First prediction's happened, third possible?

[Paul Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 83795

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mrnipha" <pasnow at n...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Paul Smith" <suzie_t666 at h...>
> wrote:
> > Anyone else?  Has the first prophecy already happened?  Has it 
not?
>  
> > Someone put me in my place, that way I might be able to develop it
> a 
> > bit further.
> > 
> I posted back in July (message #70383) along similar lines.  I will
> just summarize here.  In my opinion, only the first part of the 1st
> and 2nd prophesies has occurred.  Voldemort was vanquished by baby
> Harry, and his servant (Peter aka Wormtail) has escaped and aided 
his
> master to rise again.  The second part of each of the prophesies is
> ongoing or still to come.  We have not seen Voldemort "greater and
> more terrible than he was" yet as the 2nd prophesy predicts, nor has
> one died "at the hand of the other" yet.
> 
> I agree that a 3rd prophesy is unlikely unless it is self-contained 
in
> the first part of Book Six.  I envision the second part of the 2nd
> prophesy coming to fruition in Book Six, and the second part of the
> 1st prophesy in Book Seven.
> 
> I definitely do not think that the 1st prophesy is complete.  The 
link
> between Harry and Voldemort is why "neither can live while the other
> survives", and I do think that it is crucial to the entire story 
arc.
> 
> There are many interesting possibilities to explore.

I write:
Thanks for your thoughts.  They've opened my mind more to the 
possibility that the prophecies aren't solely either short or long 
term, and that they may contain elements of both.  The fact that the 
second prophecy says that V will be even greater is probably the main 
piece of evidence my original theory overlooked.  Looking at both 
theories they are similar in terms of structure, and both short and 
long-term predictions appear to be made.

And thanks for pointing me towards older posts on the subject too!  
Gratitude and love, Suze. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx