Prophecy fullfilment in SS?

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 98823

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Carol wrote:
> Certainly Snape, assuming that he's familiar with the Prophecy,
> doesn't think it means that Harry is invulnerable to any kind of
> illness or injury other than an AK from Voldemort, or he wouldn't 
have
> thought it was necessary to counter Quirrell's curse at the 
Quidditch
> match. Why try to save Harry from a fall (or from a werewolf in PoA 
or
> the DEs in OoP), if Harry can't die except by Voldemort's hand? 
(IMO,
> if Harry were bitten by Lupin in werewolf mode, he'd be in as bad a
> plight as anyone else, and if Bella or Lucius Malfoy had AK'd him,
> he'd be dead.)
> 
> Opinions, anyone?
> 


Potioncat:
Oh good, you asked for opinions.  Opinions, I have lots of!
I think the prophecy is talking about two different events.  The one 
with the power to vanquish approaches...(Is that close enough?)  He 
has the power to, doesn't mean he will....and if something happened 
to him...too bad.

I think the "either, neither, other" part is referring to a paticular 
episode still to come. And may have been enhanced by events at the 
graveyard with that potionmaking session. And during that yet to come 
episode, one must kill the other because at that point, they 
can't both live (wording changed a little to make my view clear) 
In other words, I think something big will be happening and it will 
be a case for Harry, not of showing up and killing LV, but of 
fighting for his life and killing LV in the process.

I'm not sure if being the one with the power to vanquish LV means LV 
can only be killed by him....could LV trip on his robe while coming 
down the steps and break his neck?... 

At any rate, I'm sure there's going to be something that throws us 
all for a loop...there always is with prophecies...

So, yes, I think Harry could be harmed/killed by someone else or by 
LV via means we havent' considered.  And keep in mind, although it 
was Wormtail who said the AK curse, DD still considers it LV who 
killed Cedric.
Potioncat