OoP: More Prophecy Stuff (Spoilers!)

Kirstini kirst_inn at yahoo.co.uk
Tue Jun 24 01:38:38 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 62568


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Responding to Betsey's post (fantastic deconstruction of the 
Prophecy), particularly the bit concerning  Harry's "heart" as the 
unknown power. However, I've deleted the whole thing by accident, 
and my server is working at something considerably less than the 
speed of light tonight, so I'm not going to quote.

Just thinking: could this in any way be linked to Harry's "saving-
people complex"? That could be thought of as overdeveloped "heart", 
if you seperate it from ego. Because, as Malfoy has rather nicely 
informed the reader, the Dark Lord already knows about this. And he 
also knows there's too much "heart" in Harry to possess him 
comfortably. It seems as though he's building up a little list of 
things he "knows"  - Malfoy again: "The Dark Lord knows you are not 
unintell..." (Can't find the page reference just now, but I finished 
the Grand Re-read about an hour ago so I think it's fairly 
accurate). Admittedly, Voldemort doesn't know that this excess 
of "heart" is the key to both their destinies. But as he's aware of 
it as a strength/weakness, is there anything to stop him playing on 
it again to get to Harry, and thus engaging with the prophesy 
unwittingly?

Kirstini, who keeps writing "heart" as she's impressed that JKR 
manages not to sop us all out by stressing the importance of love. 
Oh...I'm going to bed, before I make even less sense. 





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