Snape the "other" of the prophecy?? (was Re: Snape is Number One)

[hedwigstalons]

No: HPFGUIDX 82254

OK smtopliff and Talisman! I /totally/ agree that the prophecy could 
be about Snape!!!! What a twist! I'd never thought of it till I read 
this line of thought in the posts!!

<snip>  what if that person is Severus Snape?!?! <snip>
> 
> Talisman <snip> I think Snape makes a very good candidate for the 
>One-with-the-power. He certainly has the power, and I, for one,  
>can't wait until he is unleashed. <snip>

HedwigsTalons:
Especially the part of the prophecy that states "the Dark Lord will 
mark him as his equal". I don't know, but it seems that to /mark/ 
someone is to do it deliberately, as the Dark Mark is done to DE's. 
LV did NOT deliberately mark Harry, he meant to kill Harry.

BUT, I don't get the part of the prophecy about "neither can live 
while the other survives" Wouldn't that mean that if LV is alive, 
the "other" is NOT alive. Snape and Harry are BOTH alive, as is LV! 
Is this a semantic thing about either/neither and the 
word "survives"?  English majors to the rescue plz!!

HedwigsTalons
Who likes Snape better every time she reads through the books.