Overturning the prophecy (was Re: Choices)?

[sophierom]

No: HPFGUIDX 86528

Iris:
<snip>I would like to see Harry doing the same in his last 
confrontation
with Voldemort, if there's a final duel and if he manages to get the
upper hand: renouncing to kill him, and making that blasted prophecy
lie. Not because he's afraid of what he might become if he did, but
simply because he learned the lesson Tom Riddle was unable to
understand: there's metaphysically no difference between human
beings.<snip>

Sophierom:

Iris, I really like this idea. There is something very appealing 
about Harry choosing not to kill LV even when he could ... but then 
how does JKR end the series? It's hardly likely LV would give up the 
chance to kill Harry, so if Harry takes the high road, he'll be 
confronting LV all his life, and, as the prophecy suggests, that 
wouldn't really be much of a life at all. 

There's been this idea floating around the list that Harry might not 
die at the end of the series, but instead lose his powers and become 
a muggle for the rest of his life (I believe Marianne mentions this 
in post #85158).  What if, instead, there were someway that Harry 
could cause LV to lose his powers, thereby defeating him without 
killing him? Granted, this goes completely against the prophesy, 
which clearly states that "either must die at the hand of the other 
for neither can live while the other survives" (OOTP, UK ed. 741). 
But, as Iris has suggested, maybe Harry has the power to make "that 
blasted prophecy lie" (post #86512). 

Also, what I find so interesting is that the prophecy uses the 
word "vanquish" instead of "kill". IMO, "vanquish" connotes "subdue" 
or "suppress" more than "murder" or "destroy". So, perhaps if the 
prophecy IS correct, Harry might "subdue" LV first, somehow taking 
away LV's powers ... and then the very idea of living as a hated 
muggle will be enough to make Voldie die on the spot.  Okay, I 
admit, that's a sort of cheap way out of the whole thing ... any 
ideas about ways that Harry could take the high road but still live 
in a Voldie free world? Or do you think that Harry must kill LV in 
order to go on with the rest of his life? Sorry if this has been 
discussed before. But if not, I'm looking forward to reading 
your thoughts ... though unfortunately not through Legilimency, as I 
will always be a muggle!

Sophierom, who promises to end the cheesiness, right now.