The Darkness Within

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No: HPFGUIDX 119402


Carol: 
> > For one thing, he still doesn't know the details of the
> > Prophecy, either at this time or later. But he does know enough 
> > to suspect that Harry is "the one with the power," and it makes 
> > no sense at all (to me) that he would deliberately make himself 
> > vulnerable to the one person who can kill or destroy him.
 
Neri:
> We know that LV knows that Harry is "the one with the power to
> vanquish the Dark Lord", but he doesn't know the parts about "mark 
> him as equal" and "and either must die by the hand of the other". 
> As I wrote, we can assume that LV doesn't understand he made 
> himself vulnerable to Harry, or that he does but he planed to kill 
> Harry immediately after using his blood. Either possibility 
> answers your question.
> 
> It is precisely the prophecy that makes me think I'm right in 
> this. If I'm right, then this would be the second time that LV 
> fulfilled the prophecy by his own attempt to thwart it. I suspect 
> this is a nice theme that JKR uses to handle the paradox between 
> fate and free will. This also explains why DD is so adamant about 
> preventing LV from getting the rest of the prophecy.

SSSusan:
I'm a couple of days behind, so please forgive me for that.  But 
Neri, could you flesh out these last two sentences a bit?  I'm 
struggling to understand what you mean here.

Siriusly Snapey Susan