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

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 77772

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "S Handel" <fc26det at a...> wrote:

> 
> Hi Wanda, 
> The sections that you are referring to are about their upbringing 
and 
> from what I can remember LV never refers to power or type of 
power.  
> He also refers as you say to their looks and heritage.  I think LV 
is 
> a little baffled by the fact that Harry does not hate the world 
> because he is not a pureblood.  I think LV is so filled with hatred 
> and evil that he cannot understand anything about Harry for all the 
> good and love Harry possesses.
> Susan

Geoff:
A bit OT, but this reminds me of a section in the Lord of the Rings - 
it's in the third volume but I haven't tracked it at the moment.

In it, Gandalf points out that Sauron (Another Dark Lord of course!)
is looking for signs of dissent among the leaders of the Free Peoples 
to show that they are falling out over the Ring and he expects a new 
Lord to arise to challenge him. Gandalf remarks that the evil nature 
of Sauron cannot comprehend the possibility that his opponents may 
want to destroy the Ring rather than allow it to fall to evil use 
again.This is much the same idea that you have proposed above.