Neville and the Prophecy (was The Longbottoms-a theory)

[probonoprobono]

No: HPFGUIDX 102747

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Christy" <christyj2323 at y...> 
wrote:
> probono:
> 
> "We" know Voldemort chose Harry and therefore Harry is 
> > the one who has the power to defeat him, but does Voldemort know 
> > this? What I am asking is if he still considers Neville a 
threat. 
> > He's shown no signs of pursuing Neville (that we know of), but 
if he 
> > doesn't know this part of the prophecy, why ignore Neville?
> > 
> > Maybe this was cleared up at the end, but I don't remember. Can 
> > anyone else recall?
> 
> Christy:
> 
> Isn't that the reason that Voldemort lures Harry into the MoM to 
begin
> with? To hear the WHOLE prophesy?
> 
> pg. 843 OotP
> 
> "Of course, I had not dreamed, when I set out to meet Sibyll
> Trelawney, that I would hear anything worth overhearing. My -- 
our --
> one stroke of good fortune was that the eavesdropper was detected 
only
> a short way into the prophecy and thrown from the building.
> 
> So he only heard...?
> 
> He heard only the first part, the part fortelling the birth of a 
boy
> in July to parents who had thrice defied Voldemort." 
> 
> Harry gets the prophecy, Voldemort takes it and listens to it, and
> finally hears what he needs to (or what he thinks he needs to) 
hear to
> defeat Harry.

Probono: Thanks Christy, just what I was thinking. So, in all 
fairness Voldemort should be just as concerned with eliminating 
Neville as he is with Harry. Though, admittedly his biff with Harry 
is a bit more personal. That makes Neville far more vulnerable then 
I ever suspected. Very interesting.