Neville and the Prophecy

[amycrn4230]

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 DuffyPoo:
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 Fast forward to the end of the story.  HP and NL are battling it 
 out against DEs at the end of book 7.  LV turns up to get HP, 
Neville  casts some spell at him and POOF - vanquished.  They all 
turn to  Neville and say "It was YOU, not Harry!"  Neville's never 
had to live  with the stigma attached to being the one so had nothing 
to live up  to.  He was just trying to protect Harry like he was 
there for him,  to the end, in the DoM.  DD's thinking "Holy crap, I 
had the wrong kid!">>
 
 
 
 Aggie:
> I have pondered this myself.  Do you think that JKR will be 
purposely  misleading us for the entire 7 books though?  It's a good 
thought and I love the idea of Neville becoming more. On her 'edit' 
section on  her web site when she mentions Dean's background and says 
that she wanted to concentrate on Neville instead, this could 
indicate greater  things for him. On the other hand it could just 
mean that Neville is  only slightly more important than Dean!
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Amy:
I too like this theory and think if this did happen it would not 
neccessarily be detrimental to the Harry fans: myself being one. I 
think we would still be left with a prophecy gone askew...LV got it 
wrong, but still managed to mark Harry as his equal and transfers 
some of his powers to Harry....
What are we left with?
1. Neville gets his days in the limelight, and is now known as more 
than just a bumbling shadow of Harry...he was supposed to be THE ONE 
and is now respected as the hero of the day...&
2. Harry has great and awesome powers because of the transfer of LV 
powers, and is still the one who lived...he is an awesome 
wizard...may be better that LV, and DD combined one of these days, so 
will not lose any respect IMHO...great friendship may develop with 
Neville & Harry...closer than now, because they fought together and 
defeated LV those last 3 years of school...and all's well that ends 
well, I say.