A new interpretation of the prophecy

[Tracie]

No: HPFGUIDX 69937

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Meliss9900 at a... wrote:
> > Therefore, time-turning will be required. Harry will go back 
> > into the past and by making friends with Tom Riddle, he will prevent 
> > Riddle from turning into Lord Voldemort. The moment Harry turns the 
> > time-turner, Voldemort "dies at Harrys hand", respectively will never 
> > be born.
> > 
> florentinemaier writes
> I really don't think that time travel will be involved.  It would 
> take a *very* long time to turn a time turner over enough times to go 
> back over 60. . close to 70 years. (the chamber was opened 50 years previous 
> to their 2nd year and Riddle was 16). And in POA we learned it took 1 turn 
> > to go back 1 hour. 
> That's over 600,000 turns. Plus Harry would have to "live" those 
> 70 years over in order to get back to the present.
> 

This would be an excellent resolution I think...much better than the 
kill or be killed one, or the "star wars" "let go of your hate" 
one.  Maybe there are larger time turners...huge hour glasses that 
instead of one turn equals an hour...one turn could equal a decade.  
I, personally, do not want to see Harry kill Voldemort or vice 
versa.  Nor do I want to see them destroy each other.  My insight on 
Harry is that he really doesn't have the "ability" to kill.  Look at 
the scenes in PoA, when he still believes Sirius betrayed his 
parents, wand up prepared to kill him...but he can't do it.  He then 
comes face to face with his parents' true betrayer and stops Sirius 
and Lupin from killing him.  He goes after Bellatrix in OotP intent 
on killing her to avenge Sirius and here, his emotions and anger are 
at their peak, and yet, he still can't even perform "curcio" 
properly.  

It may be different when he comes face to face with Voldemort for 
the final battle between the two of them.  I rather like this 
alternate resolution or something like it.  Where Voldemort ceases 
to exist by not becoming Voldemort at all...but by remaining Tom 
Riddle thanks to Harry Potter :-)

Tracie...who has gotten up way too early on a Sunday morning so 
forgive her is she has made absolutely no sense at all...