OOP: prophecy loophole?

[Grey Wolf]

No: HPFGUIDX 62892

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "doseylel" <doseylel at a...> wrote:
> The only way I see JKR having LV kill Harry is if the one who 
> survives is stripped of all magic powers, becoming a muggle.   That 
> way, Harry has still saved the WW, without becoming a murderer.
> 
> Doseylel (who is still trying to get rid of a throbbing headache, 
> from too much reading and not enough sleep)

Unfortunately, the prophecy speaks of "die at the hand of the other". 
While a loophole might exist surrounding the meaning of "at" in that 
phrase, or at some other point, "die" is clear enough - someone's life 
has to cease completely (i.e. must not survive) for the prophecy to be 
fullfilled. Die does not allow in any way I can think off to simply 
loose magical powers. Indeed, Voldemort would *want* to die if that 
happened to him, and Harry would regret such thing but wouldn't 
consider it dying either.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf, who is also trying to find loopholes in the prophecy