Theory: The Prophecy, Horcrucxes, and "that" night at Godrics Hollow- long

[kneazle24]

No: HPFGUIDX 135218

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "blairb82" <blairb82 at y...> 
wrote:
At one point either before or after the prophecy was made LV went 
after Frank and Alice Longbottom to retrieve something of 
Ravenclaw's. 

Kneazle responds:
This does not seem to me to fit Voldemort's pattern.  He did not kill 
the Longbottoms and he did not set up anyone to take the blame.

The Potter's DO fit the pattern. James was killed, and Sirius was 
apparently set up to take the fall--which he did anyway.

blairb82 wrote:
LV did not need Lily, had seen women as weak since his revalation of 
his own mother, and thus felt he did not need to kill her.  

Kneazle:
I think if that was all there was to it, Voldemort would have 
slaughtered Lily outright.  He had to have a reason to keep her alive.

blairb82:
The scar on Harry's forehead that resembles the crack in the 
destructed ring. 

Kneazle:
That is an interesting observation!

blairb82:
LV takes blood from Harry-releasing the miniscule part of his soul 
that was in Harry, but not undoing the connection they aquired from 
LV's failed Horcrux. It is this fact that brings the "gleam" in 
Dumbuldore's eye because he now knows that Harry need not die 
to defeat LV.

Kneazle now:  
I think it may be more likely that Voldemort recovered his missing 
soul fragment when he possessed Harry at the Ministry. He hadn't a 
twinge from his scar all year in HBP....

Finally--the biggest issue I see with Harry being a Horcrux is the 
fact that Voldemort has tried the avada kedavra curse on him twice in 
the books. He has said repeatedly that he wants to kill Harry.

But this has got me thinking about the Killing Curse...hmmm

Kneazle24