[HPforGrownups] This is new to me but i kinda found a link last night between HP and LV

[Nicole M. Angle]

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aliciamedina1979 wrote:
Are Harry and Voldermort linked because Harry's mom died trying to
save his life and Voldermort's mom died becuase she didn't care enough
for her unborn son to care for herself properly and died in spite of
him? I kind of made that link last night when i was reading HBP for the third time. It is probably my favortive! Like I said, I am new to
this. I picked up book number 4 the summer before the movie came out
and got hooked. I had seen the movies but, the books are insane. I
am a big reader - at least I was till I became a mom and all my time is spent with my beatuiful two kids; but when I read a new Harry Potter book I become the worst mommie. Dinner can wait - just need to finish this chapter. So has anyone seen this link or am I crazy? 



Nicole:
First of all, welcome to the world of Harry Potter, isn't it amazing how much it eats you up?  HBP got me through a very hard time in my life getting lost in it.  Second, even though you have probably seen the movies, and they are short and not as complexed, you should really read the first three.  There are a lot of little things that explain stuff in the last three.   A month before HBP came out, I read all five books in order, back to back.  That was great. 

But as far as your link goes, their connection comes from the prophecy.  LV chose to "mark" Harry as his equal, and therefore chose Harry to be the one with the power to vanquish him in the end.   Maybe LV chose Harry over Neville because he is half blood, we don't know, Harry & Neville were both born as the seventh month ends, both their parents thrice thwarted LV, and so really, it could have been either one of them.  He chose Harry.  So their wands, also being the same wands (feather from same phoenix) won't work properly against each other also.

I really think that since LV's mom died because she lost her will, lost her love, she chose not to carry on=not to live.  That is not a sacrifice of any kind.  Lily, on the other hand sacrificed her life, because LV told her she didn't have to die, she could have moved out of the way and let him have him to save her own (but really an ass as big as LV probably would have laughed and killed her anyways).  Anyways, that was the protection.  Totally opposite choices..... my point in that babble is that I don't think that mom factor is a connection...


Nicole