forever Red'', he tends to give even the least psychically inclined Hogwarts students a case of the creeping horrors when he's in a bad mood - [[HairTriggerTemper which is most of the time]]. He gets better, but he's generally considered to be more than a little unnerving. |
| 209 | * ElegantClassicalMusician: Becomes one after the TimeSkip in Book III, having both gained a great deal of poise to go with his dashing good looks, and learned how to play Hagrid's now mithril-inlaid flute well enough to entrance an audience or start a lively dance party, as well as casually ad-lib an instrumental of [[Music/RoyOrbison "Pretty Woman"]] when he notices Carol's presence. And that's leaving aside the MagicMusic he can use it for. |
| 210 | * ElementalPunch: Becomes capable of the fire variant, then demonstrates it again on the Beast [[spoiler: a.k.a. Dudley]] with additional telekinetic topspin. This time, the results are more in the order of a MegatonPunch. |
| 211 | * EmotionallyTongueTied: Harry is not necessarily very good at using his words, mainly because life with the Dursleys taught him to repress ''everything''. This is particularly obvious with Carol, but she gets the ''[[Film/ThePrincessBride Princess Bride]]'' reference he resorts to instead. While he gets better over time, it's also implied repeatedly that this is why he's so close to Carol to begin with; thanks to their PsychicLink, because he doesn't ''have'' to verbalise his feelings because she can understand them straight from the heart. |
| 212 | * EmotionalPowers: See PsychoActivePowers. Even after he gets his PsychicPowers under control, they tend to be that much more ferocious when he's angry. |
| 213 | * EmotionSuppression: Life with the Dursleys taught him to do this, and a key part of his initial CharacterDevelopment is becoming more open with his emotions and more assertive. Considering that he's got some powerful and difficult to control PsychoActivePowers as well as a truly phenomenal amount of SuppressedRage, this is a mixed blessing. He seems to have mostly got over this (or at least learned better forms of emotional regulation) at the start of Book III. |
| 214 | * TheEmpath: As part of the psychic package - he's less skilled than Diana, but it's one of the many things that makes him alarmingly perceptive. In Book III, he's refined it to the point where he SpeaksFluentAnimal (and implies she can do the same), though he characterises that as more exchange of intention. |
| 215 | * EnragedByIdiocy: Specifically, pettiness. He's always faintly irritated by it, but he gets considerably more annoyed by it ([[HairTriggerTemper and generally tetchier]]) after ''Forever Red'' thanks to a nasty case of [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]]. While he mellows out somewhat, his increased impatience with standard teenage stupidity is one thing suggested to be separating him from his peers, as he just doesn't have the patience for them. |
| 216 | * EurekaMoment: As per canon, he tends to have moments of inspiration where everything clicks together. |
| 217 | * EvilMeScaresMe: Visions of him as [[spoiler: the Dark Phoenix]] put him on edge, at the very least. |
| 218 | * ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: He's not bad in canon, but he becomes even better here, and only partly thanks to his {{Telepathy}}. In ''Ghosts'', Bucky notes his knack for spotting and bringing out the better sides of those who didn't even know they had them, and for better or worse, he's very good at pushing people's buttons to get what he wants (a talent that he loathes), to the point where he can do it without even realising what he's doing. The only person who he doesn't see through is [[MasterActor Alexander Pierce]] - and, to be fair, neither did literally anybody else. |
| 219 | * ExperiencedProtagonist: Played With in the first book, being adaptable and calm under fire but inexperienced and ''horribly'' out of his depth, and Played Straight in Books II and III after being ''brutally'' TaughtByExperience in ''Forever Red''. |
| 220 | * {{Expy}}: He's got a lot in common with several characters, which is sometimes lampshaded. |
| 221 | ** [[Literature/{{Discworld}} Susan Sto-Helit]]: part-human, [[IJustWantToBeNormal wants relative normality]], inherited abilities through slightly unusual means (including a CompellingVoice), and has an occasionally difficult relationship with his well-meaning but definitely not human grandfather. Oh, and by the end of Book 1 he's got untameable black and white hair and to go with the strange scar. Also, he prefers anger to fear and is EnragedByIdiocy. |
| 222 | ** [[Literature/TheWheelOfTime Rand al'Thor]]: [[GuileHero His]] [[HotBlooded personality]], [[PersonOfMassDestruction power]], [[PlayingWithFire pyrotechnics]] and [[DarkMessiah potential]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds to go insane and destroy the world]], along with association with a legendary creature that is widely and wisely feared. His later CharacterDevelopment into the AntiNihilist and a FieryStoic also mirrors Rand's epiphany on the Dragonmount. Hell, allowing for hair and eye colour differences, [[http://captainofvingilot.deviantart.com/art/Thorson-634778689 this]] commissioned picture of him even ''looks'' a bit like Rand. Not to mention his later status as a MasterSwordsman. |
| 223 | ** [[ComicBook/XMan Nate Grey]]: Immense and initially unstable PsychicPowers, [[HotBlooded personality]] (again), KnightInShiningArmour[=/=]KnightInSourArmour dichotomy, past with [[spoiler: Sinister]], being a MommasBoy/close bond with Jean Grey, and eventually, a skunk stripe. It's nodded to a few times, with an alternate counterpart even referring to himself as 'Nathan' to avoid confusion, and Harry uses it as an alias. |
| 224 | ** Myth/KingArthur: Unsurprisingly, since a chunk of the backstory is owed to ''Series/Merlin2008'' and [[Creator/NimbusLlewelyn the author]] is an unabashed fan of ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing''. He's TheChosenOne whose path has been guided by TheArchMage (one who learned beside/from Myth/{{Merlin}} himself in Arthur's court), ''[[TheLeader the]]'' [[TheHero Hero]] of his generation and undisputed [[TheLeader leader of the rest]], a HumbleHero who grew up in ignorance and obscurity before [[ChangelingFantasy discovering his destiny]] (and arguably [[IJustWantToBeNormalpreferred it]] - though that part was InUniverse fiction), who wields a CoolSword (and possibly has another waiting for him), a KnightInShiningArmour who's sometimes [[TookALevelInCynic worn down]] by the darkness of the world, but still earnestly fixated on bringing justice to a world - a universe - without any. Harry, an Myth/{{Arthurian|Legend}} geek InUniverse (having mainlined ''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing'' at Steve's instigation), is more than happy with this. It gets to the point where more than one person who knew Arthur makes the comparison, with [[spoiler: the Lady Knight]] noting that he's at least as talented a swordsman. |
| 225 | ** [[Literature/TheSilmarillion Eärendil]]: Stunningly beautiful green eyes, HalfHumanHybrid of notable lineage on both sides who prefers humanity to immortality, survived an early murder attempt, heavily associated with the stars, loves sailing/flying, TheDragonSlayer, TheHero, and a MessianicArchetype capable of handling cosmic power (one that has a ''severe'' intolerance for evil) unscathed. This reaches its peak when he's actually named [[spoiler: Earendil]] in the past, with the implication that [[spoiler: visions of him directly inspired the character]]. He finds this hilarious. |
| 226 | ** [[Characters/GLGreenLanternCorpsEarthLanterns Kyle Rayner]]: Not inherently TheChosenOne, but ClosestThingWeGot ''made'' into TheChosenOne ([[TheChooserOfTheOne Doctor Strange]] takes the Ganthet role and like Ganthet, could have picked anyone, but saw something special in him), creative, romantic, [[BewareTheNiceOnes nice but very hard to cross]], [[IJustWantToBeNormal prefers relative normality]] but JumpedAtTheCall with the potential to become a PhysicalGod that is repeatedly and ''very'' [[AGodIAmNot reluctantly]] accepted out of a sense of responsibility. WordOfGod has made the Kyle comparisons, and hinted that there are parallels between the White Phoenix and the White Lantern. |
| 227 | * EyeColourChange: His eyes flash or outright ''burn'' gold when he's seriously using his powers, pissed off, or just wants to make an impression. They also go solid white when he's possessed by the Phoenix [[spoiler: or willingly becoming the Dark Phoenix]] and red when he's possessed by Chthon. Neither is a particularly good sign. |
| 228 | * EyeMotifs: He has the same distinctive emerald green eyes as his mother and his Grey cousins, especially Jean [[spoiler: and Maddie]], indicating how much he takes after that side of the family underneath the obvious. It's implied that they show up in pretty much every powerful psychic in the Grey line. |
| 229 | * EyesNeverLie: Subverted in the sequel - the fact that he can lie while looking people dead in the eyes is considered a sign of how alarmingly good he is at it. |
| 230 | * FacialMarkings: His scar. |
| 231 | * FailureKnight: After Luna's death. He gets better. |
| 232 | * FallenAngel: At the end of ''Forever Red'' when he comprehensively ''snaps'', he gets very Luciferian in his RoaringRampageOfRevenge, something magnified by his uncanny nature mixed with his PrettyBoy good looks. Combining looks, power, potential, and destiny as TheChosenOne, and TheHero, it's not surprising that when he morally wavers, he has flavours of this. |
| 233 | * FamedInStory: Much to his resigned irritation, through a combination of being "the Boy Who Lived" and other connections (even before the story started, he had {{Living Legend}}s Doctor Strange as a paediatrician and the Scarlet Witch as a godmother), his deeds at Hogwarts, his ReallyRoyaltyReveal giving him literally ''universal'' fame, association with the Avengers, and a growing reputation in the supernatural community for fighting and surviving everything from Chthon downwards. |
| 234 | * FamilyEyeResemblance: As per canon, he has his mother's eyes. These become more significant when it is revealed that Jean Grey is his second cousin and she shares the famous eyes, as does [[spoiler: Maddie Pryor/Rachel Grey]]. |
| 235 | * FamousAncestor: A lot, mostly through his father, something he treats with increasing degrees of bemused apathy. |
| 236 | * FantasticallyIndifferent: By ''Ghosts'', it takes something very unusual to surprise him, and something very, very bad indeed to genuinely faze him. |
| 237 | * FatalFlaw: |
| 238 | ** His ChronicHeroSyndrome, flavoured with a martyr complex and an overprotective streak a mile wide. While it's not quite as bad as canon, with Carol having browbeaten most of the IneffectualLoner tendencies out of him, it still leads him to sideline Ron and Hermione, and with his impulsiveness, it gets him into even more trouble. He's the SpannerInTheWorks for the bad guys, but also the good guys too (sometimes, he's even one to ''himself''). Both are [[FlawExploitation brutally exploited]]. As Thor sadly notes in ''Ghosts'', a lot of what Harry's gone through is the product of acting without thinking. Bucky moderates this significantly. However, Harry's desire to protect all those he deems more vulnerable than himself remains just as strong, even if the individuals in question don't want him to protect them. And given that ''[[TheDreaded Magneto]]'' of all people referred to what Harry was capable of in that regard as "both magnificent and utterly terrifying", that should worry you. |
| 239 | ** His secretive nature; it makes him an excellent SecretKeeper, but he tends to keep things to himself far longer than he should, even when he doesn't necessarily have the moral right to keep them. |
| 240 | ** Both of the above also make him more than a tad [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]] from ''Ghosts'' onwards, and his skills as a ConsummateLiar, TruthTwister, and MasterActor make him very good at it, to the point where he's compared to Strange (who does not consider this to be even remotely a good thing). This means that Ron and Hermione in particular are much less disposed to trust him. |
| 241 | ** He's also got a badly damaged sense of self-esteem, meaning he sees himself as [[MoreExpendableThanYou expendable]] and risks being a MartyrWithoutACause. However, this is mostly because he thinks that odds are pretty good that he'll survive whatever he's throwing himself into or come back anyway - [[ResurrectiveImmortality and he has a point about that.]] |
| 242 | * TheFettered: Tries very hard to be this once his PsychicPowers come in, as noted by Carol, mostly because he's downright terrified of what he'll become if he takes [[TheUnfettered the other path.]] As ''Forever Red'' demonstrates, this is not without reason. He seems to be easing up on the paranoia in Book III. |
| 243 | ** It's also slightly deconstructed: Because he's so wary of misusing his psychic powers, he can sometimes miss pretty obvious empathic clues he really should've picked up on, something that's touched on in Book III. |
| 244 | * FictionFiveHundred: Thanks to the Potter vaults which, thanks to some smart investments by Thor's mortal father, Charlus Potter, including in Stark Industries (he met Howard during WWII and was favourably impressed), are conservatively estimated at £1.5 billion. He only reveals it to Hermione after casually mentioning that he could buy her a new laptop if she wanted, and mentions in passing that he offered to replace the X-Men's SR-71 Blackbird [[note]] Which cost the equivalent of a little under $281 ''million'' per unit when originally built, and similar amounts to maintain it - and that's not taking into account their rarity, or the fact that the X-Men's version is heavily customised [[/note]] after it got wrecked in the fight between the Red Son and Magneto in ''Ghosts''. Otherwise, he doesn't talk about it and is mostly vaguely embarrassed by it whenever the subject comes up. Naturally, as Prince of Asgard, he also has access to an incredible amount of money, though so far he hasn't taken advantage of it. |
| 245 | * FieryStoic: Starts becoming this in ''Ghosts'' after ''Forever Red'', as part of a general drift away from his previous HotBlooded and impulsive nature, and trying to control his inner Phoenix, becoming wiser and more thoughtful as he recovers and mellows out. However, the temper hasn't gone away, and he sometimes veers back into the [[ShellShockedVeteran traumatised]] end of TheStoic. By Book III, thanks to training and therapy from Shou-Lao, and further training from his distant aunt and fellow Phoenix host, Sunniva, the process would seem to have been completed. |
| 246 | * FightingTheLancer: In the sequel, there's a slowly increasing tension between him and Ron, mostly related to two things. |
| 247 | ** First, Harry's unwillingness to involve Ron (and Hermione) in his more dangerous hijinks, especially when he has no compunction about involving Carol and others. The argument that he doesn't often have much choice about their involvement, and that they've got experience, while valid, doesn't cut too much ice, as it's very clear that Harry would keep the two of them at arm's length from that sort of thing anyway. As in canon, this desire to keep his friends safe rather rankles. |
| 248 | ** Second, his increasingly secretive and occasionally manipulative behaviour, again related to the fact that he shares these things with others, such as Carol. Again, both have logical reasons. Harry's trauma makes him unwilling to open up, especially to those who weren't there. Likewise, he's being [[SecretKeeper entrusted with keeping those secrets]]. Carol (and others) gets him to open up because she's usually there and has a psychic connection - and it's generally accepted that thanks to said connection, what one of them knows, the other will inevitably discover shortly after. This is made worse by the fact that Harry has increasingly less compunction about keeping secrets from his friends, flat out admitting it, and the revelation that one of those secrets was Hermione's true parentage. |
| 249 | ** To a lesser extent, it also applies to Hermione, because of the latter: she's not particularly interested in being directly involved in Harry's more dangerous exploits, preferring the research role instead [[BadassBookworm (though she's more than capable when pushed)]], and she's more pragmatic, logical, and understanding about his need to keep secrets... ''except'' that one. That, and the fact that he seems to be [[ParentalFavouritism Wanda's favourite]], which is compounded by the fact that she both resents Wanda for existing and for only involving herself in Hermione's life after being manipulated and publicly arm-twisted by Strange. The truth is [[DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou a touch more complicated]] (Wanda felt keeping Hermione secret would keep her safe, while that wasn't an option for Harry), but more than one character notes that there might be some justice to it - while she loves them equally, it's suggested that thanks to a lack of traumatic associations, Harry might be ''easier'' to love. |
| 250 | * FightingYourGod: Expresses a willingness to at least threaten this in ''Ghosts'', if necessary (i.e. [[spoiler: to resurrect Carol, should it come to it]]), something that would carry real impact with the threat of [[spoiler: going Dark Phoenix]], and flipping a metaphorical middle finger up to all of the Gods above. Considering that he's a demigod, worships none of them, and barely even ''likes'' any of them, this is not surprising - though both [[spoiler: Jesus]] and Thor talk him through the practical reasons of why this would be a very, ''very'' bad idea. |
| 251 | * FightsLikeANormal: He can do this very effectively by the sequel, though his match-up with Daken in Book I leaves him wise to the risks. By Book III, he's good enough at it to go one on one with ''Lobo'' and have the upper-hand in a stalemate only maintained by Lobo's HealingFactor. |
| 252 | * FingerSnapLighter: Masters this trick and mostly uses it to show off (to Hermione's disapproval), with the exception of a BadassFingerSnap at the end of ''Child of the Storm'', which he uses to banish Chthon. |
| 253 | * {{Fireballs}}: Capable of creating these, though he mostly just plays with them. |
| 254 | * FishOutOfWater: In Asgard, though he adjusts fairly quickly. |
| 255 | * FlawExploitation: Usually by Voldemort, who knows him far too well for anyone's comfort. His FatalFlaw is being [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl compulsively]] [[ChronicHeroSyndrome heroic]] - usually, his problems come back to the fact that he DidntThinkThisThrough. Even after he starts planning better, he's still got some pretty reliable buttons. Of course, whether someone can survive pressing them is another matter entirely... |
| 256 | * FlyingBrick: By the end of ''Forever Red'' arc in ''Ghosts'', he's MadeOfIron and can mimic this with his PsychicPowers. |
