Voldemort CHOSE to attack Harry

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 108572

Magda:

"It's Harry. There are five books in print (and another one on the
way) titled "Harry Potter and the ......".  There's no way that
Harry's not the one."


DuffyPoo:

I wasn't going to reply to this (hoping Aggie would do it for me - said with a grin) but I just had to.

Maya was kind enough to post all the titles:
1) Harry Potter and Philosopher Stone - HP still saved the stone, and slowed down LV's return.
2) Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets - HP still rescued Ginny, and finished off the Basilisk and Diary!Tom possibly slowing LV's return or not helping it along at least
3) Harry Potter and Prisoner of Azkaban - with Hermione's help set an innocent man and an innocent Hippogriff free
4) Harry Potter and Goblet of Fire - won the Triwizard Tournament, found out LV's back and got away, alerting DD
5) Harry Potter and The Order of Phoenix - saved Arthur Weasley's life, attempted to learn Occlumency, found out he couldn't be possessed by LV, learned about the prophecy, learned he's got three more people willing to help him if needed (Im sure I'm missing something good here but my brain's jammed again.)
6) Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince - we have no idea yet, but I'm sure it will be something good
7) Harry Potter and ? - what if this is Harry Potter and The Kid Who Fulfills the Prophecy?  (Sorry, it was too good to resist!) 

It would just be such a good plot twist to have it be Neville.  Such a good "gotcha" at the end of the series.  It doesn't make Harry any less of a hero, IMO.  I'm not saying it IS Neville just that it is still possible that it could be him.  

I just can't help thinking what HP is going to turn into if it IS him that has to destroy LV.  Not only has he been "The Boy Who Lived" for 17 years, he's been given every blessed opportunity DD can throw his way to learn to deal with what is coming (he is not the only one who is going to have to fight in this war), has been let get away with things other students could only dream of doing without being put in detention/suspended/expelled, but he'll then be "The One Who Vanquished The Dark Lord" as well.  It will be superstardom in a way Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts have never known and only dreamed of.   He'll be set up on a pedestal so high he will hardly be able to resist becoming the "Next One."   Voldemort in reverse at the very least.  Worshipped. Adored. He won't be able to call his life his own he'll have so many people pulling at him wanting him to be the next MoM, Headmaster at Hogwarts, Supreme Mugwump of the of the International Confederation of Wizards, Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, Seeker for every Quidditch Team, Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher - right under Snape's hooked nose, not to mention the parents of every 17 year old witch will want him for a son-in-law.

Having Neville step in at the last moment as 'the one' leaves HP the "Boy Who Lived," the hero of 6-1/2 books, and gives Neville a spot in the limelight, that can't possibly do to him what I fear for HP, simply because he hasn't had the build up, and has always been pushed down.  He'll be standing there white with shock, as he was when he won 10 House Points to win Gryffindor the house cup, saying "I vanquished You Know Who?"  





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