life and the prophecy

[theredshoes86]

No: HPFGUIDX 112010

Mirodunum wrote
> > The prophecy (in OotP) has been bothering me:
> > 
> > (a) if "neither can live while the other survives", what does that 
> > imply? As far as we know, Harry is alive and will be until at least 
> > Book 7.  Voldemort got his  body back at the end of book 4; so 
> > they'll both be alive for two or three years, no?


Sandra wrote
> assuming Harry lives then it follows that Voldemort has NOT survived
> or 
> Harry does NOT live or has NOT survived, while LV lives
> 
> or both are in an intermediate state 
> very intriguing
> 
> I could have believed LV not being alive until the end of GoF but 
> now? To me it seems they both are alive...
> 
> And LV, is he truly alive with "flesh, blood and bone" or, as
> someone else has mentioned here, is he missing the `soul 'bit
> and hence not `alive'?



theredshoes86:
in my opinion, neither neither of them are truly 'alive' because they are connected.  In my 
opinion, they share one life, and neither one can have their own life until the other dies.
I feel it is so because Voldemort sort of lives through Harry and can feel what Harry feels, 
as well as show Harry images (the fake one where Sirius is being tortured) and vice versa 
with Harry (via the pain in his scar).  
I think the scar, or the curse that failed, is what binds the two (actually i think Dumbledore 
might have said that in the books) and the fact that they are bound indicates that neither 
one is truly 'free' or alive.
So, I guess what I'm saying is that alive means being free, and neither can be free until 
they are separated.
Does that make sense?
theredshoes86