That darn Prophecy again.. Re: Thin air/Choices

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 140031

 
> Valky:
> 
> The DADA curse itself is the most remarkable example. In the very
> first book Voldemort all but killed himself with it. 

a_svirn:

Not necessarily. Voldemort intended Quirrel to die from the start. 
He told his Death Eaters that his possession of the bodies of others 
shorten their lives. As soon as he would obtain a brand-new body for 
himself Quirrel would have died anyway. 

> Valky:
<snip>Could Harry live if Quirrel
> survived? 

a_svirn:
If he survived as "Quirrel" why not? 

> Valky:
Could Voldemort live if Harry survived? The answer is
> clearly no, isn't it. But it is not Harry's hand that brought this
> demise upon Quirrel in the end.. Over and over we are told that
> Voldemort's hand lay behind it all. 

a_svirn:

Yes, and that's exactly JKR's point, isn't it?

> Valky:
 The Chamber of Secrets is
> the same, Voldemort gave Harry the ability to speak Parseltongue,
> Voldemort makes him refuse Slytherin and cling to his Gryffindor
> nature... 

a_svirn:
??! I think you give Voldemort too much credit with this one.