Newbie OOP Prophecy as weapon (LV's true weakness)

[karenkyla3]

No: HPFGUIDX 62940

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Ashley" <ashley1591284 at c...> 
> wrote:

> >........ This message has seriously made me think.  We know why 
Voldemort 
> > wanted the prophecy, if it's true that he thought that it could 
> tell 
> > him how to finally kill Harry.  But that DOESN'T explain why 
> > Dumbledore and the Order set about protecting the door to the 
room 
> > that held the prophecy--after all, wasn't Arthur Weasley 
stationed 
> > there when he was attacked by the snake?  In truth it didn't 
> matter 
> > whether Voldemort saw the prophecy.  "...


Now me:

It was my understanding that DD would have wanted to prevent LV from 
hearing the prophesy because LV doesn't yet know that it's literally 
either he or Harry's life.  Which makes Harry even more of a target 
than he ever was.  I think that's why DD and the OoP needed to 
protect it at all costs - to protect Harry a little while longer.

Stac