Was Harry specifically conceived to destroy Voldemort?

[karywick <karenwickersham@ameritech.net>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52348

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "hedge2staxy <hodgins at s...>" 
<hodgins at s...> wrote:
> The possibility exists that Harry was not the unwitting downfall of 
> LV but that he was actually conceived and raised with that 
destiny.  
> This might explain the close relationship between the Potters and 
> Dumbledore.  If one has ever read Orson Scott Card's
> "Ender's Game", this theory might seem familiar.  A child
> was sired specifically to save his world due to attributes his 
> parents were able to pass on to him.  So, consider:
> 
> James and Lily Potter are descendents of powerful individuals that 
> may give their child an edge over LV.  (Many have wondered whether 
> James is the heir of Gryffindor and Lily a relative of LV)  When
> LV's reign of terror intensifies and shows signs of destroying
> the 
> WW, Dumbledore comes to Lily and James and proposes a plan to 
defeat 
> LV.  Perhaps this involves a combination of heredity passed to 
Harry 
> and special Dumbledore magic.  The Potters agree and Harry is the 
> result.  It might seem cruel to conceive a child like this, but 
> consider that without Harry, the WW and the Muggle world were 
likely 
> doomed to chaos and evil from LV and the Death Eaters.
> 
> Harry is born and LV senses the threat for whatever reason.  As was 
> mentioned in PoA by Lupin, LV had been after the Potters for over a 
> year before the encounter in Godric's Hollow.  Perhaps, LV's
> goal was more than just the Potter parents.  As others have 
> suggested, LV may have thought that if he took out Harry while 
Harry 
> was still young then LV would still be safe.  This was a 
> miscalculation and LV was almost destroyed.  Harry's youth might
> have 
> kept the damage from resulting in the total destruction of LV.  
This 
> also would explain why LV wanted at least James dead.  Without the 
> heir of Gryffindor, no more heirs could be conceived.  It also 
> explains why he might have not card about whether Lily died once 
> James is dead.  He might have even wanted to spare her if there is 
> some family connection between the two.

I've always thought this but I've taken it a step further.  I've 
always concluded that Trelawney's first correct prediction  about a 
decade ago was that a heir or ancestor (whatever word choice is more 
accurate I really don't remember) of James Potter would be the 
downfall of Voldemort.  So Voldemort got wind of it and went after 
the Potter family, James, and 18 month old Harry. That's the only 
reason I can see that Voldemort would be threatened by a mere baby.  
In addition, it would give him reason to kill off the rest of the 
family.  By destroying the Potter family you can make sure that the 
line stops and if Harry wasn't the heir with the power to defeat LV 
then there would be no more chance for children with the ability.  
But insted AK didn't work and LV was stripped of his power (although 
he was not yet completely destroyed.)

With this scenario you don't have to worry necessarily about green 
eyes or any  Gyrffindor heir/ Slytherin heir or other attributes, you 
just have to look at why would LV be threatened by a mere toddler 
with no magical ability yet.  Something, or some prediction, had to 
warn him of something, and yes canon has already hinted at a first 
*true* prediction.  If the predicton was made by Trelawney and LV was 
brought down by Harry, even if he wasn't killed,  - it still would 
have been thought to be her first true prediciton, right?  What do 
the rest of you think?

Kary :-)