Marking as an Equal

[c_naegle]

No: HPFGUIDX 82534

Casper:
> > V did not hear the entire proph. and did not know at the time 
that Harry may or may not have been the one in the proph.  Remember 
at the time there were two boys who the prophecy could have been 
about.  V made Harry the one when he choose to go to Godric's Hollow 
to try and kill him.  That was the marking of the equal, but V had no 
idea about that part of it.  Harry himself questions why V didn't wait 
until the two of them grew up and he saw who was the strongest wizard. < <

Geoff:
> This reminds me of something that has puzzled me. It has been 
suggested here and in many other posts that Voldemort acted rashly 
by attacking Harry at the age of 15 months and not leaving him to grow 
up and then decide which of the two boys represented the threat.
 
A follow up to this is, why under those circumstances, did he wait 
so long? Why was he not in there, firing from the hip, when Harry was 
just a tiny child? >>>

I believe it relates to when V got the information on the prophecy 
and when he knew who it may have been about.  But we have to always 
keep in mind that he only knew the first little bit.  That was what 
made him think he needed to go and kill Harry.  Had he known the 
entire thing he certainly would have put some more thought into it.

Casper