Prophecy and Choice (was Re: Crouch/Moody/surviving AK)

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 97061


imamommy wrote :
> I think the nature of a prophecy is that it describes what
> will happen as a result of choices that will be made, but does not
> determine those choices.

Del adds :
I'd go even further. In my idea, the fact that the Prophecy was made 
and Harry heard it cannot change anything to the *outcome* of the 
War, it can only change what will happen *until then*.

It's a bit like being told : you're going to die tomorrow. Well, you 
can choose to stay at home or to go to work (for example). But if it 
so happens that you are supposed to die in your sleep at 22:30, 
because of an earthquake, the fact that the prophecy is made and 
that you hear it won't change anything to the outcome. It can lead 
you to live that last day differently than what you would have done 
otherwise, but it won't change the outcome. 

I think it might be the same with Harry. Whatever he does now that 
he knows about the Prophecy might not change anything to the 
outcome. Whether he learns to fight, to love, to kill or to self-
sacrifice, might not change anything in the end. Whether he turns 
evil or becomes better might not change anything in the end 
*concerning LV*. It would of course change Harry's life, but not the 
outcome of the War. Maybe Harry would be just as able to defeat LV 
as an Auror than as a DE. That's why I get a bit bothered when 
people say that Harry has to be trained to fight LV : most probably 
he doesn't, most probably he could defeat LV as he is now. It might 
still be a good idea to train him, but not to fight LV : to fight 
the DEs rather.

Del