LV not fulfulling the terms of the prophecy? (long)

[gelite67]

No: HPFGUIDX 128276

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Geoff Bannister" 
<gbannister10 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "littleleahstill" 
> <littleleah at h...> wrote:
> 
> > Leah;
> > According to  DD, there are two 
> > possible candidates for the job, Neville and Harry, and, having 
for 
> > his own reasons, selected Harry as the most likely, Voldemort 
sets 
> > out to destroy him, (and thus fulfills the next part of the 
> > prophecy, and provides the third and final identifier, by marking 
> > Harry). 
> 
> Geoff:
> Yes, but that presupposes that Voldemort "selected" Harry. How do 
we 
> now that he didn't decide to attack them both? By chance, he chose 
> Harry first, fired off an Avadra Kedavra at him and "pow, splat, 
> arggh"... the rest is history.
> 
> Having placed a feline centrally among the avians, retires to a 
> discreet spot to watch developments. 
> :-)

Angie:

Thank you both for joining my folly. :) I've thoroughly believe that 
Voldy intended to kill both boys.  He doesn't seem to me to be the 
type of evil wizard to take chances, not after all the steps he has 
taken to ensure his immortality.  

I think we must assume he struck Harry first b/c presumably Neville 
would be dead if Voldy had reached him first.  I think DD is 
overreaching or misspeaking in stating that DD "chose" Harry b/c he 
thought Harry was the greater threat to him, etc.  And I'm still not 
convinced that the "marking" is the failed curse scar nor am I 
certain what it means to be Voldy's "equal."