Shared thoughts

[Bex]

No: HPFGUIDX 108721

Julie wrote: 
 
> I still have the question of to whom is the prophecy 
> referring?  The persons of Tom Riddle and Harry Potter or the 
> personas of Lord Voldemort and The Boy Who Lived.  I don't have my 
> books at work, so I cannot quote the prophecy, so please cut me a 
> little canon slack.  The one cannot survive while the other lives 
> could be referring to the person and persona.  Harry Potter cannot 
> survive while he still has to be The Boy Who Lived.  It may not be 
> referring to LV vs HP.  

Yblitzka's turn:
Actually, IMO it is referring to the One vs. the Dark Lord

text quote:
"The One with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches. Born to 
those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies. And 
the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power that 
the Dark Lord knows not, and either must die at the hand of the 
other, for neither can live while the other survives."


It's an interesting thought, but I don't think it works. The prophecy 
is worded such that if what you are arguing is true, then the Dark 
Lord knows not of the power of his person, or Harry has a power 
unknown to his persona. It just doesn't seem right.

HOWEVER, you do have one point that I wholeheartedly agree with: the 
prophecy does not mention persons, just personas. Many people are 
taking this to mean that "The One" is really Neville, but that's not 
an arguement for this particular thread. The words say Dark Lord and 
The One, not Tom Riddle and Harry Potter. So it's possible that Tom 
will be separated from LV (the Dark Lord), and that will play a role 
in how he is defeated. Perhaps TR will not die. He was once a good 
kid too, ya know...

~Yb