A New Prophecy Angle

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No: HPFGUIDX 108352

The Prophecy

Lets see a show of hands of how many of us have been totally obsessed 
with the prophecy's true meaning, me at the very least. I may not, 
may not, have the answer but I do have a different approach to 
solving this unnerving puzzle.

How many of us have said maybe the prophecy doesn't actually refer to 
Harry but to Neville?

But what if we change the Dark Lord part of the prophecy instead of 
the Harry part?

Different idea, the Dark Lord part of the prophecy does not directly 
imply that Voldemort is the Dark Lord. Yes, Voldemort is referred to 
as "a" Dark Lord. But if the Dark Lord in the prophecy is actually a 
different entity  (Salazar Slytherin) than Voldemort but also a 
manifestation of Voldemort, we are left with the possession theory 
again and not a clean cut and dry Voldemort as the one who is 
seemingly referred to as the Dark Lord stated in the prophecy. It 
isn't just the bodily form of Voldemort that needs to be vanquished 
but the Dark Lord (possession) part of Voldemort.  

Why does the prophecy refer to the Dark Lord instead of Voldemort? 
Answer, because they are not one in the same but at the same time 
they appear to be because of perfect wording. It is not the bodily 
Voldemort that Harry, Yes! Harry has to vanquish, but the Dark Lord 
(possession) part of Voldemort. 

JKR is very good at the deceptive train of thought angle. She lays 
out a scenario in which we do not question it until we become so 
obsessed that we comb it with a fine-tooth comb to find the 
significant assumption (to assume-makes an ass out of u and me) that 
we, as readers, readily excepted the first read through, and with 
this topic many thorough readings, but still no substantial answers 
to suffice in this particular case. If this were not a true statement 
why would so many of us be attempting to replace Harry with Neville 
in the prophecy? Answer, because we have been led to think in this 
manner. Either Neville or Harry could have been the one but in the 
end no matter who the "one" is doesn't appear to give us a 
satisfactory answer.  We still feel very uneasy about substituting 
either Harry or Neville because it still remains the same puzzlement. 
Why would that be? Answer, because that isn't, as it turns out, the 
most significant part of the prophecy puzzle. This is why neither 
Harry nor Neville makes a difference to our satisfied answer. The 
real answer that will satisfy us is in the end is, who is the Dark 
Lord? Then, and only then will the puzzle of the prophecy make 
absolute sense. 

Snow-who is obsessed with finding the end to a book that feels like 
the last pages have been ripped out.