OOP: Dumbledore DIDNT explain everything

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 62391

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, CareALotsClouds at a... wrote:
> Does anyone believe this prophecy crap?  I mean yes, I think it's true but 
> there is a lot missed out.  For example, why did James need to die and not 
Lily? 
>  Why did James have to die a long with Harry?  The prophecy doesn't 
mention 
> that at all.  I think it may of been a tip off for Voldemort back then, but 
> when he got back he was so desperate for a clue on how to get rid of Harry 
that  he thought that the prophecy might have the answer (sad that a man 
goes to 
> these measures just to find out how to kill a boy - it seems they are under 
the  impression that only Avada can kill and not sharp weapons such as a 
sword which  Harry has used).
> 
> 


There is no canon proving that Lily was specifically meant to be spared and 
nothing saying that James was a specific target. This "Lily meant to be 
spared" is a theory put out by fans proposing everything from Riddle is Lily's 
granddaddy to V-Mort wants Lily's body.

My comment on this has always been, "If V-Mort wanted to spare Lily, he 
could have spared Lily." 

James died because he was trying to hold off V-Mort.

So, the prophecy didn't have to mention it.

Now, I do wonder what the big deal was about the prophecy. I don't know why 
Dumbledore was so worried about V-Mort getting ahold of it, unless he was 
afraid V-Mort would re-triple his efforts to waste Harry (and Neville too, just to 
be safe.)

Darrin