| 257 | * {{Foil}}: Primarily to Clark, highlighted in ''Mirror Image''. In short: Clark's an instinctive idealist with fears and self-doubt, while Harry's reflexively cynical but trying to overcome it; Harry is a hyper-competent trained fighter who's FantasticallyIndifferent, while Clark is untrained and a NaiveNewcomer but resourceful and quick-thinking and [[StressVomit unnerved by Harry's ruthlessness]]; Clark is a local hero quietly dealing with local problems as and when he stumbles across them, while Harry is a DoomMagnet without equal who is often forced to act on a global or even cosmic scale. They're also similar in a lot of ways, and get on like a house on fire. |
| 258 | * TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne: Occasionally gets this reaction, thanks to his raw power and its initially uncontrolled nature. |
| 259 | * {{Forgiveness}}: He's noted as being very forgiving... when it comes to misdeeds committed against ''him'' (with certain exceptions). If they're committed against someone he cares for, he can and will hold an ''enormous'' grudge. |
| 260 | * FreudianExcuse: Oh, where to start? Well, thanks to the Dursleys' abuse, he has both a festering darker side to his nature which he buried deep because repressing his negative emotions was the only way he ever learned to cope, and a lot of his self-esteem and IneffectualLoner tendencies come from there. |
| 261 | * FriendlyAddressPrivileges: Harry gets them towards at least half the [[FantasyKitchenSink more important]] side characters due to a mix of being an endearing MagneticHero, just brazenly acting as TheNicknamer, and practically ''never'' using his own title of Prince, or the name he is given in Book III: [[spoiler: Earendil/Aurvandil]]. |
| 262 | * FriendToAllChildren: Even at his grumpiest and most temperamental, he has a soft spot for children and the vulnerable in general, particularly his goddaughter, little Ada Stark. It's also on full display in Book III when he succumbs to CutenessProximity regarding the admittably adorable six year old [[spoiler: Francis Richards]]. |
| 263 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: He starts as a short, skinny, and relatively shy child with little more than an above average magical talent for his age, courage, and a [[IndyPloy talent for improvising]]. A year later, he's tall, lean, confident (if EndearinglyDorky), battle-hardened, lethally skilled in armed and unarmed combat, inhumanly fast and strong, a dangerously intelligent tactician and schemer, and between his vast magical and psychic powers, one of the most powerful people on the planet. |
| 264 | * GallowsHumour: Becomes increasingly prone to this as time goes by, after a number of near-death and actual death experiences turn his snark darker - [[StepfordSnarker mainly as a coping mechanism]]. |
| 265 | * GameFace: |
| 266 | ** His eyes flash or glow gold when he gets annoyed. When he's really angry, or wants to make a point, it's joined by a strange and compelling [[VoiceOfTheLegion double voice]]. As Carol observes in the sequel, no one's exactly sure where this comes from. |
| 267 | ** And then there's what happens when [[spoiler: he becomes the Dark Phoenix.]] The less said about that, the better. |
| 268 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: To Uhtred during the Disir incident, with a touch of DareToBeBadass. |
| 269 | * GenerationXerox: While there are the usual comments about his resemblance to his father appearance-wise, it becomes apparent that he's most startling in his resemblance to his mother, at least in personality. When Hermione encounters her in ''Ghosts'', she observes several similarities - including that both are annoyingly secretive and enjoy it a little more than they should. |
| 270 | * TheGift: His psychic abilities. While they don't really kick in until around two-thirds of the way through the first book, and he doesn't really get control of them until the finale, his very first act is to instinctively reach out with them to call for help, and it's implied that he's been using them subconsciously for years. |
| 271 | * TheGlassesComeOff: Harry gets a kind of Asgardian eye surgery leading to him ditch his glasses in Book I. The reactions are broadly [[HeIsAllGrownUp appreciative]], though Hermione inwardly notes that it, among other things, makes him look dangerous. |
| 272 | * GlorySeeker: Inverted, like canon, though less so. Not because he's more interested in glory, but because he is much, ''much'' more vocal about objecting to it - notably, when he goes nuclear after he's picked for the Triwizard Tournament. |
| 273 | * GlowingEyesOfDoom: From about halfway through the first book, usually when something is about to be [[PlayingWithFire burned to a crisp]]. |
| 274 | * GodzillaThreshold: He has a few. |
| 275 | ** MindRape is this, initially. As Hermione explains to Ron, it's not that Harry ''can't'' do it, it's that he ''won't.'' Not unless he feels he absolutely has to. |
| 276 | ** [[spoiler: The Dark Phoenix]] is several steps further, until he gets a handle on that power and stops being scared of it. |
| 277 | ** Usually, he doesn't like AstralProjection, [[SealedGoodInACan for very understandable reasons.]] However, he projects his mind and powers through Carol via their PsychicLink when [[spoiler: she gets kidnapped]]. Gorakhnath, after commenting that his initial efforts were impressive, sets about teaching him how to do it properly because it was also like watching a child juggle live hand grenades. |
| 278 | * GoodHurtsEvil: Having a Phoenix fragment inside him helps. In a GoodIsNotSoft sense, it's also increasingly implied after ''Forever Red'' that being trapped in the darker parts of Harry's head is one of the ''last'' things you want to happen. |
| 279 | * GoodIsNotSoft: He's kind to most people, even during his KnightInSourArmour periods. However, he's entirely capable of being ruthless, manipulative, and [[RageBreakingPoint when driven far enough,]] absolutely vicious. |
| 280 | * GoodIsNotNice: Veers into this after ''Forever Red'', due to [[ShellShockedVeteran a nasty case of PTSD]], and even months after he's stabilised, Hermione points out that while most of his fellow students see him as fundamentally decent, 'nice' went out the window sometime ago. Harry, reluctantly, acknowledges this as a fair point. |
| 281 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: His canon scar is followed by two silvery scars over his heart (from Daken), and in ''Ghosts'', a vampire bite on the arm, and a stab mark through the shoulder surrounded by fern-like scars resulting from a lightning strike. Martha Kent is understandably startled and not a little horrified when she sees all of them, especially given his striking resemblance to Clark. She's not the only one, either. |
| 282 | * GoodWearsWhite: PlayedWith. His armour from Book II onwards is predominantly white with a bit of silver and gold, he sometimes goes full White Phoenix, but it's also often a sign of his more eerie and dangerous nature. |
| 283 | * GrievousHarmWithABody: Bludgeons one bully with another in ''Ghosts''. |
| 284 | * GuardianEntity: His Phoenix fragment, and the Phoenix as a whole, function as this to him. If you succeed in killing him... then there is no god that can save you from Her wrath. [[CosmicEntity Literally.]] |
| 285 | * GuileHero: As Jean-Paul notes in ''Ghosts'', it's easy enough to forget that Harry's actually very, very clever. This is particularly apparent early on, as he doesn't have the raw power to just bulldoze his way through opponents. When he does have that level of power (and hits a RageBreakingPoint) he tries AttackAttackAttack, and pays for it. As part of his CharacterDevelopment in the sequel, he develops the wisdom to start using his head again - and promptly demonstrates his ability to run mental rings around some very clever opponents. |
| 286 | * GuiltComplex: Somewhat, particularly related to the death of Luna Lovegood and the Red Army, though nowhere near as badly as in canon - getting therapy probably helped with this, as did having Carol, Jean, Wanda, and Thor (among others) around to alternately console him and verbally kick him up the arse if necessary. |
| 287 | * HadToBeSharp: Repeated epic level murder attempts force something of an 'evolve or die' scenario upon him. |
| 288 | * HairTriggerTemper: On his return to Hogwarts following the ''Forever Red'' arc in ''Ghosts'', he has this for a little while, terrifying pretty much all his fellow students since they have ''no idea'' what's likely to make him go off like a claymore mine, until Cedric Diggory gives him a gentle WhatTheHellHero and inspires a JerkassRealization. |
| 289 | * HalfHumanHybrid: Naturally, as the son of Thor. Though, considering the somewhat ambiguous nature of his mother, he may not even be half human to begin with. |
| 290 | * HandBlast: Once he starts seriously PlayingWithFire, it becomes his default form of attack until ''Ghosts.'' |
| 291 | * HandicappedBadass: Briefly in ''Ghosts''. Losing [[spoiler: an arm and an eye]] didn't slow him down much. |
| 292 | * HarmfulToMinors: Oh so very frequently. He should be dead several times over (in fact, he has ''been'' dead at least once) and it's considered to be a legitimate miracle that he's not completely insane as a result of all he's been through. As it is, he's suffered serious SanitySlippage at points, he's got horrible [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]] in the sequel, and almost the entire second book is about his MentalHealthRecoveryArc - all while the danger ramps up. On his jaunt to the past in Book III, Sunniva, his distant aunt who grew up in a far more peaceful time for Asgard, is utterly ''horrified'' at even a small selection of what he's been through when - in her eyes - he should still be in schoolroom. In fact, despite decades of experience and control of the Phoenix, she nearly goes Dark Phoenix on the spot in sheer ''outrage.'' If she knew the full extent of it, it probably wouldn't be 'nearly'. |
| 293 | * HasAType: |
| 294 | ** And much like his dad, it's {{Action Girl}}s - in his case, especially blondes. Carol fits both categories like a glove. [[{{UST}} Guess what happens next]]. |
| 295 | ** Zig-Zagged when it comes to his affinity for redheads. |
| 296 | *** While Harry finds Jean 'inconveniently attractive', his attraction is mostly just an awareness that they're gorgeous, and WordOfGod has it that while Harry was originally going to be with Ginny (an idea discarded relatively early on), he's completely baffled by the revelation that in another world he might have got together with her. Though he concedes that Ginny is pretty, and technically does have a lot of personality traits he finds attractive, he doesn't really see her that way. |
| 297 | *** Later in the sequel, it's tacitly confirmed that a small part of him is more interested in [[spoiler: Maddie]] than might be considered [[IncestSubtext proper between second cousins]] in [[KissingCousins some parts of the world.]] |
| 298 | * HatesBeingAlone: Suffice to say that a disdainful upbringing by the Dursleys left some serious psychological scars. |
| 299 | * HealingHands: By ''Ghosts'', he picks up some basic healing magic, though as he explains, HealingMagicIsTheHardest. |
| 300 | * HealTheCutie: After the comprehensive BreakTheCutie that was ''[[TraumaCongaLine Forever Red]]'' , he ends up slowly - ''very'' slowly - being healed through a combination of therapy, affection, and time, all of which evolve him through the KnightInSourArmour to a more ruthless and cynical version of the KnightInShiningArmour that he used to be, who nevertheless believes in the PowerOfTrust and that RousseauWasRight. [[spoiler: Falling head over heels in reciprocated love with Carol, cemented in a RelationshipUpgrade in chapter 46]] doesn't hurt, either. By ''The Phoenix and the Serpent'', it seems to have stuck and he's lightened up even further. |
| 301 | * HeinzHybrid: His father's an Asgardian who's one quarter [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Titan]] thanks to Bor marrying Theia, his mother was a witch and a latent mutant, and, to complicate matters further, while he was conceived his father was a human wizard, leaving him with three sets of biological grandparents and it's implied that the Asgardian side of the family intermarried with the House of El a very long way back (no one's quite sure and the blood connection would be more or less homeopathic at this point anyway). While it gives him a bucket-load of power [[TheCallPutMeOnHold (eventually)]], mostly all it does is give him an absurdly complex family tree, which he treats with increasingly bemused apathy, and a bucket-load of enemies. |
| 302 | * HeldGaze: Frequently, [[ShipTease with Carol]], or more generally when he's trying to make a point or convey sincerity. |
| 303 | * HeroicLineage: He's the son of Thor, it kind of comes with the territory. He's alternately bemused and embarrassed. |
| 304 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: Like canon, he's prone to this, though Carol is just as prone to puncturing this as she is his bouts of melodrama. It takes a more serious edge later in ''Ghosts'' as he bitterly reflects on his instinctive knack for/default to manipulative lying and ExactWords. |
| 305 | * HeroicResolve: A defining trait, and as the finale of ''Child of the Storm'' and ''Forever Red'' demonstrate, one that often gets him into trouble. Once he learns to balance it with some forethought in ''Bloody Hell'', it becomes much more useful. |
| 306 | * HeroicWillpower: Again, his stubbornness is legendary, allowing him to hold out under two days of physical and psychic torture - of course, this stubbornness is also revealed to have a number of downsides. |
| 307 | * HeroismMotiveSpeech: Gives one in ''Ghosts'', though couched as a MotiveRant, as he's both exhausted and infuriated at having been dragged into something ''completely'' unnecessary in the form of the Triwizard Tournament. It essentially boils down to the fact that he does what he does not because it is fun ([[TraumaCongaLine which it frequently isn't]]) or because it is easy ([[HeroicRROD which it almost never is]]), or because people are grateful ([[UngratefulBastard which they often aren't]]), but because it is ''right''. |
| 308 | * HeroWithBadPublicity: He gains a mixed reputation at Hogwarts in the sequel, thanks to a PTSD driven HairTriggerTemper. Since his attention is largely elsewhere, he rarely notices or cares - at least, once it's established that he's no longer actively terrifying his fellow students, which horrified him when it was brought home to him by Cedric Diggory. |
| 309 | * HiddenDepths: He has many, starting with the fact that he's much, much smarter than he lets on and than he initially realises, and even people with little reason to like him concede that by the second book, he's an ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter - so far, he's only been fooled by Alexander Pierce. The start of the third book reveals that, as hinted in canon, he's a surprisingly adept amateur flautist - useful when MagicMusic is involved. |
| 310 | * HoldingBackThePhlebotinum: Phoenix fire. Even once he learns to control it, in Book II, it's because he's on Earth and using it there will shatter the Seal of Surtur and unleash Ragnarok. In Book III, during ''Following Yonder Star'', being first in an era when the Seal is solid, and then in space, he's using it openly, but when he's on Sakaar, he has to be much more sparing with it as a) it risks burning him up, b) he's saving it as a surprise sucker-punch for the Grandmaster and he doesn't have enough power to spare to use it on anything else. [[spoiler: In the end, he hits on the idea of using it in a HiveMind of everyone on Sakaar, connected by Sunniva to the Future Foundation's teleportation matrix, making ''everyone'' a Phoenix host temporarily, unleashing Phoenix fire on all of Sakaar and tearing him apart, and simultaneously supercharging himself with the Phoenix Fire of ''billions'' of people]]. |
| 311 | * HoldingHands: Usually with Carol. [[ShipTease Three guesses why.]] |
| 312 | * HolyHandGrenade: When he whips out his fire magic, the Phoenix (and possibly his latent Asgardian heritage) tends to add a certain influence to it that's inimical to evil, even if he's not consciously using it. His blood is also [[spoiler: apparently lethally dangerous to vampires, enough that some mingled blood and spit burns like acid, and a cup of it cures a part-turned Grey Court vampire.]] ''Curtana'' being [[ReforgedBlade reforged]] in his blood gives it some of these properties, with Harry implying that it could even kill Lobo, who otherwise seems to enjoy CompleteImmortality - and Lobo's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness uncharacteristic silence and sweat]] implies he may be right. |
| 313 | * HonorBeforeReason: While he becomes a CombatPragmatist and TruthTwister extraordinaire, one persistent tendency of Harry's is to do what he thinks is right, no matter the cost. Which usually means doing something "very noble, and very, ''very'' stupid." More than once, Doctor Strange relies on exactly that. It can also lead to his brain fusing if doing right by one person, especially someone he considers family or near enough to, is simultaneously doing wrong by another. |
| 314 | * HopeBringer: Specifically name checked as this. However, the flip side of this is that he could also become a terrifying DarkMessiah. After veering worryingly close to the latter, he starts becoming this in earnest in ''Ghosts''. |
| 315 | * HotBlooded: As per canon, though it's more obvious because he's now being freer with his emotions. Uhtred, Diana, and Sunniva all note that the Warrior's blood of the Asgardian royal line flows hot in him. [[TranquilFury And cold.]] |
| 316 | * HotForTeacher: Develops a little bit of a crush on [[HotTeacher Betsy Braddock]], one that lingers into ''Ghosts''. |
| 317 | * HormoneAddledTeenager: Just a bit, every now and then, developing as time passes. Especially when [[ShipTease Carol]] is around. |
| 318 | * HumbleGoal: As is occasionally noted, he's mostly just interested in a comparatively normal (by supernatural standards) life with his family - with a sidenote of adventure. |
| 319 | * HumbleHero: Mostly, being somewhat embarrassed when people start treating him like royalty - which he is. However, he does become willing to pull rank as and when he finds it useful, or show off his powers to demonstrate how irritated he is. |
| 320 | * {{Hunk}}: He will grow up to be this. Unsurprising, since per WordOfGod, he's slowly growing into something like a mixture of Henry Cavill and Pierce Brosnan. |
| 321 | * HybridPower: Thanks to his parentage, which seems set to drive him straight into StoryBreakerPower territory, but [[BlessedWithSuck this is]] [[WeirdnessMagnet Harry]] [[CosmicPlayThing we're talking about.]] [[BlessedWithSuck There are caveats.]] |
| 322 | ** Initially, the SuperStrength appears completely at random, meaning that he lives in mortal fear of shaking someone's hand and [[{{Fingore}} squashing it]] or similar. |
