[HPforGrownups] Overturning the prophecy (was Re: Choices)?

[Derek Hiemforth]

No: HPFGUIDX 86549

>Madeyesgal:
>
>How about this? A battle between LV and Harry ensues. Harry manages 
>to disarm LV and retrieves his wand. Defenseless, LV calls upon a 
>nearby dementor to kill Harry. Harry conjures up his Patronus and 
>fends off the dementor. Foiled, disappointed and looking for a 
>victim, the dementor turns to the defenseless LV. Harry, watches the 
>dementor administer the kiss without lifting a wand to stop it. So, 
>Harry doesn't lose his powers or kill LV, but LV is vanquished and no 
>longer a threat to anyone ever again. Frankly, I think this is a 
>great ending!

Derek:
The rub here, though, is that the prophecy says that "either must
die at the hand of the other."  If a Dementor killed LV, then he
wouldn't have died at Harry's hand.

In fact, it might even be read as meaning that one will kill the
other *physically* in some way instead of via spell.  If Harry is
in fact descended from Godric Gryffindor (and I suspect he is,
given the "Godric's Hollow" name of his parent's home), I wouldn't
be too surprised if he were to slay LV with Gryffindor's sword...

Derek