OOP: Marked boy

[Kelly L.]

No: HPFGUIDX 63690

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(spoilers for OOP, and for Juliet Marillier too, if anyone here happens to be 
reading her)


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "happyduck1979" <swirskyr at r...> 
wrote:
> Just a thought, but who is to say thatHarry is the marked boy?  
> Neville may not be marked on his forhead, but he certainly bears 
> emotional scars that run just as deep.  Could he still be the 
> fullfillment of the prophesy?

I believe both Harry and Neville are somehow necessary.  Of course, the 
TBAYers are going to kill me for this, since the idea comes from a completely 
different book by a different author so here goes:

I read a book called "Child of the Prophecy" by Juliet Marillier a few years 
ago, and there is a prophecy that the one to save the day will be someone 
with "the mark of the raven".  There is a young man, a talented leader, who 
has a raven tattooed on his face, and everybody thinks it's him.  There is also 
a young woman, whom nobody thinks is good for much, who has a scar from 
having been bitten by a raven when she was a kid.   And as it turns out, BOTH 
of them are the child of the prophecy, and each of them has something 
important to do in order to save the world, etc.

So, I agree with you.  I believe Neville is also marked in some way that 
nobody knows about.  And that the prophecy pertains to both boys.  I think 
each of them will have to do something important to beat Voldemort.  JKR 
wouldn't even have had Neville born at the right time, and mentioned in 
relation to the prophecy, unless it's going to become relevant later.  Just my 
opinion, and with the caveat that I'm an enormous Neville fan.

Kelly L.