Killing Harry for Fun and Profit

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No: HPFGUIDX 127961


Steve:
> The Prophecy Shield-
>
> Next we have the Prophecy, it implies that only Harry can defeat
> (assumed kill) Voldemort, but if we accept that, then shouldn't we
> equally accept that only Voldemort can kill Harry? And, if that is
> true, doesn't that give them each an additional level of 
> protection? If only Voldemort can defeat (assume kill) Harry, 
> doesn't that imply by extension that Lucius and Bellatrix can not 
> defeat/kill Harrry? And, extending that farther, doesn't that 
> imply a somewhat limited invulnerability for both Harry and 
> Voldemort?


SSSusan:
I don't think we do have reason to believe this works in both 
directions, Steve.  While it's true that the prophecy stated that 
neither can live while the other survives, *that* part of the 
prophecy is not the part which speaks to who can kill whom.  

The part which implies that only *Harry* can kill Voldy is:  "The 
one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches."  The 
prophecy doesn't contain a corollary clause which says or 
infers "The one with the power to vanquish Harry approaches." 

So I guess I am not willing to go along with the notion that only 
Voldy and Harry can kill each other.


Steve: 
> Let me expand this by asking a question, if you were a general 
> wizard or a Death Eater, give that Harry couldn't be killed by the 
> strongest Dark Lord in a century, and given that the attempt by 
> said wizard rebound and generally destroyed said wizard, would you 
> want to be the next person to attempt to kill Harry? 

SSSusan:
Now *this* much I'd be willing to go along with.  No, if I were a 
DE, knowing what happend to Voldy when he tried to kill infant 
Harry, I'd not want to take a chance on another rebound.  But it 
wouldn't be because of a belief that *only* Voldy could kill him; it 
would be out of a fear that NO ONE will be able to kill him -- at 
least by an AK.  Now, an *AK-47* might be another matter. ;-)

Siriusly Snapey Susan