[HPforGrownups] Harry LIVES! (was: prophecy wording)

[SnapesRaven]

No: HPFGUIDX 104535

Justine wrote:
"[...] the prophecy (which was worded carefully by Trelawney and JKR) 
states that "either must die at the HAND (emphasis Carole's) of the 
other."  This brings me back to Dumbledore's look of triumph in 
GoF.  It is only after Harry tells him that Voldemort touched his, 
Harry's, face, that Dumbledore's face takes on this expression.  
Voldemort was, consequently, happy that touching Harry's face does 
not harm him.  What he fails to realize, however, is that Harry is 
left unharmed as well.  Harry does feel pain, but his head is 
already aching from the scar, and the scar gives Harry pain whenever 
Voldemort experiences emotion, the intensity of the pain varying 
with the intensity of the emotion.  Imagine the strength of 
Voldemort's happiness when realizing (incorrectly) that Harry's 
touch will not kill him!  Harry is not hurt, *certainly* not killed, 
from the touch of Voldemort's hand.  Dumbledore is triumphant 
because *Harry did not die at Voldemort's HAND* and therefore 
Voldemort must be vulnerable to the touch of Harry's HAND [...]

Now SnapesRaven:
I like this way of looking at it.  : )
But I also have another idea... didn't Wormtail contribute his HAND 
to Voldemort's restoration to a body in the GoF graveyard scene? 
So, what I'm thinking now is this: 
Having ingested unicorn blood (which provides you with "a cursed life, a half life" 
[Firenze, PS, don't know the exact place, sorry]), lived off another person's body 
(Squirrell's head... argh!) and things like that don't seem to leave much of an 'own' body
to this person. So Voldemort can't simply let Harry die at HIS hand, because 
it isn't entirely his anymore. 
*triumphant smile if that turns out to be the case - however, it is a bit unlikely still: 
me being correct in such an important prospect *sighs*...


SnapesRaven








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