Was Harry designed as the Anti-LV weapon ?

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 117164


SSSusan wrote :
> "I also do NOT agree with Del's comment in a previous response 
> that this would not prove problematic for the role of CHOICE in 
> the series since there really isn't any choice already for Harry.  
> I hear it argued all the time that Harry has no CHOICE, but I do 
> not agree. JKR tells us that it *is* our choices which show what 
> we are.  And while I agree that Harry's burden is greater than 
> others and that his choices are narrower, he DOES have the choice 
> to refuse to fight."
 
Del replies :
> I think you misunderstood what I meant, SSSusan.
> I didn't say that Harry doesn't have choices to make every day,
> including whether to fight or not.
> I meant that Harry never had a choice to be the Vanquisher or not. 
> He is, period. The Prophecy says so : "The one with the power to 
> vanquish the Dark Lord approaches". It doesn't say "One with the 
> power", it says "*The* one with the power". Harry is the only one, 
> whether he or anybody else wants it or likes it or not. He never 
> had a choice : he was born the Vanquisher.
> 
> My theory wouldn't change that. What it would change is that Harry
> would have been *meant* to be the Vanquisher, that it wasn't an
> accident, something that just happened.

SSSusan:
Thanks, Del.  I understand more clearly what you are saying and 
stand corrected.

My only objection with the theory, then, would be the issue of why 
DD (or whomever it was in charge) would DO this.  If they knew the 
necessary "ingredients," then why would they NEED to start from 
scratch w/ a baby? Why couldn't they apply the "stuff" [sorry--brain 
fade] to themselves?  So I guess I'm wondering if you can flesh out 
that part of it.

Siriusly Snapey Susan