Prophecy Interpretations (Re: BIGGEST SPOILER)

[kellymcj2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 109804

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "stellablue571" 
<msturbo209 at y...> wrote:
> 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


And here's another possible reason to anticipate Wormtail's potential 
significance-the only other prophecy JKR has let us in on is one 
concerning Peter.  Trelawney forsees him going back to Voldemort in 
PoA.  I'm liking this more and more.  And the really cool part, to me 
anyhow, is how it can still all fit in with Harry being Voldemort's 
downfall.  

kmcj