Let's pick at that prophecy a little more, shall we?

[princesspeaette]

No: HPFGUIDX 77743


Laurasia wrote:
>Okay, so I accept that Neville is *marked* by Voldemort. But he's 
>not *marked as equal*. 


>Margaret wrote: 
>I still think my theory holds up.  Perhaps by not considering 
>Neville his equal, Voldemort marked him as his equal. (yes, I knw 
that sounds weird)

 
Laursia replied:
>The only problem that I have with this is that therefore Voldemort 
>must consider many thousands of wizards his equal. In fact, if 
>Voldemort considers people equal by not considering them equal then 
>every wizard in the world (minus a couple) are equal to him. ;-)
> 
>Although, I can see how this theory might work. You'll just have to 
>tweak the definition of 'equal' a bit. Equal to what??? Equal in 
>*powers* to the Dark Lord??? We seem to have assumed this. Or is it 
>equal in something else... Damn non-specific prophecies!!! They can 
>mean anything...
 
Margaret (me) again:

Ah yes, but they don't fulfill the rest of prophecy now do they?  
Those nameless other wizards didn't have parents that thrice defied 
Voldemort (DD says that's very unusual, I believe) and weren't born 
at the end of July 1980.

  And I don't what *equal* means (damn non-specific proph...oh you 
said that already didn't you? ;-) Maybe it means they'll always play 
to a draw in checkers, who knows?


~Margaret , who had a dream last night in which she was holding a 
copy of:
                          Book 6
                    Neville Longbottom
                           and
   The Git at the Department of Mysteries Who Mislabels Things

Does that mean I spend waaaaaay too much time thinking about that 
damn prophecy?  ;-)