OOP: The One [Spoilers]

[LadyMyneh]

No: HPFGUIDX 61990

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Sayuri" <sayuri_tama at h...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "aRk" <ark286 at y...> wrote:

> >That is, perhaps because 
> > Voldemort went after Harry instead of Neville, he *made* it Harry 
> > instead of Neville by the curse scar. 
> 
> I agree. Actually, this is in the book itself, isn't it? Dumbledore 
> says, "Voldemort himself would mark him as his equal...he chose the 
> boy he thought most likely to be a danger to him" (OoP, 742). I 
> think it's pretty clear that Rowling's telling us that it wasn't 
> necessarily Harry who was foreordained to defeat Voldemort, but 
that 
> Voldemort chose the boy who would be part of the prophecy, based on 
> who was the greater threat, and proceeded to bind them through the 
> curse scar (the "mark").

Yes, I don't think it will turn out to be Neville for this reason, 
especially since Rowling stated in her interview on the Chamber of 
Secrets DVD that she uses Dumbledore to give information that is 
infallible, because he pretty much knows everything.