OOP: It CANT be Nevilles Prophecy / Can Harry Die?
stardreams04
queenofthecampus at hotmail.com
Fri Jun 27 00:07:58 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 64607
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Does the 'kill or be killed' portion mean that Harry cannot be killed
by anyone other than Voldemort? Could he duel with a death eater and
survive simply because they are not fated to be the one to kill him?
Could he jump off the astronomy tower and come off without a scratch
because there is only one way he can die unless Voldemort himself is
dead?In a practical sense, I wonder whether knowing and understanding
his prophecy will make Harry even more reckless? He knows now that
there is only one way he can die, so becomes blind to other risks.
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I was actually musing over just this idea, but I approached it from
the Voldemort end. The premise of the theory is sound: If ONLY Harry
can kill Voldemort, then it would stand to reason that ONLY Voldemort
can kill Harry. But what would that knowledge do to Voldemort? If he
knows no one else can defeat him, what does he then have to fear from
Dumbledore? Would that sort of knowledge of his assured
invulnerability allow him to take risks he never would have before?
Having Voldemort waltz into the Ministry anytime he wanted or go on
Muggle killing sprees anytime he got bored would be VERY bad for the
Light side.
This is why I believe the prophecy was so very important, however.
Voldemort STILL doesn't know the ending part, the part that
says "either musy die at the hand of the other." Without that bit of
information, Voldemort must still be cautious around Dumbledore and
the members of the Order. Though the prophecy may seem trivial in
light of Sirius's death, it has implications that will shape
Voldemort's (and, as tangawarra suggested, Harry's) actions for the
next two books. Knowledge in this case IS power.
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