| 323 | ** The PsychicPowers come through violently and are dangerously uncontrollable for a good while (nearly getting him, Ron and Hermione killed and leaving him open for [[spoiler: Voldemort]] to play PowerParasite). WordOfGod says that he'll never be as strong as Jean is, [[spoiler:(or Maddie, for that matter)]], or as good as Xavier is (as WordOfGod also admits, this still means he's pretty damn powerful), and he lacks the skill and until chapter 74, the will, to use those powers effectively. [[TookALevelInBadass After, though, he gets a very, very rapid grip on them.]] |
| 324 | *** Oh, and Doctor [=McCoy=] theorises that the steady altering of his body and brain chemistry by his Asgardian genes could mean that his PsychicPowers will eventually short-circuit his brain. |
| 325 | ** And when he does learn to use them effectively in combat, it's largely as a result of an ''epic'' case of BreakTheCutie. |
| 326 | * HyperAwareness: Even without his PsychicPowers, he's disquietingly observant. Sirius indicates that he got it from Lily, who by all accounts was scarily observant in her own right, and when Hermione meets Lily and is in a position to compare, does so. In the sequel, this is one of many skills Bucky's training him in. |
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| 332 | * IAmWhatIAm: In ''Ghosts'', he comes to reconcile the various facets of his nature, and makes it clear to Ron - who's struggling to accept those changes. |
| 333 | * IceKing: In the sequel, as he becomes more serious, emotionally guarded, and testy with less mature peers and adults. He doesn't have much time for pettiness in general, really, and he won't hesitate to make that clear. As this is a side-effect of the brutal TraumaCongaLine of ''Forever Red'', he [[DefrostingIceKing defrosts as time goes by]] |
| 334 | * IGotBigger: He quotes the trope to a puzzled Hulk after the PlotRelevantAgeUp. It's temporary, though he later undergoes a significant growth spurt, being described as tall by later in the second book, and just shy of six foot by Book III. |
| 335 | * IHaveManyNames: Harry starts to accrue nicknames and bynames the way that he collects relatives, partly thanks to derring-do and an Asgardian propensity towards this, partly thanks to happenstance, and partly, when time-travelling, out of reluctance to give his own name. Some exasperate him, some he finds quite funny. |
| 336 | ** These include: Harry Potter, Harry Thorson, the Boy-Who-Lived, [[InsultOfEndearment the Boy-Who-Has-Been-Repeatedly-Fried-By-His-Own-Powers]] (by Carol, when noting the general issue of PowerIncontinence), Phoenix, Harry Phoenix-Born, [[spoiler: the Red Son]], [[spoiler: Dark Phoenix]], 'Nathan [[MaidenNameDebate Danvers]]' (given by [[{{Troll}} Lex]] as an undercover alias), 'Agent Galahad' (courtesy of Coulson [[BlatantLies blandly claiming that he's an Agent of SHIELD]]), Listens-And-Asks-Endless-Questions, Starlight-In-His-Eyes, the Wanderer/Wander, [[spoiler: Lord Earendil]] from the Alfar (which he finds particularly amusing), an updated translation of the latter courtesy of Sunniva in [[spoiler: Prince Aurvandil]], and, technically, [[spoiler: [[ItMakesSenseInContext Obi-Wan Kenobi]]]]. |
| 337 | * IJustWantToBeNormal: Or, 'I Just Want To Be A Normal Wizard-Mutant', anyway. This is played with, however, as while he resents his status as TheChosenOne and the stresses it puts him under, he enjoys the kind of conflict it lands him in a bit more than is normal. |
| 338 | * ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Downplayed - he's actually terrified that Carol's developing feelings for him as a reflection of his feelings for her down their psychic link, but the reason he falls for her is that she sees him as a person first and foremost. Not the Boy Who Lived, not the Prince of Asgard, and certainly not TheChosenOne - just Harry. |
| 339 | * ImmuneToMindControl: By the sequel, willpower, psychic scars, vast PsychicPowers, and his Phoenix fragment mean that it's almost impossible to control him - and anyone getting inside his head is going to very quickly regret it. He actually invokes this at one point, where he plans to force a monster he's facing into his own head and take care of it that way. |
| 340 | * ImNotAHeroIm: Comes out with words to this effect once, which Carol affectionately mocks. |
| 341 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: This happens on a distressingly regular basis, as he sourly lampshades in ''Ghosts''. |
| 342 | * ImprovisationalIngenuity: Arguably his true superpower - he's used to being wildly outgunned, so he's learned to think sideways when it comes to solving problems, and using anything he can lay his hands on to do it. And he does. Notable examples include using a penny and some magic to jury-rig a rail-gun. |
| 343 | * IncestSubtext: Mixed with KissingCousins. He's uncomfortably attracted to Jean, his second cousin, before his emotions win the argument with his hormones [[EatingTheEyeCandy (mostly)]]. When it comes to [[spoiler: Maddie]] (also a second cousin) he tacitly admits that he's a bit attracted to her, too, after a dark duplicate suggests he was fantasising about her. |
| 344 | * InconvenientAttraction: His attraction to Jean and [[spoiler: Maddie]] - the former he finds particularly awkward because she treats him as the baby brother she never had, which on an emotional level, he's perfectly comfortable with. Physically is a more difficult matter. [[spoiler: Maddie]] is different, less awkward since they have a different dynamic, but still awkward. |
| 345 | * IncorruptiblePurePureness: |
| 346 | ** Played With. At first, it's Played Straight, until his temper starts emerging and he's put under greater strain, with several observations that he could turn into a new pre HeelFaceTurn Magneto. More than once, he comes very close to snapping entirely. However, it seems that the only thing capable of corrupting him is his own rage, as his reliable resistance to temptation proves. |
| 347 | ** As of ''Ghosts'', however, this is increasingly called into question, with his dark side being brought up as something to watch out for, before the TraumaCongaLine of the ''Forever Red'' arc nearly drives him insane [[spoiler: and does result in his briefly snapping and becoming the Dark Phoenix]]. While he manages to draw back from the edge, it's independently noted by several people that even ignoring the rampant [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]], there's something of a shadow on him - he's more ruthless, [[HairTriggerTemper temperamental]], secretive, and manipulative. The pendulum starts swinging back in ''The Phoenix and the Serpent'' after months of time and space to get his head straight, though he's still not unchanged. |
| 348 | * IndyPloy: His hallmark, where plans are concerned, along with CrazyEnoughToWork. |
| 349 | * IneffectualLoner: Downplayed. He's increasingly capable of looking after himself, but when it comes to really serious situations, going it alone tends to end very badly - though unless the situation is truly horrific, the start of the ''Phoenix and the Serpent'' demonstrates that he's perfectly fine being left alone to wander around a ''de facto'' DeathWorld (prehistoric Earth), despite being 15 at the oldest. |
| 350 | * InferioritySuperiorityComplex: While his general self-esteem improves, his more anti-heroic behaviour and enforced secret keeping leave him with this - as usual, he's dead set on doing the right thing, no matter what, and is defensively certain that he ''is'' doing the right thing... but often loathes the lies and manipulation involved and what he feels that says about him. |
| 351 | * InHarmsWay: Tends to find trouble and as he reluctantly admits to himself, a considerable part of him actually ''enjoys'' the life or death fights he finds himself in. |
| 352 | * InnerMonologueConversation: While he's an immensely powerful telepath, one of his more disconcerting characteristics is the ability to do this even when his telepathy isn't in use, simply by reading features and body language. |
| 353 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Increasingly in the second book - ironically for a psychic, he's really bad at considering the viewpoints of other people unless he's actively trying to manipulate them. This is implied to be thanks to a mixture of trauma-induced shutting people out and his obsessive attitude regarding MindOverManners, meaning that he ignores empathic cues (both psychic and not) that he really should pay attention to. However, it's notable that the main incidents tend to pop up when something has aggravated one of those trauma scars, causing him to shut down and clam up. Some people (Cedric) take this behaviour better than others (Ron and Hermione), though everyone calls him out on it - and he usually cops to it. ''Usually''. In Book III, this improves somewhat more as he continues to open up. |
| 354 | * InsecureLoveInterest: While he doesn't doubt her feelings for him, he's initially extremely hesitant to make any moves on Carol [[spoiler: even after they start dating]], partly thanks to his deep respect for her boundaries and initial desire to stay JustFriends (and he prizes their friendship above all), but also partly because of his insecurities and lingering fears that he's subconsciously influencing her feelings. She gently calls him on this at one point, and they talk through it. |
| 355 | * InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: Most of his enemies are arrogant as they come (the really dangerous ones either aren't or don't let it get in the way of their thinking), while he's a riddled mess of insecurities under a facade of swagger. |
| 356 | * InstantCostumeChange: When the Phoenix is involved. |
| 357 | * InstantExpert: Not quite instant, but thanks to a natural kinesthetic learning style (which he's implied to have in canon), Asgardian muscle memory, and it is hinted, telepathy, he learns practical and intuitive skills exceptionally quickly. |
| 358 | * InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Under the brooding, temper, and occasional manipulative tendencies, he's a sensitive and emotional character who enjoys snuggling with loved ones, digs into floriography to ask out the girl he likes, and after a talk with his dad, has no compunctions about crying if the situation merits it. Even his [[DanceBattler fighting style]] is more stereotypically feminine in the sequel, with noted influences from Natasha. |
| 359 | * IShallTauntYou: He has a great deal of fun winding up his enemies, being a DeadpanSnarker with a MotorMouth and a tendency towards CasualDangerDialogue. At one point in Book III, he laments that his current enemies are so eldritch that they can't understand his material. |
| 360 | * ItsAllMyFault: |
| 361 | ** In the first book, he insistently blames himself for Luna's death. |
| 362 | ** He also reserves a certain amount of blame for himself after [[spoiler: becoming first the Red Son, then the Dark Phoenix]] and the aftereffects, which happened because of an IndyPloy gone horribly wrong. |
| 363 | * ItsPersonal: He's fairly forgiving of offences to himself (Belova [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil understandably excepted]]), but offences to/harming people he cares about tends to lead to his bitterest grudges and most savage responses. |
| 364 | * ItsPersonalWithTheDragon: Regarding the Red Room, he holds a significant grudge towards Yelena Belova and, to a lesser extent, Sinister. Considering what both of them did to him, [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil especially Belova]], this is not surprising. |
| 365 | * ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: And [[KnightInSourArmour doesn't he know it]]. On the other hand, he does come to note some of the upsides. |
| 366 | * JackOfAllStats: He doesn't top out the scale for power or skill as a FlyingBrick, wielder of PsychicPowers, or [[TheArchmage sorcerer]]. However, he is damn close to the top end of each, and he's terrifyingly capable. More than one character notes that in some ways, his ability to combine his different abilities actually makes him more dangerous, in a way, than if he were the best at only one. |
| 367 | * JadeColouredGlasses: In ''Ghosts''. He's still an AllLovingHero and fairly idealistic when the story starts. The finale of the first book makes him both more and less cynical - it exposes him to brutal reality, but everything is wrapped up in a bow by Doctor Strange. Then ''[[TraumaCongaLine Forever Red]]'' happens, and he gets ''spectacularly'' cynical, something he later implies to be both a mark of his longstanding [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]] and a coping mechanism, calling it "a good way to survive, but a bad way to live." Around that point, he seals his journey in the opposite direction and settles as a KnightOfFaith, swinging further back into his lighter nature in ''The Phoenix and the Serpent''. |
| 368 | * JediMindTrick: Uses this and notes the TropeNamer in ''Ghosts.'' He later does it again to both Filch and Mrs Norris, quoting [[Film/ANewHope Obi-Wan Kenobi]] and lampshades it, claiming Carol [[{{Pun}} force]]-fed him ''Star Wars''. Twice. |
| 369 | * JerkassBall: |
| 370 | ** In ''Ghosts'', he picks this up after ''Forever Red'' and tapering off around the next big arc, ''Bloody Hell'', because of an absolutely horrible case of [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]]. It gets better with his mental health, though he's still a bit grumpier than before, and Hermione notes that he's widely considered to be [[GoodIsNotNice "decent, but not nice"]] afterwards. |
| 371 | ** Grabs it again while in Smallville, thanks to the situation triggering both his BigBrotherInstinct and almost every single one of his {{Trauma Button}}s. However, he softens pretty quickly, and he's overall a CoolBigBro to Clark. |
| 372 | * JerkassRealization: In ''Ghosts'', he has one when Cedric Diggory [[WhatTheHellHero gently points out]] that while Harry's understandably a bit messed up and angry over what he's been through, the Hogwarts students don't deserve to have him taking his anger out on them. It then really hits home when Harry sees just how he looks in Cedric's eyes just when he's about to go nuclear on him for ''[[HairTriggerTemper nothing]]''. |
| 373 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Becomes this in ''Ghosts'', following the TraumaCongaLine of ''Forever Red.'' He (mostly) gets better, with diminishing quantities of jerk as time goes on. He does sometimes get snappish under strain or dealing with teenage shenanigans, [[JerkassBall as the Smallville arc demonstrates]] - though in the latter case, he was also under significantly more stress than he let on, as the situation was jumping up and down on his {{Trauma Button}}s. |
| 374 | * JuniorCounterpart: |
| 375 | ** Initially, people compare him to Thor and with good reason, but in terms of mannerisms and personality, he reminds people intensely of his mother. While this is usually positive, he also inherited her [[HotBlooded temper]] and [[ConsummateLiar secretive nature]]. The latter makes both great {{Secret Keeper}}s, but Hermione notes sourly that they enjoy it a little too much for their own good. |
| 376 | ** More disturbingly, his TranquilFury and willingness to use {{Cool And Unusual Punishment}}s tends to remind people of a [[DarkMessiah young Magneto]]. These people include Magneto himself, who is particularly disturbed. |
| 377 | ** In Book II, he starts acting very like Bucky. Since Bucky was the Winter Soldier, and Harry's imitations reflect that part of him, this tends to disturb both of them - though given that [[spoiler: he was explicitly intended to be the Winter Soldier's SuperiorSuccessor]], and Bucky is his SenseiForScoundrels, it's not entirely surprising, either. |
| 378 | ** When he's just done something clever (especially if it's to make someone evil suffer), he gets a wicked smile that makes him look disturbingly like [[MagnificentBastard Doctor Strange.]] As the sequel goes on, he takes on more and more of Strange's mannerisms and tactics, to the point where one reviewer referred to him as 'Diet Doctor Strange'. Strange himself recognises it and tries to head it off, on the grounds that he regards his own actions and personality as NecessarilyEvil rather than anything to imitate. |
| 379 | * KansasCityShuffle: In ''Ghosts'', he starts favouring this as part of his various gambits, with more than one reviewer commenting on it in relation to his becoming something of a 'Diet Doctor Strange'. It doesn't always work, but when it does, it's spectacular. |
| 380 | * KidWithTheLeash: Sometimes with the Hulk, who is rather fond of "Little God", even if he's extremely disoriented and thoroughly pissed off. In turn, Carol is sometimes perceived as this to him - and given that she's one of the very few people with a cat in hell's chance of actually controlling him, this is not exactly groundless. |
| 381 | * KillItWithFire: ''[[UnstoppableRage Burn]].'' It's his standard tactic, really, and it usually works. As Alison observes, "fire is very hard to argue with." |
| 382 | * TheKirk: His default position in most of the trios he occupies, particularly with [[spoiler: Maddie]] and Jean. However, with Carol and Jean-Paul, he usually acts as TheMcCoy, and with Ron and Hermione, he has elements of TheSpock (being more secretive, pragmatic, and manipulative). |
| 383 | * KnightInShiningArmour: |
| 384 | ** He's steadily growing into this trope, even down to charming ladies without deliberately seducing them and a certain susceptibility to the DulcineaEffect. This is repeatedly lampshaded. However, by ''Ghosts'', this has veered sharply into a smoothie of this and KnightInSourArmour - basically, he's a KnightInShiningArmour with added cynicism - before back into a KnightOfFaith with elements of this. He even has the requisite suit, initially transfigured by Sirius from broken Iron Man suits, then purpose-built as 'Project Galahad'. |
| 385 | ** By Book III, he's settled into a primarily Type II KnightOfFaith - in other words, a KnightInShiningArmour who is fully aware of how cynical the world can be. |
| 386 | * KnightInSourArmour: In ''Ghosts''. While he's largely accepted the inevitability of new and interesting murder attempts, and will unwaveringly stand in protection of what is right and good, developing into a KnightOfFaith, this does not mean that he'll necessarily be particularly happy about it. Nor will it stop him providing a snarky commentary on events. This tendency has decreased markedly by Book III, however. |
| 387 | * KnightOfFaith: His MentalHealthRecoveryArc rebuilds his idealism into something more pragmatic, nuanced, but still hopeful - the universe may have no inherent sense of justice, so he'd best get about creating some. |
| 388 | * TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: He adjusts pretty well to meeting some fairly spectacular people, but he's got a hero worship streak towards Steve in Book I (which is why he's a bit shy around him), immediately latches onto Tony and Loki, goes bug-eyed when he meets the Lady Knight, and clearly enjoys teaming up with Anakin Skywalker. |
