I'm still confused about the prophecy

[potioncat]

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> with some snipping of Max's post
> Max responds:
> 
> Hmmm. . . I don't know. I find the information quite useful. If you
> just see the prophecy as confirmation that Harry and Voldemort will
> ultimately come face to face (or mind to mind, if you will) and that
> one of them will triumph, than, I agree, it's not that revelatory -
> this is something that we've guessed from the very beginning.
> 
> I think one of the most important revelations from the prophecy,
> though, is to confirm the fact that Harry is, in some way, 
Voldemort's
> equal and that he has a power that Voldemort is ignorant of.
> Personally, I believe it's safe to assume that this 'power' will be
> what brings about the downfall of Voldemort. So we're potentially
> being given a big piece of information here - Voldemort's ignorance
> could once again lead to his ruin.
> 
> So I see the prophecy not as a confirmation that a final battle 
*will*
> occur, but as a blueprint for *how* this battle might play itself 
out.
> 


Potioncat:
I've only been skimming this thread, but one thing keeps popping up 
in my mind.  In literature, a prophecy almost always comes true in a 
very unexpected way. Or it seems to come true because of the efforts 
people made to thwart it. It could be possible that even DD is not 
interpreting it properly.