The Scar. Was: Choices - or not

[Hitomi]

No: HPFGUIDX 89928

Hey Carol and Whizbang!  I'm just going to add my tiny two pence to 
this argument, and say that while I agree that both your points are 
more than valid, though Whizbang, I too agree with Carol that we 
sometimes like to take our own theories for granted, I still don't 
particulary think Lily placed a charm on Harry, though she could 
have.  If she did, I'm prone to think it was a combination of that, 
the prophecy, and the old magic (a.k.a. love) that DD speaks of 
(that LV underestimates, because he despises it, and also because he 
doesn't understand love) that saved Harry that night.  

The prophecy, in my opinion, would only work for whichever boy LV 
chose (hence the phrase "the one").  He chose Harry.  So when he 
attacked that night, whatever universal clauses or magic are at work 
concerning this prophecy, worked to have the Curse back-fired, and 
thus, Harry marked as LV's equal.  I don't believe Harry might have 
necessarily had the power to begin with, we don't know, though it's 
possible.  But I do believe he has it now, because LV fulfilled that 
element of the prophecy.  And in fulfilling it, Harry is now somehow 
his equal, and THAT more than likely saved him that night (at least 
that's my half-formed theory).

~ Hitomi, who hopes Carol isn't angry, because she likes a lot of 
her posts, though she is more inclined to see Whizbang's point :)