Scar doesn't cut it as H=V

[amanitamuscaria1]

No: HPFGUIDX 70609

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "acoteucla" <acoteucla at h...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "amanitamuscaria1" 
> <saraandra at w...> wrote:
> > Why should Harry's scar make him Voldemort's chosen one? I can't 
> see 
> > how the fact that Voldemort's curse failed means that V has 
chosen 
> > Harry as his Nemesis? 
> 
> LV's incomplete knowledge of the prophecy told him that either 
Harry 
> or Neville would have the power to bring about his downfall.  For 
> whatever reason, he decided that Harry was the one to fear, and 
> Neville was just some bimbo.  So at this point, LV has already 
> chosen.  He thinks that Harry has the power to be his equal, not 
> Neville.  The scar is the "mark" which shows that LV chose Harry.

Not necessarily so - all it means is that he attacked Harry first. He 
may have had a list of 100 wizard-born children of the right age, 
etc. that he would have gotten around to if Harry hadn't stopped the 
spree. The 'choice' in the scar appears to be not on Voldemort's 
part, or only in that he chose to attack Harry first - maybe he 
didn't even do that, and we simply haven't heard of other magic-born 
children who perhaps died in the general slaughter? - but in Lily 
protecting Harry, and the connection being made that V. attacks the 
Potters, but the boy lives.
There's so much we don't know about the timing of the day, where 
major characters were and what they were doing; and all our 
information is filtered through a very few sources who may have their 
own agendas.
Cheers. AmanitaMuscaria