Killing Harry for Fun and Profit

[naamagatus]

No: HPFGUIDX 128028


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at y...> wrote:

> 
> But what about-
> 
> "Either MUST die at the hands of the other..."
> 
<snip> 
> So if either Harry or Voldemort MUST die at the hand of the other, a
> reasonable interpretation is that Harry and Voldemort can die by the
> hand of NO other; meaning that only they have to power to kill each
> other which in turn means that no one else can kill them. Is that
> right? Well, we'll have to wait 3 years and see, but I think it is a
> fair interpretaion. 

Well, "either" can be interpreted as one of two, so there's no need 
to conclude further than - either Voldemort OR Harry must die at the 
hands of the other. I.e., it is Voldmort who must die at Harry's 
hands OR it is Harry who must die at Voldemort's hands. In fact, for 
your interpretation to be correct, it means that Voldemort must kill 
Harry, and Harry must kill Voldemort - so that necessarily at the 
final battle both will die (if Harry survives and Voldemort dies - 
Harry will necessarily die in some other way - old age, disease, 
etc. - NOT at Voldemort's hands).


Naama


> 
> I might be of a different opinion, if it has said 'one will die at 
the
> hand of the other', but it seems to says 'either Harry or Voldemort
> *MUST* die by the hand of the other'. Of course some have 
interpreted
> that phrase as 'either Harry or Neville must die at the hands of
> Voldemort' but that's a different discussion altogether, although it
> does very much re-enforce my position that the Prophecy greatly open
> to interpretation.
> 
> 
> > 
> > SSSusan:
> > Now *this* much I'd be willing to go along with.  ... 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
> 
> bboyminn concludes:
> 
> AK-47, I like that, that's funny. 
> 
> As far as ONLY Voldy being able to kill Harry, I have implied that,
> but the great mystery is that we know Harry is protected from being
> killed by Voldemort AND Voldemort is protected against being killed 
by
> Harry, yet we also know that one MUST kill the other, which again
> makes the greatest question of all - HOW?
> 
> Steve/bboyminn