"I rather figured he could manage, with effort, to keep up throguh second year at least, and then third year there were no finals, fourth year he was mostly excused due to the Tournement, fifth year... he fails it."
An excellent point.
"Herbology, CoMC, Divination, and of course Potions are the only OWLs he could possibly pass the practicals of, the no-practcals subjects like Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, and Muggle Studies are the rest of the options, really."
It's unfortunate that he couldn't squeak by in DADA, but it requires far too many charms. I don't think he'd care much for 'muggle studies', but it would be interesting to see Harry hanging out with Hermy in Arithmancy and Ancient Runes.
"Most of the time, people as weak in spell work as he is never even get accepted, and either end up apprenticing in some low-magic-requirement capacity or (if they can get their heads aroud it) living mostly in the nigg- "muggle" world."
This brings up an interesting point. How many 'squibs' are actually adeptus? That could be a very interesting exploration. Also, are all adeptus created equal? Perhaps some are better at, for example, sneaking and tracking...like, say, Filch?
"it would probably end up like the Byakugan, but only with lots of training to get to that level"
Hmm...I was thinking less of the mundane senses boost, but it might work. Still, Harry without his glasses...just doesn't seem quite right.
"At some point, then or before, Harry could learn to disrupt spells since he can see them so clearly, giving him a better chance against a caster too far away to hit"
I would think you could just have him learn to 'focus' his natural antimagic.
"Occlumency... Snape likes to just crash in, which would get bogged up in his magic resistance like a car in a mudhole, but a more subtle approach like Dumbles or invading throguh dreams will slide through with only moderate difficulty. This will again piss off Sniv, and make the sessions less physically exhausting, but he still gets the joy of repeated mental violation, having his worst memories raked up, and a headache that takes an hour to get really raging instead of minutes."
Snape can be very subtle when he wants to be. Perhaps his first few attempts might just bounce off...but I doubt he'd even try it the forceful way if he had any idea about Harry's spell resistance. More likely, he'd find a way past that, or use a potion that negated anti-magic (ooh...that could lead to very interesting plot later on, too). I was thinking that, instead of flubbing the Occlumency lessons, Snape does his best to just mind-bash Harry, and Harry picks up the trick to it almost immediately - becoming as good or better at Oclumens than Snape himself. Not a terribly overpowered ability considdering everything else he can do...just another way to piss of Snape.
"a wand..."
Oh, that's great! Especially with the Savate stance that has the reserve hand over your head and pointed at your opponent (similar to the fencing stance).
Some other ideas:
Underage magic - Would Harry's adeptus abilities set off the ministry's underage magic sensors while he's home with the Dursleys?
Sparring matches with Hagrid
More interaction with the Beauxbaton students in GoF - he's got a French 'tutor', perhaps he's learned some French?
Less afraid of Hagrid's brother - He can take an Ogre barehanded...perhaps he'd be more willing to spend time with Hagrid's idiot-giant brother?
"Not this again!" Minerva said. "Albus, it was You-Know-Who, not you, who marked Harry as his equal. There is no possible way that the prophecy could be talking about you!" - Harry Potter and the Method of Rationality, Chapter 84
An excellent point.
"Herbology, CoMC, Divination, and of course Potions are the only OWLs he could possibly pass the practicals of, the no-practcals subjects like Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, and Muggle Studies are the rest of the options, really."
It's unfortunate that he couldn't squeak by in DADA, but it requires far too many charms. I don't think he'd care much for 'muggle studies', but it would be interesting to see Harry hanging out with Hermy in Arithmancy and Ancient Runes.
"Most of the time, people as weak in spell work as he is never even get accepted, and either end up apprenticing in some low-magic-requirement capacity or (if they can get their heads aroud it) living mostly in the nigg- "muggle" world."
This brings up an interesting point. How many 'squibs' are actually adeptus? That could be a very interesting exploration. Also, are all adeptus created equal? Perhaps some are better at, for example, sneaking and tracking...like, say, Filch?
"it would probably end up like the Byakugan, but only with lots of training to get to that level"
Hmm...I was thinking less of the mundane senses boost, but it might work. Still, Harry without his glasses...just doesn't seem quite right.
"At some point, then or before, Harry could learn to disrupt spells since he can see them so clearly, giving him a better chance against a caster too far away to hit"
I would think you could just have him learn to 'focus' his natural antimagic.
"Occlumency... Snape likes to just crash in, which would get bogged up in his magic resistance like a car in a mudhole, but a more subtle approach like Dumbles or invading throguh dreams will slide through with only moderate difficulty. This will again piss off Sniv, and make the sessions less physically exhausting, but he still gets the joy of repeated mental violation, having his worst memories raked up, and a headache that takes an hour to get really raging instead of minutes."
Snape can be very subtle when he wants to be. Perhaps his first few attempts might just bounce off...but I doubt he'd even try it the forceful way if he had any idea about Harry's spell resistance. More likely, he'd find a way past that, or use a potion that negated anti-magic (ooh...that could lead to very interesting plot later on, too). I was thinking that, instead of flubbing the Occlumency lessons, Snape does his best to just mind-bash Harry, and Harry picks up the trick to it almost immediately - becoming as good or better at Oclumens than Snape himself. Not a terribly overpowered ability considdering everything else he can do...just another way to piss of Snape.
"a wand..."
Oh, that's great! Especially with the Savate stance that has the reserve hand over your head and pointed at your opponent (similar to the fencing stance).
Some other ideas:
Underage magic - Would Harry's adeptus abilities set off the ministry's underage magic sensors while he's home with the Dursleys?
Sparring matches with Hagrid
More interaction with the Beauxbaton students in GoF - he's got a French 'tutor', perhaps he's learned some French?
Less afraid of Hagrid's brother - He can take an Ogre barehanded...perhaps he'd be more willing to spend time with Hagrid's idiot-giant brother?
"Not this again!" Minerva said. "Albus, it was You-Know-Who, not you, who marked Harry as his equal. There is no possible way that the prophecy could be talking about you!" - Harry Potter and the Method of Rationality, Chapter 84