A thought about the prophecy - the Other's not alive yet

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 98034

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<theanimallover_11 at y...> wrote:
> Del answers :
> But DD is still alive, and both Harry and LV can live while DD is 
> alive. It doesn't seem to fit the Prophecy.
> 
> 
> animallover_11:
> 
> But Harry is not really living while LV is living.  He is too busy
worry about LV coming after him.  LV is also was not really "living".
 He (as of the end GoF) is now living.  So there is two years before
we see who really lives.
> 
> animallover_11

bboy_mn:

I would never go so far as to say I am right, but here is a potential
interpretation.

"...And Either must die at the hand of the Other for Neither can live
while the Other survives...."

So, 'Either' represents Harry and Neville.

'Other' represents Voldemort.

The interpretation is that Harry and Neville are marked for death by
Voldemort, and they will have this cloud of death hanging over them
for as long as Voldemort is alive. In this interpretation, the
implication is that Voldemort will kill either Harry or Neville, and
that will open the door for the remaining person, Harry or Neville, to
destroy Volemort in some way (possibly death, possibly not).

Restated:
'...either Harry or Neville must die at the hand of Voldemort for
neither Harry nor Neville can live without the specter of death
hanging over them while Voldemort survives...'

Not saying it is possible or even probably, just that it is as fair an
interpretation as any. 

I strongly feel that some how, some way, Neville has to be factored
into this, but I'm just not sure yet where he fits.

bboy_mn