Shared thoughts

[fanofminerva]

No: HPFGUIDX 108805

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Bex" <hubbarrk at r...> wrote:
> 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

I agree with your point about having the power and not knowing it, 
and how can that be logical.  The one way this cold be possible, 
alhtough I don't know about plausible, is if the hypthesis regarding 
Tom Riddle's soul residing in Harry is accurate.  I've read it; 
sounds interesting; just not bandwagon material for me.

Julie