The only one he ever feared?

[Eustace_Scrubb]

No: HPFGUIDX 117297


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman"
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
SSSusan:
> I like the thought that this prophecy might concern the arrival of 
> Voldy.  If it does, then your suggestion that "and none will come 
> after" means he's the LAST of Slytherin's line could fit.  
> 
> What if it meant he'd be the last of all Evil Wizard Overlords?  
> Would JKR go that far?  Imply that never again would there be 
> somelike like Grindelwald or Voldemort in the WW?  How would we
feel 
> about it if she did?  Would it "excuse" DD's puppeteering and grand 
> planning if he knew this?  
> 
> It seems unlikely to me that killing Voldy would somehow lead to a 
> Forever of no evil wizards.  That is, unless in defeating Voldy all 
> magic is somehow destroyed?  Hasn't that possibility been proposed 
> here before?

Eustace_Scrubb:
Let's keep in mind that the two fragments were from _different_
prophecies, so one, both or neither could relate to Voldemort.

And as I pointed out in an excessively wordy post last night, we don't
have any real idea how the orbs were filed.  (As a museum curator, I
would have recommended that the DoM _NOT_ store hundreds of valuable
glass objects on open shelving, but that's beside the point now...)

But either of the above interpretations are possible.  We already know
that TR/LV is the last descendant of Slytherin.  And wouldn't the
possibility that LV is the _last_ Dark Lord to arise raise the stakes
nicely for those trying to defeat him?

The defeat of Voldy=the end of Magic as we know it theory _has_ been
proposed (Kneasy?).  Someone who keeps track of post numbers (Geoff
B.?) might remember when.

But there's another interpretation:  LV's looking for immortality,
right?  If he succeeds, maybe "none will come after" because he'll
_always_ be there...at least as scary as the end-of-the-WW theory.

Cheers,

Eustace_Scrubb