New Angle on the prophecy Neville and Harry.

[scaryfairymary]

No: HPFGUIDX 72183

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lupinwolf2001"
> <lupinwolf2001 at y...> wrote:
> > ... could give some proof to the argument that the prophecy 
pertains
> to Neville instead of Harry.
> > 
> > Many (Dumbledore included) have concluded that Harry is the 
chosen 
> > one becuase of the scar on his head (which defeated Voldemort 
> > initially) and thus Voldemort CHOSE Harry as his equal.
> > 
> > ...edited...
> > 
> > I submit that Voldemort's mistake/Harry's scar doesn't 
necessarily 
> > mean that the choice has been made YET!
> > 
> > ...edited...

Me,
The thought that struck me here ties in with this, and the argument 
over whether or not Neville was present at the time of his parents' 
torture.  I think that N's parents were tortured in order to find 
out the whereabouts of their son.  V must have found out about all 
the children born in accordance with the prophecy and gone about 
finding and elminating them.  Knowing the fate of their son if they 
disclosd his location, they would have of course resisted the 
cruciatus curse to the point of madness.  Perhaps they were 
secretkeepers, hence why V didnt kill them??
Did the fact that N's parents sacrificed themselves for their son in 
a similar fashion to Lily, offer Neville some amount of protection? 
Afterall he was the only one aside from Harry left standing at the 
final showdown in the dept. of mysteries.
This would mean that V went after N before looking for Harry. Maybe 
there's a further reason why N fits the prophecy more than H.

Another thing that struck me was slightly unrelated but annnyway, 
why did V want to kill James but not Lily. Harry's father was not 
mentioned in the prophecy, yet he killed him straight off. I dont 
know... I'm rambling now!!!

-Mary :)