Neville Longbottom and the Prophecy

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No: HPFGUIDX 68531

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Scott Santangelo 
<owlery2003 at y...> wrote:
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> Me commented:
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> After re-reading the prophecy a few times, I was struck by the 
possibility, based on its phrasing, that it was V who made the 
choice of which of the two children was to be his enemy.  It was V's 
*choice* as to which one of the two boys who fit the general outline 
of prophecy would be his enemy.  He chose by making the attempt on 
Harry.  If he had attacked Neville, the "backfire" would have had 
similar effects on V and Neville would have been the "chosen one."  
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> Half a mo - if V had attacked Neville, the "backfire" couldn't 
have been the same - didn't Lilly have something to do with it?
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> Owlery2003

Yes, it was Lilly's love/sacrifice that saved him. We don't know (I 
don't think) if Neville's mother was still sane at the time of the 
attack on the Potters. My impression is that she was probably not, 
since the attack on Harry caused Voldemort's downfall I think that 
most of the atrocities we read about to the previous OoP (and 
others) happened before this date.

She might not have been present for, or capable of, the same type of 
sacrifice if Lord Voldemort had chosen Harry. 

Dorothy
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