Voldemort's animus toward the Potters/the prophecy (was Replay)

[erinellii]

No: HPFGUIDX 85775


> Kathy: 
> "Merely taking your life would not satisfy me, I admit.."  Does 
> anyone believe Dumbledore couldn't have killed Tom if he wanted 
>to?  
<snip> 


Erin:

Actually, yes.  I believe that had Dumbledore attempted to AK 
Voldemort, he would have failed through some circumstance he could 
not have forseen.  Much as Voldemort failed when attempting to kill 
Harry as a baby.  I'm not saying that Voldemort's mother's love would 
have saved him, of course.  But something would have happened to 
prevent Dumbledore, and it might have been every bit as disastrous 
for DD as the failed AK was for Voldy.

Why?  Because of the prophecy.  It foretold that the Dark Lord would 
mark Harry, and so that was what happened.  It fortells that only 
Harry (or, all right, possibly Neville) can kill LV, and I believe 
it.  

And so, I think, does Dumbledore.  Do you seriously believe that if 
he could have killed LV right then, he wouldn't have?   Sure, he 
tells LV it's because it wouldn't satisfy him... but I think that 
pure relief would outweigh that unsatisfied feeling.  He's not 
capable, and he knows it.  The reason for the remark is that he 
doesn't want LV to know it.

Erin