| 389 | * LadyAndKnight: He and Carol develop this dynamic in ''Ghosts'', though more of the ActionDuo[=/=]nascent BattleCouple variety, interwoven with a whopping great dose of CourtlyLove. |
| 390 | * LargeHam: He's usually a fairly subdued figure, and more inclined to be a ColdHam, but goodness, when he feels particularly histrionic or, indeed, just like showing off (particularly in a good mood), he's not shy of ChewingTheScenery. I mean, for god's sake, this is the same person who in Book III decided to enter the Contest of Champions not just as a Mystery Knight, but in full shapeshifted disguise as [[spoiler: ''Obi-Wan Kenobi'']], complete with an imitation so good it downright disturbed someone who knew the person he was disguised as. And then spent the final part of that arc channeling [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor.]] |
| 391 | * TheLeader: A classic combination of Charismatic and Headstrong (he's working on the Headstrong part). |
| 392 | * LeaveHimToMe: Says this to his friends when encountering Daken - for the second time - in HYDRA's main base. |
| 393 | * LeParkour: He's got quick reflexes and great balance to begin with, and by the sequel, he's exceptionally fast and agile too. He often [[CombatParkour folds this into his combat style]]. |
| 394 | * LetsGetDangerous: |
| 395 | ** When matters get serious (usually around the point where he gets ''really'' angry), the [[CasualDangerDialogue chatter]] and [[YouFightLikeACow mocking banter]] (plus totally not FlirtingUnderFire, if Carol's around) all vanish. [[CreepyMonotone His voice gets cold, calm, and somehow dead]] and [[BewareTheQuietOnes if he speaks at all]], what he ''does'' say will be [[NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech brutal]] and [[BreakingSpeech direct]]. He will then discard his usual morals and cut straight to the most efficient method of destroying his opponent, whether that is MindRape or straight up decapitation. |
| 396 | ** There's also the small matter of, from ''Ghosts'' onwards, the smell of wood-smoke. It appears when Harry's on the edge of his RageBreakingPoint and means [[spoiler: the Dark Phoenix is on the point of emerging.]] |
| 397 | * LightningBruiser: In the sequel thanks to slowly developing Asgardian powers and occasional psychic amplification over short distances he's the fastest character barring Jean-Paul, he's got the raw mystical/psychic power to contend with anyone who isn't on his dad's level, and similar raw physical power when telekinetic amplification kicks in. |
| 398 | * LikeASonToMe: |
| 399 | ** Molly Weasley had this, as in canon, in Book 1. Though thanks to a combination of circumstances, Harry ends up drifting away from the Weasleys as a surrogate family, as he now has his own family, and they have to cope with Arthur's death. |
| 400 | ** Wanda is his godmother and as soon as it becomes clear that she's not going to endanger him by engaging with him, she embraces the role of ParentalSubstitute, having previously been forced to keep her distance by Strange's warnings. It's made abundantly clear that this broke her heart and she considers what followed to be MyGreatestFailure; and even then, it's suggested that she sent him presents - until she realised that they were given to Dudley - and watched over him sometimes, once comforting him when he'd been chased by bullies when he was about seven. It's repeatedly noted that she loves him like her own, and after an initially rocky relationship, Harry reciprocates. This becomes a significant problem when Hermione finds out that Wanda is her biological mother, as Harry instinctively takes Wanda's side, and while Hermione is HappilyAdopted, she perceives a certain ParentalFavouritism. More than one person notes that while it's more complicated than that, it's quite probable that though Wanda loves them equally, she may find Harry ''easier'' to love, given various traumatic memory associations with Hermione. |
| 401 | ** Natasha is gentler with him than with literally anyone else (except possibly Bucky--we don't see very many of their interactions), allowing him to call her "Nat" and even staying the night with him when he's sick. It's speculated by a few characters that she sees him as the son she could never have, or at the very least is the closest thing to it. Sadly, this leads to Belova [[spoiler: raping him in a bid to claim what she perceives as being Natasha's]], and an utterly ''brutal'' CurbStompBattle from Natasha after Belova molests him in front of her. |
| 402 | ** Doctor Strange is the general BigGood, for a [[NecessarilyEvil given value]] [[PragmaticHero of 'Good']], and he's more than willing to push around, manipulate, and outright bully almost everyone. While he's generally kinder to children, he gives Harry far more latitude and time than he does to anyone else except for Wanda - his former apprentice and foster-daughter. While Harry's the centre of his schemes, and later [[spoiler: his student]], he does every little kindness he can for Harry, explains far more than he does to literally anyone else, treats him with respect (which puts him in the same company as Wanda, Dumbledore, and Merlin, and exactly no one else), was his doctor as a small child and whenever he gets seriously hurt as a teenager, and is visibly upset when he can't whip up a magical salve for Harry's mental health troubles as he could for practically anyone else. Though he would never say it, it's implied that he sees Harry as a sort of surrogate grandson. |
| 403 | * LikeBrotherAndSister: |
| 404 | ** Lobby from his hormones aside, he settles on this with Jean, who embraces the role of loving (and terrifyingly protective) big sister. With [[spoiler:Maddie]], it's a bit more ambiguous, while with Diana, he happily plays the big brother. |
| 405 | ** He used to be like this with Hermione, though they start drifting apart a little in the second book. Even so, however, he cares for her very much and it's noted by Loki that he's "about as attracted to her as he is to mold." |
| 406 | * LikeFatherUnlikeSon: Played With. |
| 407 | ** Thor was, both as himself and as James, something of a ShelteredAristocrat growing up. He became a BoisterousBruiser[=/=]JerkJock pre CharacterDevelopment, albeit a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, and evolved into a PrinceCharming[=/=]LovableJock. Even after toning down the LargeHam tendencies and controlling his UnstoppableRage (the result being closer to TranquilFury, unless he's ''really'' pushed), he's still a BoisterousBruiser. He's the outgoing type of MagneticHero, who welcomes and thrives on the limelight. |
| 408 | ** Harry, by contrast, was a small, skinny, mistreated outcast, softer spoken, compassionate and [[AllLovingHero an absolute sweetie]], one who retains elements of that sweetness even after becoming a KnightInSourArmour. He's also drawn to and protective of his fellow misfits and outsiders - though considering the Marauders, that might run in the family - and a ReluctantWarrior ([[BloodKnight albeit not as reluctant as he might admit]]) who shuns the limelight. Also, due to the fact that he started out as a FragileSpeedster, then a GlassCannon, rather than Thor's literal LightningBruiser, he's had to [[IndyPloy be]] [[CombatPragmatist more]] [[GuileHero creative.]] Where Thor was fairly open about being HotBlooded, even as James, Harry wound up [[SuppressedRage suppressing it]], which led to it festering into a dark side with a [[DisproportionateRetribution a capacity for cruelty]] that Thor doesn't possess. |
| 409 | * LikeParentLikeChild: His courage, nobility and arch-protectiveness of his friends are reminiscent of his father, though most of his personality - his blazing temper, compassion, skill with fire, secretive nature, and Phoenix connection - tend to remind most very strongly of his mother. It gets to the point where people who knew her start to recognise some of Lily's specific mannerisms in Harry. |
| 410 | * LikesOlderWomen: Examples include attraction to Darcy, conflict between hormones and emotions regarding Jean, a crush on Betsy Braddock, very complicated feelings towards [[spoiler: [[KissingCousins Maddie]]]], and technically speaking Carol (the technically part being that she's about a year older than him, at most, an age gap which pretty much vanishes entirely once he comes back from his temporal jaunts). |
| 411 | * LineageComesFromTheFather: PlayedWith. His paternal heritage and his relationship with his father are in heavy focus for most of the first book, but towards the end, and during the second, by far the greater emphasis is placed on his mother. She's where he gets his much favoured PsychicPowers from, as well as his inclination towards [[PlayingWithFire pyromancy]], she's where he gets his signature eyes from, and as is repeatedly indicated, a surprising number of character traits too. Oh, and then there's the Phoenix. Heck, even though his features mostly come from his father, his expressions and body language tend to draw comparisons to his mother. Given he's seen her exactly once since he was one, no one has any idea how this is possible, though it probably isn't coincidental that it starts happening after his Phoenix fragment starts making itself known (and through it, Lily herself). |
| 412 | * ListOfExperiencesSpeech: Sometimes brings this out in the sequel, and they aren't always his own. Unusually, most of the time he's making a point about how putting himself on the line - or being put ''in'' the line, because TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive - has left him horribly traumatised, and a lot of his other friends who end up in the same line aren't much better off. |
| 413 | * LittleBrotherIsWatching: He's much more conscious of his behaviour around [[MoralityPet Clark]] in the sequel (who has that effect on a number of people), and to a lesser extent Luna Lovegood in the first book. |
| 414 | * LivingIsMoreThanSurviving: Muses on this in ''Ghosts'', observing that his now reflexive cynicism has made him very good at surviving, but not so good at living. |
| 415 | * LivingLegend: Technically one from the start as the Boy-Who-Lived, but by Book II, his reputation is rapidly growing beyond the Wizarding World, to the point where even his foes are acknowledging it with professional respect. |
| 416 | * LivingMoodRing: From the final part of Book I onwards, his eyes are fairly instructive as to how much trouble you're in. If they're green, you're fine (... [[TranquilFury probably]]). If they're glowing gold, he's both angry and charging up to do something big, in which case you should probably run. If they're glowing ''white'', the Phoenix has come out to play, and there's nowhere you can hide. |
| 417 | * LockedIntoStrangeness: After being possessed by Chthon, he develops a thick lock of white hair at the front of his head, much to his surprise. Mostly, it just attracts odd looks, but it takes on additional significance when it's revealed that [[spoiler: Krum saw memories of the Red Son in a Pensieve, and despite a mask and goggles, the skunk stripe and raw power meant that he put two and two together when saw Harry at close quarters.]] |
| 418 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: |
| 419 | ** Less so than canon, as Thor doesn't really see much point in keeping his son uninformed, and Doctor Strange tends to add information when needed (though this is variable, with Harry at one point snarking in ''Ghosts'' that "Doctor Strange operates on a need to know basis: as in, he's the person who needs to know"). |
| 420 | ** However, Harry is much more inclined to pull this on Ron and Hermione in ''Ghosts'', albeit for fairly understandable reasons; it's indicated that given the choice, he would do this with most of his friends, but the others tend to be involved in whatever insanity has gone/is going down, so he wants to preserve Ron and Hermione's relative innocence (being very aware of the psychic wear and tear his adventures cause). As he also points out, a lot of the secrets he's learned aren't necessarily his to share; and after ''Forever Red'' in particular, he's not particularly willing to open up about just what has happened. |
| 421 | * LonelyAmongPeople: He gets better with time and therapy, and he's got a much wider social circle than before, but his tendency to repress and lock down painful feelings, plus a general reluctance to open up, mean that he's even more prone to this than canon until someone persuades him to open up. This person is usually, but not exclusively, Carol. |
| 422 | * LongingLook: A few times towards Carol. No one is remotely surprised. |
| 423 | * LoveRedeems: The PowerOfLove is what keeps him from tipping over into [[spoiler: the Dark Phoenix]] in ''Ghosts''. On the other hand, even he acknowledges that [[LoveMakesYouEvil it could have the opposite effect]]. |
| 424 | * LudicrousGibs: Develops both the ability and willingness to do this in ''Ghosts''. |
| 425 | * MadeOfIron: You can knock him down, but it is next to impossible to ''keep'' him down - he will take supposedly lethal damage and [[ImplacableMan keep on coming]]. Even being ''impaled with his own sword and struck by lightning'' after a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown only succeeds in slowing him down and pissing him off. |
| 426 | * MadnessMantra: "Didn't want it" in the sequel, relating to [[spoiler: Belova [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raping him]] and his unwilling physical arousal]]. |
| 427 | * MagicEnhancement: Undergoes this twice, though it's temporary on both occasions, when visiting Asgard for the first time and when the GeniusLoci of the Mountain gives him and a few others a PlotRelevantAgeUp. |
| 428 | * MagicFire: All his fire magic is tinged with this thanks to the Phoenix, though it only usually has a basic HolyBurnsEvil effect (and considering Harry's [[KillItWithFire combat style]], it isn't generally obvious). When he really taps into the Phoenix is another matter entirely. |
| 429 | * MagicKnight: In ''Ghosts'', having spent the previous book as a SquishyWizard. Figuring out how to use his telekinesis to enhance his strength, speed, and durability during ''Forever Red'' helped, as did tapping into the knowledge of hand to hand and knife-fighting skills he got [[spoiler: implanted as the Red Son]]. |
| 430 | * MagicMusic: By Book III, he's learned these from Doctor Strange, well enough to use his flute as an ersatz [[VideoGame/LegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Ocarina of Time]]. |
| 431 | * MagneticHero: Partly natural, partly caused by Wanda's blessing. |
| 432 | * MakingASplash: Learns a bit in ''Ghosts'' under [[spoiler: Strange's]] tutelage, but he doesn't like it very much. |
| 433 | * MaleGaze: Mostly downplayed and consciously resisted on his part, but he ''is'' a HormoneAddledTeenager. |
| 434 | * ManicPixieDreamGirl: A rare male example; quirky, energetic, and prone sweeping all sorts of often apparently people/people living relatively ordinary lives into adventures beyond their imagining. |
| 435 | * ManipulativeBastard: By the second book, he's an extremely adept manipulator. He doesn't necessarily like it, and he's usually just playing [[TheMatchmaker matchmaker]] or defusing tension with a well-timed guilt trip (which he's sometimes called on). Usually. The exceptions can be chilling, if only because he's ''good'' at it - and he's not particularly happy about that. And what's most disturbing is that sometimes, he doesn't even notice he's doing it. |
| 436 | * ManOfKryptonite: In several respects. |
| 437 | ** By blood to vampires, thanks to his protection, which proves crucial when [[spoiler: curing Peter Parker of Grey Court vampirism before he turns in full]]. |
| 438 | ** Also thanks to the Phoenix protection, his mind and fire magic carry extra punch against dark magic and spirits. |
| 439 | ** More generally, Surtur fears he is this because he's a very unusual Phoenix host. He's indicated to be right. |
| 440 | * MasterOfIllusion: He has a remarkable knack for this - enough to successfully fool Dracula by impersonating [[spoiler: the Dark Phoenix.]] His uncle ''is'' Loki, after all. |
| 441 | * MasterOfOneMagic: While he's far from incompetent in other areas, especially in ''Ghosts'', his real strengths are [[PlayingWithFire fire magic]] and [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]], being outright referred to as exceptionally gifted with the former by Harry Dresden, a fire magic prodigy in his own right. Ron speculates near the end of ''Ghosts'' that since he HadToBeSharp, he played to his strengths as hard as he could to give himself a chance of surviving long enough to broaden his skill-base (which he does). |
| 442 | * MasterSwordsman: He's still learning and gets utterly schooled by Dracula in Book II, but he shows it more and more over time, particularly in Book III. It helps that he's a frighteningly quick learner with buckets of talent and, as [[spoiler: the Lady Knight]] points out in detail, he has every natural advantage even without his powers. Per Sif, he'll be a master by human standards by his early 20s at the latest, and by Asgardian ones by 100 (and Asgardians routinely get to 5000). [[spoiler: The Lady Knight]] reckons that's actually an underestimate, considering he's a telepath and as such can learn more quickly. She also reckons that he's "at least" as naturally talented as [[spoiler: Arthur Pendragon]] - and by her account, "[[spoiler: Arthur]] was ''brilliant.''" |
| 443 | * TheMatchmaker: Plays this for Lex and Sue and again for Ginny and [[spoiler: Diana]] in ''Ghosts.'' It's a sign both that he's a NiceGuy, and that he's got a nascent gift as [[ManipulativeBastard a manipulator.]] |
| 444 | * MenacingStroll: Sometimes in the sequel, usually manifesting as a predatory stalking movement when he's expecting trouble - one that tends to make people very aware that he is not entirely human. |
| 445 | * MentorsNewHope: He's Strange's. While Strange has had several apprentices, his first was meant to be TheChosenOne who would be capable of defeating Thanos. Unfortunately, Strange was much younger and drastically misjudged his character, blinded by [[LikeASonToMe fatherly love for his apprentice]], and that apprentice ended up becoming [[spoiler: Apocalypse]]. His next two apprentices both ended up going dark as well, albeit that it was at least somewhat more planned and [[spoiler: Margaret]] pulled away towards the end. Harry, his protege and [[spoiler: last apprentice]], is his new hope, based entirely on his being a hero ''in spite'' of his powers rather than because of them. |
| 446 | * MercurysWings: His later helmets incorporate this, like his dad, albeit in a style more like that of [[{{Literature/TheSilmarillion}} Numenor]] than the classic example. Given that he turns out to be [[spoiler: the inspiration for Earendil]], which he finds immensely funny, this is apt. |
