JKR interview - Lily and why Harry ends up having to ...

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rebeka Gomes <rebekarg at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> Rebeka:
> You know, I always thought that was because Voldemort
> wanted Harry in first place. Then, the prophecy came
> along, and ruined all my theories. I hated this
> prophecy thing, it's like everything you cannot really
> explain, let's create a prophecy for it! I truly hope
> that there's more than meets the eye here. Otherwise,
> I'll be greatly disappointed. :(
> 

Then ignore the prophecy.
It's not a fashionable thing to do, but it is possible to cobble 
together an argument that the prophecy refers not to future
but instead to the past and is therefore largely irrelevant.
The events the prophecy refer to may have already happened.

The key word for taking this position is 'vanquish.'
Harry (or whoever) has the power to vanquish the Dark Lord.
He already  has. DD says so - OoP chap 37 - while giving the
obligatory end of book exposition :
"Voldemort had been vanquished hours before, but his supporters..."

Now I admit that to do  this to us JKR would have to be sneaky,
devious and totally unscrupulous in drawing red herrings across
our path. Guess what? She is. Getting us to concentrate on some
tantalising tid-bit that looks like a clue but is actually history while
she's busy stacking the deck elsewhere would be something she'd
enjoy doing, I think.

Get your own back. Think sneaky too.

Kneasy