Prophecy Interpretations (Re: BIGGEST SPOILER)
stellablue571
msturbo209 at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 11 23:52:17 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 109799
kmcj:
I really do think the outcome of the series will be
> based more on Harry's decisions and the consequences of choices
he's
> made in the past rather than on what others have done.
>
> So, to me, there should still be some as yet undiscovered
> significance to the seventh month. Wish I had some ideas. Thanks
> for letting us in on this arianna. It's very cool. And thanks for
> reading this far.
>
> kmcj
Stella says:
I absolutely love the idea of Voldemort being done in by the "gift"
he has given Wormtail! When a distraught Harry questions Dumbledore
at the end of POA about the repercussions of his allowing the rat to
live, thus forging a magical connection between them, DD reassures
Harry that he did the right thing.
"This is magic at its' deepest, most impenetrable,Harry. But trust
me...the time may come when you will be very glad you saved
Pettigrew's life."
So...This tells us that unless this is the mother of all red herrings,
(which is also quite possible!) Peter will definitely be playing a
key role in the ultimate downfall of his lord. JKR herself has said
we will be learning more about him in the HBP, and why wouldn't we?
After all, his conspicuous absence in OoP has had us all guessing for
just a little too long...
That said, the prophesy can still be very much about Harry,
the "vanquisher" of the Dark Lord. You brilliant theorists inspired
me to do some definition checking of my own. And not to my surprise,
nowhere in the definition of "vanquish" does it mention the word
death. Defeat, yes. Kill? Not necessarily!
Therefore, our hero can remain the vanquisher without having to
commit murder, leaving him untainted, and at least in this one
respect, allowing him to keep his childish innocence. Someone has to
die, this is definite, but never does it say that Harry has to
actually do the dirty deed himself! I have a suspicion that Harry's
innocence(mixed with Voldemort now having both Harry and LILY"s blood
in his veins(remember her POWERFUL sacrifice) affords him some
magical protection that is underestimated by voldemort!
Also in the scene quoted above DD assures Harry that James would have
also spared his treacherous friends life>>providing us with still
more canon evidence that James just doesn"t have it in him to be a DE!
Thanks for reading and please let me know what you think
Stella
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