OOP: Dumbledore DIDNT explain everything

[bambi_1919]

No: HPFGUIDX 62406

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:
> --- 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

If he had gotten hold of the prophecy, he would have known right away 
that Dumbledore couldn't kill him...only Harry.  He wouldn't fear 
Dumbledore anymore.  He might have marched right into Hogwarts with 
an Avada Kedavra.  Now, Harry has a little more time to prepare...