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

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 102792

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rellie <cinnamoroll at g...> wrote:
> Julie:
> 
> >>BUt VOldemort did not hear the whole prophecy.  The orb was
> destroyed in the fight and no one heard it, including Harry and
> Nevile.  DD told Harry the prophecy.  (Sorry, but am at work and do
> not have my book to provide canon)
> >>

Rellie:
> Yep, I think that's what they are talking about. They are talking
> about voldemort only hearing the first part of the prophecy, which
> leads to him not realizing the part about about "marking" the child.
> Thus he only knows that the child born can defeat him. So that does
> makes neville more vulnerable.

Geoff:
This has been discussed and mulled over on many occasions. It would 
seem that Voldermort, having heard that a child born in July was the 
danger, decided 15 months after Harry and Neville's births, that 
Harry was the threat and thus attacked the Potters. After the spell 
rebounded and he became disembodied, it appears that Voldemort has 
decided that this proves Harry to be his main danger and he has 
concentrated all his energies on "getting" him. Speaking through the 
possessed Quirrell and again as Riddle/Voldemort and again in the 
graveyard and at the Ministry of Magic, it seems clear that he  
considers only Harry as his opponent and his quest for the prophecy 
is to find out what he must do to finally overcome him. His weak spot 
is that he has developed a "tunnel vision" approach and is blind to 
the possibility that anyone else might be in the frame - reminiscent 
of Sauron's blind spot in failing to recognise that others might seek 
to destroy the Ring rather than take it over.