Why is everyone so convinced the prophecy is correct?

[kneazle255]

No: HPFGUIDX 82265

Kneasy wrote:

What else that we are trying to understand has already been 
answered in some past post? It's a depressing thought that we may be 
re-inventing the wheel every few months when we don't need to.

Kneazle responds: 

Apologies, Kneasy, for missing some of the conslusions in your posts. 
But I don't think I am simply retreading old ground. I hope I am 
tilting at another windmill altogether.

I think my charger may have crossed some familiar ground on the way, 
however.

My windmill may involve a theory you have discounted, but I am not so 
sure the the windmill isn't still turning.

To summarize where I am now--I am not convinced that Neville has been 
entirely excluded from fulfilling the prophecy. 

There are four criteria to be the 'other' in the prophecy:

1. Boy born in the 7th month
2. Parents who have thrice defied the Dark Lord
3. Have a power the dark lord knows not
4. Acknowledged as the Dark Lord's equal

Neville:

1. Born in the 7th month (YES)
2. Parent who have thrice defied the Dark Lord (YES)
3. Have a power the dark lord know not (YES. Faith love, loyalty, 
etc. See my post 82241)
4. Acknowledged as the Dark Lord's equal (I think this is a low 
hurdle. See my #82240)

In the MoM scene in OoTP, I see JKR either: 

--providing direct evidence of this by having Neville touch a 
prophecy that should have driven him crazy. (Less possible because of 
the canon several people have referenced.)
OR
-- foreshadowing and simulataneously being indirect about Neville's 
importance to the meta-plot. (Very likely, at least to me.)

Kneazle, who's maybe been chasing mice Kneasy has already caught once 
before.


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