Britain had a famous Muggle scholar named Bernard.
Bernard's colleagues and students all believed that, in terms of creative talent, he could have won the Nobel Prize more than once. Yet throughout his life, the highest honors he received were a Royal Society medal and foreign fellowships.
Why Bernard never won the Nobel Prize was something many people had their own theories about. Some even coined the term "Bernard effect."
Pomona believed he was a Leonardo da Vinci type. His interests were too broad and his thinking too scattered, while he lacked the patience and perseverance for meticulous, in-depth work.
The old bat of Slytherin, however, believed that the world never lacked brilliant failures. "Failed geniuses" were everywhere, and fate was unfair.
Mad as Voldemort was, he truly was a genius, though he still lost in the end.
Was it because he had not worked hard enough? Obviously not. After being reborn, he did not even need sleep. He spent every day scheming against others, yet he was still defeated by a child who had only just come of age—twice!
When the two of them discussed this topic, Harry Potter had not yet returned to the wizarding world. The Potions Master was still lying low under the protection of Albus Dumbledore, Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot. He had already been fortunate to escape the trial of 1981.
Those who could be both alive and famous and wealthy were few and far between. Gilderoy Lockhart was one of them. He was quite good at livening up the atmosphere, creating some harmless chaos in a school gripped by Basilisk panic.
He simply loved the spotlight too much. Defeating the evil, irritating Potions professor would make his image even more "perfect." No one knew how many girls had their maiden dreams shattered by