Anti Neville being "The One"

[hickengruendler]

No: HPFGUIDX 73049

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Fred Waldrop" 
<fredwaldrop at y...> wrote:
 
> 
> 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

There are two reasons, IMO, why Neville still can be the "One". The 
first is, that it isn't said, when Voldemort will mark the child. In 
theory, Voldemort still can mark Neville.

Also, only about five pages later than Dumbledore's speech, Madame 
Pomfrey explains, that thoughts can leave the deepest scarring. This 
can very well be a hint, that Neville turns out to be the one, 
because he is marked psychologically.

I must admit, I would be more convinced that Harry is "the one", if 
the second part of the prophecy didn't exist. If there were the 
obvious choice between Harry and Neville I would guess that Harry is 
the "Prophecy boy", and that Neville was just mentioned as a red 
herring. But now Neville was mentioned and then ruled out only 
moments later. That makes me a bit suspicious. Why mention him at 
all, if it isn't somehow important?

Hickengruendler