Voldemort and the Prophesy --OOP

[ohneill_2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 107358

> > Now Cory:
> > 
> > This is very true, and is only one of several reasons why it was 
a 
> > mistake for Dumbledore not to tell Harry what was going on.
> > 
> > Having said that, I am still curious to see how (or whether) 
> > Dumbledore will use Voldemort's ignorance of the prophecy against
> > him in books 6 & 7.  I can envision a scenario where DD somehow 
> > (through Snape?) feeds Voldemort some bad information about what 
the
> > prophecy says, as a means of keeping him under wraps for a while 
> > longer.
> > 
> > --Cory
> 
> Asian_lovr2:
> 
> Any thoughts on how this might work?
> 
> Voldemort's primary interest in the Prophecy is to find out Harry
> strength and weaknesses, so he can plan his attack against Harry. 
What
> could anyone say in that respect that would cause him to remain
> underground? Any information, would be likely to be used in planning
> an attack on Harry. So, any speculation on what information could be
> given that would lead to such a complex plan that it would take
> Voldemort month to impliment it. 
> 
> Not doubting you, just wondering if you had any specific ideas.

Now Cory:

I don't have any really specific ideas, but I do have a couple of 
very general ones.

The most obvious scenario I can see would be for DD to convince 
Voldemort that Harry is much more powerful than he actually is.  I 
wonder what Voldemort's reaction would be if he could be convinced 
that the prophecy foretells that Harry *will destroy* Voldemort?

Or, another idea (and I literally just thought of this one a few 
seconds ago, so I have not really thought it through yet), but what 
if Voldemort could be convinced that the prophecy foretells that 
Harry will *join* Voldemort?

One basic premise that I am relying on (with either of these 
theories) is that Voldemort obviously takes prophecies seriously.  We 
know this because he spent all of OoP trying to get the prophecy out 
of the DoM.  Thus, if he can truly be convinced that the prophecy 
directs him to take a particular action, he will presumably act 
accordingly.

One complication would be getting him the information in a form that 
would convince him; we know that he "always" knows when he is being 
lied to, so the person feeding him the information would have to 
either believe it to be true themselves, or be very proficient at 
occlumency.

--Cory