OOP: prophecy loophole?

Grey Wolf greywolf1 at jazzfree.com
Tue Jun 24 18:30:27 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 63048

> aja_1991:
> Hmmm... anybody know what Wormtail's birthday is?  End of July, 
> perhaps?  This may be why Dumbledore's prediction to Harry (who was 
> anguishing over letting Peter go free) would be true...Wormtail's new 
> silver hand will cause Voldemort to "die at the hand of the other"... 
> Peter, not Harry or Neville.
> 
> aja_1991, who's enjoying the chance to brainstorm a bit...

The use of "approaches" in the first line implies that the one with the 
power has not yet been born, and when the prophecy was made Wormtail 
had already been born. Besides, we have heard of no Pettigrews ever 
defying Voldemort, and of course Peter has never been marked as equal. 
So the prophecy doesn't really fit him, I'm afraid.

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf






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