| 447 | * MessianicArchetype: Zig-Zags the trope. Throughout ''Child of the Storm'' he's generally the AllLovingHero of canon, and ultimately saves the world by rejecting TheFinalTemptation. However, in ''Ghosts'', the traumatic experiences and PTSD pile up, and he risks veering into DarkMessiah territory. As of chapter 58 of the latter, he inclines towards it once more, giving Clark a RousingSpeech about how RousseauWasRight when Clark was having a crisis of faith and dismissing cynicism as 'an unfortunate reflex' on his part, deeming it 'a good way to survive, but a bad way to live'. By Book III, he's striding straight back into it again, as a more matured and measured KnightOfFaith. |
| 448 | * MessiahCreep: Over the story, he undergoes this, even more than canon - though with the flip side that he could yet become a DarkMessiah and during ''Ghosts'' is something of an ApocalypseMaiden. He's not particularly happy about it, though as [[spoiler: Jesus]] points out, he can either front up to it, or run from it - and the latter never works in the long term. By Book III, it looks like he's come to accept it. |
| 449 | * MessyHair: As per usual. It occasionally gets brought up, with Wanda maternally carding her hands through it, and Carol affectionately mussing it even further. |
| 450 | * {{Metaphorgotten}}: He sometimes loses track of what he's saying, with amusing results. It's also generally a good sign that he's in a good mood - if he's cold and precise, start running. |
| 451 | * AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Usually PlayedForLaughs when he gets grumpy about unfiltered teenage thoughts, but his PsychicPowers are so great that it's hard to keep other people out. |
| 452 | * MindOverManners: Is extremely scrupulous about this and initially squeamish about using anything more than passive telepathy, partly because of privacy, partly because of what Riddle's Diary did to Ginny, and partly because he's absolutely terrified (and not entirely without reason) that he could start on a slippery slope. It's pathological, to the point where it may be stunting his empathy, though. In Book III, he's more or less made peace with it. |
| 453 | * MindOverMatter: Develops this later in the first book. It quickly becomes his default power, to the point where it's occasionally noted that his teachers have to remind him to use magic rather than telekinesis, and in ''Ghosts'', particularly after tuition from Magneto, he's absolutely lethal with it. |
| 454 | * MindRape: |
| 455 | ** He violently objects to it on moral grounds, and is initially terrified of using his telepathy at all for fear of doing this accidentally. By ''Ghosts'', Hermione corrects Ron, saying that it's something that he ''won't'' do. [[GodzillaThreshold That's not the same as saying that he can't.]] |
| 456 | ** This happens to him at the hands of [[spoiler: the Red Room]]. [[TraumaButton He is much, much touchier about it afterwards.]] However, if you make him properly mad... Harry's psychic attack on [[spoiler: Reynolds]] is described as so vicious that the associated dismemberment was 'a mere courtesy detail'. |
| 457 | * MissingMom: His mother may be NotQuiteDead, but due to one reason or another, he can't really see very much of her. While he previously gravitated to father figures, he now gravitates even more strongly to maternal figures; formerly Mrs Weasley, and now mostly his godmother, Wanda (though Natasha is hinted to get a look in). This unfortunately clouds his judgement regarding the issue of Hermione's parentage. |
| 458 | * MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: In ''Ghosts'', at Hogwarts - no one knows what happened to him during ''Forever Red'', and only a few, such as Cedric Diggory, have the background knowledge to guess that he's suffering from a horrible case of [[ShellShockedVeteran 'Curse Shock']] and conclude that something truly awful happened to him as a result. And even then, Cedric needs another chance clue from Krum to put together just what happened. |
| 459 | * ModestRoyalty: Very much so - he tends to get embarrassed if people even bring up his rank, and even more embarrassed about songs being sung about his deeds. |
| 460 | * MoeCouplet: |
| 461 | ** As per canon, with Luna, for many of the same reasons. |
| 462 | ** He also develops one with Diana, who shares a number of Luna's personality traits. |
| 463 | ** Hermione, again, for the same reasons as in canon. |
| 464 | ** [[spoiler: Maddie]] is a [[TheStoic stoic]] and very controlled character with a vast technical understanding of her psychic powers, but next to no understanding of the more intuitive side. Or, indeed, of people. Harry's more HotBlooded, has a knack for getting under people's skin, and has very little technical instruction in his psychic abilities, but a great of intuitive talent and creativity. They spark off each other very well. |
| 465 | * MomentOfWeakness: In the sequel, he has a few, thanks to his struggles with his mental health and contradictory obligations. |
| 466 | ** Becoming [[spoiler: the Dark Phoenix]] at the end of the ''Forever Red'' arc. |
| 467 | ** He almost fries Cedric Diggory when the latter confronts him about his [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]] derived HairTriggerTemper and its effects on other students, and is utterly horrified when he realises what he nearly did. It serves as a turning point in his CharacterDevelopment and mental recovery, especially given Cedric's concerned reaction. |
| 468 | ** While he'd kept the secret of Bucky's identity as the Winter Soldier from Ron (whose father was {{Mercy Kill}}ed by the Winter Soldier) before, until the end of the ''Dungeons and Dragons'' arc he simply didn't say anything. Then, Ron confronted him with the possibility that the Winter Soldier survived, sparked by the Elder Wyrm's telepathic rhyme that implied that Harry had lied about it. [[ConsummateLiar Harry]] then used ExactWords to imply that it was actually referring to his stint as the Red Son, the Winter Soldier's successor, to stir up mistrust. He immediately bitterly regrets it, and the narration notes that it's a 'fateful decision.' |
| 469 | ** Keeping the secret of Hermione's parentage also qualifies, rather than at least pushing Wanda to bite the bullet and actually reveal the truth. After her initial righteous fury, a clinical part of Hermione feels a detached pity when she notices that Harry's brain has sort of fused because he was simultaneously doing as his godmother requested and looking out for her, while also unhappily lying to Hermione, meaning he was doing something he saw as wrong either way. He later admits that he was wrong. |
| 470 | * MommasBoy: |
| 471 | ** Is very close to both his grandmother and his godmother, and very attached to his mother when she makes an appearance. He's also noted to respond best to women for reasons that have very little to do with being a HormoneAddledTeenager. |
| 472 | ** This leads to significant friction between him and Hermione after she discovers her heritage, as he instinctively (and viciously) defends Wanda when Hermione lashes out. To make matters worse, it's implied that despite her resentment of Wanda, Hermione also [[TheResenter resents]] the comparative lack of attention - she feels she was TheUnfavourite. The truth is more complex, but it's hinted that while Wanda loves both equally, due to some traumatic associations, [[ParentsAsPeople she]] does find Harry ''easier'' to love. |
| 473 | * MoralityChainBeyondTheGrave: Luna, invoked by Thor when a traumatised, grieving, and angry Harry attempts to use his telepathy to torment the Ravenclaws he blames for Luna's death. |
| 474 | * MoralityPet: He both serves as this to others and has a couple of his own. |
| 475 | ** He serves as one to most of the Avengers, who behave in more classically heroic fashion when he's around, and to Doctor Strange, who's nicer to him than he is to pretty much anyone else. Bucky specifically notes how his remarkable capacity for trust [[PowerOfTrust brings out the best in people]] (though it's dented for a while after ''[[TraumaCongaLine Forever Red]]''), revealing better natures in those who didn't know they had them. Later in ''Ghosts'', he references the latter, lamenting how he's lost the ability to trust so easily. |
| 476 | ** In turn, as he becomes more of an AntiHero, he develops a few. Luna Lovegood, who gently points out how his BullyHunter behaviour doesn't help and ends up as a MoralityChainBeyondTheGrave; Carol Danvers, who's his usual MoralityChain and someone who he tries to be better for (which is one reason they put off dating, because - [[BuffySpeak though he doesn't exactly put it that way]] - he recognises that it would be horribly co-dependent); and Clark Kent, who he treats like a little brother and sees as having the innocence that he's lost, and who also inspires better behaviour on his part to try and set a good example/live up to Clark's purer morals. |
| 477 | * {{Motifs}}: |
| 478 | ** Fire. He's strongly associated with the Phoenix, for obvious reasons, he's got a gift for PlayingWithFire passionate, temperamental, warm (literally and figuratively), and he's prone to leaving absolute devastation in his wake when he gets out of control. |
| 479 | ** Masks. In the sequel, after ''Forever Red'', the number of secrets he's keeping and a general desire to keep his feelings under wraps (both because he doesn't want to talk about them and fear of the alternative) combined with his skills as a MasterActor and ConsummateLiar mean that he's sometimes referred to as wearing many masks and being very hard to read. He also refers to multiple aspects of himself when explaining his CharacterDevelopment to Ron, using [[MasterOfIllusion illusions to demonstrate]]. And tellingly, his armour features a mask, its blank white helmet repeatedly being described as like "the skull of an angel." |
| 480 | * MotorMouth: A lot of the time he's relatively quiet, but when he does get going, it's usually quite hard to get him to stop, with Maddie in particular being rather startled by it. Particularly if he's about to do something spectacular. |
| 481 | * MrFanservice: As he gets older, he's TallDarkAndHandsome, charming in an EndearinglyDorky sort of way, fundamentally kind, and receives a share of EatingTheEyeCandy from Carol and Jean-Paul, among others. |
| 482 | * MyGreatestFailure: At the end of ''Ghosts'', he reveals that his obliteration of the 'Red Army' of [[spoiler: clones, primarily of him and Maddie while he was the Dark Phoenix]] qualifies as this. Why? Because [[spoiler: they were programmed {{Human Weapon}}s, but they were fundamentally innocent, with souls of their own, and]] they'd never even had a chance to live. A chance that he ''could'' have given them, if he hadn't just decided to wipe them out because they were in his way. While it's pointed out to him by Shou-Lao that there was absolutely no way he would have been able to make that happen and it was the best of a bunch of terrible options, and confirmed by Sunniva, it still haunts him. |
| 483 | * NameThatUnfoldsLikeLotusBlossom: Was given one by [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti the Forest People]], who have names like these (though they don't mind diminutives) on his trip to the ancient past. He's initially [[TheGadfly nicknamed]] 'Listens And Asks Endless Questions', before being dubbed 'Starlight In His Eyes'. |
| 484 | * NervesOfSteel: After everything he's been through, very little actually fazes him, short of his loved ones being threatened. Except, that is, for reminders of what Essex and [[spoiler: Belova]] did to him. The one time this does happen, he nearly goes Dark Phoenix on the spot, and it's only the fact that Clark is in serious danger that snaps him out of it. |
| 485 | * NeverHurtAnInnocent: Harry is strict on this, no matter how far over the edge he seems to be about to go, and he spends a good chunk of the first book terrified of accidentally doing so with his newly emerged and unstable powers. This is why the deaths of the Red Army rattle him so badly. |
| 486 | * NiceGuy: Vies with ChronicHeroSyndrome for the position of his defining trait, veering at points into AllLovingHero, though it takes a bit of a backseat to GoodIsNotNice in ''Ghosts'', after the ''[[TraumaCongaLine Forever Red]]'' arc. It starts becoming more prominent again after ''Bloody Hell'', particularly after chapter 46. By the time of Book III, it's come back pretty much entirely. |
| 487 | * NighInvulnerability: Of the ''Divine Protection'' kind, extending on at least one occasion to ResurrectiveImmortality. He's also heading towards the ''Made of Diamond'' kind due to his (very slowly) developing SuperToughness. |
| 488 | * NinjaPirateZombieRobot: A Half-Asgardian Wizard Psychic, is a conduit for the Phoenix Force, is distantly related to the House of El, was (for a time) [[spoiler: a cyborg through the Transmode Virus as well as a murderous brainwashed agent of the Red Room]]. |
| 489 | * NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: |
| 490 | ** Delivers a short, chilling, one to some HYDRA Agents who horribly underestimated him. |
| 491 | --> [[ComicBook/{{Magneto}} You people and your guns.]] Did you really think that they would protect you from ''[[PersonOfMassDestruction me]]''? |
| 492 | ** Delivers an even more chilling one in ''Ghosts''. |
| 493 | --> [[spoiler: ''I AM LIFE. I AM FIRE. NOW AND FOREVER... I. AM.'' '''PHOENIX!''']] |
| 494 | ** Later, while venting to Bucky, Ron, and Hermione, he paraphrases the original speech by saying that he lives in a "world of glass." However, he's trying to ''avoid'' breaking anything. |
| 495 | ** In Book III, he repeats the "world of glass" one with some variations, but this time, he's using it as both an intimidation technique and to tacitly explain why his current disguise [[spoiler: as Obi-Wan Kenobi, and somehow ItMakesSenseInContext,]] is about to cut loose with sufficient telekinetic power to beat Lobo to a pulp. |
| 496 | * NoiselessWalker: By the second book, he's mastered the art of moving in complete silence, when he wants to - something usually accompanied by [[MenacingStroll a predatory stalking movement]] that reminds whoever's watching that while half of him is human, the other half is definitely ''not''. |
| 497 | * NonIdleRich: Along with RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething, what with Thor essentially giving him control of the Potter vault, which is revealed to total around £1.5 ''billion'', he's probably the second richest character in the cast after Tony Stark in terms of actual disposable cash. It mostly just embarrasses him, and save when he's trying to help friends, he practically never talks about it. |
| 498 | * NotAfraidOfYouAnyMore: |
| 499 | ** Regarding Voldemort when he first reappears, though Voldemort quickly shows why that's a mistake - while Harry himself has very little to fear from Voldemort in a straight fight, his friends and loved ones are another matter entirely. After that, Harry is more wary of Voldemort's capabilities, but not personally afraid. |
| 500 | ** Has a breakthrough on this when facing down [[spoiler: Dudley a.k.a. the Beast/the Blob]] in the sequel, noting just how stupid it is to have even a residue of fear towards him, even if he is now a PersonOfMassDestruction. Their later rematch, when [[spoiler: Dudley]] is a powerful vampire on top of everything else, is brutally short. |
| 501 | * NotSoAboveItAll: While he's a HumbleHero and comes to detest pettiness and perceived immaturity by his peers, he's not above reminding people exactly what he's capable of when he's irritated. Usually, in the most unnecessarily dramatic fashion possible. Such as telekinetically flying the 6,000 ton Durmstrang ship in a neat figure of eight, from a windowless room in the middle of Hogwarts, while inspecting his fingernails, to make clear how annoyed he is by being selected for the Triwizard. |
| 502 | ** While he often gets frustrated by teenage idiocy, even after a '''brutal''' lesson on the value of looking before he leaps, he's still prone to speaking or acting without thinking through the consequences once in a while, such as setting up Diana as a platonic date for Draco at the Yule Ball without considering how this would look to Ron, who's a little bitter about not having a date himself, which the latter remonstrates with himself about. |
| 503 | * NotSoSimilar: Aside from the fact that unlike Voldemort, he has no shortage of empathy and instead of sacrificing others for his own sake, sacrifices himself for others without hesitation... |
| 504 | ** Unlike Strange and Magneto, he's neither a loner nor ambitious. Likewise, Harry tends to only go in for major dramatics when under serious stress, in a very bad mood, or as a distraction (unlike Strange, for whom they're a constant). This is an InvokedTrope by Strange, who states to Gorakhnath that he's intentionally ensuring that Harry does not turn out too much like him. |
| 505 | * OccultDetective: He's still got the aptitude and inclination, as the ''Mirror Image'' arc of ''Ghosts'' shows, when his deductive and [[TheProfiler profiling]] skills impress Agent Coulson. |
| 506 | * OminousWalk: By ''Ghosts'', when trouble is brewing, he tends to slide into a stalk that is repeatedly noted as too graceful to be human. Notably, he pulls this on a helpless [[spoiler: Dudley]], a vampire, just before he's about to decapitate him. It underlines the power dynamic, and that he's indulging his darker side. |
| 507 | * {{Omniglot}}: One of the few upsides of ''Forever Red'' is that afterwards, he's a perfectly fluent speaker of French, Russian, German, and Spanish - in the case of Russian, he's good enough can pass as a native, if he feels like it. It's implied that this isn't a complete list, either. |
| 508 | * OneTrueLove: While he is a HormoneAddledTeenager and has a bit of a crush on [[SexyMentor Betsy Braddock]], Carol is the only girl he ever shows any kind of romantic interest in. This gets deconstructed a bit in the ''Mirror Image'' arc of ''Ghosts,'' where he's at first unable to sympathize with Clark's struggles regarding having a crush on someone who isn't interested back. He improves on this, though he points out to Clark that his advice is of limited usefulness both for this reason and because his dynamic with Carol is by no definition normal. |
| 509 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: |
| 510 | ** The general gist is that if [[TranquilFury he's angry and he's gone all calm and quiet]] then he's probably been pushed too far and running won't help unless you can get a long way away very quickly. Likewise, his personality shift following the ''Forever Red'' arc is meant to show that [[ShellShockedVeteran something is very, very wrong.]] |
| 511 | ** On a lighter note, after his [[spoiler: FirstKiss with Carol]], he actually starts acting his age instead of like a ShellShockedVeteran. His fellow students are both surprised and, frankly, deeply relieved by this - as Seamus Finnegan points out, it makes him much easier to live with. |
| 512 | * OpposeWhatYouSuffered: His treatment by his abusive aunt and uncle, as in canon, leaves him with a significant degree of empathy for the downtrodden and outsiders. After ''Forever Red'', he's also violently opposed to MindRape, medical experimentation, and the exploitation of others - while each infuriated him before, his experiences at the Red Room's hands made it personal. |
