Does Harry have a death wish? (formerly OOP-thoughts/questions esp. Prophecy)

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 61580

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "litchick_1" 
<eddie_Sweetie_darling at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "chappysmom" <DBoyken at a...> 
> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dally1025" 
> <dally_1025 at h...> 
> > wrote:
> > > S
> > > P
> > > O
> > > I
> > > L
> > > E
> > > R
> > > 
> > > S
> > > P
> > > A
> > > C
> > > E
> > > 
> > > B
> > > E
> > > W
> > > A
> > > R
> > > E
> > > !
> > > Anyway, the phrase "neither can live while the other survives," 
> > > really got me confused.  Does it mean that Voldy can't come 
back 
> > full > force unless he kills Harry?  Does it mean that Harry 
won't 
> > ever be > able to enjoy life (it appears to be getting worse and 
> > worse every > year for poor Harry) fully until he kills Voldy???  
> > 
> > ------I think yes, definitely, Voldemort can't have his "life" 
> unless 
> > Harry dies, and He has to die for Harry to have a real life--only 
> V 
> > doesn't know that because he doesn't know that part of the 
> prophecy. 
> > He know's Harry's a threat--just not how much. The first half of 
> that 
> > sentence: "Either must die at the hand of the other". To me that 
> > means that (1) Harry's got to kill Voldemort because nobody else 
> is 
> > going to be able to (climax of book 7?), but also that (2) Nobody 
> > else is going to be able to kill Harry EXCEPT Voldemort. The 
death-
> > eaters weren't going to be able to actually kill him if they'd 
hit 
> > him with any of those avada kedavras. 
> > 
> > The thing that worries me is the word "either"--how is she using 
> it? 
> > Does that mean "one" must die at the hand of the other and then 
> the 
> > survivor will be free from this mystical connection? Or does it 
> mean 
> > that "each" must die at the hand of the other, in which case 
Harry 
> is 
> > doomed at the end of book 7 because they'll kill each other at 
the 
> > grand finale? The word "either" has been worrying me all night.
> 
> Yeah, in my post (#61524), I wondered about this too.  Harry's got 
> some real motivation for death now... Luna might be a nutter at 
> times, but I think her observation about the veil is right on.

"Either" and no "or". Precisely, both, then. ??????
Ohhhh, my aching heart.

Valky