OotP: Prophecy question - SPOILER.

[aja_1991]

No: HPFGUIDX 62576

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>...Another thought: the locked room in the Department of 
> Mysteries: I assume that this room is devoted to the study of 
love.  
> What would happen if Harry locked  Voldemort in this room?   
> Voldemort hates love, and always underestimates its power, what 
> would happen if he were forced to endure it?  This would be worse 
> than putting the crucio curse on V, in my opinion.  He can't bear 
to 
> possess Harry, because of the love that Harry has.  If V's forced 
to 
> feel it, what would happen?  Could this lead to his downfall?  We 
> know JKR never mentions something for no reason, and she mentioned 
> the love room twice (Dumbledore suggested that the locked room was 
> devoted to the study of love.)  I'd love to see what would happen 
to 
> V if forced to endure love.  Hmm...

aja_1991:
I've posted before (eons ago, it seems...) on the concept that 
something other than magic will be Voldemort's downfall.  I'm more 
certain of that now.  The prophecy, and all the different 
charms/countercharms seem to cancel out who would win a duel... in 
fact, they can't duel, unless one of them gets a different, which 
means it might not be a wand that chooses them and not be as 
powerful, so...

After reading the scenes in which Harry senses that he *is* the 
serpent, or he *is* Voldemort, I think that this power will be the 
deciding factor.  It is clearly not something that requires a wand, 
or even close proximity, to operate.  

In the end, it simply comes down to a battle of wills.  Who is 
tougher mentally?  Will Harry crack first, and the Boy Who Lived, who 
possesses such huge quantities of Love that Voldemort can't stand it, 
will go over to the dark side and no longer "survive" as Harry 
Potter?  Or will Harry's love win the day, and the being known as 
Voldemort will go away, leaving Tom Riddle capable of experiencing, 
and wanting to experience, love?  

In this, I think Snape, who is clearly gifted in ... rats, don't have 
the book (already being read by someone else!), but the "mind 
reading"/"mind reading defense" spells, will be a key.  Which means, 
of course, that Snape may well be a goner in book six... it's nice to 
get rid of those role models and/or teachers.  Dumbledore takes over 
the lessons, and early in book 7 heads through the Black Veil.  Then 
it's Harry versus Voldemort.  Who will win?  Tough to guess, but 
Harry seems pretty tough and Voldemort very patient, so guessing the 
longer it goes on, the more it favors the bad guy.  Somehow, though, 
I think Wormtail will do something noble which will help crack 
Voldemort, and Tom Riddle will return - the "Dark Lord" will not 
survive.  Wormtail must do something because Dumbledore, though 
revealed as flawed, did say that one day Harry would be very glad he 
saved Wormtail's life.  We're still waiting on that day.  (Where 
*was* Peter in OotP, anyway?)

My two knuts,
aja_1991