| 513 | * OtherMeAnnoysMe: Averted. While he bickers with 'Nathan', the two get along well, and Harry is later both glad and ruefully amused when he discovers that Nathan found his way back. |
| 514 | * PartTimeHero: Played Straight in the first book, and largely Averted in the sequels. Both are Justified by the fact that the heroes understandably want to keep him out of trouble, which shouldn't be his responsibility, and then by how everyone is more or less resigned to the fact that Harry's going to be heavily involved in what is to come, so he needs to be more prepared. This means that while he does have a semblance of a normal life, unlike canon he gets more tailored combat and espionage training to cope. |
| 515 | * PassiveAggressiveKombat: While he's often blunt, direct, and temperamental, he's more than capable of this when he feels like it, as both Carol's father and Snape find out. It's noted as a sign that he's been paying to attention to his uncle and Natasha. |
| 516 | * PastExperienceNightmare: Has an absolutely '''''brutal''''' one regarding what Yelena Belova did to him, which leaves him an absolute wreck. |
| 517 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: He's got a taste for it, especially when he's in a TranquilFury. It's generally terrifying. He's entirely aware of it, and warns Ron against it. |
| 518 | * PersonalityPowers: Harry's preferred element is fire. Doesn't particularly enjoy the cold and wet? Check. Temperamental? Check. Impulsive? Big fat check. Assertive? After some CharacterDevelopment, absolutely. |
| 519 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: By the end of the first book, he's well into this category, and rising fast. |
| 520 | * PhysicalGod: One day, obviously, as shown during a temporary PlotRelevantAgeUp. Also [[spoiler: to an even greater extent as the Dark Phoenix]]. |
| 521 | * PillarsOfMoralCharacter: Zig-Zagged. In the first book, his moral strength is a key plank in Strange's plan. In the second, one horrendously brutal TraumaCongaLine and a horrific [[ShellShockedVeteran case of PTSD]] later, his darker side becomes more prominent and his idealism is tarnished, while circumstances force him to make several hard choices. Even after his recovery, he becomes more ruthless and practical, a ConsummateLiar and ManipulativeBastard with a truly frightening capacity for viciousness when loved ones/friends are threatened or harmed. However, his core morals - and vast capacity for kindness and compassion - remain intact, and indeed, are eventually enhanced (or made more nuanced) by his experiences, and the darker traits fade somewhat over time thanks to the influence of {{Morality Chain}}s and {{Morality Pet}}s. By Book III, he seems to have become one once more, even invoking ThouShaltNotKill on Lobo, who entirely deserves it - though [[CruelMercy that's partly because he anticipates that living with the humiliation is worse]]. |
| 522 | * PinballProtagonist: Spends most of ''Child of the Storm'' as this, being only 13 and caught up in a conflict of far greater scope than canon, lacking the power or skill to be proactive - though that changes as the book goes on. |
| 523 | * PlanetDestroyer: When his Phoenix fragment is being revved up into a full-fledged Phoenix host, this is warm-up territory. In Book III, it's revealed that as a Phoenix he's casually capable of this, and like Surtur, potentially capable of going galactic. Hell, when he's cut off from the universe, via a truly spectacular piece of cheating best summed up as [[spoiler: 'Phoenix powered HiveMind']], he's still capable of dialling it up to 'Destroyer of Pocket Universes'. |
| 524 | * PlayingWithFire: He's a firebrand in every sense of the word, and it becomes his signature, like [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles his namesake]], to the point of WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer. Even after he expands his repertoire in the second book, fire is still usually his preferred option. As is noted, it makes him a little bit predictable [[ObfuscatingStupidity (which he sometimes exploits)]]. As is also noted, however, fire is ''very'' hard to argue with, especially given how ridiculously powerful and prodigiously talented he is at using it. And then there's Phoenix Fire. |
| 525 | * PolitenessJudo: ''Ghosts'' demonstrates that he's more than capable of this when he feels like it, thanks to observing Natasha at work. Mostly, though, he'll just plough straight through whoever and whatever is in his way. |
| 526 | * PoorCommunicationKills: He has a recurring tendency [[IndyPloy to make plans up on the spot]] [[XanatosSpeedChess or alter them on the fly,]] then fail to inform friends and family. [[SpannerInTheWorks While this unpredictability makes him a massive headache for villains to deal with,]] it is at least as much of a problem for the good guys - and it's even been known to [[SpannerInTheWorks screw up]] ''his own plans.'' It's implied to be why Bucky gets given a wrist-strap based teleporter linked to Harry, so he can catch up almost instantly if (when) his charge goes AWOL - though happens far less after ''Forever Red'', when Harry learns the consequences the hard way. |
| 527 | * PopCulturedBadass: |
| 528 | ** Is an avowed fan of ''Series/DoctorWho'', and a more casual fan of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' (partly because it's fiction based on reality, thanks to Loki taking a liking to Tolkien, who was apparently something of a {{Seer|s}} and picked up rather more than he was meant to). The fact that Harry later turned to be the inspiration for/actually ''be'' [[spoiler: Earendil]] is something he finds very funny. |
| 529 | ** Additionally, his plan for dealing with Gravemoss comes straight from ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' - as he admits, it's not a very ''good'' plan (and Hermione firmly agrees), but it worked. It's mentioned that he watched it at Mrs Figg's when living with the Dursleys and spent years wishing for a Buffy of his own to come save him. Which, in hindsight, [[AmazonChaser probably explains a lot about his taste in women.]] He also quotes Dark Willow to chilling effect, when facing down a speechifying vampire. |
| 530 | ---> [[PreMortemOneLiner Bored now.]] |
| 531 | * PopularityCycle: As in canon, though for different reasons. By the sequel, he's long past caring, dismissing it as childish when he even notices it. |
| 532 | * PowerCopying: His frightening adaptability, flexible power-set, and active imagination sometimes allow him to do this. The most prominent example is in the sequel, when [[spoiler: Maddie]] - a LivingWeapon trained from infancy - infuses lightning with psychic energy and throws it at him. To her astonishment, all this achieves is Harry making a light-hearted quip thanking her for the "new trick" and copying it... [[PlayingWithFire with fire.]] |
| 533 | * PowerGlows: Frequently. It appears more and more when he uses his psychic powers, and usually when he's winding up to do something big. |
| 534 | * PowerHigh: Briefly thanks to a supercharge from Jean and [[spoiler: Maddie]]. He manages to keep it on a leash, mostly - and when he does seem to go LaughingMad, that just adds to his pretence that [[spoiler: he's the Dark Phoenix]]. |
| 535 | * PowerIncontinence: Until his SuperStrength stabilises at 'just under SuperSoldier and growing' and he's persuaded to get lessons about his PsychicPowers. After that, if he breaks something, he usually means it. |
| 536 | * ThePowerOfLove: As per canon - though here, it conferred a fragment of the Phoenix on him as a defence mechanism. [[spoiler: It also breaks the vicious cycle of the Dark Phoenix, calming him down.]] As he discovers thanks to Sunniva's teaching in Book III, he can also use it, and other positive emotions, as fuel for the Phoenix. |
| 537 | * PowerOfTrust: Bucky notes that he's very good at using this to encourage the better natures of people who didn't actually know that they ''had'' better natures, and encourages it. [[TookALevelInCynic Several levels in cynicism later]], he laments losing much of his capacity to do this, envying it in Clark, though he gets it back in Book III. |
| 538 | * PowerStrainBlackOut: A couple of times. He later notes to Clark, and about Hermione, that this happens the first few times you hit the wall - he's learned to push past it. |
| 539 | * PowersViaPossession: The Phoenix gives him CompleteImmortality and turns him into a RealityWarper when She takes over, or when he fully embraces the fragment within him. The fragment of her power within him also acts as a PowerCrutch in ''Ghosts'', though not without... [[SuperPoweredEvilSide consequences.]] The start of Book III is about learning how to use this constructively. |
| 540 | * PowerUpgradingDeformation: As [[spoiler: the Dark Phoenix]], he looks rather creepy, while turning into a low-grade RealityWarper. |
| 541 | * PrecociousCrush: On Betsy Braddock, his psychic teacher, who finds it - and him - rather adorable. However, while she teases him a little pre-growth spurt, she firmly steps off after to prevent others (including possibly him) interpreting that as actual romantic interest. |
| 542 | * PrettyBoy: He is this at the moment, to his surprise. Will still have elements of this as a TallDarkAndHandsome adult, from certain angles. |
| 543 | * {{Pride}}: While he's a HumbleHero, by and large, he's got a bit of a prideful streak - though the stuffing gets kicked out of it by ''Forever Red''. |
| 544 | * PrideBeforeAFall: On more than one occasion, he overestimates his ability to get out of trouble/pull off his latest mad caper alone, and usually gets smacked down for it. However, it happens most brutally in ''Forever Red'', where his usual IndyPloy is coming off nicely... then it hits a hiccup and he tries to IndyPloy with his way through ''that'', dancing back into trouble with a jaunty quip. Cue an utterly ''brutal'' TraumaCongaLine. |
| 545 | * PrinceCharming: Mostly of the DorkKnight variety, especially when Carol's around ([[Film/ThePrincessBride "As you wish")]]. Betsy Braddock even name-drops the trope, likewise Carol. Also a literal case. |
| 546 | * PrincelyYoungMan: An EndearinglyDorky version of the PrinceCharming type to begin with, albeit with the [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] streak underneath, and TheStoic, practical, and testy (especially when it comes to pettiness or immaturity, whether by peers or adults - though he's NotSoAboveItAll) IceKing type for a long time in ''Ghosts'' after the traumatising experiences of ''Forever Red''. Unlike most versions, however, he's rarely surrounded by retainers of any kind, save Bucky in the sequel, who's more like TheMentor and is more likely to order Harry rather than the other way around. |
| 547 | * TheProfiler: Thanks to his HyperAwareness, he's scarily good at reading people even without his powers, something Sirius implies comes from his mother. It helps in the ''Mirror Image'' arc, when his understanding of the relevant magic and the situation allows him to quickly build up a very accurate picture of the person that's attacking Clark, something that impresses Agent Coulson. |
| 548 | * ProHumanTransHuman: Occasional frustrations notwithstanding, he's very pro human. However, it could very easily [[BewareTheSuperman go the other way]]... |
| 549 | * ProtagonistTitle: He is the titular ''Child of the Storm'', and implied by WordOfGod to be 'The Phoenix' of ''The Phoenix and the Serpent''. |
| 550 | * PsychicAssistedSuicide: It's one of the many reasons he's very wary of using his telepathy, and he nearly forces the leader of a HYDRA assault force to do this when finally pushed too far. This incident gets brought up in the context of his being particularly scary - though also because it was in public and recorded. |
| 551 | * PsychicBlockDefense: Being a HormoneAddledTeenager with a very attractive young psychic tutor means that he develops a very good one, very quickly. His passive defences are noted on several occasions as being remarkably strong as a result, and with the psychic scar-tissue from past MindRape, it's very hard to get in his head. And considering what's in there, it's probably better that way. |
| 552 | * PsychicPowers: Thanks to being a Grey on his mother's side. Initially, they're latent and [[PowerIncontinence usually misfire]], but by ''Ghosts'', they're his preferred weapon as an almost fully fledged Omega Class psychic. Even partially trained, he's one of three mortals alive who can keep up with [[spoiler: Maddie]] in a full on psychic fight (albeit mostly by evasive action), creativity and raw power making up for inexperience, [[spoiler: and as the Red Son, wields them to terrifying effect]]. |
| 553 | * PsychicRadar: Though as Jean-Paul notes in ''Ghosts'', it's initially not always totally reliable. It gets much better with time, and Magneto helps him expand this to sense other energies, and even objects, using a variant of his telekinesis. |
| 554 | * PsychoticSmirk: Occasionally develops one, though only when in a very bad mood - or when he's [[spoiler: becoming the Dark Phoenix, and has thus]] gone off the deep end. It's described as being eerily reminiscent of Doctor Strange. |
| 555 | * RageBreakingPoint: PTSD aside, he's [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness usually]] pretty even-tempered. But when he snaps... |
| 556 | ** Thor being shot makes him come ''very'' close to [[StartOfDarkness going]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist full]] [[DarkMessiah Magneto.]] |
| 557 | ** In ''Ghosts'', regaining the memories of [[spoiler: the Red Son]] has the same effect. Except that this time, he [[spoiler: goes full Dark Phoenix]]. |
| 558 | * RagingStiffie: As the A/N's point out, Harry is a straight teenage boy surrounded by a lot of extraordinarily attractive women. Specifically, in ''Ghosts'', after sharing a SleepCute with Carol, he wakes up to a case of 'Morning Wood'. [[HilarityEnsues He then spends the rest of the scene carefully trying to edge out of bed without waking her up so he can go have a cold shower.]] |
| 559 | * RagsToRoyalty: Very literally, and it is patently obvious throughout Book I that he's having trouble adjusting. |
| 560 | * RapidFireFisticuffs: When [[PlotRelevantAgeUp he's briefly aged up]] and his has gotten really pissed off, he unleashes a series of punches so fast that they generate their own sonic booms. |
| 561 | * RavenHairIvorySkin: As he gets ProgressivelyPrettier (justified by a better diet, expert Asgardian medical treatment and a growth spurt), becoming TallDarkAndHandsome (or 'Tall, Dark, and Homicidal') in ''Ghosts''. |
| 562 | * RealityWarper: When the Phoenix is involved, he's functionally capable of more or less anything he puts his mind to. It takes a little mind-opening from Sunniva before he really starts to put it to conscious use, beyond basic self-defence. |
| 563 | * ReallyRoyaltyReveal: At the start of the fic. |
| 564 | * ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Develops a knack for handing out these by ''Ghosts'', usually when he's extremely angry and/or deeply embittered. |
| 565 | * RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The Dark Phoenix is this with a burst of molten gold, and it appears when he's on the verge of tipping into truly horrifying rage - and in at least one alternate reality, true evil. |
| 566 | * RedBaron: The classic 'Boy Who Lived', though in the sequel he acquires another, more ominous one: [[spoiler: Dark Phoenix]]. In Book III, he acquires a third, more whimsical and more eerie one - 'Asgard's Wandering Star'. |
| 567 | * RedIsHeroic: In Book I, at his most uncomplicated and purely heroic, he wears a lot of red. |
| 568 | * RedIsViolent: He wears a lot of red prior to Sirius transfiguring the prototype of his 'Project Galahad' armour in ''Ghosts'', and he's explosively temperamental - it's probably no coincidence that he gets that suit around the time he starts to get his temper and impulses under a far tighter rein. Also, when he goes Phoenix, it's usually for combat reasons, even if he isn't about to go Dark Phoenix, meaning that it's dark red. |
| 569 | * ReforgedBlade: His sword undergoes this after Dracula skewered him with it and [[ShockAndAwe used it to electrocute him]], and Harry had just shoved a massive amount of power through it, before Strange completes the job. After, the sword has a faintly golden-red sheen in the right light and a sense of power about it, and Loki suspects that if someone other than Harry tries to pick it up without permission, it might bite. At this point, no one's entirely sure what it does, though Loki suspects that it's now a HolyHandGrenade - and ''The Phoenix and the Serpent'' reveals that it has other functions including [[spoiler: flawlessly imitating [[LaserBlade a lightsabre]]]]. Harry winds up naming it [[spoiler: Curtana]], at which point it develops an inscription, likely courtesy of Strange. |
| 570 | --> ''For Justice, take me up. In Mercy, cast me away. I am [[spoiler:Curtana]]. Wield me wisely.'' |
| 571 | * RefugeInAudacity: A significant number of his escapades involve fights that are well out of his weight class, and needing to tip the scales in his favour by doing the most ridiculous and unpredictable thing possible. Perhaps the crowning glory of this tendency is in ''The Phoenix and the Serpent'' when he decides to distract the Grandmaster by entering the Contest of Champions as a Mystery Knight... specifically, in shapeshifted disguise as [[spoiler: Obi-Wan Kenobi]]. |
| 572 | * RelatedInTheAdaptation: Thor’s son due to [[CompositeCharacter the Asgardian being James]]. Also applies to an [[TangledFamilyTree/ChildOfTheStorm incredible variety of other characters]] (all largely Strange's fault), which he eventually starts treating with a sort of bemused apathy. |
| 573 | * RememberThatYouTrustMe: Thanks to Dursley related issues, he tends to feel that he has to go it alone. He starts getting over this after ''Forever Red'' teaches him a brutal lesson, but he still tends to default to trying to handle things by himself to protect people. As a result, he occasionally has to be clipped around the skull to remind him that he can rely on other people, something he lampshades at the end of ''Ghosts''. |
| 574 | * RepressionNeverEndsWell: It's implied on several occasions in Book I, then confirmed in Book II, that Harry has ''serious'' problems with repression and great difficulty healthily expressing his emotions thanks to the Dursleys punishing him every time he did. Given that he has immensely strong PsychoactivePowers, to say this is unfortunate would be a ''drastic'' understatement, leading to some serious PowerIncontinence. Furthermore, as Carol notes, all the anger and bitterness and resentment that got bottled up ended up festering somewhere in the back of his mind and sometimes emerge as a much more frightening side of his nature. Combine the two, and you get [[spoiler: the Dark Phoenix]]. Care, support, and industrial grade therapy help with this, along with very literal DivineIntervention. |
