LV wasn't fulfilling the Prophesy?

[Karen Barker]

No: HPFGUIDX 128230

> >   Cheryl:
>>   I think the point DD was making is that if he'd done NOTHING, if 
he'd 
> > not attacked either boy, neither of them would have been 'marked', 
> he'd have 
> > won and he'd have not spent 15 or so years floating around as 
> vapormort.
> > 
 > Angie:
> I'm sorry -- perhaps I'm being obtuse, but how would he have "won" 
>if 
> he had not attacked or marked either boy?  

Karen: 

Because in order to fulfil the prophecy to be 'The One', 'The One' has 
to have been born as the seventh month dies and to have been born to 
ones who have thrice defied the Dark Lord *AND* [my emphasis] to have 
been marked by the Dark Lord as his equal.

If Lord V had not attacked either of the possible candidates and 
therefor not marked them, they would not be 'The one' and indeed there 
would not be a 'one' so he could have carried on safe in the knowlege 
that there wasn't anyone with the power to defeat him.  Thereforehe 
would have won without lifting a finger.

This is why he was so desperate to hear the full prophecy, he realised 
that there is something odd about Harry (after all he's escaped from 
hm several times now) and he wan't to know what else there is about 
him.  

Whilst on the subject it has been mentioned that it doesn't tell you 
in the prophecy how to kill Harry.  Well my opinion is that it doesn't 
tell *us*, mere muggles as we are, but I bet it tells Lord V.  It he 
finds out that that scar is the link between them, I bet that will 
tell him all he needs to know about how to kill Harry.  I'm pretty 
sure Dumbledore is also aware of this.

I read somewhere that JKR said that the last word in the last book 
will be 'scar' and I am of the opinion that it will be something along 
the lines of ...and Dumbledore waved his wand said {some funny words} 
and removed the scar.

Karen