Neville and the Prophecy - VERY LONG

[Cathy Drolet]

No: HPFGUIDX 108273

Erika:

"He had a choice to pick between Harry or 
Neville. He chose Harry because Harry was a half-blood like him.  
He chose the one that he thought would be a great wizard like him.  
His decision and his actions put the prophecy in motion.,<snip>Voldemort set the prophecy in motion. Harry is the ONE 
simply because Voldemort chose him, not Neville."


DuffyPoo:

My theory, which I guess I am not making clear, is that LV did not *choose* HP at this moment at all.  He was going to kill both kids.  No point killing the one and having it turn out to be 'the other one.'  If there had been 10 kids born at the end of July to parents who had thrice defied him, he was going to kill all 10.  DD believes he *chose* HP because they are both half-blood because that is the way it looks.  LV didn't make the choice not to attack Neville he didn't have the chance to attack him.  His parents were in hiding.  He found the Potter's first thanks to Wormtail.   Lily's sacrifice for Harry *vanquished* LV.  It really had nothing to do with Harry Potter whatever.

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