| 575 | * ReputationApathy: By the time he returns to Hogwarts in Book II, he is a long way past caring what people think about him, for the most part - he only gets concerned if he's genuinely frightening them, and even then not until Cedric Diggory gives him a gentle wake-up call. |
| 576 | * ResurrectiveImmortality: The Phoenix is willing to resurrect him, but no one's exactly sure how far that goes - and he's been advised not to test it. Given that in ''Ghosts'', unleashing Phoenix fire risks [[spoiler: a) the Dark Phoenix, or b) Surtur, the ''original'' Dark Phoenix]], he very much agrees. |
| 577 | * RevengeIsNotJustice: He comes to believe this quite strongly, despite a very strong vengeful streak - or rather, because of it. As he makes clear to Ron, he is acutely aware of what an obsession with revenge can do to you. If you're lucky, it'll get you killed. If you're not, it'll turn you into something unrecognisable. In Book III, this develops additional philosophical nuance, as he points out to Carol - in relation to the matter of [[spoiler: Anakin Skywalker, fresh from Mustafar]] and why Harry thinks he deserves a second chance - that while the person in question made terrible choices and did horrible things, he was also a victim, having been steadily broken, isolated, and manipulated, and they know a ''lot'' of people who've done stuff that's as bad or worse. He then states that in his view, punishment, in the context of revenge, only has significance for the living, because aside from ghosts it means ''nothing'' to the dead - they are beyond pain (or, at worst, somewhere where that won't make things better). Justice, on the other hand, can mean something to both the living ''and'' the dead. |
| 578 | * RippleEffectProofMemory: WordOfGod has implied that Strange's machinations have left him with one, making him much harder to 'warp'. Given that Strange is a TimeMaster, has noted his impending death, and Harry is confirmed to time travel at some point in his late teens, with the 4th book being provisionally titled ''Time War'', it's not hard to guess why. |
| 579 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He goes absolutely berserk after Luna is killed, then again (mixed with RoaringRampageOfRescue) in the finale of the first book, and then ''again'' at the end of ''Forever Red'', the latter as [[spoiler: the Dark Phoenix]]. Maintaining the self-control to avert this in ''Bloody Hell'' is noted as a significant step in in his CharacterDevelopment. |
| 580 | * RousseauWasRight: Astonishingly, despite all he goes through and his briefly delving into a bitter [[StrawNihilist nihilism]], during a RousingSpeech to a downcast Clark he reveals that not only is he a KnightOfFaith, but he genuinely believes this at heart - even if he has trouble with [[TookALevelInCynic his own reflexive cynicism]]. By Book III, he fully embraces this, with some nuances, as a KnightOfFaith. |
| 581 | * RoyalBlood: See BlueBlood. |
| 582 | * RoyaltySuperpower: Along with the rest of the Asgardian Royal Family, though it's not immediately apparent. |
| 583 | * RuggedScar: Played straight and subverted with the scars he gets from Daken stabbing him in the heart - it fills the standard criteria being a claw mark, but its placement means that it's not usually visible and he avoids showing it off. |
| 584 | * ScarsAreForever: His famous lightning bolt scar. Daken's claws also leave a permanent mark, despite a limited HealingFactor, as might [[spoiler: Dracula's stabbing him in the shoulder and a vampire bite on his wrist]]. The stab wound and the related lightning scars are shown to last into Book III. |
| 585 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Harry tends to have a very dim view of rules, especially when they get in the way of doing what he perceives to be the right thing. This sometimes gets deconstructed, because sometimes rules are there for a reason, and sometimes because Harry's habit of not bothering with anything resembling tact/tendency to aggressively bulldoze said rules ends up scaring people. |
| 586 | * SecretKeeper: Being both smart and trustworthy, he tends to both discover and be entrusted with secrets. As Hermione notes, he gets it from his mother - and they both enjoy it rather more than they should. This becomes increasingly problematic as he's forced to be a ConsummateLiar to keep those secrets. Since they increasingly involve Ron and Hermione, it's not going to end well. |
| 587 | * SeenItAll: After all he's been through, post ''Forever Red'' he's pretty much totally unfazed by whatever comes his way. Occasionally, however, some things are absurd enough to stun even him. |
| 588 | * SensorCharacter: As his telepathy develops into a PsychicRadar - though it's initially unreliable. Shortly after, Magneto starts training him expanding his senses as a telekinetic radar, sensing matter and energy he can't see. He uses it several times, and by the First Task, he's capable of (crudely) adapting the technique for magical use (though he notes that psychometry is more [[spoiler: Maddie's]] thing). |
| 589 | * SetSwordsToStun: In ''Phoenix and the Serpent'', he demonstrates Betsy's psychic knife. |
| 590 | * SharedFamilyQuirks: He has his father's talent/love for flight, and his more adrenaline junkie traits, including a [[BloodKnight taste for a good fight]]. Even his occasional bluntness falls under this. However, a remarkable number of his mannerisms, including subtle stance shifts, come from his mother - from whom he also inherits his explosive temper, thoughtless compassion, disquieting observational skills, and knack for/inclination towards keeping secrets. |
| 591 | * ShedTheFamilyName: A subtle change in ''Ghosts'' is that he increasingly prefers to answer to Harry Thorson rather than Harry Potter. In this case, the implications are less that he's disavowing his family, more that he's increasingly accepting of his identity as a Prince of Asgard and the various changes he's undergone/undergoing. He spells this out to Ron to try and help him accept that he is not who he was. |
| 592 | * ShellShockedVeteran: He's got textbook PTSD by the end of ''Child of the Storm'', then more and more as time goes by, especially after ''Forever Red''. He's recovering, aided by having an actual therapist, but it's a slow process. |
| 593 | * SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: All but quotes this trope, annoyed, in respect to Diana when Sirius and Tony tease him. More frequently, he has to deal with such assumptions about him and Carol, which have a much stronger basis, to the point where it becomes a RunningGag, because literally EveryoneCanSeeIt. [[spoiler: This vanishes when they get together and have TheBigDamnKiss.]] |
| 594 | * ShipperOnDeck: Briefly for Lex and Sue in the first book, who then sort things out on their own. When he notices that [[spoiler: Diana]] and [[spoiler: Ginny]] have mutual crushes, he encourages it enthusiastically, even arranging for the former to attend the Yule Ball, nominally as Draco's date. He also serves as one for Ron and Hermione, contemplating locking them in a room together until they get over their BelligerentSexualTension, and teasing them about it. |
| 595 | * ShockAndAwe: Develops a gift for this, to absolutely no one's surprise - it's pretty close to fire, and of course, it's InTheBlood. |
| 596 | * SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: Despite expressing profound cynicism throughout most of the second book, he voices this opinion. As he explains, he developed it as a survival reflex, and while it's a good way to survive, it's not a good way to ''live''. |
| 597 | * SirSwearsALot: Highly downplayed, but he does occasionally mutter a litany of multi-lingual cursewords when annoyed or embarrassed. |
| 598 | * SleepCute: He is semi-frequently involved in this with friends and family, especially Thor, [[ParentalSubstitute Wanda]], [[BigSisterInstinct Jean]], and particularly in ''Ghosts'', [[ShipTease Carol]] [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Danvers.]] |
| 599 | * SmarterThanYouLook: No one mistakes him for stupid, but very few people realise just how clever he really is. He's highly observant, capable of MegaManning complex psychic moves on the fly, he's freakishly good at reading people even without his PsychicPowers, he's a surprisingly adept tactician, he's [[MasterActor an exceptional actor]], a ConsummateLiar, [[ManipulativeBastard a growing talent]] [[BatmanGambit for manipulation]], and per canon, he's got a sharp deductive mind. As Jean-Paul muses, it's very easy to forget what he's capable of. |
| 600 | * SmugSuper: Or more usually, Irritable Super - he's more prone to showing off the sheer extent of his powers when he's angry, and usually to make a point about how far the person who has irritated him is out of their depth. |
| 601 | * SnarkToSnarkCombat: [[VitriolicBestBuds Does this with most of his friends and adopted family,]] most especially Sirius, Tony, Diana, Hermione, and Carol. In the latter case, it's often combined with CasualDangerDialogue and FlirtingUnderFire. |
| 602 | * SociallyAwkwardHero: At first, as per canon. Some mentoring, encouragement, and generally increased confidence mean that he's less awkward... though still frequently {{Adorkable}}. |
| 603 | * SoulCuttingBlade: By ''The Phoenix and the Serpent'', he can mimic Betsy's psychic-knife - and his is significantly more powerful. Unfortunately, as [[spoiler: Shou-Lao]] points out - actually, lectures - you should never assume that a shapeshifter will keep their brain in their head. |
| 604 | * SoulFragment: Used to have a piece of Voldemort's in him, though per WordOfGod, his brief death and resurrection via the Phoenix burnt it out. |
| 605 | * SoulJar: Previously was one to Voldemort, unwittingly on both counts. However, his brief death and resurrection removed the SoulFragment. |
| 606 | * SourOutsideSadInside: For a long while after ''Forever Red''. He recovers, though he retains a cynical edge. |
| 607 | * SpannerInTheWorks: He specialises in this, much to Lucius' annoyance, though it's not just a problem for the bad guys, as shown in ''Ghosts''. His tendency to go off and do things [[PoorCommunicationKills without telling anyone else]] can be extremely problematic for the good guys too, even putting a hole in ''his own plans''. |
| 608 | * SquishyWizard: In the first book. By ''Ghosts'', he's MadeOfIron, operating on SuperSoldier level, and capable of amplifying it to FlyingBrick levels. |
| 609 | * StepfordSnarker: As George Weasley notes, "understated sarcasm" is his "coping mechanism of choice". It's implied that this what makes it so easy for him to play the part of [[spoiler:Obi-Wan Kenobi]] in Book III, an example in his own right. |
| 610 | * TheStoic: From the end of Book I onwards, he veers into the ShellShockedVeteran part from time to time, even after he starts settling into FieryStoic territory - basically it's [[SugarAndIcePersonality the 'Ice' side of his personality]]. Among other things, it makes him come off as cold, distant, and incredibly hard to read, with Hermione characterising it as a mask, which causes problems in his relationship with Ron and Hermione. |
| 611 | * StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Increasingly at Hogwarts in ''Ghosts''. He's a bit unhappy about it, and tries to keep Ron and Hermione as his 'normal' friends, also advising Clark to stay grounded, citing trouble relating to anyone not in the same weird circles, but he's mostly fine with it. He's also implied to be aware that Ron and Hermione are uneasy with it (and being kept LockedOutOfTheLoop), and to resent them for that in turn. |
| 612 | * StrongButUnskilled: Initially after his powers kick in, he's ludicrously powerful but very raw. After a brief period of WellTrainedButInexperienced, following ''Forever Red'', he shifts into TalentedButTrained. However, there are limits, as [[VampireMonarch Dracula]] brutally [[CurbstompBattle demonstrates]]. |
| 613 | * StubbornHair: As per usual. [[ShipTease Carol enjoys ruffling it]] and [[ParentalSubstitute Wanda]] maternally cards her fingers through it. |
| 614 | * StunnedSilence: When particularly shocked, he goes completely silent - usually by something that breaks even his extreme tolerance for weirdness. |
| 615 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: While he's initially (almost) all sweetness and light, there's a colder streak in him that tends to appear when he gets really angry. It becomes dominant after ''Forever Red'' thanks to his PTSD, but after ''Bloody Hell'', he becomes a KnightOfFaith and the warmer side becomes the dominant side again, and much more so in Book III. |
| 616 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: His eyes occasionally glow/flash gold. [[GlowingEyesOfDoom It's generally a bad sign, as it usually signifies either a bad mood or him winding up for something big.]] |
| 617 | * SupernaturalSensitivity: By the sequel, his mystical senses, trained by Magneto and Strange, are increasingly refined. He still defaults to psionics, however. |
| 618 | * SuperpoweredEvilSide: Neither is strictly a personality (as Carol points out), but he technically has two. |
| 619 | ** While not strictly more powerful than he is, Harry has a dark side that Carol characterises as the result of his repressing all the horrible experiences that should have driven him mad or dark, being [[TheUnfettered Harry with his conscience switched off]]. This side of him is in charge, is far more ruthless and far more combat effective. |
| 620 | ** [[spoiler: The Dark Phoenix]], meanwhile, trades sanity and [[HumanoidAbomination humanity]] for RealityWarper level powers. |
| 621 | * SuperpowerLottery: By the end of Book I, he's won big time. |
| 622 | * SuperPowerMeltDown: Everyone (particularly him) is initially worried that he'll lose control of his powers and go into one that, while it's not lethal to him, will probably be lethal to everyone around him. This abates somewhat... then after the altered second prophecy and the start of ''Ghosts'', the worry returns, specifically that [[spoiler: he'll go Dark Phoenix.]] This worry is profoundly justified, though it becomes less so thanks to his MentalHealthRecoveryArc. |
| 623 | * SuperSoldier: [[spoiler: The Red Room]] think that he's the key to the next generation of these. [[GoneHorriblyRight They were right.]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge They regretted it.]] |
| 624 | * SuperSpeed: He's alarmingly fast to begin with and only becomes more so. With a telekinetic boost, his {{Flash Step}}s are fast enough to surprise a young Superman. |
| 625 | * SuperStrength: He spends half the first book genuinely afraid he'll lose control of his strength at some point - [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength not helped by its uneven development.]] It settles around SuperSoldier level by ''Ghosts'', reaching somewhere non-specific beyond that by the ''Bloody Hell'' arc. |
| 626 | * SuppressedRage: Considering his childhood, it's unsurprising that he has an absolute shedload of this, which he locked away for [[AbusiveParents obvious reasons.]] This is a strategy he's suggested to have followed with just about all his other negative emotions, too. Unfortunately, as Carol notes, it's festered into a rather frightening dark side, one that he refers to as one of his 'inner demons', and [[spoiler: fuels the Dark Phoenix]]. He more or less exorcises that particular demon in ''The Phoenix and the Serpent'', learning better management strategies. |
| 627 | * TalentedButTrained: In ''Ghosts'', particularly from ''Bloody Hell'' onwards, thanks to a ''lot'' of tutoring and hard-earned experience. |
| 628 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: By ''Ghosts'' - Carol notes that he was short and "cute in a Hobbity sort of way" when they first met, but as time went by... see {{Hunk}}. In combination with his temper, this sometimes leads to him being referred to as "tall, dark, and homicidal." |
| 629 | * TechnicianVsPerformer: He's most definitely a Performer - he [[IndyPloy makes his strategies up on the fly]] before graduating to XanatosSpeedChess, a defining trait of said strategies is that they're CrazyEnoughToWork, and by ''Ghosts'', he's a DanceBattler. |
| 630 | * TerrorHero: Develops into '''TheDreaded''' towards at the start of ''Ghosts'', thanks to his extraordinary exploits, fears that [[spoiler: he'll become the Dark Phoenix again]], and a [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD-induced]] HairTriggerTemper. Dracula notes that he scares serious supernatural heavyweights, and that [[VillainRespect as one professional to another, he respects that.]] Harry doesn't like it very much, and he tries to ameliorate it, he's also willing to use it when it suits him, becoming '''The Intimidator''' after ''Forever Red'', throwing in a little of '''The MasterOfIllusion'''. It even works when he's in disguise. |
| 631 | * ThanatosGambit: While he wasn't actually ''intending'' to die in Book III, it worked out nicely for him as it gave him the opportunity to exploit his (very temporary) death for all it was worth. End result? [[spoiler: Phoenix Force HiveMind]]. |
| 632 | * ThereWasADoor: He likes dramatic entrances, as is lampshaded in ''Ghosts''. His lofty response is that it "makes an impression." |
| 633 | * ThinkingUpPortals: Via a Sling Ring in ''Ghosts'', though ''The Phoenix and the Serpent'' implies that he doesn't need them to open up portals to the Mirror Dimension or anywhere else, for that matter. |
| 634 | * ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: It does, on several occasions - though the first time, he was noticeably relieved when it ''did'' work. Later on, after his abilities develop, this becomes a much more effective, if still rarely used, tactic of his. Literally godlike psychic powers (even if they're latent at first) probably help. |
| 635 | * ThouShaltNotKill: Keeps/is kept to this, partly because he's psychologically unstable enough as it is from [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD and Survivor's Guilt]] without adding more fuel to the fire. This is a large part of why [[spoiler: his time as the Red Son]] left him so furious that he was willing to [[spoiler: become the Dark Phoenix]]. |
| 636 | * TimeMaster: 'Master' might be stretching it, but he's capable of putting different parts of a person out of sync (which usually has ''messy'' results) by the back end of Book II. By Book III, he can pause time for one person and rewind it for others with startling precision via MagicMusic. |
| 637 | * TookALevelInBadass: To cut a very long story short, he takes several. |
| 638 | ** At the start of the first book (in the November of his 3rd year), he's a moderately talented 13 year old wizard who's brave and resourceful, but way out of his depth and prone to [[IndyPloy making plans up as he goes along]]. By the following November, he's a [[PersonOfMassDestruction high-end]] MagicKnight with espionage training who can [[OneManArmy take on armies]], duel {{Physical God}}s on equal footing, and - thanks to a mixture of [[CombatPragmatist pragmatism]] and [[GuileHero guile]] - win. |
