Okay... this is getting to silly levels of revisionism here.... what did Harry do by 15?
-Book 1) Harry jumps monster 3 times his height or more... a dozen times or so his weight... that resists magic from war mages. Granted Ron drops the thing... but that is the kind of heroics that heros do for their girlfriends and princesses... not for random know-it-all that you idiot pal mocked. So even ignoring the rest of book1... So Harry wrestles a full blown troll at 11 years old. He also basically wins by knock out. He also became the younger seeker in a century by merit.
-Book 2) Harry kills a 1000 year old dooms day device... melee. with a sword that you can't even use unless your being heroic and pimp slapping fear out of the way to get things done. This is literally how the sword works... and it delivers/ Then he ignored having a hand sized tooth through his arm.. you know the one filling him with one of the most toxic substances in existance... and instead of curling up and dieing he then pulls it out of his arm and off the big boss with it. This is so hard core heroic Conan would offer him an apprentiship on the spot... Harry even killed a evil wizard AND a giant snake. Plus Harry has that cool animal companion helping him. Harry, age 12.
-Book 3: Kicks time in the groin to right a wrong and save an innocent life from execusion.. Smacks around a hoard of over a hundred soul eating demons... with one shot. Harry age 13.
-Book 4: Out flies a dragon mother in full blown 'protect the nest' mode... stealing one of her 'eggs' in the process... in front of a few hundred witnesses and the press. Saved a girl from drowning from someeone else's mistake. Effectively wins an international sporting tournament that was being used as an assassination attempt... even survives the 'bonus' round. Harry Age 14.
-Book 5: Trains dozens of people in self defense while fighting a corrupt government. At age 15, even people that think him insane respect his skills enough to train him better than the people they are paying to do exactly this.
Yes... being able to turn into a rat is so much more impressive.
Also, as your insisting only 'classic'/tragic' heros count... Why isn't being 'too lazy to train' Harry's fatal flaw again?
-Book 1) Harry jumps monster 3 times his height or more... a dozen times or so his weight... that resists magic from war mages. Granted Ron drops the thing... but that is the kind of heroics that heros do for their girlfriends and princesses... not for random know-it-all that you idiot pal mocked. So even ignoring the rest of book1... So Harry wrestles a full blown troll at 11 years old. He also basically wins by knock out. He also became the younger seeker in a century by merit.
-Book 2) Harry kills a 1000 year old dooms day device... melee. with a sword that you can't even use unless your being heroic and pimp slapping fear out of the way to get things done. This is literally how the sword works... and it delivers/ Then he ignored having a hand sized tooth through his arm.. you know the one filling him with one of the most toxic substances in existance... and instead of curling up and dieing he then pulls it out of his arm and off the big boss with it. This is so hard core heroic Conan would offer him an apprentiship on the spot... Harry even killed a evil wizard AND a giant snake. Plus Harry has that cool animal companion helping him. Harry, age 12.
-Book 3: Kicks time in the groin to right a wrong and save an innocent life from execusion.. Smacks around a hoard of over a hundred soul eating demons... with one shot. Harry age 13.
-Book 4: Out flies a dragon mother in full blown 'protect the nest' mode... stealing one of her 'eggs' in the process... in front of a few hundred witnesses and the press. Saved a girl from drowning from someeone else's mistake. Effectively wins an international sporting tournament that was being used as an assassination attempt... even survives the 'bonus' round. Harry Age 14.
-Book 5: Trains dozens of people in self defense while fighting a corrupt government. At age 15, even people that think him insane respect his skills enough to train him better than the people they are paying to do exactly this.
Yes... being able to turn into a rat is so much more impressive.
Also, as your insisting only 'classic'/tragic' heros count... Why isn't being 'too lazy to train' Harry's fatal flaw again?