JKR's FAQ poll -- Neville's potential as prophecy boy

[cubfanbudwoman]

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Well, I'm sure most know JKR has finally answered the FAQ poll winner.

www.jkrowling.com

It's quite lengthy, which is nice, but I'm struggling with the 
answer.  If you've not yet read it, consider this all SPOILER SPACE.

If you have read it, I'd be interested in what you think JKR is/isn't 
saying about Harry's gifts/talents/specialness, etc.  I'm one of 
those who's always thought there was Something About Harry from the 
get-go, something well in *addition* to what Voldy transferred to him 
at GH.

Yet JKR is telling us quite straightforwardly that Neville could have 
been The One had Voldy marked him instead, as the curse would have 
rebounded from him, too, if Alice or Frank had sacrificed him/herself 
for him.  

But OTOH JKR also acknowledges that Dumbledore "believes that 
Voldemort did indeed choose the boy most likely to topple him, for 
Harry's survival has not depended wholly or even mainly upon his 
scar."

Hmmmm.  "DD believes."  Not exactly an author giving confirmation 
that her character is correct, is it? 

Anyhoo... lots of good stuff there about "destiny" and Harry 
being "propelled into a terrifying position he might never have 
sought."  

See?  There's that *might* again, which gets me back to whether 
there's Something About Harry.  He might have sought this, even if 
he'd not been propelled into it by Voldy's actions.

I sure welcome anyone else's thoughts on all of this.

Siriusly Snapey Susan, who notes that JKR did use the word "murder" 
when describing what Voldy planned to do, but didn't use the 
phrase "AK" -- it's all "attack" (unless I missed something).