| 639 | ** Book III starts after a 6 month time-travel related TimeSkip, and includes a TrainingMontage with [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Shou-Lao the Undying]] and his many times removed Aunt, Sunniva, Goddess of Life and Fire and host of the Phoenix. The results are someone wiser, kinder, and more patient who can not only take on something like Annihilus on equal footing, more or less, but figure out how to take on and (with help) more or less curbstomp the Grandmaster on his own extra-universal turf. |
| 640 | * TookALevelInCynic: Takes a few throughout ''Child of the Storm'', then takes a whopping great one in ''Ghosts'', following the ''Forever Red'' arc, though mitigated when he TookALevelInIdealism after the ''Bloody Hell'' arc, developing into a KnightOfFaith with shades of RousseauWasRight deep down. By ''The Phoenix and the Serpent'', he's much more chilled out thanks to further therapy and time-travel related self-care and space. PlayedForLaughs in ''Ghosts'', when his immediate reaction to Professor Bach [[spoiler: a.k.a. Strange]] telling him to go in, have a big dinner and get some sleep is to assume that something horrible is going to happen the next day. |
| 641 | * TookALevelInIdealism: After his increased cynicism post ''Forever Red'', he slowly begins to take these again in Book II. Post TimeSkip in Book III, he's practical, but ultimately hopeful, a KnightOfFaith firmly convinced that while there are true monsters, RousseauWasRight - and is determined to prove it. |
| 642 | * TookALevelInJerkass: Takes several after the ''Forever Red'' arc in ''Ghosts'' leaves him a traumatised wreck with a HairTriggerTemper, and it takes a HeelRealisation following Cedric Diggory [[WhatTheHellHero calling him out]] and [[NiceGuy offering to help]] to start shaking him out of it. |
| 643 | * TookALevelInKindness: Slowly starts improving after Cedric offers a helping hand in Book II, having taken many of the reverse thanks to trauma and cynicism (understandable on both counts). He takes many more levels in kindness during the events of the third book, thanks to a trip to the past where he gets to wander and spend time practicing self-care without needing to worry about looking after anyone else. While he's still capable of getting very nasty if necessary, he's actually arguably kinder - and definitely wiser - than he was before. |
| 644 | * TooCleverByHalf: In ''Forever Red'', where he manages to be the SpannerInTheWorks for his own plan, a mixture of glib pride, stubbornness, and the DulcineaEffect meaning that he [[KnowWhenToFoldEm refuses to fold when he should]]. Needless to say, he learned a hard lesson. |
| 645 | * TrademarkFavouriteFood: He has his canonical taste for treacle tart. |
| 646 | * TragicKeepsake: His mother's brooch. |
| 647 | * TrainingFromHell: What the Red Room do to him in the sequel is horrific. It also makes him utterly ''lethal''. |
| 648 | * TranquilFury: When he's really lost it, he tends to get quiet. ComicBook/{{Magneto}} style. It's generally a good sign that he's about to do something scary. For instance, when a vampire annoys him... |
| 649 | --> [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Bored now.]] |
| 650 | * TraumaButton: |
| 651 | ** In the sequel, MindRape becomes this after ''[[TraumaCongaLine Forever Red]]''. Before, it profoundly pisses him off. After, even the slightest implication sets him off, as Crouch Senior finds out. He gets better with time, but it's worth noting that his response to the suggested MindRape of [[spoiler: Carol]] was originally anger at the person proposing. After, Alison notes that that if it had been put to him now, the person doing so would be dead. |
| 652 | ** Following the return of his full Red Room memories, seeing [[IdenticalStranger Clark]] StrappedToAnOperatingTable is one - once the battle is over, he is shown to be at the very end of his coping ability and anticipating some ''very'' bad nightmares. [[spoiler: He ends up reliving being raped by Belova]]. |
| 653 | * TroublingUnChildlikeBehaviour: |
| 654 | ** Increasingly, particularly after ''Forever Red'' in ''Ghosts'', to the disturbance of [=McGonagall=]. Part of this is that [[SeenItAll after all he's been through]], he's unfazed by weirdness and now somewhat numb to potential threats. It's particularly striking when he interacts with Clark - who, powers aside, is a fairly normal teenager - something which doesn't go unnoticed, least of all by Harry himself. It gets to the point where him actually acting his age is met with genuine astonishment (and relief) by his classmates. |
| 655 | * TrueSight: He can and has used this once or twice - though doesn't usually because you never forget what you see. |
| 656 | * TwiceShy: With Carol. Unusually, they do figure it out by ''Ghosts'', but as both acknowledge when they admit their feelings apart and to each other, they're riddled with issues that would make a relationship problematic (his horrible self-esteem and her twitchy nature, primarily, with [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]]) and the risks that any relationship would be a co-dependent mess. [[spoiler: They eventually get over them enough to get together]]. |
| 657 | * UhOhEyes: The colour his eyes are is an excellent barometer for how much trouble you're in. Green's the baseline, and means you're probably fine. If his eyes are glowing gold for more than, say, 5 seconds, you're in trouble. If they're glowing red, or red-gold, you're kind of screwed. If they're glowing white, there are no words to adequately describe how screwed you are. |
| 658 | * UnderhandedHero: Downplayed. While his methods in the sequel frequently include [[DestructiveSaviour mass destruction]] and [[KillItWithFire the rubble being set on fire]], this tendency conceals the fact that he's a GuileHero with a knack for [[ManipulativeBastard manipulation]], [[ConsummateLiar lying]], and FlawExploitation. This allows him to get under [[spoiler: Maddie's]] skin (and her HeelFaceTurn eventually brings down the Red Room and Sinister alike), and pull a flawless BatmanGambit at the second time of asking on Dracula in ''Bloody Hell''. |
| 659 | * TheUnfettered: Briefly slips into this at the end of ''Forever Red'' when [[spoiler: he snaps and becomes the Dark Phoenix]]. It appears again from time to time when he's pushed over the edge - TranquilFury and utter brutality follow shortly after. |
| 660 | * UnhappyMedium: From time to time, after his telepathic powers come in. |
| 661 | * UnstablePoweredWoman: A RareMaleExample - aside from his gender, he ticks pretty much every box in the sequel. Given his connections to the Phoenix and Wanda Maximoff, two famous examples, this is not entirely surprising. He stabilises over Book II, and post TimeSkip related CharacterDevelopment, he's phenomenally stable in Book III - enough that it actually unnerves people a little. |
| 662 | * UnstoppableRage: Periodically prone to this. |
| 663 | ** The first time, he forgets he's a GlassCannon. Against [[ImplacableMan Daken]]. Who stops it. |
| 664 | ** At the end of ''Forever Red'' when [[spoiler: he snaps and becomes the Dark Phoenix]]. |
| 665 | ** Briefly in ''Mirror, Mirror'' when he sees Clark StrappedToAnOperatingTable by the ArcVillain. This mashes a TraumaButton and he nearly [[spoiler: goes Dark Phoenix in the process]]. Later, said ArcVillain tries to choke Clark by turning all the carbon dioxide in his mouth, throat, and lungs into carbonia glass and dry ice and beating him up with a chunk of Kryptonite. Cue a ''spectacularly'' brutal piece of MindRape (including forcible, permanent, opening of the villain's TrueSight), [[AnArmAndALeg dismemberment]], and drop-kicking the still screaming monster into orbit. |
| 666 | * UptownGuy: Even more so after becoming royalty. It rather bemuses him, considering that he grew up kept in a cupboard and half-starved. |
| 667 | * UseYourHead: Learns this from Sif, and uses it in ''Ghosts''. |
| 668 | * UnwillingRoboticization: In ''Ghosts'', thanks to [[spoiler: Essex's Transmode Virus giving the Red Son a OneWingedAngel form]] and compounding his resemblance to Cable (or ComicBook/EarthX Nate Grey). [[spoiler: It's temporary, but]] he's understandably ''extremely'' unhappy about it, and in chapter 54, it's shown that he's still got issues over it. |
| 669 | * UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: Part of passing the Test of the Iron Fist is recognising that it's this. The other part, since Harry's figured that out from the off, is figuring out how you should approach and prove that you're worthy (in most cases, of the Iron Fist. In his case, of having learned the lessons he's been taught). |
| 670 | * VengeanceFeelsEmpty: He comes to realise that while vengeance feels good in the moment, it tends to feel empty at best after the initial euphoria wears off. This doesn't mean that he stops finding it tempting, however. |
| 671 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Jean-Paul, and with Carol - though in the latter case it's tempered by/combined with [[BlatantLies really-absolutely-definitely-not-flirting.]] After his return to Hogwarts in the second book, he goes back to this with Hermione as well, and Ron later on. He also almost immediately gets into this with Clark in the form of brotherly bickering. |
| 672 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: He's capable of a limited degree of this via self-transfiguration in ''Ghosts'', used to disguise himself, but he can't do his eyes for fear of accidentally blinding himself. In ''The Phoenix and the Serpent'', he discovers more or less accidentally that the Phoenix offers an intuitive form of this as one of its many powers, and later uses it in his latest absurd scheme - [[spoiler: distracting the Grandmaster by pretending to be Obi-Wan Kenobi]]. |
| 673 | * WarriorPrince: Develops into this in the latter part of ''Child of the Storm'', and properly in ''Ghosts'', like his father. |
| 674 | * TheWatson: Is usually the one to whom various things are explained, though he sometimes does the explaining instead, especially in the sequel. |
| 675 | * WellTrainedButInexperienced: Between chapter 70 of the first book and the end of ''Forever Red''/''Bloody Hell''. After that, he's got far more experience than anyone is comfortable with. |
| 676 | * WhatIfGodWasOneOfUs: Initially, he's primarily '''[[AGodIAmNot The Self-Denouncer]]''', because while he's technically a demigod, he doesn't want to be elevated above others, before evolving into a mixture of '''[[MessianicArchetype The Saviour]]''' and '''[[ResignedToTheCall The Reluctant Messiah]]''' in the sequel. Unlike the former, he's reluctant to bear the mantle of Messiah and would really prefer people didn't worship him. Unlike the latter, he believes that WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility, so he very grudgingly puts up with it. |
| 677 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: See YoungConqueror. As the second book makes clear, there is very little he is not willing to do for the people he loves, meaning that he is absolutely willing to go even to [[spoiler: Dark Phoenix]] extremes if he feels the situation merits it. |
| 678 | * WeirdnessMagnet: Most definitely, which makes the MagneticHero thing very useful, especially before most of his powers kick in. He even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it]] to Hank [=McCoy=] in the first book: |
| 679 | --> The more powerful I get, actually or just potentially [...] the more people try and kill me in new and interesting ways. Don't get me wrong, I love having a family and the Avengers. I love being a wizard too. But I could do without the near-death experience every few months. |
| 680 | ** By ''Ghosts'', he's more or less unfazed by it - though annoyed by and bitter about the DoomMagnet aspects. By ''Phoenix and the Serpent'', he's remarkably zen about it all, and leans into the amusing side of it. |
| 681 | * WhatBeautifulEyes: His extremely distinctive emerald green eyes are always one of the first things that anyone notices about him. They also merit notice for the connection to ComicBook/JeanGrey, and the implication that every powerful psychic in the Grey bloodline has had them. Oh, and if they're still green, you're probably fine. If they're [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing gold]], then you should be worried. If they're glowing red, you should be on the other side of the planet. If they're glowing white, you should be on the other side of the galaxy. |
| 682 | * WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: He starts as a GuileHero, but becomes this towards end of the first book, with the power to demolish most opponents outright. As a result, he doesn't develop his offensive repertoire beyond PlayingWithFire, energy blasts in general, and some [[KungFuWizard martial arts]]. After a very painful NearDeathExperience (or rather, Actual Death Experience, but the Phoenix/his mother resurrected him and went on a rampage), he becomes a highly creative MagicKnight in the sequel. That said, he still tends to default to fire magic or [[MindOverMatter telekinesis]] - Ron speculates this is because he had to get very good in a very short space of time, so he focused on what came naturally to become at least a MasterOfOneMagic. |
| 683 | * WhenHeSmiles: He has an absolutely lovely smile which a) makes him look very much like Jean, b) briefly wipes away all the cynicism and suffering, making him look like an ordinary teenager. |
| 684 | * WhiteIsPure: His Galahad armour and the White Phoenix garb, are both associated with purity of purpose... and can be decidedly unnerving. |
| 685 | * WideEyedIdealist: Painfully subverted. He starts out as one, and a KnightInShiningArmour to boot, one of whom Godric Gryffindor would be proud. [[TookALevelInCynic However, he gets steadily more cynical as time goes on,]] though retains elements of this.... until the ''Forever Red'' arc, when the DulcineaEffect and his ChronicHeroSyndrome finally get the better of him. He eventually settles on something like TheAntiNihilist. |
| 686 | * WillfullyWeak: He starts off favouring standard fire blasts, [[MindOverMatter telekinetic blasts]], or even [[FightsLikeANormal hand-to-hand combat]] over more efficient and effective uses of his powers, even to an extent in ''Ghosts'' after he becomes much more of a CombatPragmatist. It gets to the point of ObfuscatingStupidity, where some characters (e.g. Ron) think that that's ''all'' he can do. More observant characters (Hermione) point out that just because he ''doesn't'' use them doesn't mean that he ''can't.'' As it happens, [[TheFettered he is abundantly aware of what he can do]], so usually holds back. When he's [[RageBreakingPoint angry enough]] [[LetsGetDangerous to stop playing nice]], the results are [[CurbstompBattle brief]] and [[AnArmAndALeg usually]] [[LudicrousGibs messy.]] |
| 687 | * WillingChanneler: |
| 688 | ** Lets the Phoenix/his mother briefly possess him twice in the first book, allowing her to have a brief chat with Chthon and briefly sever his connection to Gravemoss. |
| 689 | ** Then, he does so for far darker purposes in ''Ghosts'' after finally being pushed too far: [[spoiler: he embraces the Phoenix fragment within him to become the Dark Phoenix.]] The results are not half as pretty. |
| 690 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: Usually ends up walking the line between this and TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour by the end of ''Child of the Storm''. In ''Ghosts'', it tilts sharply into the latter. |
| 691 | * TheWisePrince: Steadily evolving into this trope, cynicism and struggles with his darker side notwithstanding. |
| 692 | * WorfHadTheFlu: |
| 693 | ** The Red Room invoke this trope by forcing him into a PowerLimiter so that he can't just beat [[spoiler: Dudley]] into a pulp. Once he [[GuileHero figures out a way around it,]] though, he does so anyway. |
| 694 | ** When [[spoiler: Syrus kidnaps Carol]], Harry would have blasted him to pieces if not for the fact that he had to project his astral form through her from the other side of the Atlantic. |
| 695 | ** In Book III, it very quickly becomes plain that the only reason Lobo could fight a Phoenix powered (and now much more experienced) Harry to a standstill is that he was forced to [[CoverBlowingSuperpower powers]]. |
| 696 | * XanatosGambit: Comes up with a clever one off the top of his head in ''Forever Red'' - he's locked into a psychic duel with [[spoiler: Maddie/Rachel]], and while he's got very little chance of winning, if he does, great. If he doesn't, though, something that's far more likely since she's way stronger and more skilled than he is, he's powerful enough and good enough to prolong the duel and make an awful lot of psychic noise, so the Avengers can home in. It works like a charm. His next plan, on the other hand, [[IndyPloy is not quite so well thought out.]] |
| 697 | * XanatosSpeedChess: Develops a knack for this by ''Ghosts'' - see XanatosGambit. Unfortunately, this tied in with [[PoorCommunicationKills his habit of not informing friends and allies of what he's going to do next]], and an in-built knack for being the SpannerInTheWorks, means that he often derails ''everyone's'' plans - even his own. After Bucky drills into him the need to actually explain things, he becomes much more effective - and more dangerous. |
| 698 | * YinYangBomb: Handles both Phoenix Fire and [[EntropyAndChaosMagic Chaos Magic]] at the end of the first book, using them to stitch reality back together - albeit somewhat imperfectly. |
| 699 | * YoungConqueror: He has all the hallmarks of this, as noticed by much of the cast. All of them note that while he could be the next Captain America, a hero among heroes, he has the intelligence, charisma, experience of the dark side of humanity and hatred of injustice to become the next [[WellIntentionedExtremist Magneto]] - and potentially far worse. Part of his character arc leads to him noticing this and rejecting it with a little help from his friends. Offers of WeCanRuleTogether in the sequel tend to be met with mocking laughter (though by that point, he has related, but different issues). |
| 700 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: |
| 701 | ** By the last part of the first book, at thirteen he can easily pass for fifteen or sixteen and that he's starting to attract the FemaleGaze. In the sequel, he looks closer to 18 than 14 [[WiseBeyondTheirYears (and acts older, most of the time)]]. The white streak in his fringe helps, as does the fact that his body spent six months [[spoiler: working for the Red Room]] shortly after, meaning that his body aged while his mind didn't. |
| 702 | ** This is discussed in ''Ghosts'', with both Betsy and Strange noting at different times that for all Harry's maturity and appearance, in many ways he's still just a kid. |
| 703 | * YourMindMakesItReal: This takes on a whole new meaning when an Omega class psychic is involved. |
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