Anti Neville being "The One"

[Fred Waldrop]

No: HPFGUIDX 73036

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "l3al3y_Doll_3" 
<Kiss2Kiss1 at a...> wrote:
Though I enjoy reading all the theories everyone has on the series, 
I don't understand why so many people are holding on to the 
particular one of Voldemort making the wrong decision and perhaps 
Neville will be his downfall, not Harry. Here are three of my 
reasons for not going along with this ride-

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3. It says so in the book. I mean, I know everything is not always 
what they seem in JKR World and even Dumbledore could be wrong, but 
when something that crucial is written point blank on the page, I 
don't feel the need to question it. 
 
 
Who knows, there is that possibility by the end of book 7 I'll be 
eating my words, so we'll just have to wait and see. :)
 
-Maritza who desperately hopes she DOESN'T have to eat her words
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Hello all, Fred Waldrop here;

I agree with you Maritza, and I can not understand why people read 
the words and then say the words do not mean what they say.

In OotP, page 842, US hardcover:
"Then - it might not be me?" said Harry.
"I am afaid," said Dumbledore slowly, looking as though every word 
cost him a great effort, "that there is no doubt it IS you."
"But you said - Neville was born at the end od July too - and his mum 
and dad - "
"You are forgetting the next part of the prophecy, the final 
identifying figure of the boy who could vanquish Voldemort.... 
Voldemrt himself would 'mark him as his equal.' And so he did, Harry. 
He chose you, not Nevelle. He gave you the scar that has proved both 
blessing and curse."

Exactly, what part of this passage that anyone can't understand? 
What part of this makes anyone AT ALL doubt Harry is "The One"?
The only way JKR could make it any clearer is, she would have to slap 
everone on the back of the head, and scream the words to each and 
everyone that has read the books.

Fred Waldrop