Snape as 'One' of them in the Prophecy

[Chys Lattes]

No: HPFGUIDX 136655

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... 

born to those who thrice defied him, born as the seventh month 
dies... 

and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power 
the Dark Lord knows not... 

and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live 
while the other survives... 

the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the 
seventh month dies..."


Chys:

Ok, this doesn't make that much sense but I gotta mention it. (And 
there are a 1000 new posts so sorry if someone else did too.)

This thing about Snape being the one mentioned in the prophecy, well, 
maybe there's something to it, afterall. There's a pause every so 
often in the telling of the prophecy so unless it's a tinkered memory 
like Slughorn had, then this might be something. I wondered if we're 
supposed to read between the lines?

I'm not denying it's Harry, Harry is in there most definitly as it's 
not Neville, and JKR said it wasn't. I think Harry and Snape are 
going to have to work together, even if not in person, even if Snape 
is truly ESE, to defeat Voldemort. It's in both of their best 
interests to do so, I think that's why Snape didn't caputure/kill 
Harry when he had a chance.

I've been looking at other posts here and there but none I have seen 
has been able to mention (To my opinion of a good plausible 
explanation) The 'born to those thrice defying' part (unless it has 
something to do with Snape's mom that we didn't know of.) So I wonder 
if it is not literal but something of, 'this possibility, through 
this person, is born at this time, to these people, who as a 
collective have thrice defied the dark lord?' (Say to DD, Lily and 
James as a collective, having had Snape turn to them instead of 
staying with LV after having heard the prophecy and gone to DD with 
the knowledge of LV's decision?) 

I know, crazy thought, but it could have been. And maybe they 
(Harry/Snape) both are the person 'the one with the power to vanquish 
the dark lord' but at separate times? Maybe this title is passed on 
to someone else, depending upon what choices people make and how that 
affects things. I dunno. Having marked one as an equal, well, Harry's 
scar is not nescessarily marking one as an equal aside from the fact 
when he went there to kill the boy he thought of him as a threat.

The one with the power to vanquish the dark lord approaches. (Well, 
that could have been literally at that moment, behind the door as 
well.)

Snape having the mark could be an equal in thought, in opinion, in 
that this one has sided with him in this endeavour, his plot to 
overtake the wizarding world, and that could be what it refers to. 
Others have mentioned it's servitude but to what extent? LV has no 
power over people unless they decide to serve him. Mark or no mark, 
it can't change the way you think, so I think it's a tattoo of your 
ideals and a proclomation of your siding with the dark. (Even if it 
could just be a cover story, unless he really is ESE, in which case 
he's clearly stating his alignment.)

The power that the dark lord knows not, has already been explained 
for Harry and Snape too, love- to an extent, and occlumency to 
another.

Either must die at the hand of the other. Well, this could be 
anything between the three of them, couldn't it? I'm not going too 
into detail with this because it's all in opinion and interpretation. 
Maybe it's between Snape and Harry for which of them can kill LV? 
That was my first thought along this idea. Or maybe it's that Snape 
much choose which of them to side with, and which to kill? (Snape 
being the other, and either being both Harry and LV?)

*gah* Too much to go into. I do wonder if it couldn't be interpreted 
that they - both - at different times, had the power to vanquish the 
dark lord, either through circumstances being ideal at the time, or 
for the qualifications of the prophecy having been fulfilled. *sigh*

Then again, my theory would make more sense if the prophecy were 
worded like this instead:

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... 
and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power 
the Dark Lord knows not... 

born to those who thrice defied him, born as the seventh month 
dies... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born 
as the seventh month dies...

and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live 
while the other survives..." 


Any thoughts?

Chys