Well alright, Harry has the ability to kill a basilisk with a sword and to kill a horcrux diary with a basilisk's fang at the age of twelve and yet he can't even shout "INCENDIO" when being attacked by inferi, nor can he keep his wits enough to say the dueling spells in his head when fighting a dark wizard.

I thought Heroes were supposed to do great things all by themselves at a very young age. Quite frankly if Harry cannot beat Snape in a duel then I don't know why J.K. expects us to think that he's powerful enough to kill the smartest and most ruthless dark wizard who lived in a hundred years. I mean he's got to face Voldemort in a battle to the death at the end of the seventh book and he has yet to beat a single deatheater in one on one combat.

The biggest problem I have here is that he killed a basilisk and a horcrux diary with just a hat, a sword, a pheonix and a basilisk fang. And he can get himself through the triwizard tournament. And he can force Voldemort's wand into a state of priory incantatem with just his will power. He can do all those things, and yet he can't even ignite one inferi or even scratch the skin of one deatheater.

And when he got cursed from behind with the Cruciatus curse, Snape had to rescue him from the other DE. There's alot of inconsistincy there from J.K. and this is an issue she needs to address. I have no problem with Snape getting away but Snape didn't just get away, he got away clean. I think that a hero should be able to at least put a mark on the bad guy before he get's away. I would have been satisfied with just a little first year level jinx or hex, but Snape got away without any scars or wounds to show for it.

If J.K. wants us believe that Harry's a great wizard then let's see him kick the snot out of a fully grown and highly skilled DE. That would lend him more credibility. But as it is he just doesn't have enough.