Neville and the Prophecy - VERY LONG

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No: HPFGUIDX 108378

DuffyPoo said:
>>>"There was nothing special about HP, there was 
something very special about Lily's sacrifice (whether or not it was 
simply her sacrificing herself for Harry or she had cast a counter 
spell.  It is still Lily that protected HP, not anything about HP 
himself that saved him)."  <<<

SSSusan replied: 
>> It seems to me that this a BIG leap to make.  Just as we don't 
KNOW whether Neville has powers we haven't seen, how can you argue 
that there *is* nothing special about Harry? <<
 
DuffyPoo now:
> This is the conversation:
"No one knows why you lost your powers when you attacked me,' said 
Harry abruptly. 'I don't know myself. But I know why you couldn't 
kill me. Because my mother died to save me. My common Muggle-born 
mother,' he added, shaking with suppressed rage. 'She stopped you 
killing me.'
 
'So. Your mother died to save you. Yes, that's a *powerful counter-
charm.*  I can see now - *there is nothing special about you after 
all*. <


SSSusan:
Oh, yes, I understand where you got this, but I have to say that I 
always took that as simply arrogant Tom yet again underestimating 
Harry.  I think Voldy underestimated Harry in the graveyard in GoF, 
and I think Tom underestimates him here.  Voldy/Tom 
[whichever "incarnation" he is] seems to make a habit of this.  I 
just think he's WRONG when he says, "There is nothing special about 
you."  I know I could be wrong in seeing it this way, but it's TOM 
talking, and I don't take him as a source of truth about Harry.

Just my two knuts.
Siriusly Snapey Susan