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

[John Hatch]

No: HPFGUIDX 86572

> Rachel:
>   Just a small note that JKR might have been trying to give a hint
> in the scene after the prophecy has smashed in OOtP (british version
> pg 814) between DD and Voldie:
>
> "You do not seek to kill me dumbledore?..." - Voldie
>
> "We both know that there are other ways of destroying a man, Tom...
> Merely taking your life would not satisfy me, I admit-" - DD
>
> "There is nothing worse than death, Dumbledore!" - Voldie.
>
> "You are quite wrong... Indeed your failure to understand that there
> are things much worse than death has always been you greatest
> weakness-" - DD.
>
>   Perhaps JKR is trying to open our minds to an alternative ending
> for Voldie and Harry other than the death of one of them? Just a
> thought.

I think Rachel's on to something. I have no doubt that the prophecy will be
fulfilled, however, in a variety of faith traditions, prophecies are
fulfilled in many, many different ways. Often those prophecies or
predictions are finalized in ways the followers (or even the prophecy maker)
never dreamed.

I believe the prophecy MUST be fulfilled, otherwise it isn't much of a
prophecy. And remember, Trealawney has history on her side - her prophecy to
Harry about the rise of the Dark Lord in PoA has already come to pass.

John