Trewlawney's Prediction

[greg_a126]

No: HPFGUIDX 43479

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "smellee17" <smellee17 at h...> wrote:
> Hello all. New to the group and hoping this hasn't been discussed 
> to  death already.  I think Professor Trewlaneys one and only 
other 
> true predicton was about Harry being the one to take down 
Voldemort. 
> Voldemort, upon hearing this, decides to go kill harry while he is 
> a  baby . In a greek tragedy self-fullfiling prophesy sort of way, 
>  Voldemort loses all his power. Maybe the reason he would have 
> spared  Lily Potter. She was unimportant at the moment becuase he 
was 
> there  for Harry.  However, he didnt die so maybe Harry will get 
him 
> later.  Just a theory.  Smellee17

Yeah, there are basically 2 competing theories.  One is the self 
fulfilling prophecy angle.  The 2nd is that Harry's the descendant 
of Gryffindor, & the descendant of Slytherin (Voldemort) is out to 
kill him.  I've always been a fan of the 2nd option.  My main point 
has always been that there has to be something special about Harry 
that in addition to his mother's love, allowed him to survive the 
Killing Curse.  Unless the Killing Curse is a completely new 
innovation, I refuse to believe that no mother before jumped in 
front of it for her son, no husband for his wife, no girlfriend for 
her boyfriend when the curse was fired by a jealous ex-lover.  
Muggles have been jumping in front of bullets (the Muggle equivalent 
to a certain extent, not as deadly but certainly deadly enough) for 
each other for years.  Has no wizard ever done the same for the 
Killing Curse?

Greg