Actually, even if it's a really minor thing, maybe even because of it, the bit with Dobby is another good counter-example, and having Dobby come in to bust them out of Malfoy Manor in DH is one of the few times I'm not counting having someone else give him a boost against him, becasue if nothing else that bit qualifies Dobby as a ... not sidekick exactly, but ... I think 'boon companion' is how they tend to put it in fantasy works, though that doesn't quite feel right either. Suffice it to say, he'd put the plot development work in to 'deserve' a hand up from Dobby, espescially when it has such a degree of symmetry in freeing each other from the Malfoys.
In the chamber, after Lockhart turned on them though - Harry was on the inside side of the rockslide. He could either sit there and quiver while waiting for the snake to come eat him, or go forward and maybe succeed - no path but forward, once again his back's to the wall before he gets active about it.
- CD
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
In the chamber, after Lockhart turned on them though - Harry was on the inside side of the rockslide. He could either sit there and quiver while waiting for the snake to come eat him, or go forward and maybe succeed - no path but forward, once again his back's to the wall before he gets active about it.
- CD
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows