OOP: Harry's effect on Voldemort - WAS: the prophecy

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No: HPFGUIDX 63313

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Brooke" <brookeshanks at m...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "athenal15" <tonks101 at h...> 
> wrote:
> > Hi!
> > I'm new here and I would like to start by saying that i loved 
OOP, 
> > but why did Sirius have to die - he was getting really 
interesting?
> > 
> > I just wanted to say that i feel that the prophecy does not 
explain 
> > everything adequately. Such as why could Voldemort not kill 
Harry 
> > when he was a baby? That doesn't seem to have anything to do 
with 
> > Lily dying for Harry or the prophecy, so is it still a mystery 
or 
> did 
> > i just not pick it up on the first reading?
> > 
> > If anyone has any thoughts on this I'd be delighted to hear them.
> > 
> > Tonks101.
> 
> 
> Hi Tonks101 (great screen name BTW)  I think I remember that 
> Dumbeldore told Harry (at end of OOP) that the curse backfired 
> because of Lily's sacrifice.  But then I thought again about when 
> Voldemort was able to touch Harry's cheek in the graveyard.  I 
think 
> the protection was no longer there because Harry's blood now 
resides 
> within Voldemort.  I wonder then, why did Dumbeldore's eyes 
twinkle 
> when Harry told him that Voldemort used his blood for the 
rebirth?  I 
> would think this would have alarmed Dumbledore, now that V can 
touch 
> Harry without dying like Quirrel did.  But then another thought 
> occured to me.  The prophecy said that the Dark Lord would mark 
his 
> enemy as his equal.  Perhaps V's first attempt at Harry (now 
matter 
> how old Harry was) was destined to backfire in order for V to make 
> his enemy his equal, thus fulfulling the prophecy.  So, in 
essence, V 
> CHOSE Harry as his equal enemy (rather than Neville...which is a 
> whole other mystery to me still!)  Am I making any sense?  Or just 
> babbling from being totally overwhelmed by this book??  Can't wait 
to 
> read it again and hopefully understand it better :o)
> 
> Brooke


I wonder if it is more that AD thinks Harry's blood will have a 
humanising effect on Voldemort.  Perhaps the substance that Harry is 
so full of will begin to act upon Voldemort (maybe when Harry 
becomes more accepting of his feelings, and the love and support of 
the people around him).

MC